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I) published every afternoon, Sundays ex
cepted by
JOSH. T. JAMES,
ICDTTOR A!D PROPRIETOR.
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tiurn year, 6 ou months, t'l 5u ; Three
months, $1 25; One month, SO cents.
The paper will be delivered by carriers,
of charge, in any part of the city, at the
bor rates, or 13 cent per week.
A'l ertiainfr rates low and liberal
jSubgcribers will please report any and
, failure? to receive their papers regularly .
New Advertisements.
Will Fight
T
BROWN & RODDICK,
45 Market Street-
w
K WILL FIGHT AGAINST HIGH
i' H KS aid at ALL times speak the truth in
ra d to any and EVERY ar'icl j we sell.
0 HOL'Sr; in the country SHALL
IN UKRH ELL as. Our facilities for buying
ire -(jaa! wi-h any Northern House and onr
m and d sposition to pay is fully estab
: in the ma-kts We buy nothing on
f ur iii'nths credit and ae ever ready to pav
aili on the epot and take sdvan age of all
, i atg and do give our patrons the benefit
: such at all times.
Dress Goods.
ftre are offering some Great Bargains in
t i- department. Just call and look over our
15 and 2vO lines; they a e certainly
woi tli douole the money.
from 4c.
Ladies' Underwear
We have just received a very large asort
" h t of tue auove conuisting of NightUresses,
Chemise, Pantaletta and Skirts. They are far
Cheaper thtn they can be made and are cuts
ai.ii styles in the market.
Machine Needles 3c
Silk Figured Grenadines,
15 cents, In Cheapest ever shown
in this market.
J KM) Linen 15 00111 I
Still 75 Cents !
FAlffS
BY "I HE THOUSAND, FROM lc
UP !
LADIES', GENTS' AND CHILDREN'S
SUMMER UNDERWEAR!
The Largest and Cheapest Stock we have
et er fho vn.
W. have a beautiful line of First-Class Piques
Children's Stripe IIoso
from lie. Regular price 20c.
Ladies' Bows
25 Cents.
We have still a few lett of this lot and thaj
are really w. rth 60c.
...
I allies will find our Goos just as advertised.
NO KIISE. Every a-ticle is on our counter
ani will prore to bejust as represented.
ee adTertisement in Star.
Brown & Roddick.
,45 Market Street-
apl "G
iss S. A. Strock,
S OPENING TH13 WEEK A VER1
Handsome and well selected stock of
Millinery Goods.
Something new in Pattern Bonnets and Hats
received weekly. apl 25-st
We Offer a Large Stock
Beught Low at Close Prices.
35 000 Bu8h Hrime White Corn,
33Q Boxei D" 8 aud 3aioked Sides,
97 fZ Bags Coffee,
,)QBbIs Sugars, all grades;
QQ5 Hnds New Crop Cuba Molasses,
rA Bbls Cubs, N O. and S. H.
ttU Molasses,
Bbls Choice Family Pork,
jqq Tubs Choice Family Lard,
9QQ Bbls Distillers Glue,
1 500 Bdls Hoop Ir0B
2 500New A3ec0Bdllnd Spirit Caks
1,500
300 BlM H-T'
700 Bush' 0ata'
1 ."f TonsGaanape Guano,
c,Aa., Ac
Williams Sl laurchison,
ofi1 Qro' Com- Merchants,
apl IS -dsw.
ewe
The
VOL. IV.
LOCAL NEWS.
New Advertisements.
P. HsrssBsassR Music
See ad New York Steamship Line.
W. G. Parxsasos, Prop'r-Patterson's
Celebrated Sprirgs.
Jno. T. Pateics The Millionaire,
8eed ad Festival.
J. C. Munbs, Druggwt 8oda Water.
A Ssaisa-The Diamond rtbirt.
Miss 8. A. 8thock aiillinery Goods.
Shad are beginning to get scarce.'
Cows have broken down two of the
pretty shade trees n the middle of Market
street.
The hucksters captured the market
again to day. They rule the truckers,
mercbauts, community and city gene-
rally.
1
Read the admirable letter from our
special correspondent at Washington
City, Jacobus, as published on the second
page of this issue.
One of the heaviest showers of the sea
son visited the city this afternoon aboat 2
o'clock, nnd for an hour or mere the
rain poured down in torrents.
We leara that twenty .five new mem
hers joined one of the Sunday Schools in
thiscitv on Sunday morning last, but of
J 1
i j I
p.ntirse th cominff mcmc season had
nothing to do with it.
The Carolina Yacht Club will hold
their regular annual meeting for the elf c-
tion of officers and arranging the date
and place for the regattas during the
season on next Monday evening,
The Lutheran Synod meets in Bethel
Church, Stanley county, tomorrow, and
Rev. G. D. Bernheim, D. D,, and Mr-
W. EL Gerken will be in attendance frena
St. Paul's church, in this eiiy.
JNo Opium! JNe Morphia or ether
aangerous drug is contained m Dr. Bull s
d u c t .u l- f c . l-
r.aey b3Trup, for the re hef of Colic,
Teething, etc. Price 25 Cents.
The Sunday School Concert is to take
place this evening in Frorit Street M. E
bUUIlil. J.L IB A LlCclt WUUUUl UlULCV itUU
wuuuut.pui.e.eept encuae yuur u
innita iTfinc.nclf it on.i aanca r( lnutiia mnn I
' J I
dictate to you to give freely and of your
own will. '
The exhibition proposed from for last
niyht in the City Hall, for the benefit ol
ot. oiepueu a a.m.. b. inurcn, urew
togetner a large audience, but in con-
sequence of the failure of the apparatus-
or generating light te work satisfactorily
the eutretainmeat was postponed. j
rp . "j 7 " 7i?
take a lump ot magnesia, and rub it wet
over tne spot; let it dry; then brush the
powuer oil, ana une spot win disappear,
Ur: lake a visiting or other card; sep-
arate it, and rub the spot with the Mft
internal part, and it will disappear with-
out taking the gloss off the silk.
The foolish man taketh bis wife to a
church sociable, and ppendeth five dollars
fc's u. tu
... i
a luwmu ma wi e w serve on tne reiresn-
ment committee, and when tin evening
cometh he goeth to that church sociable
mith if u u
. , .
u. FUlluUu; uo 6"u jnj i
withoat spending a cent and with a
stummy cake too.
C able out of Gear.
The telegraph cable across the bottom
of the Cape Fear at the foot of Market
street was being examined by Sergeant
... . it . .
V ltmn anil hia gouutint VI. C ; . U I
-uk)! t. bujiiu,
of the U. S. Signal Service, this morning,
The cable is either very badly torn or is I
broken in two and in all probability will
have to be replaced by a new one.
A Remarkable Counterfeit.
Money handlers will be intereeted to
know that the secret service has come
into possession of a most nOwkt.
,
cou terfelt. It is a counterfeit $20 Uni-
ted States legal tender note, and is calcu-
lated to deceive even persons accustomed
, .... "vvuowu,ou
to uauuuog nooes ol that denomination,
nat mates it the more remarkable is
the fact that the work on the note was
. , ' . noie was
executed, witn a pen and ink. Ail the
intricate figures and curves, all the
heads the seal, the fine engraving I work
and even the fibre in the pap r. are aU
, . .A :
most perfectly counterfeited by pen and
mi. xne gnature ot John Allison,
turmerlv rear iaternt the traaaurv im -1.1
.ct exwhU, that of John a Now.
formerly treasurer, is perfect. The wbelt
bill, bsck and face, is a wonderful piece
of pen-work. Tne kill was detected at
the sub-treasnrv in V n,un.
Daily
WILMINGTOx, N. C,
The Rifles.
The Whiting R flea met last evening and
elected U. W. Brewer, late Orderly oer
geant, to tne position ot 1 hird Lieuten
ant, Oapt. Jqo. W. Gordon, President
j G Dardeo. Vice President. C. H.
Leggett, Secretary, and T. L. Rowell,
Treasurer. The coraniaud expect to pa
rade Memorial Day.
1 Llnea Wedding,
Saturday evening last Mr and Mrs.
Win, N Bowden celebrated their Linen
Wedding at their reaidence.cerner Second
I and Chestnut streets. They had intend-
1 1 . ... -.eii m if
ea w quiet ty ceteorate tne twemietn sn-
ui versary of their wedding day. but their
frienda thea Mmewhskt o a 8UrpritJe
aiid t d Drouffkt in handsome
pre8ents. A pleasant evening was of
course the result, and whan the quests
bade their happy entertainers good night
it was with the heartily expressed wish
that they might meet there again five
years hence and tender their silver wed
ding congratulations.
Fashionable Trifles.
The ribbons this season are lovely ;
there is a decided tendency towards the
soft mastic shades, with clusters of flowers
on a brocaded border. Not only are they
US6d ff trhnmiuS bonnets, but for the
1 i j i-i i ...
BVOU-UlDOOCfl , YT li L,Ll 3 t 111 it) IIH J4I1 lull IS
'
pensabie part ot a toilet this spring ; they
are made into Alsatian bows, and worn on
the top of the bead, being fastened by a
comb, which is pinned by a common guard
or safety pin to the oow, and can be trans
ferred from one to another. These bows
should be worn to harmonize with the tc i-
lette, and they are very popular, dividing
favor with the turbans, which by the way.
are more becoming when made to order
and suited to the shape of the face and the
manuer ot dressing the hair, than when
bought outright at haphazard.
The International Review
. v. , . , , .. .
ror May has been received frem the pub-
,. , J y
iwsers, a, o. names oj uo., new lorlc
The papers in the present number are,
'Jugurtha,' a poem, by Henry W. Long-
fellow; 'Sidney Dobell,' by the author if
T U TT lit l m.1 .t -i
.!uhn HahriiT lontlonrin .' Uai mnn
p , . u r Midlev: 'Armv Rp!
fir tran 1 7,.1 inn nv Tn f-tinfirr VV 1 h.n-o
U S. A.; 'Our International Cr-
Trade,' by Hon, Freeman t M. e
U. S. Oousul Genera, a. L
lish and American Pain
1010, 11, uy i inup uno-ri ri4
American Aatocrats, y icix l,
wald; Contemporary Luerature,'
and
'Recent English Beoks.'
The Interaatienal is published monthly
at $3 per annum.
A Galiant Act.
The Charlotte Observer thus records a
brave and intrepid act on the part of
Engineer Cook, on the Carolina Central
Railway, on Friday last, whereby the
Company was saved a serious loss of
property and perhaps detention to trains.
M y'
I TT- n mm .m
friday alternoon, while the tram on
r A A. J? " M A I AT
tne eastern aivision or tne rjaronna Uen-
trai rvBiiwuy was ou ius trip irom W 11
mington to Charlotte, a most unusual
occurence befell it. Stopping at a certain
Pint. tbt oder was filled with dry
pme wood, ana six miles further on the
wneie mass or wood was discovered by
itingmeer tJooK to be in a bright blaze.
The material was so very inflammable that
before the tram cotrd be stopped the
flames had taken bold on the box-car next
the engine. As quickly as th s could be
dono the engine was uncoupled from the
tram, and leaving Conductor Everett, the
iraln hadand Paragon to faght the
nre on me suitar, mo engineer, in tae
.
ntens- heat cenerated bv the burn n? nin
stood at his throttle and ran the engine
three hundred yards ap the road to a
P0"11 waere ae kl0W wuld find a
ui navel vit tuc ivau aiuc Uj bQe
time he bad made this distance, the en
gine looked to the passengers in the rear
clothes were scorchew, Lis flesh Mistered
and tDe rosin drawn from the cab over
.hedj but with backets of water, car-
luce a sneet or name; tne engineer's
nea byne Hreman and wood-parser, Mr.
Cook finally extinguished the flames
throwing the wood overboard as Castas he
uln Ut xT Q. iU BLff! U?6
it was all over the water in the tender
was hot almost to the boiling point, but
ror au tIiat no damage had been done, the
f u i ,u mg lnLUieL,BeMtima
tinguished the fire on the box car.
Engineer Cook's presence of mind in
uncoupling the engine frem the cars
Z1 part if not the entire
L?"011' - 0 9 ,U?in&
10 his post on the engine and running t
forward to where he ooald got water Ln
P" out tne fare, be prevented great
damage to the engine.
Tl uTC&
call upon us yesterday to narrate the
boTe facts. He rightly concluded that
r' Oook' conduct in the matter was
urvuig u asnoraoie menuon, aud this
opinion we conuuiy endorse
Review.
TUESDAY, APRIL
Becoming Frequent Another Case-
The practice of leaving children with
unwary females at railroad and steam
boat depots is becoming frequent. Yes
terdaya well-dressed gentleman, who wa
carrying an infant in his arms, stepped
ap te a lady at the depot and handed
her the child. Sha took it at his request
and the mas went off and the lady has
seen nothing of him since. The train
moved off and the lady and the child were
carried up the road. She was going to
her home and the gentleman was her
brother, who had escorted her to the de
pot -
Personal.
Dr. Joseph M. Toner, of Washiugtor
D C, and ex-President of the American
Medical Association, is in the city, stop
ping at the Purcell Heuse. He is en
route to Atlanta, Ga., to attend the meet
ings of the National Board of Health,
and American Medical Association, which
assemble in that city en the 6th ef May
next. The principal object of the meet
ing will be to consult together for the es
tablishment of National quarantine and
health laws. The doctor arrived from
the North last night, and will leave for
the South on to-night's -train.
City Court.
T WI 1 m
das. joaKer, colored, one of the tw:ns
arraigned for disorderly conduct, was re
leased and judgment suspended.
Isaac Baker, the other of the twins, who
frequently appears at the Mayor's levee,
was sentenced to pay afioe of$10and costs
or fifteen days in the city prison.
Cha8. Ryburg, for being worsted in an
encounter with Jno. Barleycorn, was fined
$5.or permitted thealieraative of sweats
it out for five days in the C. P. The
defendant coacluded to sweat.
Another while man or rather a youth
who has scarcely attained his majority.was
arraigned for drunkenness and disorderly
conduct, besides being very obstreperous,
pugnacious and so forth. The Mayor
in this instance measured the d
carnage
muksi, uu guou oier ,i ice city
to'-the extent of $16 fine or twenty days in j
the cell.
A ,4Ia Jy .'fcuiier" Srraigced for d is- i
: itidact was fined $2.50 and rbe '
a-is or' b with pari .id !,-e rl
- ' re.s her .. .'0 i :ub
-Vr
f
a-:-c
rdicgfy d
'1 lie
"escorted
f-r the
bennv ai;d s . ended ihe c!i,iurei'
List of Letters.
The following is the list of letters un
claimed in the City Posteffice Wednes
day April 30th, 1879:
A F B Atkinson.
B David Brine, F C Brunn, care Fred
Sauckel ; miss Martha Blaue v.
C Uilcey Costin, George Creg, Henry
Corbett, Jno B Casteen, miss Amelia
Clark.
D E J Deberniere, Jackson Deal,
Vmey Dew. y.csre o W Dunham.
F Washing'on Fuirson, James Fox-
worth, mrs Gussie Furrow, Jennie Foster
G George Gordon , L M Guttenburg,
Pompey Gerham,
H Mrs Hill, from Balto ; A Hall, JoLn
Hogan, S W Hall, Wm Harriss, Alfred
Howland, Joe Herring, Josephine Herring,
Rosa Handy, Fanney Haynes, mrs EJiza
Hamlin, Maria llalsey.
1 Ben y I very,
J Joseph Johnson, Henry Jones, Pollv
Jones Aaaie jonnson, iLlsey Jones.
T T n .
K Jane Kornegay, Elsey Keath, L H
King.
L K Litjen, Maggie Little, Lula Love
M Geo A Mebme, Ed McKensie, C
B Maijett, Dave Masbly, Williams Mc-
Neal, B W McRae, Mrs Hatherite care
H McKoy. Eveline McNeil Alice Mar
tin, Bridget Miller, Joseph Mosely.
A J Nelson.
O Mrs Fannie Owens, Henry Otter
bein. P Mary Pope, L J Purcell, E lis Pat
rick, Wm P rid gen.
- B Judea Bobbins, Green Richardson,
Alice P Register, Chas H Rugg, Cnas
Rynolds.
8 Winford Stanley, care Lous Grady,
Rey R H Scott, William Scott, Mrs E
Swain, care Geo Pittelo.
T David A Taylor, J A Tyous, O B
Thebant, Philip, Taomas, miss M. L Tur
ner. W Clariden Walker, Rev Joe Win
gate, Isaac H White, Jno D Williams,
Rich Whittey, Late White, Stephen Wai
cott, mrs Annie Williams, A na Win,
field, Lizzie Wilson, Miss Dora Williams,
Lena Williams.
SHIP LETTERS.
Capt W W Morris, Brig Auro, D W
Kelly, L M GoUins.
Peroons calling for letters in above lis
will please say "advertised"; if not cla;m
od in SO days will be sent to dead letter
Office, Washington, D. C.
E. K. BRINK, P. M.
Wilmington, N. C.
Kw Hanover QountyN. C
29, 1879. NO. 70
Death of a Wilmingtenlan-
A telegram was received in this citv
to-day announcing the death at Atlanta,
Georgia, of Mi?s Sallie Kinyon, the only
daughter of Mr. Wm. Kinyon, a former
Wilmingtonian, and for a long time in
charge of the carpenter shops of the V
C. & A. R R. in this city. Miss Kin
yon was about eighteen years of age. She
was here on a visit to her relatives and
friet ds during the pas!; winter and form
ed many new ties of friendship. Her
death will be deeply mourned by those
who knew and loved her. 1
The Colored Troops-
Geo. L. Mabso'n was to-day again elec
ted Colonel of the Fifth Battalion of the
N C. State Guard. Mathew I ?vy, ol
Fayetteville, defeated Jno. Holloway in
the election for Major of the battalion,
The election was held in obed'ence to an
order Irom Adjutani-General Jones.
Hydrangea.
It may not be knoWn to many of our
readers that this flower, which is us
ually of a pink color, may be: made to
come out a beautiful rich bla4, by the
simple means of filling the box with
swamp or marsh earth. Common gar
den loam produces the piuk color.
A Festival in aid of St. Mark's Parish
will be held in the City Hall this evening.
The object is to raise money wherewith to
pay ori some small debts due by the
church. We trust that there will be a
large attendance.
A little boy wbo was crying bitterly
was asked the cause of h;s tears. 'Nuthin,'
replied the urchin, but if I had er knowed
the Sunday School was er gwine to give
a scursion I'de er jined er afore this.'
A Card.
To all who are sufi'dri. fr- a the er
rors aud indiscretiona Oi youth, nervous
weakness, ear'y decay, loss of manhood
&C, I wiil send a recipe that will cure
you, FREE OF CHARGE. This great
remedy was d;covered by a missionary in
STienci, :d a self-ad iresfw.
; blattim U. Nzt9 or CiftI
A Festival
. I,
-:9t. , in Hi f
-1
i'. Hi- IV"- S ,i ' li
some ' :w lepts ti
Uit'lll- ffl i 4J?(. it b ill
h :;. hy i li ! v.
i.t i .t ii pa i
inen . U'.
be re-pectialh a- licit beparonr. of a
gete oos nublic. . . oKAbY,
ap' 29 eacon in barge.
JJusic,
HEI.VSBERGER'S
LI YE BOOK AND MD8I0 6TORF
Pianos, Organs, Guitars, Violins,
Musio Boxes, Baijos, &, Ac.
New Novels, Poems, Black Books, Pens,
Ink, Stationery of the Newest Designs, En
velopea and Fancy Goods.
The best selling work eut, Gen. Richard
Taylor's "Destruction and Reconstruction"
price $2. For sale at
apl 29 HEINSBERGER'8.
The Miirionaire,
D H. O'BRIAtf, of Saa Francisco. Cel..
A says : "Herald Compound is the best
cement lor Broken wares I ever saw. I have
articles mended with it that .stand as eood as
oerore tny were treken." Hold by all drug
gists and country merchant ,or 'f your drng
irist hasn't got it, nor went send for it stnd
25 cen'3 for a bott'e to
JNO. T. PATRICK, 8oleMaB'fr,
apl 35-6t Wadesboro, N. C.
For Health and Pleasure
GO TO
i I "
PatieruOn's Celebrated Springs.
T
HE3E 8PR1NGS are situated four miles
South of Shelby and six miles North of
Wtutaker's, on tae Air-Line K. K. The niin
eral waters a e sulphur and chsljbeaU;. Tke
properues or tne suipnur are iron, su pour
and magnesia. Properties combined are be
neficial to all di eases, and never fail to core
the most obstinate cases, as manv will t'Btifv.
The chalybeate waters cannot oe tarpasaed,
naving wroagnt many aim t miraculous
cures.
These Celebrate i Springs will be on en firtt
April, and the prices are in reach of all. hav
ing been great! v reduced this season.
Bathing bim-s, c oqae: grounds, ten oin
alley, and other amuaemenU and attractions
free for visitors. Hacks running from tbis
place will meet visitors at Shelby or at Wbit
aker's en the Air j-ineft. R., upon short no-
ucs to me rroprieior.
Raias or Boakd.
Prdj mm $ 1 2
rer week.. 7 oy
Per month 20 00
Per month for two or more months.... 18 00
Children and servants ealf pi ice.
For farther particulars, address
W. 6. PATTKRSOJf. Prop'r.
apl 2$-dw i3t Uhelbj, , C,
fcPL&ft2 HOT2CB. ,1
"We will b&giac to reeeire ccc-cccilationf
from oar frieacj 02 aay and ail j u Ejects el
general interest bat :
The name of the writer must always be fu
nished to the Editor.
Communicators mnst.be "written; on ob'y
one side of the paper.
Personalities must be avoided.
And it if especially and particularly and
strod that the Editor does not always endo t
the viWs of cor rosjpoa dents, unless so state
in the editorial colu-rns.
New Advertisements.
CLYDE'S
New York
AND
Wilmington, N. C,
Steamship Line,
The Steamer
BENEFACTOR,
CAPT. JONES,
WILL SAIL FROM NEW IORK OH
SATURDAY, May 3.
San. Shippers can rely upon the prompt
sailing of Steamers as advertised.
For Freight Engagements apply to
THOS. E. BOND, A. D. CAZAUX,
uP'f Freight Agent,
Wilminst )n, N. C.
WM. P. CLYDE & CO., General agents,
uunnuK VJI CCIJ, .lew 1 urK.
ft apl 29-
THE
IS AT
Exchange Corner.
SomethiDg: New Every Day.
Juat received a fine line.ojf tliose
Kid. Gloves,
With TattTit Faiteningsjn Black and Color?.
Tou will w.ar no other when you
once try them.
A new lot of tl ose popular
Lllii
Sun b ellas
AND
parasol
in the market.
FINE SILK AND 1HIH HDK'FS,
FANCY TIES AND BOWS,
LACE BIBS, LISLE GLOVES,
LINEN COLLARS AND CUFFS,
GOOD HAIR NETS, COLOGNE, &C
The Finest Assortment of
Millinery Goods
to select from ever offered in this
market Ihe
NEWEST STYLES
always on hand and we guarantee
to tell you any style of
Hat or Bonnet
er less than you can buy the same N-jrth
We charge only for the material,
nothing for the Style.
We are glad to see all at
Exchange Corner.
apl 12 N. H. SPRUNT.
What ! I !
Q.E.VT'S CLOTHING CLEAN El) AND
Dyed equal to new, at
Wilmington Dyeing Establishment,
apl 28 t Market bet. 21 and U its.
Soda Water
"yyiTH THE CHOICEST
feci r avRCPs.
For sale by
JAMES C MC5D3, Druggist,
spl 21 Third street, Opp. City Hall,
rpflfi WLMLNGTON JOCR5AL, it one
t4ttb'TjrT bt dTertieinff Bsediasss ia tie