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T H 3^ MASONIC JO
Local and State.
Gen. Scales left for '‘.Vasliingtoii City last
Monday, to resume his place in the U. S.
(lonoress.
A Mr. Datcher lectured on Tempenaiee at
(the Can t House last M nJay night.
The first shad of the season went to Raleigh
last Monday and was Pepper ed at once.
Among tlic impossibilities of life is the suc-
C'Bsful effort at ruimiiig a newspaper and a
“had cold” at the same time.
Our Presbyterian frieml.s gave their pastor,
Rev. Or. Smith, a New Year’s call last Satur
day evening. We learn the occasion was one
ofgrcat pleasure to ail,—e.specially .‘■o to Ihe
worthy Ur. and lady wlio were made the re
cipients of many u.seful and valuable presents.
Manning brothcrsof the Weldon iVew.s, have
purciiased till iiilerest in the Danville OcnVy
jVcit'S, and W. T. Manning has assumed charge
of tlie office and business management of the
latter paper.
D 1 E 13 .
Ho warm was the weather on last Sunday,
that we observed a number ofladies freely using
their fans.
lion. Burton Craigo of‘Salisbury, a promi
nent North Carolina ])olitician, died at the res
Idence of his sou-in-law in Concord, last Thurs
day.
The Sheriff of New Hanover c aunty, gave a
big Christinas dinner to Ihe prisoners in jail.
Col. Thos. B. Long of Salisbury has been
reappointed special postal agent. He has
ina le an efficient and accommodating officer.
Robt. Blow, formerly of the O.xford Leader,
while on his way to C ilifomia liadlhc misfor
tune to get shot near Ogden, Utali, bj' a pistol
falling from the hand of a fellow passenger
The Good Templars hav e moved into the
Hall recently occupied by the Odd Fellows in
Bogart building, an ! tlie Od 1 Fellows have le-
uioved to tlieir new Temple, on the same
street.
Cti.vMBEULWTN is in receipt of his c’lristmas
stock of be.mtiful Jewelry, Watches, Silver
Ware, &c., of die late.st and most elegant de
igns. These goods liave been bought witli
refer.'iice to the demands of tins market, and
will be sold e.xtremely low for tlie cash. His
stock of solid war.c offers superior inducements
to pnreliaser.-,. Call early and secure a clioice,
at ClIAJIBElU.MN'S,
14- City Jeweler.
Ill Grccnslioi'o, January 4th, at the residence
of her soii-iu-law, W. H. Moore, .Mrs. Robt.
VVoodb iiM. a v.ny old. an 1 higbly estimable
lady and resident of tliis city, and for many
years a pvoinin nit rnomlier of the Presbyteri-
a 1 church.
The .Ifr.s.vcayannounc-'S the heavy failure
of the firm of A. & -1. Edwards of Goldsboro.
Also that the farmers are losing large tiuaii-
tities of freshly killed pork, by the long spell
of warm vveatln r.
And that the Record ■ has removed to its old
! 1 irtes a -M ig mlia. Goldsboro not giving it
the encouragement desired
JOHN CHAMBEItLAlN, the City Jew
eller, is ill receipt ol'a spieiidUI assortment
of Watches,, Elegant Jewelry, Plate, &c.,
which tile Ladies arc invite to call and e.xam
i'.ie
Special attention to fine Watch-work and
the maanfaclure of special Jewelry.
S-
Siiice the iiitrodnction of the prc.seiit sohed-
ul- on the N. C. Road, the mails have been oi-
de ed to nm on Snudays, thus preventing the
accumulation of mails at Greensboro and
Go'.d boro. Also a tlirough pouch will be made
up between here and Goldsboro and taken by
thv night train on the W. W. Road, thus se
curing us a rapid tramsit South.
Katie J’utna.m,.— This encharting little
sprite gave one of her inimitable entertainments
at B-'ubow Hall last thurs lay eveniog, and
iiotwithst.mdiug tli.; disagreeable weather she
was greeted by a large and appreciative audi
ciice.
The play selected was tlie “Old Curso.-ity
Shop,” from dicken.'-, and was admirably pre
sented, Miss Putnam appearing in the dual
ciiaracters o. “Little Nell,” and tlie '•Marchion
e B,'’ andin eaeh of which slie fully sustained
the liigh reputation which had preceeded lier.
Site is supported by an excellent company
of skilled perforiiiers wlio make every effort to
bring the. play fully up to the demands of the
piece in hand.
M e are pleased to learn that Miss Katie will
play here again on Tuesday The 11th inst.
of Morgaiitoii, for twenty, eight hpndred dol
lar, worth of land in Caldwell countiv. Fifty
or sixty more grants will be issued to-day for
parties from all portions of the State.—Ral.
News.
While Amos Taylor, a white man living on
the Fayetteville road, six miles from Lumber-
ton, was at his supper, three blackened white
iiien took him from his house a short distance,
and beat liiiii in a most uinnerciful and cruel
mamier. A= the three, satisfied witti their
brutal conduct were leaving, Taylor said he
w ould have them up at Court about it, when
one ofthein deliberately blew' out Taylor’s
brains The wife of tlie nuirdered man was
all the time a lielpless spectator of licr hus
band’s siilleriug and death —Gleaner.
Tlie Friends hrve recently had quite a num
ber of interesting meetings in the lower part
of tills county and m Chatham; There has
been attlie.se meetings a visiting Friend from
England and some four or lie'e others from the
North Western States. At Chatham, Rocky
River, Cane Creek, and Spring there have
been good meetings. Tliis Society includes
many of onr very best people in that section
of the country. Wehave known a few pro
fessed Friends tliat we judged a little harshly
perhaps, but as a class we ha-ve no more sub
stantial, good citizens. We liave never heard
of a Beecher among them. — Gleaner.
Mars Hill Asylum.
DIEEOTORY.
OfK.AND Council OF N. 0.—Jolin Nichols,
of Raleigh, .W. I. G. M.; D. M'. Bain, Raleigh,
G. Recorder.
Grand Chapter op
Keenan, Wilson, G. B. 1
cigh, G. Scct’ij.
N. C.—Thos. S.
., D. W. Bain, Ral-
Grand I.odgb of N. C.—Geo. W. Blount,
Wilson, G. U.W. Bain, Raleigh, G. tSeety.
Greensboro?;ouNt,'ii. No. 8, R. & S. M..
Greensboro N. C,—Tlios. J. Sloan, T. I M.,
ri. E. Allen, Recorder.
Time of meeting: 4tli Wednesday night of
each montli.
Chokizin Cii.vptek, No. 13, Greensboro;
N. C.—Thos. J. Sloan, Uigh Priest, J. N.
Nelson, tiecretary.
Time of meeting: 3rd Friday night of each
month.
Elmwood Lodge, No. 346, Greensboro,
N. C.—II.'N. Snow, IF. it/., S. E. Allen;
Setretary.
Time of Regular Communications: second
Saturday night of eacli inontli.
J-
CilARLES U. YATES.
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Bookseller & Stationer,
and dealer in
MUSIC and FAN'CY ARTICLES,
Greensboro, jST. C. 2-27
A Large Lot of New Jewelry, "Watches,
Rings, Fins, Charms, Chains, &c. just received
at 7- Chamberlain’s.
We were pleased to receive a Kew ITear’s
call from brother Tomlinson of the Piedmont
JWsSy whogave us a lialf hour of Ills pleasant
company. We found him a very clever gen.
tleinen, and like his excellent paper, a welcome
vLitor.
For some time past petty thieving has been
going on ill the wagon lot of J/ossrs. Jas.
'Bloan’s Sons, greatly to the annoyance of them
selves and customers, so a watch was kept and
last week a negro lad was caught robbing a
])uggy, and was taken before the Mayor who
eo.nmitted him in the sum of $100 to appear
before tlie next Superior Court, in default of
which he wa.s sent to jail.
We arc pleased to h’arn frojn the Raleigh
Wewb’that M”. T. C. E^-ans, our Tom, has tak
en eha-:o of t!ie local department of that paper.
He is the right man in the right place. And
the S announces that Mr. Jordan Stone
has left the yeios and taken the Ashville CiH-
zen. We observe that Mr. Stone’s name dis
appears from the News
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Mas mic Mirror.
Five Negroes Killed in a Novel
Manner.
The Norfolk FiVywi I aa has learned of a re-
m.arkable occurrence on Roanoke Island, in
which Mr. Clarence Mcekias acted the princi
pal part, an 1 by which rive negro thieves lost
their lives. It appe:irs that .a few evenings
since Mi-. Meekins w;is awakened from his
sleep by licaring a noise on iris premises, and
on getting up and going to ins door fOiiiul that
some parties were attempting to rob lii.s smoke
iiouse. He immediately secured bis gun, and
advanced cautiously towards the smoke iiou.se
when lie discovered a man seated on a iiry on
which rested one end of tlie building. Taking
aim he lired and the party fell to tiie groimd
mortally wounded. On cxamiinitiou 3Ir.
Meekins discovered liim to be a negro, and,
further that the building, falling back after tlie
force at the longer end of the lever had been
thus suddenly removed, had cruslied to death
four otlicr negroes who had crept under the
raised iiart, and were engaged i.i abstracting
the contents. Mr. Jleekins at once reported
the circumstance, to the autlioritics, and was
by tliein’honorably acquitted.
The Orph.m’s Friend gives the following
particulars ef tlie generous offer of one of those
whole-souled uorthe- n men who lives at Ashe
ville, in this State:
“Most of our readers liave heard of Mr.
Pease, the famous Reformer of Children at
FivePoiuts, New York. Several years ago
being ill feeble health, he moved to Asheville
and purchased valiiab’e property ; but he has
been so modest and quiet that very few of our
citizens knew that he lived in the State.
Recently he lias taken an interest in the or
phan work, and de.sired to see the Mars Hill
risylnm moved to Asheville. 'I’o this end he
has offere.I the tract of land whereon he now
resides, i-eserviugthe use of the house and gar
den during Ills life. Not knowing exactly
what turn affaii s might take, the Grand I.odge,
at its late Communication, covered the ground
with the following resolution ;
""Resolved, That if any eligible property
sliould, before the next Annual Communica
tion, be offered to the Gi-and I.odge for the
more efticient conduct of the orphan work,
the Grand Master is hereby requested to ac
cept the same and instruct tlie Superintendent
in regard to tlie use and inanagement tliereof.”
Mr, Moore, the Steward of the Asylum at
Oxford, went to Asheville and Mar.s Hill to
confer with Mr. Pease and arrange the prelim
inaries. Mr, Pease promptly put his proposi
tion in definite shape, and tlie citizen.s of Ashe-
ville iii-oinise d liberal subscriptions for the
erection of buildings and for the support of
the work in the future.
With these facts before then., the Grand
Master and other offieeis of the Grand Lodge,
met in Raleigh, and after free consultation,
agreed that Grand Master Blount, Deputy
Grand Master Grissom, Past Grand - Master
Nichols, Grand Chaplain Reid, .and perhaps
others should start to Asheville on Friday
January 7tli, and formally accept the proper
ty, confer vvitli the citizens of Asheville, and
give directions for the future mainigeinent of
the work.”
STEELE & DENNY,
Manufacturers of
Doors, Blinds, Sash, Mouldings
and Dealers in
ALL KINDS OF LUMBER.
Office S. STEELE, corner East Market st.
Greensboko, N. C.
Terms Cash. 22 —
G-reensboro Female College.
Greensboro N. C. .
North Carolina is represented by the com
mittees of tite Iiouse of Representatives as
follows. Indian Aff.iirs—Gen, A. M. Seales
(Chairman); Patents—Gen, Robert B, Vance
(CIiairman(; Post Roads—Col. A. IM tVad
dell. Judiciary—Hon. T. S.Ashe; Claims—
Maj. W. M. Robbins; Invalid Pensions—
Jlaj. J. J. Ycates : .\gi-icnlture—Capt. J. J.
Davis; Manufactures—Gen. A. M. Seales,
John A. llvman.
The Spring session of 1870 will begin on
WEDNESDAY, the 13th of JANUARY, and
contimte twenty weeks.
Board (exclusiv'e of washing and lights)
$7.5.00.
Tuition in regular course, $35,00
Charges for extra studie.s modei-afc.
For Catalogue containing ])ariieulars, apply
to Rev. T. M. Jones, President.
N II. D. WILSON,
dec 8-3m. Pres. Board of Trustees.
SAM WILEY.
FASHIONABLE BARBEIi,
H A I R ]) A A S 8 E R ,
Greensboro, N. C.
—o—
ADIES and GEN'I'LEMEN waited on at
their horn’s when desired, a,nd all work
in liis line will be i)ertbrmed in the high
est st)de of the Art.
Shop 015 Soiitli Elm Street, nearly o]>
posile the Exjiress office.
New Advertisements.
The Secretary of State has paid into the
State Treasury in the last four days, over five
thousand dollars for grants issued for vacant
lands, mostly in the 5Vc.=tcm counties. All
amounts over one hundred acres arc charged
fifteen cents per acre, and one lumdrcd or less,
at t#elve and a half cents per acre. Grants
were issued Friday to Mr William D. Sprague,
Greensboro Machine Shop.
All kindsiof Sewing Machines, Pistols. Gims,
Locks, ktc., repaU*ed at short notice. New
keys made to old locks. Especial attention to
the repair of safes and safe locks.
Give me a call.
13— J. II. COLEMAN.
Notice of Removal.
W. S. and JIi-s. Moore liavingremoved tlieir
two stores to fheii- new Brick Building east of
Court House (and opposite Steele’s ami Mc-
Adoo’s) would most le.pectfully invite tlieir
many good customers “to call. ”
We expect to continually ad,1 to our usual
stock of goods, and th.o iliilhiery, Organ,-, Ac.,
will be reached by an easy flight of stairs, en
trance from the Soutii front.
P. S. I pay tlie higlicst price for country
Furs and want all I can get until the first of
May.
. Call around and sec us.
Jan. 3, ISiri.
Gil Ti-iE FEST.
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