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THE WEEKLY TRANSCRIPTMESSENG-ER, DECEMBER 19, 188.4--DOUBLE SHEET . J. A. BONITZ. EDITOR. . GOLDSKOUO, N. C. FRIDAY, - DECEMBER IS),- 1834. E377 Editor i not remwnxiijle for tie views erirretxed by cjrreiymdi r t.i. ZgT-ommnnivdion nnhject of public . . . . . t 'j . - . w Lock intertnt, neir, iv., mnctim j rom aUparixofifeSOiU: RATES OF ADVERTISING : W. 2 V. 4 v.". hj.'.V. 2i V.. 1 Souare. 1 ft) 1 7-1 :i 0) 7 r 13 00 2 Sduarcs. I M) 2 75 .i 13 ft) : t 4 Squares. :$ 5 t-u l 3t 40 V Column. 5 M 8 11 rt) :) M 50 tiO X Column. H) 1". ft: - o 4r. i xo H 1 Column, 15 v.) -'0 00 00 St o) I." (x.l ;.; W. 25 00 70 M CO (10 .'5 iMl 1 inch sruee constitutes a square. ." The aboro rates ar for th Wwkly edition Vvtmll r. ail: ditiooal. Reading M:ittoT Notice will lie inseied for 20 cents p-r l!ii furl he lirst insertion.-an.l l.'i cents-pr lint; for each insertion liireafier. Yearly advertiwrs arc ailovrud the pi-ivijupe-Of chantrinsr fjuartcrly. -Advertisements not accompanied with rjjrec tiutis will be inserted mini forbid, and c-liaiyed ccor.lintrly. There will Ik; no deviation fiiiin'the above Rules and itetes. IS" THE CIRCULATION OF THE 1RANSCRIPT AND ITEENGER .V LARGER 1IIAN THAT OF ANY OTHER POLITICAL PAPER I'L'Ii LISUED IN THE STA Head the statement of Senator Vance anent the ailetred letter from Jefferson Davis. A max named Honesty was charged the other day in the Washington police court with embezzling a sum of money. What's in a name? A 150TTLK of cholera is bottled up in Waslunjrton Jov the use of the doctors who maywish to study the disease through the medium of glass andalco hol. Dr. Koch., the famous specialist, sent it over. jIli. Cl.KVEfi.vXD's letters are some what uneijual in point of style some bein very fine while others are little above commonplace. ' But they all re veal a firm, an honest And an uncom monly sensible man. St. John refutes the idea that he sold out to the Democrats or offered to sell out to anybod lie says with pertinence, "If I had desired to sell my principles 1'or money or office, I could have done so years ago and would not have waited to negotiate with a party that is morally and financially bankrupt." lie announces the begin ning of the campaign of 18SS, which is early in tire day, one would think, for a temperance man. The name of Hon. li. B. Vaiue, of this State, is prominently mentioned for Commisshmer of Patents uuder the next administration. Whether lien. V ance uesires sucii i position or . not we do not know, but. there is no man in the Congress of the United States, or perhaps out of it, better equipped to fill, that position than he. His lon g service on the House com- mttee on puteuta, o? vWU-.U lie is now chairman, has made Inm familiar with the business of that Department, and with the laws and usages governing it. "We publish elsewhere a communi cation making timely observations on the selection of a Speaker of the next House of Representatives, and sug gesting the name of Col. Thomas M. Holt for that, important position. The Colonel was a member of the last Gen eral Assembly, is a progressive, intel ligent and successful business man, long identified with the public im provements of North Carolina, and his election to the Speakership would be a. meritorious recoguization of sterling worth and enterprise. In regard to the libel case of Hon. James (i. Blaine against the Indiau apolis Sentinel, a dispatch from that city says : "There has been no action of the eourt which will prevent the further prosecution of the case. The plaint ill' has not. answered the inter rogatories appended- to the bill of dis covery, but it does not bar the pro ceedings unless the court shall so or der. The ease at law is set for l rial on D''c. 2-'), but in the chancery matter Blaine will not be requested to file an answer before the tirst Monday in January. It is the general belief that t lie case will ultimately be dismissed bv the plaintiff." A vi? I end at Washington having noticed our suggestion of Senator M. "W. Uar.som for a position in President Cleveland's cabinet, writes us that the Senator lias been heard to express himself as "unwilling to take such a position, even if it were tendered him, which he thinks is not likely. He prefeis to serve his people on the floor of the Senate, and there is no man in the State who can serve the Old Norlh State better iu that capacity. May it be many years ere North Carolina shall lose Matt Ransom's valuable presence and labors on the Senate floor. However much the Messenger would like to see him honored other wise, his place there would be difficult to fill. Michigan furnishes one of the very few cases under the civil service act that have reached the courts. A dis patch from Grand Rapids, dated Dec. 12, reads : "Martin R. Melht, assistant postmaster of this city for several years, was arrested yesterday and taken before the United States com missioner on a charge of soliciting funds from Government employees for campaign purposes, contrary to the civil "service rules. The case was ad journed to December 20th, and Melht was released on his own recognizance in the sum of $1,000. The complaint was made by the New York civil ser vice league, and the supposed facts are that the accused left papers on the desks of the employees, asking for contributions, and that the employees received receipts'signed by the chair man of the Republican county com mittee." If the facts are as repre sented, Meiht ought to suffer to the full extent of the law. 'M toft? - j ONCE AGAIN FROM THE ' .. ASHES. With Ihb issue, kind reader the Meskkngkr rises the second time from .the ashes and resumes its career, somewhat crippled by t lie fire, but not the least dismayed, discouraged or re duced in size. It reappears p. nd goes to the home- and firesides of its seven thousand subscribers, who will doubt- 1 fdly welcome it, fresh and strong and full of the san e viiror and enter prise fr' which .he Messenger has long been noted, and at h period, per haps, the mot important in the exis tence of the paper, as well as the most important period in the history of the Democratic party, whose principles, pure: and .unadulterated, it 'has been our province to sustain and promul gate since the dark lays of 1807." As already announced, this is our second misfortune by fire. On the4th .of September, 1S00. our entire outfit was consumed. That loss was a se rious one and we felt it keenly, but our loss was comparatively light and it required but very little to resume the publication of the paper. Not so this time. The -fire' of the 10th ult. swept away the slowly earned re sources of over seventeen years hard work, and while we may yet possess the same push and the same energy that then brought the Messenger from its ashes, our enterprise has now grown to such large proportions that our loss is felt more painful, and so much More is required to resume pub lication that on first review of the sit uation we could but shrink from the task. But the Messenger recognizes no such word as pail, and while we approached our decision to resume with feelings of considerable misgiv ings, we have now succeeded in over coming difficulties and obstacles, and again greet our readers with thatsjime cordiality and determination which have characterized the Messenger since it was 'tirst established seven teen years ago. Promises for the fu ture are unnecessary. The paper will pursue the same course and the same policy that have made it the most suc cessful and most extensively circulated journal in North Carolina. The destruction of our establishment was very near complete, and it is need loss to assure our readers that our heart almost bleeds as we behold the ruins. Only last spring our already complete establishment was made one of the most. extensive printing houses in the South by the addition of a splendid $7,000 outfit, embracing a press cost ing $.3,000, a folder cost ing $700, steam engine and fixtures, &c. This gave us an outfit of over $13,000.00 in value, not couiititin tha uUVm. -wHio.U brings our total loss up to nearly $20, 000. Our insurance was only -fS,500, distributed as follows: On building $4,500 and on press $-1,000. A policy on type and fixtures and another on job presses had uEfortunately been suffered to expire, . hence our loss is indeed severe, to say nothing of dam age sustained by reason of suspension jot business. We have givn this brief review of our losses to impress our delinquent friends with a sense of duty. The past season was indeed a very trying one to us, owing to great scarcity in money matters and general stagnation iu trade circles, and the disaster falls just now with more than double force. But relying upon the generosity of our friends in this hour of our distress, we lost no time in placing our order for another magnificent press, which is now in position a duplicate of the one destroyed, only some larger also for new type and new fixtures, while our job office has been refitted and made to resume its place among the best equipped and most extensive in the State, by the addition of the entire and complete establishment recently conducted by J. B. Whitaker, Jr., at Durham, which outfit we have pur chased of him. This gives us, besid.es our large press, five improved job presses, paper cutters, and in fact everything that7 goes to make up a complete printing office. We have also our new "Messenger Building" under contract and well on the way, and Mr. Harding, the con tractor, hopes to have it completed by early spring. The new press room is already completed, and this issue of the paper is printed in it and on our new press The building is to be 38 feet front, three, stories high, with a total depth of 107' feet. The front is to be of press brick, with large plate glass office windows. The editorial room, business office and mailing room will be located on the lower floor, the job office on the middle floor, and the newspaper composing room on the third floor which is to have a skylight in the roof to afford ample light. The press room is to be connected with the upper floor by an elevator. Thus we shall be. well fitted up again for work. But to accomplish all this entails upon us a debt and obligations that must be met, and we rely upon our patrons to enable us to do so. Now friends, come forward and help us. We find that nearly 4,000 of our subscribers owe us for this year's pa-" per, and a considerable number for last year, whom we have kindly in dulged. This would net us from $12, 000 to $15,000, and it would make us feel comfortable and enable us to dis charge the debt we have assumed in refitting our office. We ask only what is justly due us. Friends, can you withhold it from us ? We trust not. FITS. All Fits stopped free by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer.-- No Fitsafter firstday's use. Marvelous cures. Treatise and $2 trial bottle free to Fit cases. Send to Dr. Kline. !il Arch St.. I'hila.. Pa. july 11,'84-wly Fireworks, Fire Crackers, wholesale and retail at t Griffin Bros. THE OFFICIAL, VOtfE FOR - PRESIDENT. , We have now received the official returns from allthe States. The exact vote loots up0,757,700, and Cleveland's popular majority is 09.400. In the Northern States 344.500 is Blaine's majority, while Garfield's - majority was 505.000; a falling off of 100,000. Ulaine increased his vote in those States 14S.000. while Cleveland in creased th 3 Democratic vote 309.000, making a net Democratic gain of 1G0,- 000. Iu the Southern States Cleve land's majority is 401,01-0, while Han cock's was 520,000. showing a Demo crat ic loss of GS.00O. BlaiKe increased the vote 1S4.000, and Cleveland re ceived 110,000 more;. than Hancock The increased vote at the. South is 300,000, and at the North 457.000. The increased vote at the South was over 11 per cent. The increased vote at the North was less than 8 per cent. Compared with the vote in 1SS0, the Southern vote was fuller than the Northern vote. At the North Blaine lost heavily ; t the South he made great gains. These figures negative tiie idea that the elections at the South were unfair. - ira-ci- HE CAN'T SLEEP. Kaiser is as classic as Cflpsar, its Italian predecessor. Just how so im perial a name came to be associate! with dogs with pups whisking, whin ingthe lowest of creatures in Orient al estimation, if not in occidental, the Messenger is not sufficient antiqua rian to decide. At any tate, Wash ington hath a baker whose name and style is Kaiser, and the said Kaiser owneth a dog, and the man and the dog reside not far from the residence of a distinguished political economist. Now bakers and their canines before now have lived on the same block with political economists. But never yet have we heard of a political economist (who was also a Congressman) who was kept awake nights, week in and week out, by howling dogs. There have been political economists, we will aver, who, after depositing on the back shed and in the rear yard all the available projectiles in a bed room, have sworn an awful oath, and' called the policeman, and cried "Macbeth, murders sleep," and that sort of thing. But we wager you it was not a dog no, by our soul, not a dog. that spoiled that man's rest and gave to his com mittee next day as "the fruit of -his sleeplessness the labors in written re port of a whole week. Hitherto po litical economists have raged like the leathen. at totn cat and grimalkin, while they whistled to keep tune with Rover at his kennel door baying the moon. It remameu tor ;.lr. Abe Hew itt to give Kaiser immortality and ap peal iu vain to the Ctesars of the mu nicipal government. In a citv which he can punish by a vote or a word on the floor of Congress, the political economist is more helpless iu his in somnia than the teething infant in the wee sina' hours ayant thetwal. Kaiser aud the dog hold the fort, and Peter tariff reformer, is mute in the presence of the creatures whom he in part created. Let Mr. Commissioner West arrest street car transfer agents for not stopping for him ; let Mr. Com missioner Edmunds advertise his im portance as the "only Democratic," &c, in telegrams of congratulation to the President-elect. But say no more that there is power in the Federal city which can avail to benefit man or beast, bird or devil, save only Kaiser and his all-night howler. P. S. The Sanitary Congress ad journed without considering Mr. Hew itt's case. Kaiser's dog seems to be running the boundless universe. Per haps when Mr. Hewitt has time to think he will rig up some of his foun dry ham met s and rent the house ad joining that baker man's. P. S. 2. Or buy a kazoo. If that doesn't fetch him, Mr. Hewitt should resign and take the first steamer to No Man's Land. (We would say No Dog's Laud if we could find such a place in our geography.) Gen. Grant declines to be pensioned at $5,000 a year. He wants to be pen sioned on the retired list at. full pay, $17,500 a year. Shrewd fellow, Grant, if he did have' a wicked partner who got away with his hard -earned beg gings. The most important event in the annals of Methodism in the 10th cen tury was the celebration last week in Baltimore of the one-hundredth anni versary of the .foundation- of the Church iu the United States. The conference was held in the building Mt. Vernon Church that takes the place of the Lovely Lane meeting house in which the first conference was held, December, 1784. When we con sider what. Methodism has accom plished in all parts of the world, and especially in America, we cannot fail to give the celebrants our secular but none the less hearty God-speed. The New York Sun discloses the fact that its circulation always reaches its lowest point in the latter part of each Presidential year, touching zero usually in the month of December, and its editor regards the circumstance as somewhat remarkable. On this the "Washington Star observes : "Nothing remarkable about it ; and no doubt the statistics of a majority of the leading daily political papers of the large cities would show the same result could they be procured. The falling off in news paper reading at that 'particular --'time simply means that the people of the country want a rest after the worry and excitement and clap-trap of a heated political campaign. They en joy that sort of thing while their inter est in the result is kept alive, but after the climax comes a reaction and the desire for a period of comparative re pose. . After stu fling herself, however palatable the food may be, even the mild-eyed cow likes to lie down and chew her cud for awhile." WASIIKGTON TOPICS Action, Oinnieiit and Cfplina Notes. North The Civil vice Reform Which Mr. Clevtind will Institute '-' Ke ftans Busitss. t Staff Ckrrea0ndence of the Messenger.) Washi:'n, Dec. 13 The clear cut speech Senator Pendleton last night at theforoian banquet has set the gossips liking at a 'more lively rat o over t h oli ey f the admin ist ra tion to be. jr. Pendleton, ever since he took highr'tttcn on the civil ser vice questioiiiiK been the object of intense disHsm the part of certain gentlemen. Hhrtfaving been selected to respond tf theV oast, '-Civil Service Reform.'7 gale hip a line opportunity, which he iiproted. The speech is taken as the.-yiM;ion in some meas ure of the picy of the future admin istration, fo;h;se who assail it are largely a etu;4'd by a desire to keep Mr. Pend'etoJ out of the cabinet and keep such ldeisjis he advances for.use merely in polh(il campaigns. " Oh." say they, " it i good enough to win on, but parties rljuire something more substantial whefit comes to adminis tering the Goxtommeut." The Ohio Democrats are itt alone m their oppo sition to this aclmplished statesman. From many in tb South who on other grounds would bjhis best friends come words, of disapppibation. - One - would think the people-?-this 'country lived, moved and hadrfeir being exefusively by holding office. The routine bu nessof the Cougress this week can !e dismissed with a paragraph. Mr.' Reagan's substitute for the . comralttASs bill on Inter-State Commerce kuv Ten .discussed every day. Both sidvf ave h;l(I a 'fair show ing railroads ar4 people. The meas ure, has beeii eiiimined from every point of view, fcut no nstable speeches have been made. The bill wiil prob ably pass, and be killed in the Senate. Of measures to come up next week it is difficult (tow to say which will get the right of jway. Public buildings, Mexican pensions, Bankruptcy, the Library and several others are booked for the struggle for precedence. An absurd proposition was made to donate or sell at a nominal sum a site for the new library a mile from the Capitol, to which no VriHd title could be made, and which from all its surroundings was wholly unsuitable for the pui pose. It was -made "to.-impede the passage of thev .'measure-; under consideration," which requires the expenditure of a large sum of money- -the committee to investigate the Ohio election, consisting of Messrs. Springer, Van Alstyne and Stewart, will meet on the 4th of Januarv in Cincinnati. Meant i me they will ex amine certain witnesses here. A Goldsboro negro, I understand." 'was one of those wiiH were, sent out to bull-' uoze the good people of the Buckeye State, or at least to cheat them out of their rights. The House Committee on Public Lands Was iu si meted, yesterday to re port against the right of foreigners, except those intending, to become citi zens, to purchase the lands of the United States. The Washington monument is to be dedicated February; 21 , as the 22nd falls on Sunday. The Senate whs not in session yes terday. The House is not in session to-day.. .'". The President will open the New Orleans Exposition by electricity on the 10th, at 12:30 p. m"., notbeiug'able to attend. The House to-day passed a concurrent resolution authorizing the presiding officers of each House to appoint a committee to be present 'at. the ceremony at the White House, to consist cf the President of the Senate tLitn-Sctoistke Speaker and of the S'ta(f s and Territories. A. spe- i cial wire will be useo, and at the sig nal from Mr. Arthur the whole ma chinery of the Exposition will be ,put in motion. i The whole session yesterday in the House was consumed by debate over a question of privilege raised by War uer, of Ohio. He offered a resolution declaring that certain severe reflec tions on the Pensions Committee of the Senate and on the Committee of Pensions, Bounty and Back Pay in the House, as well as in the House itself, made in a leave-to-print speech of Mr. Joseph D. Taylor, of Ohio, were not a legitimate part of the proceedings of the House. An exciting scene fol lowed. Reed, Browne and other Re publicans came to the aid of their fel low partisan, who replied to Gen. Warner's speech and was in turn re plied to by that gentleman. If was a tempest in a teapot. All about the abuse of privilege to print, which was well enough denounced, and Ohio local politics, vhich had nothing to do with the subject in hand. Both parties ex hibited ill temper. Finally, at a late hour, the resolution passed. The ex-clerk Barker who brought charges against the comptroller of the Treasury Department is being exam ined by the Springer Committee. He said yesterday that while Comptroller Lawrence was an honest man person ally, he was not an honest official. He explained that this remark implied iii efiiciency in the officer criticised he did not know what was going on. To-day has been preternaturally stu pid at the Capitol and in all the news centres. Not many Congressmen were at their desks. On the Seriate; side there was a little gossip on the pros pects of the reciprocity treaty, Avhich is opposed by members of both parties. The probabilities are that it will be rejected. In the House one heard a desultory remark or two about Ran dall's proposed trip through Tennes see, Alabama and perhaps other South ern States. He will spend the Christ mas holidays n this prospecting tour, to which he is invited by Gen. Forney and other admirers. Mr. Randall be gins the canvass for 18S8 very early indeed. An Indiana Democrat said that it was all nonsense about Hen dricks and McDonald being at outs. The former will give his suppoit to whomsoever the Indiana Democracy seem to prefer for a cabinet position. This gentleman said the Democrats of the Hoosier State were almost unani mously in favor of McDonald. The Navy Department frauds are set for trial on the following days : January 6, 7, 8, 13th. Gen. Hazen, head of the Weather Bureau, is bitterly opposed to trans ferring it to one of the civil depart ments of the Government, as proposed by-Col. Green and others. He claims that it is organi zed more efficiently than it could be after transfer. Notwithstanding the talk in the newspapers about inactivity in prepar ing for the inauguration, the arrange ments for the great event are quietly but steadily proceeding. The citizens committee has been appointed but has not been announced. The County De mocracy willhave 400 men in the pro cession, and they are to' be quartered at the Arlington ; Tammany will have 500. Avhose headquarters will be W. B. William's warerooms ; the Randall Association, Philadelphia, 150 strong, will be at the Riggs House, and forty or fifty other organizations have so far settled upon quarters. The rush of "applications'" Las kept the hotel and boarding house people busy answer ing. Tne capacity of every house in Washington will be tested on the 4th of March. - Gov. Vance said this evening that he would have a statement in to morrow's Post which would clear up the subject, mooted in the Republican papers, of the alleged letter from Jef ferson Davis, and of the relations be tween the Confederate and North Carolina administrations. In fact our distinguished Senator was kind enough to let me peruse the letter. As it speaks for itself, I deem it wholly im necessary to state its contents The whole matter, so far as it relates to Gen. Vauee, should rest here with his emphatic disclaimer. He has been denied -..access to his own official letter boik by the Republican authorities, but his recollections are better than Gen. Sherman's most solemn bath. The Republican papers ire trying to bolster., up Sheroian'.asd show that there was great dissejision among the ConfVdera??. The letter of Mr. Davis to Gen. Vaoce, dated November 1, 1802, and the dosing part of the Sen ator'scoramuuieaiion in the 7-W should satisfy all who have any teal doubts. Confirmed-- liars,--' like, the New York Tribune and Tecumseh Sherman, will not be pleased .-with -i his exposure of their mendacity and malignity; NORTH CAROLINA PERSONALS. Ex-Judge Alberfson is in the city. Hon. dames W. Keid will visit Washington in a, few clays. Richmond M. Pearson and wife are here, en route from New York to Asheviile. . Dr. Thomas F. Wood, Secretary of the N. . State Board of Health, "was in attendance on the National Sani tary Cord'evence, wl-.ich adjourned' .'on Thursday. Tie read a report, aiid wa appointed on the commitiee whos business it is to arrange for legislation on sanitary subje'ts. This committee has perfected a bill. Hon. Thomas G. Skinner, who takes much interest iu duck shooting, says that business during the holidays will keep him a way from the ducks. But Col. Bacon, of Illinois, with the sports man's keen instinct, tells him that business should never interfere with duck hunting. Mr. Skinner isc'liarm ed with a gun that he saw to-day in a show window. It discharges six times in three seconds. Skinner assures Bacon of a right royal time if he will try his hand on the wild fowl of the Carolina coast. Gen. Vance is enthusiastic over his farm near the Black Mountain. He saysearth contains no 'such -'place for apples and Irish potatoes as old Bun combe. Now Vance, according to his wife, is a good judge of apples and must have appreciated that story told by Wade Harris during the campaign. He says the Craggy potatoes are as large as his fistr and better than any he finds in Washington. He will raise a crop for home consumption and the love of native hind. I find some talk around the Capitol respecting the 'lug .Federal office:-."and at the risk of incurring the charge of previousness will print it. If it is not too soon' to hiy . jilans. it--is.. certainly not too early to repeat them when laid. Well, they -say, and they always know, that Sfaoles is to be District. Attorney for the Western District, with a Tuim ber of aspirants for the. marshalship and colleetorsliip. Fab Busbee is ex pected to receive the appointment-of Attorney for the Eastern District, though 'there are other aspirants. Col. John W. Cotton, of Edgecombe, is j spoken of for marshal, and Col. Paul ! Faison and manv others for Collector j of Internal Revenue. C. W. H. ! Bloodhounds are cruel things to j have around, but thev were useful, in i Little Rock the other day in ferreting out the boldest gang of train rubbers that ever went through a train of cars. A humane institution applied to such purposes. THE" treatment tv ttie wfrws,1-i Atlanta of some of their preachers was not such as to eutitle them to the respect of the country. Certain col ored ministers who signed a call on Senators Brown and Colquitt to ad dress their people, were mobbed and the preachers had to secuie the assist ance of the police. Br way of a sort of negative plat form for the administration of Presi dent Cleveland, the World suggests the following : 1. No Gift-Taking. 2. No Nepotism. 3 No Star Routeism or AYhiskey Ringism. 4. No Belknapism. 5. No Junketing at Public Expense. 0. No Kitchen Cabinet. 7. No Hypocrisy in the White House. 8. No Mummery As the Worul says, this would be in the nature of Reform, and that is what the new administration st ands pledged to give the country. This platform should not only be printed and hung up in the White House, but in the De partments as well. " The papers for rome time have had harrowing reports of a dreadful dis ease resembling cholera in some of the counties of Western Virginia and Eastern Kentucky. The Washington 'Pott; prints a number of later details whih throw new light on the dark subject Dr. J. B. Hubbell, field ageut of the ehairitable association of the Red Cross, iu a lettei to the presi dent of that association, stales that the opinion that the disease was caused by the severe drought which prevailed during the summer in those localities is amistake. The first case was in July before the beginning of the drought. The victim lingered for nearly two months. Three other fatal cases occurred before the drought. The disease became general in the lat ter part of August and the early part of September. The people living in the valleys suffered more- than those residing on the highlands. Dr. Hub bell thinks that while the drought did not cause, it augniented the disease. None of the physicians seemed to know how to treat it. They, however, dis covered that mercury was invariably fatal. The most successful remedy, embracing some of the ingredients of a compound used in ordinary practice in cases of cold on the bowels, was the following : Castor and olive oil, laud anum and camphor. But sometimes only warm tea was administered. Dr. Hubbell sent several specimens of the drinking water, and thi& will be ana lyzed. The Red Cross deserves spe cial praise for its investigation of this obscure disease. CATAsiKii i;ri;ii. A clergyman, after suffering a number of years from that loathsome disease. Catarrh, af ter trying every known remedy without suc cess, at last found a prescription which com pletely cured and saved him from death. Any sufferer from this dreadful disease sending a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr. J. A. Lawrence, lftl Dean St.. Brooklyn, New York, will receive the recipe free of charge. novl4-weowl:jt ; Fine French Candy for the Xmas Holi days at - Griffin Bros. If you don't believe it is good try it, Edmtjndson's Taffy, made every day, un derthe Opera House. Foreign and Domestic Fruits cf all kinds at t Griffin Bros. Fresh Roysters Candy at . t ' - -; . Ebmcxdson's. .;- T he largest and most complete stock of Toys and Fancy Goods are now on exhibition at Fuchtler & Kern's Now's the time to tiv Smith's Worm Oil. feb21-ly New Advertisements. AND WMout Pries We have ju?t issued a most wonderful and valuable new book, which treats of diseases " peculiar to the female sex " and have spared neither pains nor money to; make it worthy the perusal and confidence of the women all over our land. Every mother, wife, sister and daughter in this country is deeply, aye, ritoUr inter ested in this great work, and should send for it without delay. It will be sent to any address in the United States ' ; Wr0e-;of fCsi;!;;;; Read it carefully, study it well, and j-ou will glean from its pages information that may prove more valuable than all the wealth of the Rothschilds more precious than all th? gems of Europe's royalty! loir Give post office and write name plainly, and address v ;; The ds!d ; Hegtilator Co. ; P. O; Box 28, Atlanta, Ga. WA TTT'TT 'O ladies and Gentlemen Ti.-L X J2jJ, in town --or country, distance no objection, can ha e steady work at their ovn homes all the j-oar round and can make from f 10 to 15 per week. No canvass in?. Worksf-nt by iuai!. Address OAKLAND MANUF'G CO., Box 522, Boston, Mass. decl8-w4t NOTICE. The undersigned will let out the con tract to repair the County Bridge across Ne use river generally known as the "Lat tice Bridge," on the 15th day of January 1885, at the bridge at 12 o'clock, m. A. B. THOMPSON, D. E. STEVENS, decl8-td A. D. SPEIGHT. HAS VISITED u And announced his purpose to select a number of presents lnr the little i'..lks. Every bod is invited to call and exam ine niv stock of ROT DAY GOODS, consisting of Books, Photograph and An te gra ph Allm ms, Scrap Bo. ks, Mirrors, Brackets, Easels, '.Framed Pictures, Gold Pens and Pencils, &c, etc. Very ITandscsia Christinas Cards ! Bibles from GO cents to $i0. A report haing become current in this vicinity that I v(jted the Republican tick et in the late election, I take this method of saying that if supporting Cleveland and Hendricks and Scales and Steadman con stitutes a republican then I am one, other wise! deny the report. Respectfullv, ELI CA VENAUGH, declS-tf. ' Magnolia, N. C. ; NOTICE. The undersigned having this day cpiali fied as the Administratrix of the estate of N. B. Stanley, deceased, Notice is hereby givento all parties holding claims against said -estate to present them for payment, duly authenticated,-, within '-one year from this date, or this notice will le pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will make immediate pav ment. E. A. STANLEY, Administratrix. Goldsboro, N. C, Dec. 18, 1884-lawGw. Peace institute. kaLeigm, n. c. The Spring Term commences on the 16th of January 1885 and closes the oth of June fallowing. For-Circaild'rsand,atalogies containing full particulars as to course of stmly terms, A'c, address Rev. R. B LIB WELL SOX, (iccis-tiihi bl ; Raleigh, X. C. A Reliable, Competent and pushing man who understands the subscription book business, (complete bound looks) to take the general Agency of our publica tions for Goldsboro and vicinity. Must invest a small amount for a starting stock of books. To the right man we shall offer exclusive control of territory, extra large discounts, a list of rapid-selling books, at tractive circulars and all facilities for a sure and good paving business. Address at once, A. E. PHILLIPS oo CO., Pub lishers, Wash., D. C decl8-lt, DISSOLUTION NOTICE The co-partnership heretofore existing between us under the firm name of j. Slaughter, Jr., & Bro., in Kinston, and Slaughter & Co., in Goldsboro, is this day dissolved by mutual consent. A. Slaugh ter has assumed entire charge of the busi ness in Kinston, and will collect all claims and pay all debts of the firm of J. Slaugh ter, Jr., & Bro. J. Slaughter, Jr., has en tire charge of the business of Slaughter & Co., in Goldsboro, and will collect all claims and pay all debts of the firm of Slaughter & Co. Thanking our patrons for past favors, we respectfully solicit a continuance of the same in our respective, lines of busi ness. Respectfully, - J. SLAUGHTER, Jr. A. SLAUGHTER, Goldsboro, N. 0. Kinston, N. C. decl8-2w. Fim FIEE!! Drs. M.iller A Cobb urgently call u pon all indebted to them for proiessional ser vices to call and settle at once that they mav replace their losses by the fire. EOffice at L. D. Giddens. nov24-2m Our friends and customers will find us at the Faircloth building where we will shortly resume business. To those owing us we will my please come and help us, and help us now, we nee. it. JONES & YELVERTON. - m Old Santa : Claus lnpi; Burned Out ! s.'ja I -rr- . cm- -irw v mi 1 1 Wl m Mm JmJffllifWft (ADMISSION FREE.) ' y--f--fiiirfiT'i'ftia' tola-'ri-a ' THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE STOCK OF ever olTered for sale bv &nr Confectioner " 1 -r..- . found at.JN(,.T. J2DMUJSDSOiS..fe, at prices mai wuiut.. r- ",'i,ei Evervbody wants , to know why I sell Toys so much cheaper than any other housey it is because I buy for Cash and sell for the same, and am satisned with a moder pront."... ." -. If you don't believe I will give you Big Bargains come and try mo. In order to sell mv Large Stock I will put the prices lown and down thev g r loriaa t;ranges, w cents im.t. uuz.cn; u. Grapes, 25 cents per pound ; and everj"thing else m proportion. And thev must be sold. Come and make Goldsboro, N. C.,decl8-lw. GRAND DAZZLING DISPLAY" OF RCSl- 1111 II ;;:;:; -A. '!E' ;;:,;;: , :. :;;:: F IJ C H : Santa C laus Headquarters S Y5Jtr$"l the people generally that he is nowjrepaiAl .. -W tX' t0': .Mrnisa Goods for the Young and tie -' VI ;iiiOld,and will only stay in this country til tWMM' Dolls, Doll Carriages, Wagons, Hobby Cradles, Tables, Bureaus, Vases, Flower Cups and Saucers. ElPParties. wishing to purchase lor Christmas Trees will do well to give us a cal. :. tv-tn !! irv Li-i onootal inrlnpjmin V Also 'keep on hand a full line of Lamps, Tin-Ware, Wood and Willow-Wart I Croekerv ruc.1l as' -Tea Sets. Dinner Sets and Chamber Sets. h Fuchtler & Kern, i Goldsboro, N. C, decl8-tf " . :'- kit. hp? a THIS STOCK AVe still have a large Stock of Very Desirable Goods which you slujuld call ';ju. examine. .- The list of Bargains is larger than ever. Wamsutta Muslin, 1(U cents; Fruit the Loom, SA cents; Calico 3 cents, and all other Goods in proportion" ' Millinery Goods at half their value. Straw Hats 10. cents and 20 cents. Xmas floods ! We have just returned from the North consisting in part of Flush Mirrors, 'Plush Plaques, Albums, AVork Boxes, 1 oi It Sets. Tciilet Boxes, JVIusjc Boxes, Games, Majolica Ware, Cups and Sutieersy-'DoIl.- v aes, rtizziw, BnimtitS nwK, tMaa,.srantle Ornaments, 1'iotnro Frames, Fhnvel btands, Card Receivers, Banks, Smoking Sets, Magic Lanterns, Tables, BrittanV t aic, vi ums, uisque oiaiuary, jeweiry, PRESENTS FOR EVERYBODY YOUNG AND OLD NOW IS THE TJ ctv i ? o w i Cheap. We have a few Machines with i unmiig w oiks aie new ami in periect oraer, which we will sell very low. Call ai see them and get a bargain. - ; . ; CVe want to convert the entire stock Goldsboro, N. C, Dec. 18, 18S4-tf NOT OVER THE GREAT W fSlfSsm I fJ : I " ', tti K ds 0 w 0 ESS ! i .tijniiniotliFHriiitureEstjtblisliniem 03 3T 39, Bi!LST OSSTTR-E! STRB ET, OPPOSITE BANjI They will. .now offer their-cntire Stock consisting in part of Parlor, Chamber '-a Kitchen Furniture, Chairs, Mattresses, Bureaus, Safes, Sideboards, What-Nota 8 retarics, Bwk Cases, Desks, Patent Rockers, Sofas, Hat Hacks, Marble Table? Cn'td' Cribs-, -A indow Shades, Cornices and Cornice Pole; also theirfull lineof'-Wii1--, lieed, and Rattan Easy Chairs, at greatly reduced prices-. ; : ' ' w ismng to reuuee our immense btock Now is the time to lay in your supply, iiiauiiig'anu x.u;s, is complete ana is comolete in all its branches, and we can Tinware, Wood and Willow-ware, Lamps ijaiupa iviiu uijut.-iici&;, iiuu eveiyimng is also Large, and wo ask the public to unu secure uargains. ; . . . F U G H T Goldsboro, N. C, Dec. 15,'84,-tf 1. Bm I'MOF F & t i $ . ; ; 1 ; CHARLESTON, S. C, f And COMMISSION MERCHANTS Advances made on consignments . . . . . -J . '.-" I would respectfully inform the citizens of GoldsVro and the surroundlnr countrr'that &8.laioolL W f andeletwi&ever DIAO S, OiiLD WATCHES, SILVERWATGFS, SILVER WARE . and Clocks of the following Celebrated Makers: v . Solh T!n-n3 Iff i'ahNh.., !.. :.' t . with Cathedral Gonsrs, to strike the hour and half hour, also Calendar Clocks. Mr Wntonea are from the Celebrated Factorys, of Fredonia, Waltham. Eljrin, Jtockford, SpHatt and Lancaster. Chronoirranhs nrHnnw Tmon Th n i ... .TL n 5 ' . T t ,VUK 'lul,; ": u Chronoiiranhs Tirill lacf ftir 'A vcmr . Call and see in y largestock before purchasing- elsewhere, as I am determined tre 'at bottom pns. Watches, Clocks and Jewelry Hepaired in the best mannrudTited 12 months. Thankmg my f riends and the public generally for their pat uberaf pTtiX! 1 ho by honest dealing with them, to merit a continuance of tbe same paironafee, i j . . w. . v v.. j ui.ui v, uijii aep6-tf or Toy House in Goldsboro can now be i Ml .-tV von u. iw-iu yy- r- your selections .before they are all g UNDER THE OPERA IIOU ti M W !S M 13 il tl K fa G iS I L W 'HBBBia 3 OLD SANTA CLAUS wishes to infor Decern bier 25 1884 please call soon and make tlaii selections beforethe rush begins.;" ' Horses, Shoe Fly's, Drams, Velocipedes, Stands, Water; Sets, Tablet Sets, CliirJ - . :. i:t, UST BE SOLD ! Xmas Goods with a beautiful stock of Ifolidar G? i partis otc, occ. TIME TO BUY A ri g M a o Iol i xi e the tables slightly scarred by the Fire, tl into money and we will sell goods low FIRE, BUT OVER THE we now oiler it to the 'public at act! -Our stock of Carpets, Oil Cloti win also lie sold at COST. Our Stock otTer a. full lino of frnft,,, m.. (such as common Kitchen Lamps Lib' In lo.iurnisn a nouse. uur fctockf J-C f Vi! i-'-i v- give U3 a call before purchasing. Call car - L. E R; j& ; K E M OPPOSITE THE BANK I mmm nov3-w-?m. uwriu n. en at uro. R. A. WATTS. Pi ''"''. '' 1 B ; ;'-; mmmu en a O IP - - - -sr . -Rjc- s. ez-s issi - ; ' '" --.::'' " i: 1: uy yiuYTu mm jxini riUWU UOIU VVatCQ C8 C8, . - . ? I v ;.- c s