1 THIS FAFEtt even eTenmg. snndaTS excepts B rosn. T. JAMES, Editor and Prop. .(XX x months jWft Three "iontM.! one month, 33 cents. ; niU)er will M delivered tT carriers, free 'JZvT any part of e cl tj . at the above ' or 10 cents per wee. CrcrUrateslowandUDeraL A ia reoort any and IT S" " tVer rezularly. presents m the most elegant form rriE LAXATIVE AND NUTRITIOUS JUICE -OPTHI- F1GS OF CALIFORNIA, Combined with the medicinal virtues of plants known to be dost beneficial to the human system, forming an agreeable and effective laxative to perma nently cure Habitual Consti pation, and the many ills de pending on a weak or inactive condition of the KIDNEYS, OVER AND BOWELS. It is the most excellent remedy lcncwn to tlEMSE THE SYSTEM EFFECTUALLY When one is Bilious or Constipated SO THAT PURE E.LOOD, REFRESHING SLEEP, HEALTH and STRENGTH NATURALLY FOLLOW. Every one is using it and all are delighted with it. ASK YOUR 03UOGIST FOR MANUFACTURED ONLY BY CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. HAN IRANCISCO, CAL. mtlSlilLF. Kl. NFW YORK. It. Y K.r salf1 tiy ROHERT R. UBLLA&1Y, WHOLESALE DHUGGIST, men 2i ly tliw Wilmington. N. U. 8fandar"F!avorjn s HOUSEKEEPERS can prove by a single trial that these Extracts are tHe cheapest; they are toe to their names, full measu rej and highly concentrated.- vxs 23 diw 6m eod nrm NOTilCE! , NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY YOUH Fall and Winter CHEAPER THAN THE CHEAPEST. :0: Boys' and Children's "CXIT, A SPECIALTY, AND SOLD AT - New York Prices. Call at once and be convtncecL Don'tffor our lino 0f " ' . UTEST K ROAD WAY' BLOCK" IN KtLK HATS ONLY S3.00. B. F. PENNY, THE CLOTHIER, oct i: tf 110 Market Street. W- ATKINSON. l'realdent. W. P. TOOMER, . Cashier. gton Saving Tnist Co.. lftC PRINCESS ST., WI LIMING TON, JT. C, pX Lend3 Money on satisfactory security, rLB !ntPrest on Deposits. Is empowered to execute Trusts of all kinds. men 29 tf H. CRONENBERG, PHOTOQSAPUER, - JKTISTIC AND SUPERBLY EXECUTED f&otosTapha at reasonable prices. FRAMING A SPECIALTY." Jgtt H63f Market su. South side Christmas Cards, QURISTMAS NOVELTIES, TORCELAIN A tew handsome Plush Cases. All aTC!1?11 w,t n care and very reason oieinprioe. dfi,-i7t, MUNDS BBOTnEH8. J"" 104 N. Front St. 1 Table Board FW GENTLEMEN CAN BE ACCOilMO r,Vi&WearJ.oa atmuciitlon at . " 224 N. THIRD ST jw k iy w "v S r E VOL XIV. WILMINGTON, N, C, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1889. NO 12. LOCAL 3STB"WS. -ISDKX TO XX?r ADYXRTUUCUKNTO J D X rrr Druggist M csjds Bbo3 rnann aclsts W M Ccitjnxa Mattresses Ofkra llorsE Ovlde Musln iIedrick For the Uolldays Oekmania IIall New-Year's Eve Ball K M McIntire Carpets, Mattings, etc Bra ddt & Gayxobd The Itacket Store For other local see fourth page ! n ! Day's length 9 hours and 44 ntes. . in Sunset tomorrow afternoon at 54 minutes past 4 o'clock. Laundry Ironing Stove3 are sold by the N. Jacobi Hdw. Co. t We now have the best Pocket Scissor made. N. Jacobi Hdw. Co. t Shot, Cartridges, Loaded Shells and ammnnition of all kinds for sale by the N. jacobi Hdw. Co. You will find a nice assortment of Rifles at the N. Jacobi Hdw. Co. Just the article to make your boy happy. f N Prayer and experience meeting of business and working men at the Seaman's Bethel to night at J.30 o'clock. " : Heating Stoves of all kinds and sizes. We will give you substantial goods and low prices. !N. Jacobi Hdw. Go. f . You can get all sizes in good and heavy Canton Flannel Drawers at 50 cents, at the Wilmington Shirt Fac ory, No. 122 Market street. tf Services at St. John's Church morrow: Holy Communion at to 7.45 a. m. Morning Prayer at 11 o'clock. Evening Prayer at 7.30 o'clock. Mr. J. P. Quinn, formerly a typo in this office, but who has for some years past resided in Newbern, is here on1 a visit to his father and mother. Cant. Win. Smith, Superinten dent of the 11. & a. R. R. and th It. & A. A. L., was here on Christ masDay on a short visit t friends and relatives. New Vear's day is a legal holiday. Let it be generally observed as such and let us make it very pleasant in visiting and iideeds of love, kind ness and charity. Cutlery. Our stock of 'Standard Cutlery is very complete. We keep everything in this line that you can possibly desire, and our prices are the lowest. Drop in and look at our assortment. N. Jacobi Hdw. Co. t The Pastor, Rev. W. S. Creasy, will preach at Grace Methodist E Church, South, to morrow morning at 11 o'clock and Rev. F. D. Swin dell, Presiding Elder, to morrow night at 3.30 p. ill; 50. Sabbath school at There was a beautiful Christmas tree last night, in the building cor ner Fifth and Ann streets, for the benefit of the little ones of St. Thomas' Church and .a pleasant en tertainment in connection with the distribution of the gifts. The Christmas germau given last night, in Concordia Hall, by the L'Arioso Plsasure Club, was largely attended and was a most brilliant and enjoyable occasion. Mr. E. P. Boatwright led and there were about 60 couples on the floor. The spectators were also out in large numbers. The ballqmudre to be piven at the Orton House on Tuesday night promises to be one of the most briil iant affairs ever known here. The ladies' are making great prepara tions, for the event. The old year will be danced out and the new year will be danced in. After the lire works there will be refreshments. Turner's almanac tells us that fields were first fenced on the 38th day of December, A. D. 872. How this interesting fact became known and1 how it has since been preserved "in the archives of gravity," we are not informed. Possibly it may have some connection with the fences which Judge Fields triad to put up : fnr the Presidenov of puuiiu ur c-igui, cars aKu. If you don't want to disgust every body with your offensive breath - cure your Catarrh upon, whlsh itA depends. $500 reward is offered hy tne proprietors oi ur. cage s k& tarrh Remedv for a caso of, Catarrh which they cannot cui xohiVh thv fmrnnf. o.nrn It. la nnhl by druggists; 50 cents. : . . Dai AJ Bargains In Clothinjr. i Iii onler to close out balance of j Winter stock, 1 shall sell gocxls at ! prices never heard of before. I. ! ij.nri,D -r . t r f . courier, cor. Front . anil Princess; ;sts. Goods sold for cash only. i j Kins Cotton. The rfifnfj nf o.nftnn nf rifr Ifoa the week ending yesterday foot up 4,900 bales, against 8,390 bales for the corresponding week of last year an increase this week of 1,510 biles, j j The receipts for the crop year to date foot up ,113,585 bales, against 1 127,114 bales to same date last year, a decrease this year of 13,539 bales. r "If the heart of a man is depress ed with cares, the mist is dispelled when the bottle appears." Not a bottle of spirits, oh no! but a small vial of that invaluable compound known to civilization as Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. St. John's Lodge. The following are he appointive officers of St. John's Lodge, A. F. & A. M., the ensuing Masonic year: S. D.-SoL C.Weill. J. D. W. It. Shaw. Stewards W. J. Smith and P. F. Piatt. Tiler Thos, I. Johnson. Chaplain H. II. Munson. Marshal E. S. Martin. The First White Shail. J. W. Mitchell, the well known fish dealer at Front Street Market, had in hand to day for sale the first white shad of the season. There "Were but two of them but they were both large buck shad, one a very large fish. They were caught some where on Middle Sound by a fisher man by the name of Shepard. It is probably the first time that a spring shad was ever caught in December anywhere in this latitude. The t;ieeCltib Concert. The box sheet for the concert to be given on Monday night at the Opera House by the Princeton Col lege and Glee Glub is already pretty well cut up, thus giving a plain in dication of the fact that there will be a iarg? audience present on that occasion. There are a number of gootl eats, .however, that have not yet been taken and those whose purpose it is to attend, and who have not yet provided themselves with seats, should see to it at once. Kootleg' Baby. If the dramatization of Booties' Baby is anything like as good as the novellette -fro.it which it is taken then those who attend at the Opera House to night may rest satisfied of a highly pleasing entertainment. The story is one of the most popu lar of the day and the fact that the play has hal an immense success wherever it has been produced is a sufficient guarantee of its merits. The company which will produce it to night is said to be a. very good one. Ovide M ugiii. Ovide Mtisiti, the world-famous violinist, is now on a grand musical tour of the South and will give an entertainment at the Opera House, in this city, on next Tuesday even ing. He will be assisted by Miss Annie Louise Fanner, soprano; Miss Pauline MontegrifTo, contralto; Sig nor Maina, basso; and Mr. E. Scharf, pianist, in the grand concert. It will be a notable musical event and one that will surely be taken ad van" tage of. Reserved seats will be on sale at V'ates' on Mondav. New k'ear'8 Kve Ball. Germania Lodge No. 4, Knights of Pythias, will give a Jfew Year's Eve Ball at Germania Hall onnextTnes day night, whereat the old year will go out in pleasure and the New Year be welcomed with smiles. The committee consists of Messrs'. H. H. Gieschen, E. Kuhblank, C. Schul ken, M. Bremer and H. L. Vollers, and itgoes without saying that these gentlemen will spare no efforts to make it a joyous and happy occa sion for air who may attend. 'My son, when you go to the city, get you a liicycle, some tight pants, some tooth pick shoes, and a slender cane, but with all your gettings f this "reat re- 'don't fail to get a bottle of Salva- oWitvMNW'tio,l on- 'or "pride (you know: tiginj ears ago. .,AAxh ifnpA n . fnii " of Salva- ) fti, hpfnro a fall. j , I - 1 iterreShinC an.f inriRoraiir.sr Delicious Soda Water as drawn from Munds Brothers', magnlfiertiit r new soda fountain at a temperature of. 34. Purest 1? xUit oVrUD. Milk Shakes ,apd Natural Mineral Water; lib V NEW AOVERTlSEttENTS. - jT JT T JN 6 W4 -X Oflr S jYe Ball, rJn UNDER TnE ASUPICES OF - Gera)ania Lodge No. 1, K. of P., AT GEltaiANlA HALL. f I ESUA I f fliuHT. lECfiMBU 3 St. UV). CQMMlTTKKi If. H. GIESCH EN, E. K U IIBLAN K , C.SCIIULKEN, V II. L. VOLLEIiS, - M. UK EMEU. No Gentfeman admitted without a Lady. dec28 2t ; THANK YOU :0:- WE nAVE liEEX SO FORTUNATE AS to sell out nearly all our entire stock of Toys, Millinery and Notions, we can only return our many thants to our many and food customers. And as the Old Year is going out and the New Year coming in we will have In- An Entirely New Line of Goods TO SUIT THE" SEASON, Ani we hope to be patronized by our friends as we have been the past year. qrood THE .REMAINDER OF OUIJ WILL BE Closed Oat at a Sacrifice Come and try your luck. Very Respectfulb", BRADDY & GAY LOUD, PROPRIETORS RACKET STORE, 117 South Front Street, WILMINGTON, N.. C. HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK. dec3Stf sat For the Holidays. 0: Ladies Kid Gloves $1.00. Gents' Kid Gloves $1.25. Ladles' Handkerchiefs, Embroidered and Plain. Gents' Silk Handkerchiefs. Ladies' Dress Goods. GENTS HANDSOME jNTeclL--Tie LADIES' HOSIERY. Table Cloths and Napkins EOR THE FAMILY, HANDSOME TOWELS FOR TIIK FAMILY. A thousand otlter articles useful, pretty anl cheap for HOLIDAY PRESENTS. ioc la t f fANTKU A MAN OP TKMPJ211ATE treprPS0nt 3!l old estabiished house m his own seruon. aury ioOTOrmoma. r nof in ' iea. M anaer, Lock Hox 15S3, N.' Y 4 NEW AVVEBTlSKMKNTb OPER A HOUSE. TUESDAY, DEC 3 I ST. GRAND MUSICAL TOUR OF OVIDE MUSIN, The world-famed Violinist. Miss ANNIE LOUISE TANNER, Soprano. Mifs PAULINE MONTEGRIFFO. Contralto. SifisoK MAINA, Baseo. Mr. E. SCHARF, Pianist. IN GRAD CONCERT. . Reserved Seats at YatesMoiiday. dee 2s at Pianos and Organs! WE MAKE SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS FOR THE HOLIDAYS ON 0 , AND We have on hand a carefully selected stock of Instruments of the LATEST DESIGNS, arnd in FANCY WOODS, which we ofter at lowest rates. Cash Or Instalments. B. Van LA Kit dee 19 cod ly 407 lied Cross street. o Can Meet arpets We sell them cither for C and In ail popular colors and in all widths and lengths. t . NEW STYLES LADIES' WRAPS ! HOSIERY A. Complete Stock. TABLE HiliSTJEISr IISI ALL GRADES. dec 2S tf NORTH FRONT STREET. Cash Carpets - AT O.A.S3 3E3E HF O 353 S 2 20 Per Cent. Less Than Regular H ates. :0: You can now lind at our Store a choice selection of CARPETINGS. Our variety includes every &rade, from the least expensive ' j INGRAINS TO THE FINEST BRUSSELS AND VELVET. We have inade arrangements with one of the iiiost proniinent ? PJew York Wholesale Houses to supply. us. with samples of all the new'designs as they appear, and to fill all our orders at prices that will enable us to Sell You Carpets as Low as You Could Buy Them at Any Retail House in New Yorker Elsewhere. WE SHOW YOU THIS . by samples of from one-half yard to one yard of any pattern, with the aid of RICHARDSON'S PATENTED EXHIBITOR, so constructed that any 'pattern -placed within is multiplied for an indefinite space, and appears although 'perfectly matched and iicu iu !. iwm. ociiruiiu wiuiieis in tins wav is much moi satisfactory than the" old way Of matching loosely upon-the floor. ,' " ' , " '" ' ' " Requiring no-extra room, having no capital invested, nor interest or insurance on the stock, no remnants, no old stock or patterns left over, reducing the profit, we can afford jto send for and get vou any pattern you may select at a cheaper price than you . could buy the same, were you in Ne w York yourself. Any Style or Quality Required, not Found in 'Our Stock organi pie, Can be Procured by Keturn Kxpross. CU- All orders for CARPETS forwarded to our New Y'ork House will bo promptly filial and sent by. return express or freight. -, Very respectfully yours, - .-" ' : . M. M. . DRY GOODS 116 f.la r ket Gt-, , 2? LEASE N0TIC2I : , ; Werui to la4 to itceivb ccinnncatl from -our fxlenci.ca aay &na &n tntjects j eenerai interest;' irac"" '.' ;. . V Tne nama cf uie writer must always j&e" nisheato thoEaitbrZ : ; 'K; -. ?;ararnunIcaU9r3 'must te written cn"ttl oaesiaooti3speir Jfirsonaiitiea rzzzi tt avcii iE7 Ana it is especially and particularly under stood tnat tne Eoitcr aoea not always endorsr tie views of wrresponaents unless aa stattfj in the editorial colunuis. - . ? . NEW ADVJEJRTI0EMENT8. OPERA .HOUSEr r SA.TU11IAY,I1EC. a8TlI.": Kate Claxtoh's - - LATEST AND GREATEST SUCCESS,- - BOf)TLES, BABYS' 7 Original cast of characters, including V Ml?3 GABRIELLE DUGAQLD - :. ' '."y '4 -';3---"--r-Axi z. V " CLARENCE 1IANDYSIDE. , liox .Sheet opened at-Yatel'l?ooic.-store tbft -. (Fiidaymorr'ris: 1 v" ' " "dec 272t O P-E JiA acyJ S E. PRINCETON "him - CLUB ONE NIGHT ONLY. . ; .A- THE PRINCETON COLLEGE GLEE AND P.ANJO CLUB WILL GIVE A CONCERT IN THE OPERA HOUSE ON " ' Monday Evening,. December 20ih) AT S O'CLOCK." "' . Tickets on sale at Yates' Book store.- -dec 27 3t . ' " r A Card. Ache harfl.- 'THE PEOPLE ARE A' LITTLE DTSAF 1 pointed at our promptness yesterday at "tnroinar in" the fire alarmi We are very sorry t hat we can't give them a first-class file, but it is a kind of habit with tis, : for do ing things promptly. Don't you see? - Very truly, "&c, - JAMES D. NUTT. 220 North Pront st. . Dealer In Pure Medi cines, Drugs, &C. NIGHT BELL, dec 27 tf , Our Prices on Gash or on Instalment. K ATZ: AND CARPETS, VJi i m i ngto it