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THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1SS1.
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H. A. LONDON, Editor.
THE STATK CONVENTION.
The Democratic Stale Executive
Committee will meet at Raleigh, on '
the 16th of this month, for the pur-
power appointing the time ami place j
m- lli: lw Uf.iizi rtiinvi.tili.ilK
lor nomine
tin in... ..i .1....; I .1 iL(
in eominiliew iuut urui.ic
. . i
lo hold two convention otto lor me
tppointing of delegates to the Nat iou
1 convention and another Inter to
aominate our State officers or to
kftve only oue convention for both
purposes. The hitter proposition is
objected- to by ioine, because our
State platform, as they allege, should
aot be promulgated in mlvanos of
he National platform, and aiso be
cause the candidates will be nomina
ted too long a time before the elec
tion. While there may be some force
in Hie W8t oOjeelloi:. yet we no noi
fthii.k th second is tenable. We
kave taken an active part in overy
tstlitirtul nmiMiliirn in I . is SI .it si lll't'
' . ', i , .
fee clone of the far, and we are assiii-
I'd from niut riuorii nee that the
l,u.... ..!l tn ,-,,1,1 .....I ii. .tli-
Aid .. i. t'' ... ...
Jug to lose by a long campaign and
A full diseusHioti of political issues.
The experience of the pn-t cntu; uigns
Mai fully proved Iho wisd m of nomi
aatingr our State cande la I cs . i v.ral
Months in advance of I ho eVciion.
la 1872 the convention w.m ho.d on
Sbt first of May tUie e'ectioli that
eaY 6eini in Auiruat) : iu l7t and
1680 it was held the middle of June;
O O
and in 1882 it was held on the fit It of
July. Why then should we this
year depart from these j-n cedents ?
If an attempt is mn.lo to hold two
onveutions, the result w til be that
Beither one will be well attended.
We hove the committee will call only
Cte convention niid hold that about
(fwo weeks prior to the National eon
tention.
THE 81' AT 14 KX POSITION.
The Directors of the N'ortii C'tiroii
l4a State Exposition held a meeting
laat week and perfected arrangfiueiits
for the erection of tl.eir building, and
transacted other important business.
There were present at this meeting
more directors from dilb -tent portions
of the State than at any previous
meeting and all wcr eii;luiia-iic as
to tho Rinvoss of the undertaking.
The contracts for i'urni-lung the
lumber and for tlie cnuMi tion of
the proposed b.iil.li ig w. re awarded
the former to Messrs. A. I". l'ag - A"
Sons, of Blue's Crossii.--. and the
latter to tho North Carolina I'm
Company, of llaleigh. and the tola!
cot will be about thirtten thousand
dollars. It will bo the hu i,'e.-t build
ing ever erected in North Carolina,
and will be pteu'iarly suitable for
the purpose contemplated. alVordit.g
the greatest possible space at the
te'ast cost. Tiip building w til be 1
feet wide- and form a s.piare, each
side being not' feet long, and two
other buildings intersecting in the
middle, each of same width
and
or
length as the sides. An aisle or
passage 1:1 feet wide will run through
out the entire building ils total
length being nearly hail' a mile and
the space on each side w ill be divided
into sections It! feet sipmrc. Every
section will be numbered mid one or
luore (as may be required i w ill b
allotted 10 every county or oilier ex
hibitor. A vast number of largo
windows wid afford ample light for
the inspection of tho exit. bits, tut, I u
railroad track will run throuyh the
centre of the building for their trans
portation. A largo number of litho
graphic pictures of the proposed
building will be Kent till over the
country to let everybody s- e how it
will look, and we. doubt not that its
handsome appearance will induct.
many persons to attend too exposi ,,.,.,.' ,.' , , ' , '
piopotlv. the liimln. vvoiK.ng
hon Bimply to boo such a building. ,n,i:iy i,.u-,j t Siivw hmilier.
It will bo erected near the : pot where the uwiiers of houses va.t iv end' av
is now tho machinery shed in the '"'" g t" -,ivc their homes all made
fair grounds.
In addition to this
building, yiotivl Hal!.
tand, and all the oilier buildings of hue of rail., .ad cannot yet ho estima
the State Agricultural Society will ted. No d nibt humlictts me home
fee used, uud ull will doubtless be '"-',s'
ell filled. ' sar , . , ,
Tho price of admission will be the iv,,.lf,.vi;i ilt ;l (li ..,.,,.,. (lf vii,Ut
ftHie as at the Mate tans, nml that
is, fifty colds for ttduits. and chihlrou
under twelve years of a"p half price.
idl the railroad companies have
AJJ tne rainoaa companus nave
njjiroti w Si,c niu i.-iiiii,,iii.un.,j.
iriBitors that they have heretofore
eu at the fairs, and will transport
charge all aitU-les intended
"T.,
fjveu
(rpe
for exhiUtiou
Blaib's EiH'cational bill has passed
the Senwe by a vote
vote of 33 to 11.
for the distribution
. . . .
lator tUeeonimou
Thiaill provided for the
of $77,IHK),IMX) in nitl
bcuoois oi uii me mains Us u.i.u.
$7,000,000 for the first- year, $10,-
l. ..nil. lji i r.. .
000,000 for the second, 000.000
) third, and this amount to be '"V''?'" Hv",s0 tl,'
liminished 000 (100 veto 'v S i , T, . -'"'t nnd :
liminisnea -.ihhi,ui 3--y.Mat sheets of lhune were blown iu a
for the tli i i
then diminish
cntiJ tiieexpnatiouoi ine?igtnuy eai .
Fearful Forest Fires.
The fires mentioned in lust week's!
1 Hi iti as raging in tho pine forests
I along the line of the Raleigh and
: Augusta Air-Line Railroad were (lie
' most fxtciwli'tl hi ul destructive over
known in I his State. We are now
enabled (ogive full particular which
, urn mlitii i tch iii.r I '. .,. ii I I,., V ......
uw.m.)f y
fnmvj.r .
.'.T,u .......Is for thh t v ,ito..,,
i i i'iI i, , , ; .
enen km. oi tne iiiiieigt. ., .iii.-usii
i;.. T : :i i i. r
. .vu -nuu- immiw.ih iH'irru l .riilwii
i n. ..i . ti . i i
. T . " " ""lire 'isf -i
..;..-!. '!'!,..,;.,.,.(... i
"f ' ' V . iH'ing I lie (l-leiul:mt. is entitled to
known clistaneiM.u eml. 5,,,... prwici- ti,,. 1(,(.Ht of the doubt which the
luiov on i he s.niil, side, lliesiioi.gcoi.uiiitreeeute.tainedtlmt the whole
gain ..owing nl the turn- swept liie utHU oi the witnes-es on both si h s
In t t In-. .' i..' i 1 I... I. .r. .. I 1 .L . .... 1 . i . i . . .i , .
,.. . ! HMua.iii.
lhesighi. while iippnllm-. was -rand.
lhetnll pirns wire in u li'.!Wx. fiom
b:i:e to summit. A large nii.ulvr of
cross ties and an imiun.se s:.i.mnt
of wood sii.-l i le.ndiei were d. stioyed
along the nil'' i I lie i am mid. and tiie
till ptutmeoi -hards of the whole see -
tion nave Ken cut II e!v destroyed.
Manly i!M in inmiinent da:i:;.'r of,,,,, find imitators in tho Uepuh.i
toUidesii.:cli,.ii. 1 in-railroad wot e- '. ,..tl, ranks. It may here he said that
nouso eiiiini on Severn
; but was extinguished. Th
tunes
''till-
Odist chlllcll, live sloraee ; -es
I',., .r in ,.i,.l .... . I i... , I
. P . , i
' ' , al1!' !,"",,
. (. !tv ;l ,.,. .
(rack at Aim
lull lied. Tli
water ta.Jis
f the 11 ih i-h mid Au
gusta !i:ii!i.iu! at llaiiiiet were con
sumed. At - .''e'.ick a. in. to
11. in .et w Miri u n led l.y a C'ii ,l .,ii
id' li'.v. a,. I t! i ,.;!,; . ,.f the conlla
' gtiitmn .!., I lie seen fo- nu.es ill
el cry l.rcc.ioti. i . .cl.l It unny
f.nm h.c.M's hare I., i :i consume,!,
but llii' . ill : ,,i,e .- ii.iv., ... ii . . ,.,',-
heard of is ti.m of .i,. il. n 1,-rson.
near Hamii!, V ho lost hi, lesi.lelic,
tngi!h.r with nil outhouses on the
pi emises
heeii I. us
the ti;e.
so . ppre
'1 lie '.. ii, eoiiii.iiitut V has
d..t it:g the nighi n.:l',tiiig
Tiie heat from the tire was
sr.e nt times that il M
lieet's
of ti:
ary for tl.e doors and wind ovs
pnsseiiger train to ut; closed
while j ,Mii, through it.
rtsl masses of tire were actually
thrown through tie.' air hy the sweep
ing ga'e. Tops of half i'.iirued lull, s
we;e thrown great distances and fell
i;i the tin, l, tie oi e..ar,l iieid. 1 he
'lite towered to an timaing htigln.
ud :o vivid was its elm,, t ! i si t il
made ail objects plain at gnu dis
tances. Tile people Weie t-'ldnv
aiiiruieil. At line's t 'rossiug a :. at
I.ev -,er peojiic gnlh.-red ill ItOj'f IiuI.i
b',! s a:. 1 foilglit I he dames w itii Mich
em:gy .ml desperation ii...; those
iices escaped wdlh .it', e i ' ;.:.'. d'U.i-
ajre. It ii re,i,iried lii'it many ,'i....e;i
turpentine ittil.f-rif are ( t.ipi, ic y
destroyed, as vveli a . i:ii -e ipiant ;! ies
of tositi, lilipeiiliue atid e'.le. 1 li;H:i!
sioii'.s. Ii i-. t;,,. -!;t Ii,.',i i'.,e .
has . V I en led 1 ,l.,l ' l.iiici '
South t '.uo.r.ia. I'.-, tii'l . .i . . , r.
be our a distui.et of ii;'; y ,., :iiv
ill! S N llU'MSl f (HIV dl'Wls .-1 s I I
'.He have lie Mi received y t. Many
person - have !,.; clothing, and -ouie
weie ba by scrchi by lie f ,;
ii.lte.es. ii is l, far the grt ate.-t au t
most disastrous lire ev.-r m il.r Norm
C'.sroiii.a Impentine foi)'sts."
Another acc-mmi in tin X-ws ami
Ob-ervi'i- of tlie dth is as follows:
"t 'ilpt W i' U'l'il Smi; h. super; nt cl.. I
flit Ol' till' Icicle II AileU', l
i.ilie. wa- at iialuiel ,'i!:d ether J'nilit
oil the fo.el Wednesday niehl. J,.
Kt'iu :i !'. ;'i.o ! r t rain i i,. re. and but
for his gi.-at ell',,; t.-. do,:e.s ..f curs at
Manly and other ,i.:;.ls woii'd have
be. Ii bn; iied. Sewiai times the eaii
of the engine had to be closed, whi'e
the phlckv eti'dlieer dashed back and
foith through the ilam. . nhich wo
like a wall on either side of the ri a l.
tmd '.blew out the m.-t hliiiding and
lUtcnse hei'.l. I'lie v.il.d blew sixly
miles an hour, and the tire wi.s I,!
in nil du
i: s. Sp;i. ks in,, I bill il-
uig luiilius .red tree: ops w et e net ii.niy
blown miles nnay. l'amiiies were
caught so (..in Uy that thev couid
Hot even save their clothili;;- and bed
lint,'. (Old doi 'is, pel haps hillidleds
of pel sons, sluveied liiat tiii,!ii with
e i! 1 Ma iv tire now hoiu. less, and
the farms .vtn re fort , -eight hours
ago there were ha py icnie; are l,ov
b iicki iied and ih soiale wa t s. At
Il-milei there is n !,u e;e pi.nd. in which
utood li'.iiuy cypiess trees. The
Ihioies weie blown across the wide
tApiinse m' water and tho t"p- o''
th-'se trees taught. All lil.ht the'. .
burn. d. until the ii r :icheil the
water'i e Ige. The ighl wa awful
in tin
ln mi-mid cannot iie pietuied
IU woi.ls. I he vast seauf llaluo. the
"V s'"'u ", ,',': 'iw never hecit
wanes ci in ii.niartof the w nut.
Tho losses at lioints rc.aote fi-otn tli,.
nuies south and live miirs north. In
the coin, try devastated hy the lire the
'Xoitrmeht was ii.ipariilielcd. Tim
l"'u'le '.Vihtiu ,,u! fi' two
.lays mid i.igl.t.s. ami i,Mlv wwv tM,
i-,, y,,, (ll niter ox;..;.:, tion. Mr.
William Clarke, the line ivnaiior of
the Wesleru l iiiou telegraph c..iii-!tho
'- '' A -V- d.u-
ing tin: tire, mi 1 savs the reports of
, il do not .l. piet one tenth of its hor- j
rors. The telt'i'iaph ooles were
burned tlovvn, tiie wires broken, audi
"oik iu' any sort was dillicult in the;
lui'lst "f ,lu' I'eiil and gitiro. The !
very air It It as if it had been scot ch"', i. '
Jt if) SIU, ,h.lt lllllliy j,,.,, lllM1M.s 1
re i.ur.,.,1, mat call .o wore l.urued.
that thousand of buds and small
i ... - .
.iu ..niniais weie tiesiiov u l.y ttio
luany nonzontal iliictiou
Our Washington I. tiler.
From our llririilur Corrri,Hii'li'iii.l
W.wiiN.iTos. D ('., April .r), 'N-l.
As it now ftiiinls t ho oxoiu i m i iif
report of t he special eoamiii tee is a
pietlv mess lor both K.-ifcr mill
P.oyniou, u:id a very touching com
mingling of compliment and e.plivo
e, it ion which th1; f.iiiuiitto allowed
itself to indulge in. Hovnt'iii is exon
erate from the charge made against
liiui by K-.ifer. I e.uise Keil'or's tes
timony (Iocs lint conn- up to flu' ootn-
,n,fteo' standard of legal pron-md.
... . V I
Ull'( il'tlliHI'Ml lllri t'Vli ltJ.i'ts WHS I'tm
. . . 1-1
lirme.l ley two witnesses. Jioyntoii
......... . . . .
Wel l) Hot IVIIltr !lt eili ll Ot Her Nll'lllglll
, ,,, ,. shoulder throughout. The
comniitti'e lifverllteless .leehu-es that
!,(!, f t. .;,.,,,.,.. uri. f Ull
Lleim'slied chiiMcter. so far as the
conimittee is nliie t ) judge from the
le-nimonv. mid the powerful eiV.nt
- n,!,, ,v rh to prove the other a
li..i- tin' ..mii.it lee li.mes. i.i.iv not
Uoynti.ii s denial al.out tlie .Mc( l.irra
I'lii. :.. i i.i li.iine w vei'v lil:e tli.k
,, 1..M.1,. ,,t II... ttr.-:t S!.. i i.l o. ill
the
I'.l kelth'
in thai he
: never ki: w Met mi l aiian. mid if h.
,,, , . ,,, , :, ,.,.
lupt.y. there was jiomaiice prepense
:iioi:t it.
For many years during iin,l since
the war, th. ciieiai ( ioi i i inn. ut has.
been called lip in to pay in. M e money
iu li.pii.latioo ti.e l'i-.!iici extendi'
tures f .i' improvements, than the
s hole tax l"v of I hic.o with her
in, 'I i' t hall liaif a niili'oii iid.al nl ant !
iu ISl'.'i, th' se c!,i il llllil f.l i cached
leached
miliioti
almost
ho Veil'
I
tlie en., Mil,), is s.iui
it elgl.l
". it wa-
I oiliii... wide iu 1,7.
if not oi:
iiiiich.
nii I in
since 17 " ii.ive t he t Apeiidit ill es it. Il
less tiuiti I vo in I i 1 1 , 1. 1 dollars, with no
con c .-ponding p.. bin- iuiproroincl.t
to .-how for ti- Taking th.. capital
and ail the other pubic biiinbngs
and adding together tin r uggr. -gate
cost, we liiui tuat it does n t amount
to as modi by sev. ial millions as h is
been laid out for ihe work iip,,n the
streets il'.o e. With tliose ioe.c. ex
penditure ail tlie tiuit' uici easing
and with no jnesiige to uiaiuiaiii
it ell except il.al ol lu ing t IC capil :
of a great nation, it ha.s become al
ready n serious ipiest .on w in ! in r it
were mt belief t.. the capital at
some i lly v. tio.,e cili.elis have had
eni rgy etiougu to bund it up an 1 get
along without (t vcrmu ut:ii depend
ence. ii is a goo 1 ii,:ie now for lleavis
the capita; mover, to g, ; ui his work
b f ire a'i.iligion cily .-uccee Is in
getti ig lu ll i' p.lb.ic b.li.d.ogs than
call be hall tia .ielied beyond
the M .ssissij.pi. A .ate iig ui ing sh- iws
t li.it 1 ii" ' i'o . -.'ii.:,. lit ha . li.eui i t'd all
cpcn htiiio i, I o.. aoniii one hiiu
drid mi., loiis ..I' do.iais since tiie
year 170,'. lor sh..re ,n riuiuiug
the ihsttict govern. il. 'iit. eolistiuc:
ii. g it pi.i'.ic iiiniduigs. b.ivu.g- and
m.niilaii.il ii, pnii.ic p.-u J;s. and ad.
'l eis i oiny all i,li the sil.u We are
; iMtig out 111 pelise .lis eeiyye:,i.
and we mid h.u.hy uuss it fiomour
noimoii-ui piiisou band. Hut t.i.
city is o, ;i:i:g more extravagant in
Is i. in. ay lor pubuc improvement s.
1 more an.', imcc audacious n, u,
demands ,oo:i v 'o..gi ,-ss, which hits
hnlicil . b" u a; ing one half the
running . peu-e-i m tne iii'iiuclpal
go . i nun lit. ,ll,lll ill. Icceht demand
l.i.i! li e (i i .1 nmeiit sha.l pay mu
ll iit' the ept li.c of in,' const ! lift ioll
ol a t iii ec iiuliioii doi.ar budge nver
tlie I'ot.imic. has aroused t inb"dy
lo me :n,U.iy ;is io where and when
sh n. I iii-. tiling stop .'
'iho-f who lie.ieve that the public
doiiiiui siioiild U'niain in the actual
p.'sscsMoli of tiovel uiu. ul. to bedls
l : I in. led to ,n 1 mi sel 1 1. is U:-ii a I of
going into i ne ii.iinls i. specu'lllors
and i.i.id piii igei s. h,. pleased to
h nl .1 1 lui! I he t to einineiit is viticing
a d'.ti rmiii. in, .ti tu enforce what law
time is in plot. , tin;:- it-elf aguiiist
the stupeud'.iis fiau.b that hale be
com.: bo.d to aciuai d liance. The
iciiciii-.; in of iniuii.iis upoii niillioiis
ol ncit b of the pubuc lauds by holds,
men. tic iiaii.U practiced upon the
(io, ell. ul, iit in (he oeeilpailoll of
otiu r mi. u, .us of acios of laud under
the homestead and preemption law s,
through I'oig.d and ptrjuml at'ii
davits, and tin- appt .pi ;at ion of im
mense bodies of timber land beloiig
illi' to the reservations, luive hie!.
. .o
going on for years m the fa-i- of the .,.
etl'oi ts that have b"t n put forth by a
the UoieriiUielit to reslrani thtni.
which from the i'liiilc.piuey of the
appropriations for sp-ciaf agents,
hav thus far proved futile.' The
lilt
Department, however, ha-
fouinl sufficient aiillionty to take this
partieioar Lull l.v the' horns imd.
,i.,..,i, ..spec, ,op..r.s.,ns. inospo, :a,
...... .,-,,,,,-,1 til. -it insult.
ttotis to leiit-l mit every iiisiauco of
fraud and fohovv it up to the oonvie
'tion and piim.shim nt of the olVemler.
It tuliisjiues that smile of the men
involved in the fencing in of the
public domain are thus, who affect
to si ami well wilh the (Suveritmont.
ln"'111' iloniam are thus, who aflei t
to staiiil well wuh the Oovei imit m.
.'' - ''' thcietoie piosiime themselves
'Pt b;'". legal into, f, iciico. but
: Socroiary leilei s lustruetioi.s are to
"'o eiicct unu ino wnoie syleui stia
'"' Wll"'' out root and branch. a"d
'iW,'H now pemling before tie-
' Mlrs '';"rU '" t ''i" S,!l"'S
u"'1 lfiritones show that the imont ;
lmve iib't'a'ly entered upon tho work,
Phono.
A Singular ease of fatal poisoning
from a veil has occurred in Kansa"
Tii e ife of Juth'o II I'ouie of
Lawrence. Kansas" had a seiateh on
nor faec when she starte.l out for her
afternoon walk. She woie a dark
greeu vt-ii to concent tlio aluasioii.
l,lw l,!"o-l fd.soi U d sonm of tl.e
gt eon coloring matt. r oi tho veil.
and blood poisoning set iu. Sho
.tie.t in three days.
N. I'. Kxpi'iinitMil Station.
AXAI.VSK.S AM) ItKHTIVE VAI-fATlOSS OK
eoMMLIiClAI. I'KltTlLlia.as.
1884 V.
The following have been coni)leted
since the last report :
Jin;. High Urade Add Phosphide.
Roystor A: Strudvvicl., Norfolk, Va ,
sample 1 at Mori iii id I'ity, January
2.1.1. t'l.'io lot siorel in tiu' At I in i u
u;id N"lt!i Citrolinii lliilnml depot.
( 'onliiins : Avuil ilil.' phosph uie iieid
12 11 p. ; cent Ib'ltitive value per
i.(MM) pounds. ?:-Jl.Hl).
2")'),'. I, K Auun-minted (Sumio,
1.., i., ii..,. !. i,;, ,.
'"..-1 . ..in. ii.i.-.. , r...,., .
llt Wil rVbrmirv il4, with V. J.
Hllw. Contains:" Av.-iilnbli- l.hos-
pliorie r.ci.l 8 -K niuiioi.i.i 2.01. pot-
,ish2.,.! l- r edit. 1, lat.ve value per
1 . . . .
i.O'.M ids. sj") -l
2"iil Aiiimouiate l Sohibhi Navas
sali.i ii! '. Navnssa (. nino t'o., il
lningioii. N. !., sampl I at 1'Yt inonl.
Et-bi ti.cy -1st, with A- "ck Uros.
I'o. I'. ntiiiis- Avaihil.!' i'1'ospliorie
acid S . anuiiotiia 2 n" vsh l.'JIi
per i ! Ih lative value per 2.1(00
pom .!
- :
I'd !'.!'
I;. ;
M.i . s.-i
J2.I. v
i'.icilic Oiialio I'o. "ft 1 i .soli -I'liospliate
of l.iine. John S.
'o . Ill S. Street, n.dlin.ore,
','leil lit i.iltli ton, l'ehiuaiy
U S. .I.ihiisiin Contains:
,h"-ph irie acid 12.20 pi r
Avn.lil
cel. I
l-i l.itive value per 2.000 pounds,
7
-"I I !.
WmiiI
I'-llc.i,
I ai l :ir
Oil Hrand (iuauo, Iavie A
Petei'sbm j.;. Va . sampled h:
. 1'. hi u:.r 2"ih witii ( . ('.
t 'oi l. litis : Available olios-
pie no ie:d S 47. aniitioiir 2 .'to, pot
ash 1 '.i-.i per c i.t Kelativu value per
2.i'iM po.mds. id.
"il.;. Cot:. m llraiid High (hade
A i l l'lio-phile. E. .1 Prnvers. Wil
inl.ig.o.1. .v C. sampled at l't tiioi.t,
l.o.ui.v 2lsl. with Ayeoek I'.ros. A
Co !' i.;iaii's: Av uluble phosj.hoi ic
a -id I'll pel' eeiit Kilillive value
p -i 2.0 ill pounds. 5i20.27.
2"il:l. !,iolilicl'olt..i(iii,wti'.(ii,lds :
bi'fo' I.;'. Co. C.old.-boro', X. C. sam
ple I a' i'.uboio'. rcbruary 20lh, with
1'. S I' tt r ,V i'o. Coi.laiiis: Avail
ab'e j I; .-iplioric acid S 22. ammonia
2 !t'.. p u ish '2 "i.'i per cent lielalive
value per 2.HH0 pounds. S20 S2.
'222 Oi'chiMa liuano, Ti avers.
Sin, 1. 1 A I '.i . I S.tii ini' u'r. Md . sampled
at It' lal. Isnii, I'ebinalV 2alll. Willi
11 H Hicks. 'o:,tiuis: Available
piios, I., iii.- acid 12 70. .arboiia.e of
lltue It7 all per cent lo hitive value
I'tr 2.1'iti) pounds. ?22 Sti.
2-VJ I Jt.iki i s Slat.. laid Ciualio.
Chen, i. i.l Coinpnuv. of (.'.ii.lou. Jlalti- '
tiiii'ie. . Id . san. pled at l'r ii.ktiiiton
I'toi.nirv 2"th. Mtli .1. S .loyliet.
Co n talus: Available phosphoric ueid
7 IS. nnii, i, ni i 2 12. jiolash 122 per .
cent. Ilelative value per 2.0011 pounds.
J;.!ti7.
2 2l Owl 1 baud Tobacco (luano.
Hole A Whitll', l'etei .biirg. Va .
Mi'iiph'd at Erat.klititoii I". bruary 2o.
with, I. S lo'.i.er Ci'iitmns : Avaii-abh-
ple.sph ,iie noi.l '.I So, aiuiuoma '
't.".il. potash I "i0 per cent lo lative ;
u tier 2.5oo pi uii, Is. if..!! 7:t.
2 iJ'i l'n;e s in I Aiiuuoiiiatod
I'ln . iia'. . .J i.t.nipi.ic i'ei l.li.i'.i,: v 'o.,
Ne.v i, ltd, m. Conn, sampled :tt Mel
ma. i'ebniary 2Sih, with Webb. 'I'is
d.i!"AC'. Contains: Vvml.il le pho.
ph ui acid '.I .0. annuo. ii i ;! S7. poi
;s'. 1 ',(1 per cent. ISeintive value per
2 Ot'il pounds. $ II 07. 1
Cii.vs. W. 1).hm v. -Ik ,
i hiei-tor.
A To iv ii Ib'idrojed.
A despatch from Muucie. Indiana,
dated 2nd ills!., sins: "A cyclone
struck this county about " o'clock
yesterday afternoon, completely wip
ing out Oakviile. seven mile-? south
of hi io. on tln Ciucnuiati A Louis
ville K lilroad. and doing great dam-ag,-
to liie and pi opeity Al about
." o'clock a heavy black cloud came
ih Ling from the west and another
from ; iie north. The two oh aids met
u'. .lie house of Lewis Cociliuiie, two
in;!, s west of Oakviile. lilted it from
f cut, I at ions, urn I. i aring it into
km brig wood, deposited it over a
distance of two miles and a half. A
mmiito later it struck Oakviile. Of
tl.it ty houses in Oukvilie all but three
w. re lorn down, four perons wort:
I-. 'led outright in Oakviile, iiml the
tilth died this morning, .lames Nan
dots, two miles west of Oakviile, was
n;s. killed making six killed in till,
l'ilty are lopol leu wounded. A hu ge
vv .t:
house and sav. ' ; : adjoining hi o
..iie, and tiie sc. is a chaos of
is!:, of whose o.neiship it is
IIIIO'
ihle to tell. Ai.'ia 1 )eat bun.
i.d lady, two sons m' Coohrnue
l.iini'i Sanders are among tin.
.1 The path of tho cyeu no wa
it a .pia.ter of a mile wide, and
ythiug in its track was destroy -
ai
t-u.
The steamship Daniel Steiiiinanti
was w locked off the coast of Nova
Sc. -tia, on hist Thurstlav limit' . and
ovora Uuudtvd persons were drowued
The House Committee on the Ju-1
dicn.ry has ordered an adverso report
i'ii the joint resolution proposing a
woman stiffrago amemlment to tho
Constitution. !
The cominissitmers of Halifax. Now
II .novor. Moore and several other
c.mtics made appropriations, on last
.'ihrnday. for having whibiu ut tho
sllll0 Exposition.
Tho State of Nevada, which has
,--! Senators ami one liepresentative
in Congress, has not so large a popu
lation by HIT souls us the city of New
Haven, Coi moc t ie u t.
Tho Duektowti branch of the W.
, N. C. II. II. has been completed to
Waynesvillo. and tho event was tho
'-asiiii of a grand cell brat ion there
Tuesday. Oov. Jurvis being one
of the participants.
Tho committee on appropriations
Of which Mr. Itattdall is chairman,
has ut down the appropriation for
pensions Jt.tHKl,tKH ; for the navy,
K'O.OUO; for India., alTairs, ..-
000,000, a total of over 3U,(KM.HtH
lvtiH than thu estimates.
Moutoe Eu.piirer: There nnver was
' before sueh a promising prospect for ;
small Traill crojis in this i-fctiou. and ;
i never before were such crops howii. '
j If nothing shall happen to mar tho'
prospect before harvest wepivdict that
twice as much small grain will lie pro-1
duoed in the county as our farmers
will need for tin i i own use; ami the
Mir phis will come iu good time to furn
ish them with a little spending mon
ey when they will liee.l it. Oil
Monday last. Mr. W. C. Ogburn, a
clerk in Mr. J. It. English's store, ear-j
lied a lot of eggs home froi I the store.
and on Wednesday morning while pre-1
paring some of them for breakfast one !
. was discovered which contained some
.foreign .substance, which wits at once1
deei led toll' poison. Esaiiiiiiat ion ,
' disclost.. 1 a piu hole in the side of the j
egg where the substance had boon in-i
t induced into the e;g. It was of a
dark color and had adhered to the
hIioII, apparently not mixing with the
meat of the egg. What the siibslalico
is has not vet been decided, but it is
printout cod to be poison by all of our
physician" w ho have seen it. ti view
of the snd and deplorable cotiseipit iict s
which attended the eating of poisoned
eggs by Mr doluiC. Mai sh and ol hers
only a few months ago, which must
be fit' -1 1 in die memory of all of our
citizens, we eiiuiiot comprehend ho.v
any one. not fatally bent on mischief,
c mid. under any circumstances, intro-
I ! poison into an ej'tr. and then bn
so careless as to take it iuto the open
market ami sell it.
Itdeigh Vi.ilor: The ("heinw Sun!
and Monitor brings the gl id iulelli-'
tronce that the contract has been let!
for the grading of the Palmetto Hail-!
road from H ttnl.t to Choravy mid that 1
work will begin tin mm in ten or lif :
teen davs. Tho survey tind location
of the road beyond Cheraw sou lb ward j
is progressing rapidly. I his road is I
being built by the same parties who
nre building tic Virginia and North
Carolina It. It. from IMclmioud to;
lildgovvny, nnd w hen completed will, j
together' with the It. A O. and 11. Si
A. Air due I toads, make the short-'1
est through line from the North to i
the South, and will be of great bene-
tit to Ealelgli. - -La-.t Sunday morn-1
in;; crowds of people, both white and
black, iu evetv stv ie of vehicle, from j
the omnibus tlovvn to the ox cart, on I
hofst bai k and a good many walking,
wcn.le 1 their war to Taylor's Pond,
two mil, :; Noith of the city to wituuss !
the baptism which we announced on1
Saturday. There were 150 ciiudi dates
immersed, part b. ing from the Eirst ;
iciptist Church, colored, and the1
others fiom the I'aptist Church in;
East llaleigh. I he crowd iu attend-j
a nee was vai iously estimated at from ,
three to live thousand
I'.y lack of i pen air exorcise, ami
tho want of sufiicieiit cnrti in tho mut
ter rf diet, the whole physical meeh !
ani-m i. fit ii heeomi s impaired dm ing ;
the wii.ttr. Ayt i ' aiap.u ilia is the
proper tonicity to tal.e iti the spni'.g.
i f the vtur to piuifv the blood, imig
mate the system, excite the liver to
nc'ioii. and lt stoie tho healthy tone '
ai d vior
BiilWiiF Lyiica's BriJee. :
Wlioro it Touches tlta 3hoves
and the OiO'.t Oolamns in
Midstfenm.
Wirii ,t 1... . ,i-Ifiil I rl !. i.'iw.'ii ... iu:.' ami
I'l.C-lli" ' I !- - I ; w . '1' Ii' I. n.ll.l.lv.- v II,.- i'IiIM
l u'.lt-- ul l. I l-.o I I ivi-i.l,. , ti . -i.-.t,,. II I,,
m -l ii- .-ci,! iv : , a m., in.-. I I nt.iii
lull.- ,.n k ; .: - t- ;.;. t t. f-t.'-. c'.c leu h.ii siSt
i.tf .1.. .-i I.' l, .1-1 v. I I. :l..- ti, .1.1,1," r.-iii.irk.. Sir
K. I.i.'iht I i ! i, In i.n "s r.-ii s".-ry "
V, -,. i-.c I i-, i. :.--!i -oil .-in.t: nip-, i. :li. It,i:h
..i il ,, Nt. c, ii;v t.u'!, -n I ftwt.l iir.'n.-s. tt.r.-titfli
v. : '. !, at - .. i ,v.t . -. : '. -,t., p, ;.i In rn.lt i.ti.t
l,'-. li.il-, II. I I .Ill I W "-r-ilii lll'-t.,, - I.. I.,,! ...IS-
I ill, ,!.",-. N -e ,11-,-S s. .1. I --..-ii- i.ili-e lis i.i.lin.
k.-ti i., ',. iUi. .ii. 1 l.-i nan .if, ii'. I -kill iiiu-t r.-ar
.'11.1 - ! ll 'I. - i U --.I.' -'. i-!t --1 I Ii l s Hill Is
l ' .-i 'u,,al' l in 'in-;-,n - in-i.'ih .ii.i.i., f..r tlie ;
.-r.- ..,.l..s .. "n 1 ir I, - I - - I u ii 1 r 1 1 lr ,nt r. 1. i
N.'i'l-,".- il,,' 'I.U't' t ml ' our I m'i.p-." i. r 'itr
,,l I mill's "1 ij, ' in,, ti"l lit Uii- in: 1--I i, ii-tii..
I, :tl. HiiUio." wni ni'-i'i- I. Ui.- m it:, a sul
ci.' .'!..
si..- .n. .,- flr-t h.-n IM'li 1 y-i' ft I-
II. ,',.' i.T,-r e.-.-.,,-!i c-,lt li'.l;,,: ',,.--.! .l.t-.nh
Hi n-ji'ii-s. .in i 1 1 -in' i ! ,11-.,-. -e t li- i.t
lllllll. I, '. 'II-.' -. iiir .tun .iiu.-.'iti.-ii's..: r.'-!i- a "I
hit.-. Is II .' 1. t : ,-t. ' - ,.',.' II.-. 'On ill tu '
Is t.-ur i..w,.r ,'. '. i-- hi-.:, It., 's i-r-.t l.-in uii't
.lic.i.-s w,-U..-... V. -. i u.-.l ....t ....
Is s,i-ji-:t 1. 1. I '. I'.l.. I. ; ,T t , s . , r. . in.- llil; T
tittil i,.-fc-',rt is :.,f,..,I -,r - o -W'-.Ur I 'l l.lr t.'t.'l twiy
l.av.- Ii,ki-ii 'I..' t.'tlll ,-t ,ls; .-J-.111, iti'-illuH IMIl,
t;- ill, li:ni.ir!;i. -.-t I il. ili.'-'.-nct, It, i-lil'.,il,' li,-.i,l-bhI.o.
., liny ,-t I. ,1--. -Ii ., l-r llln I XIlKKtl'S
TONIC la Ho n: i t'.t "ti, n (r,-s!i nir lni-.',,rm.w
Hi . l.av.-1 .-, ii -I .a i., In -!ani.. '"I t ''Us
II in , H.-i lul. i in-,-, a, h- I-, us. s-'l.-iiiiH--, snlf -li.
k' )i".' li,' ,t ,1,1 Till HT' li ,,r Ull' t.rt lit .,t II!.'.
A. K U.VNKIN. M. ,'. IIISRIS.
A II. sL'i
,'MII
'.. i mm i no.,
F A Y F.TT F. VI L LE. N. C,
M-trk 't S"ttian
WHOLEiJALE GilflSESS,
A.rii 3, 15SA. ly
i2s rr
ST H IKK YOU !
That you could possibly buy goods
or rather li roeei ies as cheap or elit-.ipcr
in lhtleigh than unyvvhero else '.' if it
tlitl or did not, suppose tlio next time
sou need
ANYTIIINO j
STAPLE d FANCY MMi
YOl SEND TO I
W. C. & 1 B. STRONACH, ;
WHOLESALE and RETAIL '
i UH00KB3 !
AND COFFEE KOASTERS
FOR SAMPLES, PRICES, JtC, &.C.
Ve.anv tho LA lit i K.ST STOCK J
in tho city, buy from fust hands in
lame ipiaiilities for the cash, are:
Manufacturers Agent for a good;
many articles ami will orivo trade
Ixittom prici on un thing in our'
line. ' j
KioitM norsiosi
101 & -2 lti Faym teviih. St ,
North and South Market and Martini
Street ,
W. C. vi A. li. STUONACTI, t
It VLUOH, N. C. 1
Old Fitycttovillo!
R. E. SEDBEREY,
Wholesale and Retail DrmW,
wishr to liirrm th p'il'll Miui In nw nrriitiion
II. r iii.'W mnin'tnl hnr' "ii Dim Snulli-eikdt -.)rinT
NLW AND FUKSH STOCK
Ditros, Mi'.nici.VE.s, paints,
OILS. OLASSWAUI.,
nnil nvpryililnir nitiiAll)' In a flrHt-diw DrilK
Hinre. hi wli'il.'Siili' nii-l rcinll.
"l'-,-i-. ,ilill y mi l HnUxtit'-lliiii ciinrmil.it',1
"Si.IhI lu lu '.'iiii'iiu i,i Uic l..,.'bHlo irnlo. 1
Airll 3. ism. 3nis.
FROM THE PRESIDENT ;
OF BAYLOR UWIVERS1TV.
Indi'iKnilecce, Turn, Sept. X, 1882.' ,
Gentlemen:
Ayer's Hair Vigor ,
aj boon uwd Iu my bouKliultl tot Urro
roAauua :
lit. To preT.mt fulling out of the Ulr.
td. To urev. nl luo mjnJ cliugo of color.
3d. As a .Irtitoing. " j
Il has given entire Mtlsfuctlon In every
tcilancti. Youra roipcilully,
Wa. I'ahet Cramk."
AVEK'8 IIAIB VIGOn U entirely tre
from uuctcanly, tlaugrmus, or injnrtmu tub
itaiicc. It iiioTfiitx tit j hair (rum luiiiiiig
gray, rrftorin rny liuir to iu original eolur,
prcTtinu lmiaiies, jiruservt-a iho buir and
promotes its gronUi, cures tlinjruff anil
II diseases of the balr ami sralp, and Is,
at tbe sumo time, a very superior svud
desirable dressing.
rilt.I AllED nv
Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Oruggims.
.MA UCH '22, 1M8-I.
Arrivals for liie Week.
ATWATSa ft WYiTT
I-; ::ham. v. a
QQ I1I5LS
,KW (T'OP Cl'HA
MOLASSES
10
10
1U1LS. SYUI P.
1U1LS. POliTOHICO
MOLASSES.
mtLs. sro.vHs.
(ii grad,
Or SACKS KIO and SEED TICK
s.) COITF.KS.
m rT s,:E,.,,tisH P(,TATOEs.
llHHtms alt grades FLOlT.
400 P.FSIIELs COUN
P.00 DPSHELS OATS.
IO TONS lUIAN VND CHOI'S
300 Pd'Siild.s PHI. UK WHITE1 Cl.'llBIN'il AND i'W I NO,
J'!: U' 1V Wavall Mills Main Street, DURll.l'd, N. 0
5000 I. US HI LK MEAT C. 11 ! .
and lil'dddES '
lOToNsi'KiA.Ein.tn'HVHAY. csiiietery Work Neatly Eiecnted.
In fact we handle (inn-erics only. 1
can thercfoivotterpec ml inducements
to the wholesale ami retail trade, i ''Ksions and kstimates rimHiwim ox
Collie lo : ee us j AFH.It'aTlOll.
ATWAT2E Sl WYATT.l.M,r","M','', ""'
iiui tiu.iM'. i:ii..i I... 's.ii.i,. hami, TO BUYERS OF
3
18i35. 18S4. !
T.II3. 1- m l SEES,
Act x F
FAYETTE7ILLE STREET,
RALEKiH, N. C.
LEADERS IN
IIARIJWA1IE
of every description.
BUILDERS" SUPPLIES,
PAINTS,
STOVES,
01 NS,
AMMUNITION,
md the largest stock of
SPORTING GOODS
ever iu Raleigh, at bottom prices.
Call ami examiiiu our stock
and prices.
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
ar WnU) for Descriptive
Circulars.
Dou't forget tho place,
220 FAYETTEYILLE ST.
mmm
HARDWARE OF EVERY DKSCKIPTION.
SASU, DOOHS AND OIXN98,
Xargvst Stock in North Carolina.
Jl'LIVS LEWIS & CO.,
SlOM OK TUK OoLKBM HuKss. Sn ,
22 1 Fttytttevillo St., opposite tbe Uarkei
Jauuary 10, lbtJl. KALE10H, N. a
W.C. SoWiM,
l.lls ol Mm i ik, Uitin Hi
Orlffla.
51. T. Notris & llro.
WitoHii. ..tod NxitH, V jhM k Tfiyl'-r hi lliolr m4
MiaiHl,
WHOLESALE GROCERS
AND
GOWMISGIOH MEfiCHANT8,
Xo. Hi Kxchango nml No. 15 Eaat
Martin Streets,
XI A 22 1 tt Iff, XV. O.
WFi CAHHV A LAI M IK STOCK
which we otter to tho trade t
very low piic.es.
r eulvi, Sl t.ctll. VII FN I lONloibe sale of
Miikn khIiwhi IiIkIii-hi lil ies (iii't roturns ai nnca.
I'r,.ilii.'.i mi, I, I mi e..,.oii if i-1. ,i. al small t'bar(ea.
t.llK.'i'ftl tttlvitiircn niH'lf mi oiUi.ii sltired Willi ue
.Viti'iiiH inr ruiti'.'.-ii ilii.-in.i.
Ac-iiih f,i- l'.',,iii,.ke hiiii r HiuSibala..
Ai;i'inn l.-r risli llimk Oii.ui,,.
Au-,'iilM f.,r Hi.' l.'i.rHi.'.l Sluiiovall Onlloo Plow.
Ill" kilni nf I hi' ..ill. m IIpI.I,
Jitiiiliily li, IhM.
Will lake in oxchango for
SHr.LTLNUS AND GOODS,
at their Sloip, Fhair, Oat, Corn,
Wheat, fiiicon ami Laid, at market
, prict s.
The atteiilioti of Farmers and Mill
, ors is called, especially to their uiaka
jof "B" SHEETIWO for flour
j sucks.
A gootl line uf
j DllY noons, NOTIONS,
j HATS, P.OOIS AND SHOES,
OKOCKHIKS, HAHDWAHE,
! MliKIOlNES. AC, AC,
always on hand.
I Their motto: Fair prices and honaat
' dealing.
i Jin.iinry 17. IHH. Cm.
-AND
: brown stone works.
W8
ROBEHT I. ROGERS,
nr.u.m :x-
Garble and Iranite
KtWIUMciNTS,
TOMBSTONES. TABLETS, iC.
DROWN STONE FOIl DOOH AND
WINDOW SIT.TiS,
iui y nr..rvciii
j I I D
JOHN W. SCOTT, Asuigna
of YEAliOAN, PETTY A CO.,
VVl-liliiL- t,i nirn nvcr Urn l.usltteHS lo ft t. rKTTT,
mI.i s. ,i i,- 1'iiiir.' I.---k hi att.l below OOMT tor
li i- in-i iii.Ihvs i ,r i'as.I.
tit i .... t i't"Knn-, ai uiV ,-.-nis. 5,m pair broaana
STTrrrir
w,,iii.'ii'i olw, s ui fouts, 'iivoualr womea'asboaa
a il .o
I.I.U.SI viit 'l- l-.'st t'nlliti al 6 i-enls, aiaawar
l l:ii,s hi 7 ,,-iiim. 1,,'st lllrif iif-.' lt.imcistl.si al
, an. I s , -1 1 1 . Ih .-iI I'lil.l.. 1ikI IVilUMllcal 1
.'. t, s.
,hi Fur an I ' I tin's nl l". ml. Ladles' Vrrtm
it,.lin c s . Kliiiini'la bel,,w Cwl. Men's and
I.h ill's' l u ll i Kci.r ill C"t. 't he la.1 Is 1 will eHI
),'ii any ii,-Ii. it wish k.wrr Ibau any ..'her
Ii. usr In Hi.- ,iiv t. r t'VsH. The ,sl ausisw
an I ti, k Is ilit iiui'' in sh ve niniii y. Mercbauia
will d.i ncll I., . ull iiil ,' il.a u, -il.
J. W. MUTT. Am, If ore
i ..t VKVU..AN, frrit a Co..
I I u V'itj..UfVillotH., HALtlOH, M. 0.
t'ohrunry 7, Ism.
i -
THE BANK OF DURHAM,
1) I 1C 1 1AM, IV. ,
W. T. IH.ACKWVI.1.,
1'r.vldt'iil.
V. A. WI1.BT.
CassJer
lii"-.'tre lri,il:. ,ayai,leon hsmamd r tnasa
v 1st: as mity I,.' hiiiu' I. Will buy ami sell slocks
ati l i.'ti'ln . ii Hi' iii 'M tavoiat.le lertua. Will buy
an I sell Kx,'ti ii,.. "ii th" Nnrih ir Kuri'iie al eux -rria
ritii'S. l''Uiisti,H,lrnt sillrlieU.
We are now lauding our second cargo
i 359 Hhfls. and 135 BMs.
Prime h Crop C.h Mmi
iSeml in your orders.
WORTH & WORTH,
WlI.MIsiOTON, N. 0.
March ft, ltti. Its.
THE ALL RIGHT
Cooking Stovo.
TUe uutlerslKunl, Snle Agents tur litis asralsi
Suive, aniiuuuoe lu lite public Utal over
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND
t.r ihMw Sii,vn bave beea aald. aa4 Iksvt tm ess
lusiHtico Uiy Icivn (leu
Entire Satisfaction.
PRICES VERY LOW.
y- wrlie lor Ix-ecrlialTe Catalogaa aa4 Us
M. T. NORIIH,
1 1 .Hie f N'T'ls, VV)il k
Tah,r.