LET HIM WHO HATH NO NERVE FOR THE FIGHT, DEPART.
VOL. 2,
DURHAM, N. 0., THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9. 1888.
NO 243
.. LAM BE AND; THOMAS,
.J (AT EBELBUBjCTS ART GALLEKY,) . . -
DURHAIt N. O.
Having determined to enter the " Music Business, we offer ORGANS
an'cf PIANOS to the people of Durham and surrounding country, and trust
we rwill merit a share of their patronage.
teyrsMiWe IMe 'Baito Suit IrajMj.. -
i!4F MONTHLY AND QUARTERLY PHYMENTS.
- '.A ' ' - . '
We offer thera on the EASIEST TERMS, and ut IX) WEST PRICES.
' Our MR. THOMAS, is an t experienced man, and will take pleasure in
giving any one all desired information. -
- ' Very Respectfully, . ;
LAMBE& THOMAS.
At Shelburn's Art Gallery, DURHAM, N. 0.
TREES!
Silver and Sugar Maples, Fruit Trees,
Magnolias and Evergreens for
for lawn and cemetery plant ,
, - ' ing. A full collection of
. Flower and Vcge-
table . , '
; SEEDS !
Handsome Funeral Designs made of
X -Choice flowers furnished at the
- shortest notice.
B0UQUET3!
. For weddings", evening parties, musi
. calp, &., a specialty.
Roses and Fine Stock
For Spring planting; Landscape gar
denings. Special attention giveu to
the laying out and improvement of
lawns. Anything and everything tor
the garden supplied by the
DURHAM FLORAL NURSERY
R. HIBBERD, Proprietor.
Before ordering elsewhere give me
a call at the greenhouses on Ramsear
Street . Jdii31
,-pHELBURN'S
pnOTOGRAPH-
-GALLERY.
New outfit. New and beautiful
stock of frames. AH kinds of artist
material on hnd. All work guaran
teed. My old Winds and the pulllc
generally invited to call and examine
my work. Prices low.
WM.SHELBURN,
m3-tf Durham. N. 0.
NEW BAKERY.
G. L. H0EN1G,
, (Successor to E.P ALGOOD.)
lias established a first-class
; Weill Parties ani Teslivals .
furnished on short notice by the most
CD skilled artists. A large line .
- ol allkindaof
FRUITS
And every thing usually kept In a first
class confectionery, at
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
CLL.IIOENIG,
At old stand of City Bakery,
DURHAM, y. c.
LADIES!
PO T0CS OWX DTIIK0, IT B0XI, WITS
Peerless .'.Dyes.
They will d! everything. Ther are sold
everywhere, price IOC a package 40 colors,
They have no equal for Ktrengtli. Brightness.
Amount In Package or for Futon of Color,
or non-fading Qualities. They do not crock
rsmnt For sal. by
P. W. VAUGHAN, DRUGGIST,
, jDURmk. . c.
gROWN & FCRUERSON,
PRACTICAL HOUSE PAINTERS.
Kalaimlnliig, I ir Ifong ng, Ac Sanitation
ntrtDitea. ju it-in
. MATTHEWS, D.D. S,
DENTAL OFFICE, '
Over Jonas' Jewelry Stor. Tretb inserted on
Gold. Silver ana VulraniKrute.
TEETH KXTBACTKD WITHOUT JAIN.
febS
THE ARTISTIC 5
Sip. Painter aM. Paper Haner,
DURHAM, N; C.
MP 29-ly
ROGERS & Co
Dealers in ,
Crockery, fcancy and
Staple Gro3erie3.
- DURHAM, N. C.
j'ullMy "
as
President b Office, 1
N C. Railroad Co. J
Bubusotoh, N. 0., Jan. 6, 1888.
Notico fs hereby, given to all per
sons in the county and town of Dur
bam, N. 0., now occupying the right
of way of the N. C R R. Co., to va
cate said premises, and all persons
are hereby forbidden, in the future,
to trespass on said riht of way. By
order of the Board of Directors. -j9-4w
Tnos. M. Holt, Pres't.
Cheap and Fine Job Printing.
You can save money by giving
your Job Work to Hackney & Cheek.
They are prepared to do all kinds oi
fancy job printing, circulars, letter
heads, envelopes, pamphlets, books
&c, checks, drafts, and warehouse
stationery a specialty, v tf.
Dm st Garden Seed.
Just received at Johnson's Drag
Store, a large supply of Buist fresh
garden seed. Call and get your sup
plies. All seeds guaranteed the best.
Tho Uestnud Freshest
Garden seed in town can be had at
Johnson & Co's Drug store. fl3U
Garden Seed! Garden Seed!! Gar
. tin Sed!!t
At Johnson & CrV Drag Store.
Durham, N. ft, Feb, 7, 1888.
At a regular meeting of the Board
of . Town CocuniiRsiones, present
Mayor Fieeland, Commissioners Par
risti, Watts, Anderson? Taylor and
Wyatt. The following business was
transacted: ,.
Minutes of former meeting read
and approved. ,f
Keportsfrom btreet finance and
Market House Committee were read.
ttlo reports from . Treasurer and
Chief of Police.
Report on Cemetery fot month, of
January snows number oi death- in
town, buried at cemetery b, number
of deaths in county, buried at ceme-
On motion, R. P. Dowdee was
granted license to conduct a restau
rant on east side ef Maogutn street,
near corner of Main street.
On motion of Commissioner Par-
rish, J. A. Hawkins and S. T, Coook,
were granted permission to remove
their restaurant from : ?'rrish street,
to the Walker House on Mangum
street.
Communication from Robertson
Lloyd & CoH was. read, asking per
mission to build a sheet iron storage
house in rear of their store. Com
missioner Taylor moved that request
be granted. Commissioner Put rish
moved to amend; that uo wooden ex
posure be allowed, and that building
be erected under the supervision of
the Street Committee. Motion
amended carried. "
On motion of Commissioner Par
rish, it was ordered that an electric
light be placed on the corner of Man
gum street and Broadway.
Ou motion uf Commissioner Par
rish, it was ordered that one half of
Green street, to its Intersection with
Peabody street, and fiom Peabody
as far as Duke's factory, to' be pave J,
also the entire crossing. at live
Piut3, it being understood that
Messrs. Duke Sons & Co., contribute
five hundred dol'ars (1500.00 to
ward the expense of said paving.
Un motit n of Uommissioner Watts,
the Street Committee were request
ed to make estimate and arrange for
paving with brick, all side walks
that need paving, from Dillard street
to Five Points on both sides of Main
street.
On-mot ion cf Commissioner Par
rish, it was ordered that the town
pave the side walks on west side of
Unurch street with prick, from the
Market House to Main street, and
wKh stone at crossing at town scales,
and that Street Commissioner Col
lect of property owners their propor
tion or expenses, lor said paving.
On motion of Commissioner An
dei son. it was ordered that a plank
walk be pe put down on Mcilannen
street, extending Irom reitigrew U
to Blount foundry .
On motion of Commissioner ra-
rish, it was ordered that the Market
House Committee erect a shed over
the town scales for their protection.
On motion of Commissioner Par
rish, the Street Commissioner was
requested to take bis street force and
and clean oat all ditches in the town
for a space of three or four feet, and
where ponds of water exist to drain
them. ,
On notion ol Commissioner Tay
tor, It was ordered that the salary of
Street Commissuner be $50.00 per
month, to take euect February 1st.
On motion or Commissioner Par
rish, Board adjourned.
GEO. W. WOODWARD.
Clerk.
' For Kent.
Three room house, on Pine St.
apply to A. Goldstein.
tm
Found.
A small racks;??, containing !m
tvrt.mt manugCriDL The owner can
get the same by calling at this office,
and paying tor this notice.
CaS Fur 8a' e.
Celery and Lettuce, BI Hibberd,
Durham Floral Nursery. jJizir.
;. i m mm
Notice!
The Medial Society meets the 1st
ana ora monaay nignts in, eacn
month.
Preserves, jellies, figs, ramus,
prunes, citron, Florida orances, co
coanuts. candies of all kinds and
anything needed, all fresh at 8. R.
Perry's. d ltf.
200 poinds of Herndon& A .water's
all pork sausage Jot salo'at J; W
11 amnion's. . uu. -
PURCHASED BY A WESTERN SYNDICATE-
IT WILL Bfi PULLED DOWK AND
RE-ERECTED IN CHICAGO.
Kiohu'.ond Dispatch.
Libby Prisoii is to leave Ricmond.
Root and branch, rqof . and floor.
is to be plucked up and carried to
UmcagO, there to oe made the gaze
nd show of the people of tho West.
Buck by brick, timber by timber,
nail by nail, it will be taken down.
and as this is done each peine will be
numbered, and the whole vast mass
of material of thi jfour story struo
turST' xsported tn Chioigo. there to
be ret.CCd. Th unieratauding id
oneot the greatest oi record, ant
Richmond loses one of the chieftest
objects of interests for northern tour
ists. ''
A Dispatch reporter some years ago
interviewed a number of hackmen as
o what it was in Richmond that most
tourists firdt wUhsd to see. -The au
swer from neaaly all was 'Libby
'rison.
Richmond ha9 the finest monumen
tal pile of bronze and granite iu the
world, v It has the oldest Ameiican
capital and the oldest State reeords;
it has within her limits the grave of
Chief Justice Marshall, "Monroe, Ty
ler A P. Hill, Stuart and fiukett. it
has the church where Patrick Henry
made his speech, "Give mo liberty or
give me death;" it has the' house
w .ere President Davis lived wbde he
waged one of themighties' of modern
wars; it has a thous md other things
that 6ught to interest the man of
mind but the nonhern and western
tnu ist above all wished to see Libby
Prism. - . - '
Hereafter they will not come to
Richmond taey will go to Chicago
to see if 1
Josuh Crattv, one of the corpora
tors, in t dking of the scheme, said;
''It should be understood that there
is no idea of waving the 'bloody shirt'
n this. It is simply a business spec
ulation for what there ia in it.
' Upou The Same Old Peg.
The Dawson (Va.) News thv
following story from Webster: Oi e
d)T in 18C2, bidnev bhivers, son o:
the venerable, ' Uncle" James M
S livers, then eighteen years of age,
entered bis father s house, and divest
ing himself of his hat and clothes,
dressed himself in the uniform of
Confederate soldier in order to enter
the southern army, in the meantime
hanging the bat an I clothes that he
once wore upon a peg in his room
x torn mat uay iu iuis me n ana
clothes have hung in that same place,
not a hand having been allowed to
touch them in all that time, for they
have been held sacred to tb memory
of the young Confederate soldier who
put them there. The life of Sidney
bhlvers went out soon after be cuter
ed the army, but these muto memori
all of the boy who once wore the gray
still hang where thty were placed by
him twenty-six years ago untouched
in an mat time.
Is the time never to come when it
will be understood that a lawyer can
not render even a technical service In
a corrupt transaction without sharing
the odium of it, snd having to
answer before the tribunals of the
profession. Nevo York Tribune, Rep,
Libby Prison.
KILLING MOKE PEOPLE THAN WHIS
KEY" SAYS A MERCHANT .
LjnjVrorg News.
"Can't something be done to stop
the adulteration of ai tides of food?"
Main street retailer esked a News
reporter yesterday. -.
"Lots has been done, . replied the
reporter, and you can judge what
oodetlect it has had.
"Well I should say it had amount
ed to nothing," said the retailer "and
although lama prohibitionist I hon
estly telieve that twice as many are
uled by Jood adulteration lhan bv
whiskey . "drinking." -How much
adulterated dyoa think is most of
the lard that comes here? It is forty
per csntl Agtnts have admitted that
a per ceut Is ot cotton seed oil, water,
barytes, ect. ect. ;; . f
"Why do people buy that lard? '
"Simply because it is cheap.
Adulterated lard sella for 10' cent
per pound, and pure Virg'mh lard at
zj cenis ana cane oe Bold cneapr.
t is surprising (hat people who are
aware of the adulteration of; lard,
coutinue to try it when pure lard
would be cheaper at 15 cents per
pound. :"
"Is lard the only article of food
that Is adulterated?'',
'Great Caesar, not What is there
that is not adulterated more or less.
$ugar, coffee, flour, and in fact near
y ererything. That is why I auk it
something can t be doner and 1 be-
eive that people are killed every
day by eating adulterated articles of
ood."
Why Stanford Voted for Lamar,
Washington, Feb. 6. Senator
Stanf ml, of Cslfornia, has written
the following letter to a constituent
who asked his reason for voting- for
the confirmation of Mr. Lamr as a
Justice if the Uuited States Supreme
Court:
"Washington, Feb. 6, 1883.
"Your letter asking my reasons for
votiog for air. Lamar received, i
voted fur him because I considere J
him one of (he best men in the South
fortheolace. He is. ia my Jade
tnent, a broad, liberal-minded man,
of a great deal of learning. lie was
Drofaisoror law in a university in
MississiDDi. I think he is a thorough
iy converted Unionist, and I do not
think it wise to reject any one on the
ground alone that they were engaged
in the late tebellion. I think that
we want to be one people, politically
' t SI - .
ana socially, uen. uraui eipiesreu
the idea when he said 'Let us have
nfAf.a Mr. LaniKr'a ' loraltv and
intergrity to 'the Union was passed
ffon most conclusively when oo n
Licses of Concrrers provided for the
succession to the esidency and made
him an heir only a few removes from
the Presidency. I was reluctant to
find myself not in harmony with all
the Republican Senators, but it was
a case, so far as mv action was con
coined, entirely for my own ju Igmei t
and conscience, and 1 voted accord
Respectfully yours, .
"Leland Stanford."
Mrs. Alice Coxe Secure a Divorce
Ciurlott Chronlcla,
The suit for divorce brought by
Mrs. Alice Coxe, of this city, against
her husband, Franklin Coxe, of Phil
adelphia, which has been in the
courts of New York for the past fow
moots, has bien faoally disposed of.
The; result is that Mrs. Coxe has not
only t ecu red and absolute divorce, but
will receive a handsome alimony un
til she dies, the money being secured
by a first lit n on Cjxe'i possessions,
which, during the course of the In
vestigation, were ascertained to be
worth half a million dollars. It bad
been generally supposed that the gay
r tl! - ... . r - !!. ....
rran&uo was worm a muauo.
The Florida Central and Western
Railroad, the Western Division of the
Florida Kail way and navigation
Company's road, from Jacksonville
via lallahassee to the Chattahoochee,
with its local branches, was sold Mon
day, W. Bayard Cutting, of New
York, being the highest bidder. The
price was 11,210,000.
Chickens and country butter for
sale at Paul Norwood & 'Jo. fm
Food Adulteration
Fresh pork and sausage at ,
. It. J. W. Hamilton's.
Sugar cured hams 10 and 21 ct, at
,11. J. W. Hjmiltov a.
t'inoked jaws at
It. J. W. Hamilton's,
Another fine lot of country lard at
It. J. w. Hamilton s.
-', Flue Meats. , ' 1
Messrs. Hutchins &Shenherd hare
at their stall, daily, fine fat pork. meat.
and all kinds of meats Call and see
their atoclcof meats . , :, . , It
Mazazines i of every defcriDtion
bound, and. old books rewound, at
lowest prices at H. E. Seeman's
bindery. . It
For Kent!
A nice dwelling with eight rooms,
on 2nd Dillard street. Possession
given 1st of March. Ap'plj to C. M.
Herndon. to 6t
lam Drenared to accommodate a
few meal boarders at $1250 per
month llocs) on Cleveland street,
opposite J. L. Markham's rtsiderce.
f7 M.8. DANNIE liBADSlItR.
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FIRST-CLASS
TAILORING!
Houses for Rent.
Two dwelling houses containing
two rooms tor tent. Apply to.
f. 8 5t. (J. C. Fauthino
Dwelling ior Kent.
A five-room dwelling for rent, sit
natcd on Lea street, near R U. Lea's.
Apply to J. S. Manning. f3;lw
Fine Irict initatoea at Panl Nor
wftod&Co's. f 8 tf.
If you want stoves, tinware, grater,
lamps &c it will pav you to go to 0.
C. Taylor's store. He carries a large
to k and m selling cheap. 18
The Tip Top and Durham ccokl
stoves are the ones to buy. Yon can
get them at Kobertson, Lloyd & Co s.
They carry a big line of all kinds of
hardware, builders supplies, paints
oils, varnish &a f 8. ,
Fine vounz parrots for. sale. Ap
ply to A. D. Matthews at Johnson
& Co's drug store. . f 8.
Fersh soup at Barklcy's every day.
f8tC .
" 4U Itooms For Rent.
I have 40 rood rooms suitable for
offices or bed rooms for rent. Terms
reasonable. Apply to ' . "
fUlf cuuriant,
Fresh Fisli.
I reccivo daily fresh fiih of every
kind. Fine shad 81.25 a Dair. Ixjae
vor f riers. Satisfaction guaranteed.
o.. tt ttr..
19 I a, IV. IT IMK.
We, having determined to permam nt
ly locate in the city of Durham
for the purpose of carrying
on a first-class
Tailoring Business,
Offer our services to the public, and
will endeavor to merit and gain "
- a portion of the patronage of
the town and surround
ing country
Corn, sound sweet potatoes, the
finest on the market, for sale at '
ftot Paul Norwood & Co.
Valuable rral estate for sale apply
toR. I. Rogers, Sco Durham Land
A Security Co. f.
Our' Mr. Belsmeyer will be absen
xor a lew weens on business in
connection with the firm,
and will at an early day
open up a eplendid
line of
Gents' Goods.
We have employed a force of first
class workmen, and guarantee
good and satisfactory work,
Equal to any North or South
Thereby saving the citizens the trou
ble and ezpenso of sending
off for their clothing. For
the present, we hate
securedthe r
vices of
Mr, G. H. Lewellin,
Who will attend to our interest, sell
goods, take orders and mcasuiej, .
and hare the work done. He
has ou hand a small
slock of
FINE GOODS,
And any amount of samples to seled
from.' lie is well-known to this con j
munity snd can be found at his shop
in the Duke building over Summer
held' clothing store. , ,
A. BELSMEYER h CO.
febl Dy A. BELSMEYEtt.