THIS PAPER
.,aJ trtry aftereoon, Boidayi ex-
JOSII. T. JAMES,
koitub A5D raorairTO,
! U4CRIPTXOS8. POSTAGE PAID.
..ir IS 00 Six month, $160 ; Three
n pPr ddllTered b CArri"rt
"fcL.r?e,io"J part of the city, at the
rat.orlScent. pwe.k.
k Jferu..ir re, low and liberal
Vr5tbicribri will pi report any and
.;, .VMt) reee their paper regularly.
it W ENTERPRISE.
Bt 3WN & RODDICK,
Vi:I open on or aoout
VoiIaesday. June 18,
T5 - re on th Southwest Corner
..;', Market street. " We pur
j.. yvorinz thi eutire store to the sale
5 and lO Cents.
u cannot enumerate the different artl
, v tLU t:ni Hit our patrons may rest
I,.,,-. .! th a uo enort will be spared to de-
New Enterririse.
w. .rtainly wHl orfer the greatest In
, r. fr-nta that have ever been shown In
tV vrtionof the country, as no house in
lb c uatry hu tnitter facilities forlhe
prvl. w of such articles,
BROWM & RODDICK.
V. w uM also take this opportunity of
i'yi'i t'.at w are ottomg some Special
jsT.!n at 4 Market Street, in our Dry
O-Jh Department.
short of space can only quote a
jv.-rti.ricw list, but can safely say that at
. . i..v U.-M iwn better prepared or
U:liivr inducements thau ai this par-
Dress Goods.
W have just received another small lot
t.t ina' at l"c. Call early.
Lawns Linen Finish, Gc.
Worth double.
IVUloM Hws for Gent's wear in Black
LI 1 II 111 v, .
ti. iUith when soil d can be cleansed
w ith a damp cloth.
I
allies Linen Collars, 5c.
A decided Bargain.
Summer Shawls.
Wm rln-d-i? out a small lot of the
aW atlfss than half the cost of manu
facturing.
Children's Col'd Hose.
The rherpst lot In this market ; 10c a
pa:r, and the iuaiity is goou.
IaOIES LISLETHREAD GLOVES, 5c.
Pr pair. Comment unnecessary.
Parasols aud Sunshades.
e lave just received another lot of the
We and can safely stae that tlwy are
without exception the cheapest goods ever
MivrvJ by us at any time.
FANS!! ! ! !
the millions at all prices.
Gents' White Shirts,
M.t. of Warusntta Cotton and the best
I.hn n front. Our rrice is still 75 cents-
BROWN &" RODDICK,
45 "Market Street
june 14 Kbesonian copy.
Notice.
ILL BE BOLD, OX WEDNESDAY,
JULY 23i. 1678, at 10 o'elAck, A. M., , a the
A action Rooms of Mewri. Cronly A MorrU,
o. wner 8L, a LOT OF UNCLAIMED
OOODHretn.iauiff In the office of the 8oatn
ern LipreM C mpny. Conieee are d
t i-4 t eall prpmptly or Goods w ll be sold
tor chae.
New Woods ! Low Trices !
VT7H1LEIX NEW YORK, recently Mr,
SHRIFRboofht at very low price a large
fU CI of
New and Desirable Goods.
Thv hive jut been received and coaii
Genu' and Boys Cassimere Suits !
A fine lot at bottom figure.
AU'te stock of WHITE VEST8, jart the
thi for the kuob, an4 will De soia
MtooUhinfl-lv low .1 ate.
IIm ctll &Bd zunine. whether roa pnr-
chw or a.iu We dliht a showing oar
gi, ifl4d n"t eomre.yon to bar.
olLRILIi'aTWO 8TOKE3,
h' i Market si.
Tonsorial,
H AVISO AGAIN located In the b
meat of xs Pnreell House. I have Uor
OB(hlr renoWud and improved the old lUK
and ie now prepared to haveahaxnpeo,
eut hair lor Teryhodr. The beet of work
snea, clean towaij, thxro raaors and low
price. LYIX ART 1 8,
JalylT PmreeUnoEM Barber Shop
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VOL. IV.
LOCAL 1 NEWS.
"If w Advertisements. 1
P.HmtaaiB Game, and crrquat.
HHaua's Keep CooL'
F. C. MCLL.a Open Day and Night
BoATwaiear A McKot California Win.
GikBiar A Co Hag: git, Harness, 4c.
Iatu' Marvellou Orjuinette.
CltjCourt. , x
Victoria Collins, colored, arraigned for
being drank and disorderly, wa aeotenced
to pay a fine of $5 or srrrvd; Un day in
the City Prison. s . J
Peter J. Holme, color! for mjonog a
had tree on the street was fined 82 or
allowed to serve ooa day in tb C. P. The
defendant went below. ,
In Wfced or Repairs.
Complaint is made that the bridge over
Smith Creek, about a mile from the city
limits, is out of repair again, also the
footway leading to j th bridge, ine
former Board of County Cjmraissioneri,
awarded the repairing of this bridge some
two years ago to Duncan Holmes, who
"narantee tht tho same woul
four years and gave bond for carrying out
his contract.- How i about it sow? We
mean the contract the bondsmen and the
bridge. ,
The Rocky Point Uumlcide.
No little public interest seems to be
taken in this unfortunate affair between
Buck Walker (alias V. J.Walker) white
and Frank Bll, colored, and which re
suited in the death at Rocky Point on
1ms Wednesday night of the latter, j The
Coroner.Dr. George F. Lucas, held an in
qaest over the dead budyjon the Thursday
folic wing and made a full and lair inves
tigation. The juryj was composed of an
equal number of whites and blacks A
cjrrsspondent there sends us the cream of
the evidence, and the report of the jury
a follows: The maiiji witnesses were
Walter Yeates, T. B. Cowan and John D
Walker, whites, and Burrell Batts and
Washington Pickett, colored. All testify
that they, with said Walker and Bell,
wsre together on the main road, , and go-
lag trS Ur. rorter 8. irom me; iaer .
tield, where they had I all been
at work. A disputo arose between the
deceased and Buck' Walker about some
trifling matter. JJoti words ensued, and
passion was high on the part of each. It
was sworn to by Yeates, Cowan and John
D. 'Walker, that Bell commenced to ad-
vance and was advancing, jwnn .uue
open and drawn, jupon . Buck Walker,
n.l that Walker then seized a hoe that
was at hand and proceeded to meet Bell,
both advancing in a strikiag attitude, and
that the fatal blow with the hoe upon the
skull of Bell was made by .Walker when
the disputants were thus advancing, and
were face to face It was sworn 'to by
Batts and Picket . that said parties, in
said attitude and with said weapons, wire
advancing upon one another as aforesaid,
but that Bell had turned hjs back and was
walking off from Walker, when the latter
gave the fatal blow. t
Dr. W. T. Ennett, County Superin
tendant of Public Health, who was pres
ent and made a poa mortem examination
ot the tkuil and brain of the deceased, in
accordance with the wishes of the iuryf
testified as follows :j That upon removing
the scalp he found a fracture about fonr
inches long extending from the coronal
suture across the parietal bone to near the
temporal b"ss. In removing the skull,
the membranes were found ruptured and
the brain substance wounded. .The wound
and its effects would, '. in' tke opinion of
Dr. Ennett, necessarily cause deatk. Dr.
E. Porter, who was the attending surgeon
upon the deceased, testified that he saw
the deceased in a very few hours after
the fatal blow, and found him in a coma
tose condition, with tetanic spasms. He
found no abrasion of the scalp, but a
fracture of the skull. He gave it as his
upinlon that the wound was tot necessari
ly a fatal one if the patient could have
been successfully operated upon. The
knife I gave to the Coroner, was the one
placed in my hands by Burnell Batts,
and which he (Batts) saidj ht had taken
from the hand of thej deceased, after he
was knocked down by Walker.
The parties were proved to be on good
terms op to the time of the kiiUng. The
jar returned a Terdiqt pat Frank Bell
came to bis death by a blow4, on the head
with a hoe in the hands of Buck Wilker,
(alias W. J. Walker f j Walker is still at
large, though officer! iara still j in pursuit
of him. All partiea and colors agree and
are in unison in desiring that he should be
brought to trial, and tliat the law should
take it course, fairly and fully, irrespec
tiro of color. i I
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WILMINGTON, N. C,
A DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
Harder and Suicide The First Tlc
tlm ft Well Known Colored Womn
The A nth or or all a Defunct Radl-
i
eal Politician. 1
One of the most shocking tragedies
that ever occurred within the limits of
this city was enacted hero on Saturday
night last," about 11 o'clock, by James
Heaton, a native of Ohio, and a notorious
disreputable character who was at one
time a very prominent p ditician in the
Republican party in this State. The vic
tim of this diabolical mmrder was a bright
mulatto woman kmwn as Mary Radclifie,
with whom the .author of this terrible
deed had for some time past been on terms
of intimacy The occurrence took place
near th corner of Market and Second
streets.in front of Messrs Behrends & Mun
roe's furniture store. Heaton, it is said,
had quarrelled with and beaten his para
mour very batJy on Tharday night and
to avoid any further interoouree with him
she had left town on Friday, but return
ed either that night or next day. In the
meartime she hd most of her things
moved from tke homse where she had been
Hying, on Third, between Brunswick and
Bladen streets, to some other locality in the
neighborhood of Seventh or Eighth streets,
near Chestnut, where it is reported she
slept on Friday night, intending at an
early day to leave the city entirely and
go to one of the summer resorts in this
State where she had already procured a
situation as chambermaid. But Heaton
ia seems had tracked the woman and on
Saturday night Yisited Mr. Henry
Haar's store, on the corner of Seventh
and Chestnut (streets, there making
inquiries for his intended victim. It is
further rumored that the murderer had
gone to the house whither this woman bad
removed her things and in her absence
had a trunk of clothes carried ott tfnd
Mwfnr mrfcinfl. Fi!ina? to dis-
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cover the object of his malice he came
down street and encountered the unfortu
nate woman at the place above stated.
One cf the wjtnesssa before the Coroner's
Jury testified that Htaton came up to
where his victim was engaged in conver
sation with several other colored women,
a ,v f hor where she had been
for the last two or three days and then
proffered.to shake bands with her, which
the woman refused to do,this the witness,
Jaa. Edward Walker,! a colored man who
was with Mary Radcliffe at the time says
was proffarred four different times, and
each time refused by the woman, who
told Heaton she wanted nothing more to
de with bim. Heaton then replied, damn
you I'll make you have jsomething to do
with me, and advanced a step nearer to
wards her, at th same time drawing his
pistol and aimintf at tho woman's breast.
Th next instant he fired, the woman ut
terid a piercing screamiaying, you have
killed me,and fell to the pavement insen
sible. The excitement then became so
great and general that it is exceedingly
difficult to get a correct account of what
transpired after tho first shot. The man
Walker, who was accompanying the wo
man Mary Radcliffe home at her request,
as she said be told him she was afraid to
go by herself, 'stated to th jury that he
ran and Heaton fired at kim and then
turned and fired at a colored woman in
the crowd by the name of Louisa Fleu
ming. Other account, which Jwo are in
clined to think are more reliable, state
that Heaton flred at the woman twice
aftr sho fell,but missed hr each time.
However thi may be certain it is that
niitnl hall of the same calibre
was found on the pavement flattened,
very near tho scene of the terrible deed.
The fatal ball entered a ltttle to tho right
of the right breast, passing through the
lungs aad causing almost instant death.
As soon as the pistol shots were heard.
Officer O'Brien, who was on the opposite
side of tho street, rushed over, and saw
Heaton a ho turned and fled. Thi
officer then pursed bim np Market street
to Third, and saw him turn np Third to
Princess, and further pursued him up
Princess to Fourth street, where he lost
sight pf him.
A large crowd at once collected around
the body of tho woman, Drs. Lane, King,
Burbank and Walker among them, all
but the latter of these medical gentlemen
arriving before death occurred. On the
arrival of tho Coroner, the bodj waa
taken In an ambalanoo and conveyed to
ths house of the doccasad woman, on
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MONDAY, JULY 11,
Teird, between Brunswick aud Bladen
streets.
In the mean time the police, under the
direction of Chief! of Police Brock
were scouring the streets in every direction
iu search of Heaton. The route he bad
taken as followed by OfficT O'Brien, was
further confirmed by the testimony of.two
trentlemen who met Heaton at the corner
of Third and Princess streets, running
with a pistol in his hand. He was in
terrogated bv one of the gentlemen as to
the cause of tho shooting down the street,
and he replied that a man rad shot a
woman down there and that he (Heaton)
was trying to head him off. j
Capt. Goodman of the night force with
one or two policemen hurried to the house
on Third street, mentioned above, an d
made a th .rough search for the escaped
murderer, but returuei Itoithe City Hall
without having discovered any clue to
him. About this time it was reported at
the City Hall that a pistol shot ; had been
heard on Fourth street, in a vacant lot
kno wn as the Morris lot.
On receipt of this intelligence , Capt.
Goodman and Officers Everett and
Walker were ordered to take a
lantern and search every part of tbe
lot. Subsequent developments confirmed
the fact that the fugitive must have gone
in the course followed by tbe officers in
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their search. On Fourth street, leading in
to the back yard of Mrs. Fulton's pre
mises, a large gate, being partly ajar,
opens up a narrow alley way into which
the fleeing criminal must have hurried to
escape bis pursuers, and then following
on in the different ramifications of the en
closure until he came to a high"' fence, en
the other side of which was a savage bull
dog, baffled in the attempt to escape, and
being;unable' to scale the . fence, it is
thought that in an act of desperation
Heaton committed the last act of this
fearful tragedy by taking his own lite.
He was found by Captain Goodman and
the other officers lying upon his back
with his feet near the fence; the pistol
which was the jinstrumentof rushing
two souls unprepared into ine
presence of their Maker was found a
few inohes from his right hand;
his umbrella was on his left side, and his
head thrown back, while he breathed
heavily aud vwth difficulty; a small hole,
bine aroundthe edge.in the right temple,
scarcely the size of a silver dime, told the
story where the fatal ball had entered.
Dr. King wa3 summoned and examined
the wound, from which the brain was
slightly oozing. Tbe kail, which Dr. King
says would have , passed entirely
through the head, bui for the weapon
having been held so close, had lodged in
the brain.
Dr. King at once pronounced the
wound a fatal one. After ,tho arrival of
the Coroner the same ambulance which an
hour before had carried the murdered
weman to her house was again brought
into requisition and the body jof Mary Bad
cliffe's murderer was carried to the
dead, woman's house.and the 'corpses of the
murdered an 1 the suicide and murderer
laid side by side.
The coroner held an irquest yesterday
morning, and the verdict was ia accord
ance iwith the above s atement of facts.
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All day long yesterday crowds of people
thronged the room to get a last look at
the faces of the dead. At 6 o'clock the
funeral of Heaton took place from the
Undertaker's shop of J. W. Woolvin to
Oakdale cemetery, where it was interred
in tho public burying ground. ,Rev. Dr.
Patterson, of St. 'John's Episcopal Church,
was asked to officiate and accom pained
the remains to their last resting place,
and read a few prayers at the grave, it
being positively against a rubric of the
church, made and provided for such ca'o,
to use tho beautiful service of the church
on this occasion. A couple of hymns were
also sung by the few persons present, and
then all that was earthly of the poor
wretched being, who had first killed and
theo suicided, was lowered into the graye
and hid from view for
ever. What the thoughts
of those few were who stood around that
open grave can be better imagined we
suppose than "described. , Horrible, hor
rible, most horrible, must have been the
thoughts of all we suppose as they dwelt
noon 'the horror of the crime and the sud-
deneas of the last deed.
Heaton has a mother living in Ohio
ho has been informed by telegraph, we
learn, of the awful fate of her only re
maining child.
James Haatonkwas about 32 or 33 years
oldj we believe, and, a likely young fellow,
1879. NO. 131
who piided himself very inuca upon hie
fine physique and muscular powers. v
I The woman, ilury Uadc'iille, was some
25 or 30 vears of a?e, knd baa lived in this
city nearly all her life. . . j
Aad thus euds the most terr ible chapter
of cijime in this ci?y that it fcasi ever been
our duty to reccid. God grant ihat we
may never have another like duly to per
foini, and that cur c minnnity may never
be so horrified and shocked again by a
simijlar occurrence, as long' as ; the spires
of our churches rise- heaven wr.rtf and our
inhabitants are elaseq anions; tho civiliz- d
beings cl the earth. I
Oil" for Wabingto; j
The new postal car recently 'termed ou t
by the W. & W. Railroad 1 Company,
mention of which we made a few days
since, has been completed so far as the
company is concerned, and leaves with
the freight train this afternoon, to go to
Washington, D. C, to receive a few
touches to be put on by the post office de
partment. It was expected that a man
would be sent from i Washington for the
purpose, but he did not cjjme. We-learn
that all tbe new postal cars have to be
sent to Washington before riiey are accept
ed tor service.
A! large quantity of spoiled fish and
beef was sent but of market Saturday. ,
For other locals see fourth page.
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'It is better to laush than be crvins"
decidedly; and to enjoy your baby's laugh
ing society use Dr. Bull s Baby byrup
which1 relieves the chief discomforts of
babyhood withont stupefying the chil
dren. I'rice 25 cents a bottle.
Indications. I
War Department,
Office of the Chief Signal Officer
Washington, D. C, !July 14, 18
179 J
For the South Atlantic States, rising
barometer, North and East winds, cooler,
cloudy and rainy weather. I
I Thermometrical.
From the United States Signal Office in
this place jwe obtain the following report
f the thermometer, as takon - Ura morn
ing at 7:31 o'clock : I
Angusta, Ga ...77'
Mobile, Ala .....82
Montgomery Ala. ..S3
Nashville ....78
New Orleans....iL..l8t
New York 69
Punta Hassa, Ha.. .82
Savannah, Ga....!...77
bhreveport.. .80
St. Louis Mo 78
St. Marks, Fla 82
Vicksbuj-g,Mifls....8'i
Washington 74
Wilmington.......... 5
Atlan a, Ua.. r&
Cairo, 111.. 1 76
Charleston, 8.tC....77
Cincinnati... .w......79
Comcana, Tex. bO
Fort Gibson, C. .89
Galveston 84
Indiahola 85
Jacksonville, Fla...S0
Kiioxville 7-
Lynchburg 80
Memphis, Tenn 80
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A CARD TO THE AFFLICTED.
Dr. Robertson, 19 South Eut'aw street
Baltimore, Md , !
From long experience in hospital and pri
vate practice, guarantees a permanent cure
in all diseases of the Urinary Organs and
of the Nervous System viit Organic and
Seminal Weakness, ltopotency (loss OI
sexual power) Nervous Debility and
Trembling, Palpitation of the Heart, Dim
ness of Sight or Giddiness, Pains in the
Back and Nocturnal Emissions, etc., all
resulting trom abuses in youth or excess in
manhood. Diseases recently contracted
cured in five to ten days, aud the pdjson
entirely eradicated from the system. Also
all skin and blood diseases quickly cured.
Or. Robertson, a graduate ot the Unive si
iy of Mary land, refers to. any of the leading
physicians of Baltimore, Special attention
given to all female complaints.
All consultations strictly confidenital
and medicines sent t any address. Call
or write, enclosingy stamp for reply
July 2-lyd&w. . '
American Wines.
But few persons are aware of the great
amount of grapes raised in New Jersey
Alfred Speer is known to be the larges.
wine grower east of the Rocky Mountainst
His Port Grape Wine is the best, and is
conside-ed by physicians and chemists as
the best wine to be procured, jit is j or
dered1 to London and Paris, where it is
becoming very popular among wealthy
families. For sale by J. C. Muod?,. L
Bridgers & Co and iGreen & Flanner
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A CARD.
To all
who are suffering from the er
rors and indiscretions ot youth, nervous
weakness, early decay, loss of manhood
&C I will send a recipe that will Jure
you, FREE OF CHARGE. This great
remedy was discovered by a missionary in
South America. Send a eelf-ad 'ressed
envelope to the Rev. Josephi T. InmasJ
Station L, New York Cifyi
New Advar tisements.
THE MAJiVELOlH
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ORGTJTNETTE,
STILL THI! ATTRACTION. THEY BUT
thorn at sight. There i no limit to either
kind or qiantity of music It plajs any
tone. ' I ' '' j i
School Books, Stationery, Blank Books,
Ac, ke.t in great variety, at low figure.
" YATE3 ;BOOK STOkE . j
jnlyH, IaND PIIOTO ROOMS,
PLEASE XOTICZ.
We will be glad to fecelrt eCtnmnnlraUcEi
from ooxj frjjnd on any and all subject o f
general interest bats. j 1 ' II i-
Tbe name of the writer xanrC always J
nuhed to the Editor.
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Communications most be written "on only
one side of the paper.
Personalities must be avoided.
And it is especially and particularly nni
stood tLat the Editor does not always endo
tne views of cor resjon dents, unless so state
in the editorial columns.
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New Advertisements.
OPEN DAYASDiKIGHT.
Simmons Liter regulator, par
kers Ginjrer Tocic, Jdiaa Cholajrofl-u,
owma'B eimm l igaretts, and ' fuil lm
of Drus, 'Med.cinea and Perfumery.
I J. C. MDLLER, j
Corner 4th and N mii Strati!
J Open dy atd night. i II
July U-tf j 1 1 j
Busrgies, Buggies,1
Harness & Saddles,
FOR SALE AT i
3rd st., opposite City. Hall. I
REPAIRING DONE WITH! NEATNESS
I AND DISPATCH. I i '
HORSE-SHOEING A SPECIALTY I
inly 14-tf ' e: il , . I I
GALIFOMIA WINES.
IN WOOD,
Ordered exprestly for use during the iWarm
Season.
CLARET,
ANGELICA,
HOIK,
DORT, I . j
SUERRY,
Direct f-.oin Cali'ornia fi Isthmus'of Pana
ma.
yERY FINE,
AND AT VERY LOW FIGURES.
WE GUARANTEE A LARGS 8AYISG:
1 t ' l!
h ' ; ' - I iL
TO ALL WHO USE TUESE WIJfES.
ALSO THE CHOICEST i
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FAMILY GROCERIES
'I FRSU EVERY WEEK,
IF YOU DESIRE THE BEST AT fTIlE 1 i
LOWEST C1SH PRICES IN
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THE CITY.
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With a Ouaiantee to Please at all timei tr
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hare Goods retarned, call open ,
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Boatwiight & EIcKoy,
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O & 7 XTcrfa Front Street.
jely lk
BERtxER & ENGEL
CELEBRATED LAGER BEER, which
took the FiafTPaiMioM Gold Midt,-
at the Paris Exposition, can be r vi iu bottle
or kegs, by applying to
WM. GE5ACST,
Agent B. Z.
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All orders left at the MOZART SALOON
will rec :i re prempt attention!
WM. GENAUST, AgOt,
inlv i2 , Cor. 4th A Hanover Street.
KEEP COOL!
O HRIER OFFERS THE GREATEST
O facilities for keepioecol this botwai
er. He i patriotically resolved to sell the
balance of hie j
Stock of Summer Clothing
At price so low j down that everybody eaa
keep c-jol and comfortable.- In fact, the
stock MUST and ft ILL HE 80LD, to mace
room for an immense Fall and Winter Stock.
Come and get price and bay bar g 1ns. 1 1-
1 be DIAMOND is the bkst and emir lit
Shirt in tbe Car. Hold on! r at I
' SHRIER'S TWO WTORES, i
juLrll ' ! Market fiueet ,
SOUND COTTAGES.
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3 NEW COTTAGES for Bent on Green
viile Sound. Applvto 1 I i
IL BUBCBIMER, , I
Or C. a MORSE.' I
i july ll3t On tho Prerstsea,
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