THIS FAFXR
every evenl. Sundays exeepted j
CJ josiL T. JA.MS, Wor ana irop.-CSCRirno-s.
rOSTACE paid:
-r uixx months 10?. Three
ooattWOL one month, 55 cents.
vtiibc delivered V carriers, tree
la J Pn the city, it the Above
iV -rtt wlU plre report any and
.....,rfHWm""" '
TORPID UVER
, by ih marked ptillrttl i
- iVTj NratU. bad.Uste In the inoulh.
- i r rn-l loncu.
, hh. tb front of lh beadi
. .tuition of th6tomclind bowclt
- Wrtooof.rrli
iii leiVecvrrytbius for tomorrow.
..Jural flw of 1UU trmu lhIJvr
.- ructtd It rwulUlti
BILIOUSNESS, .
?. i.Auiur. II rrMorm Iho AtT to
KuUWlI-nd rutll..dlxcMlvoorsus
3,Vh roudllton thai they cau do their
totwrk. After Ukins thl medicine no
bc uhjeLl loeere pIU of Lott
ed o of the lier. aJ Uc Uen in h kal"l of
Li- fr $ w k'-1' hm tcnr
el. u:4 me up tor three or Ion day. "Jc ' 1
Ix.e Uca uUa Sntainon L'ver Ke-uLlor,
wUh rel.fithot any interrupt! to
O.rX, 1 GEJTVIJTE
Its our uiDp red oo frrnt cf Wrapper
J.U.ZelUn A Co.. rhlldelphlA,P-
cor a tc lstP dXwlJ CH Jwt
A low estimate puts the number
of person mpported by all the
forms of employment furnished by
electricity at 5,000.000.
Mrj. filadstone celbratetl her 76th
hirt Inlay a few days ago. Th pold
eu weddinj: of this aged couple will
orcur next July, if they both uhould
live so loo?:.
Governor Luce, of Michigan, says
that there are many important
measures that he would like to
undertake, but he hadn't time, be
eau.M, curing to hL small salary, he
fm to t!o other thog. It ift said
that he ha to groom his own horse.
WU ilary L $1,000.
Lord Lytton ha written a letter
totheeongresa of French teachers
in Fxland in which he gracefully
likeoed the various lancruages and
littr&tnrea to the seas and oceacs
which separate nations, but .which
at the same time prove a ready
cieaoi of intercommunication be
tween theiu.
The colored people employed
about the jail at Birmingham, Ala.,
a dozen or more in number, all in
sist that every night at 12:30 they
Methe ghost ox George Williams,
who waa hanged there several weeks
ao. and that at precisely that 'min
ute the trap of the scaffold falls
with a great noise, which ran , be
heard all through the Jail. -'
Claris Jackson, a colored woman
of Hancock county, Ohio, has bc.
woe n grandmother at the" uge of
twenty-five. She waj inarrietl when
only eleven years old, and while In
er twelfth year became the mother
t a daughter, who, in her turn wo
Carried at twelve, and became a
pother at thirteen. The child iut
wrn h jjjrl.
Prxt. E. Stone Wiggins, the earth
tuke sharp, has bcen heard from
He bays that a great . earth
Tke ticriod In horth Atuerica
ui begirt in 1904 on AogUbt ID, to
exact. Meanwhile he will no
tl)er with final! shakes, like those
hich have taken place recently
bkh are merely "the negative or
feSei actinnrkf tin" nrthn nk the
Pition being located eonth of Cape
Mora."
rrobably the most remarkable
d in the world is that running
uiogginti to Lounering, near
-- 1L la ODlv L WeiJLV'LlVe IIIIIPS
- 0 -
;2th, and cost over $7,000,00a
fA, at the little station of
loCriatz, at an elevation of 1,400
rTS tnd fmn hro ifTn fioril
DT ffc. i!
" v Hjweriui locomotives
ua round and round over some
pn doable viaducts and through
KZJ tQGneI- It creeps along
t r - Auuruing glimpses oi
! ac or the wildest seenery in Eu
Iu tc"ainus, Lounering, is at
" "'Nation of 3,500 feet.
'iii. J Hoaw of Repiwnta
t U(1 nw nnWt- Kn.ir-.w. m.-
Jrat- t-. "-iMAHii iiiuii-
temptation icr extrava-
r
VOL XII.
W ILM I NGTON, N. C FRIDA Y. FEBRUARY 3. 1888
NO 28
gance that will always be afTordexl .
to a large utirimte in the treasury
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Punaantto announeetiientatneet
These bills niniiter ixty in the Sen- ing was held last night at the City
ate. providing for
of alxut $1000.000,
IIoiim, appropriating in the aggre-; ty to Auimalg.
gite $1.7,000.000. The luuouiitH vary ! The meeting waa called
the expenditure . Utdl for the purpose of organiting a
and 150 in the : Society for the Prevention of Crttel-
t .1... : I.. : "
to order
from $.0,000 to $2,000,000. with little by Col. B. V. UaXU who was invltexl
to the chair on motion of Capt. J.
H. Daniel. Mr. U. 3i: Kobinson was
made secretary. "
Mayor Fowler moved that the
chair appoint a committee of thfee
to recommend Officers for the Socie-
ty. ' ' '
The chair appointed Mayor Fow
ler, Mr. Jos. McLaurin and Capt. J.
U. Daniel as the committee.
Remarks were made by the chair
man and by Mr. F..A. Lordi'the lat
ter speaking of efforts lUade by citi
zens in years past to prevent cruelty
to animals.
reference to the actual needs of the
public fervire in th matter of new
building.
-
Do you have dyspeptic troubles?
Take'lfood'hSariiapurilla, which has
relieved' thousands ami will cure
you. Sold by druggists.
LOCAL. UBWS.
iKDsx to Nbw Advertisements.
J4 JlrnKici New
J II Vollkk NoUrg
I SnBiKR store for Kent
IIClXMSKBSk-K -Vjlrntlues
M S Wiluird One by One
Dick .Mkark-riov ;oon
OrRRi Hockk Hoiueo and .lullet
F C Millkk IIumpbrcs Spclflc
C NV Yati Yearly Sulnlptlons
A A Urows & Co Life Insurance
S I Wallace, easier Dividend Notice
s D Wallace. CsiUtr stockholders' Meet
ing For other locals see fourth page.
Hest shoes for boys at French &
Sons. t
You will find at Heiusberger's an
elegant assortment, just received, of
fine wire masks for ladies and gen
tlemen and some other articles need
ed for masquerade balls. tf
A : The Masquerade Ball. .'.
' The1" Masquerade Ball given in
Oertnania Hall last night by the
GenuanlaJ Band was in every res
pect a delightful and successful
N B A I V K KTIH & E NT w .
rpUE ANNUAL MEETING OPTnESTOCK-
holders of the BANK OP NEW FIANOVER will
affair j The attendance was large, be held at their Banking House, in this city,
: . . . . . , j on Thursday, the 9th last., at 12 o;cloct; noon.
ic KUMumen uuiqut;, nun uuu j
propriate and thej characters well
sustained. There were nearly forty
persons' tn masque i and the specta
tor filled ail of the available space.
Al together, i t was one of the noted
evpuH of the season, and , will long
be remembered. ; -
. -Tlie Pine' Wool Indnfttry.
Mr. W. R. French, the polite and
elBcient'agent of the Acme Manu
facturing Company, is doing a big
work, says CoK Polk in the Kaleigh
farmer, not only for Ins company,
but for our State; His company I
manufactures elegant
S D. WALLACE. Cashier.
Wilmington, N. C, Feb. 2, 1888. feb 3 3t
Dividend Notice.
ryUE DIRECTORS OF THK BANK OF NEW
HANOVER have this day declared a semi-annual
dividend of Four Per Cent., payable on
the 9th tnjst. : to Stockholders of record of this
dafe, h-S. 1; WALLACE, Cashier
Wilmington, N. c, Feb. 188.' feb 3 It
HAVE OPENED THIS DAY A HAN 0
some lot Of PLAID AND STRIPED FLAN
NELS, suitable for Children's Cloaks jor Ladles
Wrappers. Also, 50 pieces of yard wide Sat-
carpetingi ieens, elegant styles and super quality, at I2,v
niat.tiiitr. ;tft.. from the fibre of 'theL0r,to i-uvi- xro rd A f nil If no vf Tniio T.lrtoriQ
. . , - . GJT V I VviiVU J a V . A X. iUll 11U v W14M 4vw
i ne uayor reau toe report oi me sf Att, of onp lon .Haf ninp it is i .
committer, recommending the fol
lowing officers:
President-J. II. Watters.
First Vice President Rev. J. Car-
michael.
Second VicePresident FredRhew.
Third Vice President Rev. D. H.
Tuttle.
Fourth VicePresident A. 8. Heide.
Secretary and Treasurer G. H.
Greene.
Mr. Watters wished to withdraw
his name and nominated Mayor
from 8 cents per yard to the finest quality. A
few handsome styles of Plaid Batiste and In
dia Linen, fine fabric and low price,
feb 3 ' J. J. HEDRICK.
deserves success, and we wish him a
declined, whereupon the officers re- U measure of it
- - A L I O
commenueu uy me cominitiee were
Fooler for President. Mavor Fowler
i
We thank Col. W. P. Canaday,
Senreant-at-Arms of the IT. S. Sen-
ate. for full sets of hound volume unanimouslv elected. School shoes for children, t best in
of thA PnnKfiinnnl RAnorci fnrti,l Afr a H. QrPPnA moved that the eity, at Geo, R. French & Sons.t
last (the 49th) -Congress. Thev ar- committee of six be appointed to 'V oakdale Cemetery.
rived safe this morning and fill one I draft a constitution and by-laws, to I This calm ''city of the dead" na-
ent ire mail bag. report at a meeting to be held twolturallyattractive, but made more
wppIk hpnop Thp Tiiotion wi i hp.aiit.iful hv ' t,h ennniner hand of
mi. ll l ii 1 I V r
Aiie geiuieuieu wuo coinposeu me ilnnf1 thp f0iiownj, WPrft an. -kill and art. i reeeivintr narticnlar
committee for the masquerade ball pointed. Messrs. John H. Daniel, attention at this time from those
lu .r,.url. ". John J.-Fowler. T. J. Southerlandi who have It f u charce. The drive
r?.T"nL. .and,.He" F. A. Lord, J. H. Boatvrigbt. Dr. way8 rlng so,newl
UMuiia uuuu, it -nit- itiiir hiju fJ I jr
Mr. John McLaurin
au interest tnat i& growing into
splendid proportions. .We predict a
large trade for this goods, withucn
an active, intelligent and efficient
i representative as our good friend
'Mr. French. We are glad to see by
tour exchanges that Mr. French has
made contracts for placing these
North Carolina carpets on the floors
of the Treasury and Interior De
partments in Washington City
This is quite a compliment to him, me. A tl rst-class store, large, roomy, cen-
as well as to our State. Well, 'Will' trally located and well suited for any kind of
Store for Rent.
rjiHAT VERY DESIRABLE STORE
on North Front Street, opposite First
National Bank and just North of Capt.
Mclntire s Dry Goods Store, recently occupied
kindly. assisted them in making the
arrangement and to whose efforts
the success attained was in a great
measure due.
The iavement in front of the Par
cell House property, on NorthFront
street, now owned by Messrs. W. K.
Springer & Co., is being laid with
the granite stones which formerly I Tuttle that the newspapers of cemetery embraces 65 acres of land.
formed the porticoes and front of I the city be requested to publisn J which is divided .into 11 sections,
the building. Some of the pieces these laws. I and these latter are subdivided into
are more than a foot tlnVW nnd thA I There being no other business the 1 867 lots. There are between three
pavement bids fair to last forever I meeting adjourned
and a da v.
business. Possession given immediately.
Apply to I. SIIKIER,
" 16 North Front Street.
i
feb 3 tf Pureell Building.
One by One; !
A NOTHER ASSESSMENT LIFE INSU-
rance company which had a number of policy
i
holders in Wilmington has announced itself
, - . ... ,
Insolvent, leaving several deceased .policy-
holders' claims unpaid. The undersigned will
transfer members who are able to pass a medi
- PLEASE NOTICE. , , .
We wil be glad to receive communicat ior.s
from our frten03 on any and all subject s
general interest,but ;
The name of the Trrlter must; alri be fur -
olshed to the Editor. - -v
..'--- . . . . , -, -Communications
inust.be-writ trr onlv n
- - - - i .
one side of the paper ., 4 . ,
rersonailtles must be avoided.
And it is especially an particularly under
stood that the Editor does" . t. always endors "
the tews of correspondents nlcss so state
in toe editorial-columns. : r. . , . "
NE W -i VEITTlSllIIUiiN TS.
NO BILLS MADE BY CHARLES L. SAN
DERS will be paid by me.' - -
. . J. 11. VOLLERS.-
feb 3 it
Nichols, s. c.
HurnflhroV'G
TTOMEOPATHTC , 8KEUIFICS. SIMPLES,
i.tteh&'azel on? for iie itf ?
'-'i'' - - F,.cVlILLl:ii,
v .-.':--: - German Drug Jbtoir,
- Corner S. Fourth -andNun sts..
P. S. Prescriptions filled at all times, day
and night. -' - . fo.b 2 ly
I . - m - .
h 2-
cal examination, to sound and reliable compa-
somewhat extended
and 3.000 feet of terra cotta sewer
suggested I pipe were received vesterday from
that the secretary correspond with I the, Pomona Hill ttntyPTy, at ftrppps-
the New Orleans society, insTead of j bol'o. Tor the purpose of draining at .special rates. For further information
the society at Jsew Tork, to get the Eastern part of the grounds. apply to
views upon the subject. j Oakdale Cemetery was organised
The laws of this State reUting to November 16th, 1853, and the first
cruelty to animals were read by tne I interment in the grounds was on
Mavor, aud it wassuirgestedby Rev. I the 5th of February, 1855. The
feb 3
M. S.
WILLARD, Agent,
314 North Water St.
Life Insurance.
it seems Kiraiisre. tnar in jnis m
n , . a
town oi ,uuu innaoitants tnere is
not a crockery store in existence.
We mean one devoted exclusively
to that business. To any one Who
may think of embarking in this lire
the opportunity of securing a good
stand is now at hand. The store
recently occupied by Mr. I. Shrier,
justNorthof Capt. Mclntire's store,
on North Front street, is for rent.
See ad. in this issue.
School Books and School Station
ery you can buy cheapest at Hems
berger's. 4
and four miles of main avenues or
walks
There
Safe, Reliable, Sure.
LL THE POLICY-HOLDERS WHO RE-
Aanflv rrrv" In ft" Ttrlll rln wtill - sxill rr A A
drives and a, great; number of walks brown &. co. corner of North Water and
hoParriarrobnannAfms ThprP perry streets, ana iaKe a poncy in tne
v..-.v.,., I saieir iruna system in tne uartrora iAie&
are 53 Confederate soldiers interred I Annuity Dasurance company. Thi3 old, reiia-
., , - . ixi- , ble company has paid out In Wilmington for
ttifhin rh llonfpnpratp IntJ nesides ibot nvor mm in HoaMi tAswa . -
DUIdriul Drt lMrrd.
At u meeting of the Directors of
the Bank of New Hanover, held ves-
City Court. j others whose resting place is in
There was a formidahlp Lp.kr. I family of private lotsl The records
for the Mayor's consideration this I show that 358 persons died of yellow
morning which was disposed of in I fever, when that scourge was in the
the following order: city in 1862, who are interred in Oak-
Sam Jartins, colored, larceuy.dis-ldale, but as ,the i records were not
charged. , I regularly kept at that time,4 and a
Thomas Blackwood, colored, lar. I man v died of fever, which were
. . I . i' x l. "l 1 1-1
cenv, uiscliargeu. : iciasseaas lypiioiu, uraiu, niaianai
William Lord, Daniel Emanuel, and other fevers, wiich were with-
Fred Lord. Majririo Lord.EUen Lord, lout doubt yellow fever, before tne
Aleck Lord and HI mint Emanuel, all disease wks declared epidemic, Jtheir TIIE GRHT urease in the valen-
colored, with some doubts as to the lis but little doubt that the actual TINE trade over former years Is no doubt due
1887 over $35,000 in death losses.
Amount of Insurance in force. . ..$57,000,000
Death losses paid under Safety
Fund System..... ............ 3.500,000
Amount of Safety Fund .......... 1,000,000
feb 3 Messenger copy It
Valentines
FOR 1888.
four per cent, w as declared, payable
on theUth itist.
The annual meeting of stockhold
ers will be held at the banking house
in this city on the Uth inst., at noon.
New From Ox font.
tenlay, a siMiii-jiiiiuud dividend of I ,atter charged with disorderly counumber was twice as large frs the 1 10 the introduction of our beautiful
duet, Tjie testimony showed that I records snow.
it was a sort of free fight, beginning Many of the records were lost dur-
with dogs and ending with the men iutf the war, and hence it becomes
and women. William Lord and I impossible to more tlum approxi-
Dauiel Euiannel were fined $20 each I mate the number 6f interments be-
with the alternative of 30 days in I fore and up to theclose of hostilities
t ha chain iranir. Prwl Lord wh di-I between the f States. In fact, the
A friend at Oxford writes us of the I charircd. Masie Lord. Ellen Lord I records were hot Tegularly aud com
continued progress being made in land Elmira Emanuel were fined 10 nletely kept until 1867. Since then
that town ahd section. On MoihIhv i.nnii on .t,,,.., i..
last the Bojinl of fjkjmmissioners de- a 1,-ek Lord was fined 'fcL? or no ,iv Siuce that time to 1887, both inclu- LlVe BOOK and IYIUSIC blOre.
..Z.I 1 A k At A -
viueu icj nave ine own lighted by
electricity. Ten lights are to be
erected at a cost of $1,000 a. year.
the municipality reserving the right
to purchase the plant within 60 days
after the lights are in successful
operation.
The Oxford & Clarksville R. R. is
fast approaching the town and in
tne course or a few davs more of
good weather the engine will sound
Its whistle at the depot This latter
Is being pushed forward with every
DECORATED SATIN NOVELTIES.
EASEL VALENTINES,
ELEGANT FRINGED CARD Valentines,
VALENTINES FOR ALL.
Young and old, large and small, all can be
made happy from a large scock at -
Heinsberger's
teb3
2
0
Oomic Valentines,
HOLESALE AND RETAIL. -j
or saie ai
feb 3
HEINSBERGER'S.
in the chain gang for carrying alsive, there haye been 2,292 inter-
concealed weanon. . I ments being au average or lOU 1-7
Willi Robinson aud John Vad- annually, Thtx largest oiumber of
dell, t wo dirty looking -colored interments in one year was in 1875,
youths, for sleeping. under a private wnen they were 155; the least num
residence, were ordered to be con-1 ber was in 1880 and 1881, when they
fined ten davs in the city prison on were 79 in each year. 1
short rations. I Within the memory of many now
tl..l. TT , . .1 Ittrirw. Oolrlola Pnrriatnixr urns inaM
ueun. xi owe ana jonn blowers, i wouici; . , u.-i... .ill.. .. L
colored, disorderlv conduct. - Flow- wast land, possessing, it is true, "" lgoi udiv, jummj, fcurauarv uto
. . . I x i .i x . i. : u
ers was discharged and flO or2QIua?y; na""7" M.uvuuge, wuioh
days was Howe's sentence. nave been utilized, untu now it is
burial
OPERA HOUSE.
sIaiii Rtnifti ri.nAa iioti wii- one of tlie most attractive
, . , , x m - i wuiuco nan auu i w . ; .
uispatcnoytneiuessrs. hihott, the iiam KVAr(1 frflmTV1 ivfxn nn places in the South. Too much
enterprising contractors. r r .iu nraisa eannot he bestowed unon Mr.
The engineer corps on Wednesday in thA if fUav .-a T. Donlan. the 1 Superintendent,
commenced the survey of the Hen- hftnnt:ntv,inf,Mnw through whose eood Judgment, fine
line Onnmnn .hncun.ma ..,nni.c I taste and horticultural skill these
ur.. ii :.. , I , .. o.v . - - . ... . .
tb..i kW.Cviu.vi.uuSC.HuAloru) hr Pftnn,ct fnr. :n,iir,r ,iMfe.f works of improvement and adorn
tlieir I sir1jK nml L I ID R Tit h A VA hftAH Pflfftted.'
null AinU I III JllllZnill UliiA i T v. - - -
on
only to place the town
i ' w
UCVIUC IU MAC m UU Ilieiri l tm
, . ... i x . icacii onense.
ine iney win Know ine nest way to
get into the town. '50 dozen all wool flannel shirts, in
The location of the Oxford & Dur (all shades and colors, for men and
.---!
See the "Artfui,"? the best rat trap
known,. at Jacobi's Hdw. Depot, t
Indications. 'C
For North Carolina, fair Weather,
mm U. R, will be completed in a I boys, from 75 cents and upwards, followed by light rains , in Northern
week or. ten days and th roal mat the Wilmington Bhlrt Factory, portion, and light ruins followed by
advertised to be put under contract No 27 .Market street, J. Elsbach. I fair weather in Southern portion,
vry stxn.
i Prop.
MRS POTTER,
Supported by
MIL KYRLE BELLEW,
If
o
t . I with liglit to fresh I Easterly winds, j jaasi
By courtesy of Mr. n. E. Abbey, of Wallack's J
Theatre, . I
! yClL HENRY LEE, !
And a Carefully Selected Company under the ?
management of MR. II. C MlNElc ' t
B't, u and Jinirt. ;
Price Reserved Seats 1,50. Admission $1,
sale of seats commences Friday, February ,
3rd, at 8 a.m. . 'feb 2 St
Piece Coorfo j
rlAN BR BOUGHT BY THE SUIT OK Bfi
MADE TO ORDJEII. AT .
DICK &MEAKES, -!
Merchant TallcrJas: sad Gents' Furnishings,
c rr-
1
Li wJ
13 N Front St