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RALEIGH. N; (X, Fill DAY MORNING, JANUARY 1, 1886.
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Absolutely Pure.
Thta powder nT wiok A marvel ;o
pnrtrr trength andwholeaomeness. .. Xok"
MODomksal than ordinary kinds utd cannp P
mid In oompetitioa with the multitude ot "W
' ert, short weight, slum or phosphate powfcttu
Sold onlr tn cans.- Kotal Baitko PowOtvf
Co 10a. Wall Street, New tork. r
Sold brW U AB Stronaeh, Oeorgtffr
8toonachasurJBFerriUACo. . j
A Ilappj New -Year to everybod
pffii 'STORE
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the greeting we send to all
' BACKET STOKfii
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from
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- We are going to do -all' we can to
'VVV-V , : '; ' tf-' : " ,.;.'
make everybody happy, and if you will
do what we intend to do and what we
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tell you to do you will, master the mul
titude of life's ills :
Keep out of deVt.
Till your
crops wit
th a hoe and be
the owner of every lull of corn or cotton
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or tobacco you grow, unless you .bate
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the means of your pirn to do otherwise.
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Did you know the credit system took
half jour i labor find made you
double for all you? got?
Keep
out of
debt and savo every other row of corn
or cotton, for it takes just that much of
your labor to njoj the greatest ble$s-
.bg there is in the credit system, for if a
credit crop fails yon are sold out and all
you have must go,? while you .and yqur
family .are left destitute. "
Well, 4he credit system is a bad sys-
tern anyway, and
the
man wt
ho sells
merchandise that Way is simply an ob-
ject of pity, as a rule; because the num
ber who cannot piy and those who will
- , - "-f .; .(! J-: . f
not pay force him to charge such prjees
' to those who do iay that he Is actually
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v ashamed of - himself.
The credit system don't bring very
much happlneas to ' anybody. It is all
hope deferred," lhe jiAtirvJii,
STOKE comes to you with the new and
better way; with a live cash busioegs
based on quick sales and small profits-.
Six months of Kacket life -has done,
much to ; develop; the advantages we. ar&
able to give voui " Six months has 'de
veloped the fact that Racket values,
have mastered tlae field and placed it in?
the lead of the trade in iialeigh. Six
months has decided that it pays to bay a
our buyers always in the market, gatb4
eriog bargains from the slaughter-pens
of credit, and six months has decided
with the greatest value for the Jcafet
.o i. . . .:. ;
money has met. their approval and tells
us in thunder tones the determination of
the masses to free themselves from: the
bondage of the 'credit system and ftBat
henceforth they5 will use the ready i dol
lar instead of paying double for their
merchandise.
,'OE HJCNX.
t Kortk Person street, one two-story house
s Be handsonM mw eottage.
Inquire si
M4 North Pr-on sweat.
deals dtfaftl
KUAMEirS
NONR BETTER pfl the marked, j Ma t
of be t C' eA leaf and dtnto be axcelled.
MAKUFACTURiD BY
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NEWS OBSEKVATIONSi
In Tokio now ail funeral roads lead
jto the death furnace, wherein &,515 ha
tuaa bodies were burned to I. ashes
-A real lire Polish prine?.
oma-
towski by name, : is peeping bachelor's
hall on. a farm of thoroughbred horses
ear Athens; Ga. , I .
-Boys, these days' remarked: a
newsboy as he pickea ?p the stunip of a
cigar, and puffed away at it, begin
where grown people leave off," j
:Che Vanderbilt heirs too their
shares of the dead man's money without
grumbling or contest. Even those who
were eut off with; a beggarly ten niilliona
'decided, not 'to' make ajtuss or call in tlie
law vers. " la determination whioh wau
'utte sensible on their par.
iwtreas,iag fc t lawyers. 1
lBt vry
, Tea Urinkerrin thif country will be
interested in the. statfiuifut tl:afjhi!i ja
itril lioa ipn'j'wtlfoW" leaves ais
uised as um were shipped to America
Irom Shanghai last year and this nct
withstauding a law to prevent such im
portations. The fame; of English tea is
eased upon the care n$ed in that coun
try to prevent adulterations. '
j!' Chicago is first In? the field as a
( Hdjr for the. intwrnational exhibition
i. ibU2, upon the 4UUU anniversary ot
'4uJ discovery of America A bU pledg
ing government support ' ha already
ifen drawn; and the ladvocates of the
scheme base their claim to this jprenie-
tiita.tid honor nnou the srrouhd that Chi-
isago is the ''typical American city."
F---- r a -
Eastern people are accustomed to
&nw 01 as xnaian reservation as oeing
about the sise of a large farm, or, in ex
ceptional instances, as large as an aver-
age vuwunuip. xui uie oiviu tuocrvu-
tion of south Dakota is as Urge as the
States of .New Hampshire, Vermont,
Massachusetts, Connecticut and i Khode
sland all put together. y "TZ.
' For . several years the leaders' of
society nave ; discouraged the iuse ot
liquor as feature of JNew xear s hos
pitality.: The evils of the custom are
so apparent that they need scarcely be
dwelt upon.' Fortunately, the; ladies
have pretty well agreed that it U a poor
way to Begin a new year oy eepuig au
open bar and joining to in axe tneir
friends sick and foolish. I !
The decree of the chancery court at
Richmond, Va., which .'caused the sus
pension of the Kichmpnd Whig, gave
the editor, of that paper, Mr. ;W. C.
Elam, an opportunity: for a defiant fare
well. Acknowledging that to labor for
the truth is its own exceeding great re
ward. Mr. hElam says that both in de
fense and &ttack,he did his duty J "Re
i)ablkang, Liberals and KeaJjtcrs will
i-ii--r " u 1
gree uia x euuiur uu . uu mure, suu
JJemocrats-, Iwur Dons and r unders will
not claim that I should have done less."
The: Washington correspondent of
the Cincinnati Enquirer asserts that Mr.
John Sherman is becoming very uneasy
over the senatorial situation in Uhio. It
is claimed that there are four Republican
members of the legislature who will not
attend a senatorial caucus, and who will
decline to be bound by its action. These
men will not vote for Mr. Sherman, nor
will they vote for, a: Democrat. They
will attempt, first, to show that Mr.
Sherman cannot be elected, and then
they will endeavor to name the new
man.v It is said thai the new man is to
be none other than Mr. Murat Halstead,
editor of the Commercial tiasette. The
Btory is very improbable, but it is re
ported that Mr Sherknan b about to go
to Uhio to look after; his fences.:
Tiny muffs of silk bice and velvet
are carried in ball-rooms ' by Parisian
women. They are of the smallest pos
sible dimensions.. Another fashion to
be chronicled is that of carrying small
"reticules,' such as' were anected some
years ago. . Every lor t of material is
used in the manufacture of these useful
receptacles. Some are highly, ornate.
One in white plush recently noted; was
jnounted with gilt, another of pale blue
velvet had a massive silver mount.
The farmer who plows , and culti
vates fifty acreB of land to produce an
amount of grain which by a better and
more intelligent system of farming might
be, produced on twenty-hve acres, is' at a
largely increased expense in doiu it.
lie must keep an extra team, wiiieh
must be fed the entire year, whether at
work or not, an extra set of ploughs,
cultivators, harness, etc., -which must
be kept in repair, and- must pay wages
and furnish board to au extra band dur-
m& Pr4 "ue Jear'
I ..onto l.inl itn o tarOA mm mifuv Vfars.
items foot up a large sum in a few years
No farmer could double his yield per
acre at once on hisrops by reducing his
area under cultivation one half, but
there is little doubt that it could be done
on many farms within five years if a ro
tation was followed which gave a clover
sod for coru and potatoes, and all the
manure was saved and concentrated on
the smaller area, ahd -cultivation made
as thorough as passible. Usually the
Ailnntion of this Dlan would not call fir
reducing- the size of the farm, but mo
ar and clover Would be crown and
more stock kept to make manure, and
the acfes not" under cultivation would
be managed' with a view of developing
plant food for succeeding crops, borne
one in writing on this subject has used
this llluHtaiiim. ;Djb savs : "in our
cities thrprice of ireal estate is s0 great
that, to make it profitable, the buildings
must be built many stories high. And
so, as our binds increase in j value, we
must so manage - our soil as to make
four-story farms.'' Tho idea hi a good
one,; and we recommend those whose
farms now indicate by their productive
ness (or rather the want of it) that they
at that, that they; try to add a story to
their farms, or at least to give; higher
ceilings to the front rooms
WASHINGTON.
THEilVlLMlXVUX MATTSUL AUAI3T.
Cwmmlaioiir Eaton's Rvport
Droppiuir or AppUeauta from
bIU Tfe AtjMtMt
rati on th fi.4la.it
Trw Mesv' t.
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WlltminsMW TkoA 111 . ilAmm'da!An I
1 aiiiiiu xvrxv j) A-r vva v vvuiiiiinoivilvP
Eaton has juat made areport relative to
dropping applicants from the civil ser
vice reeords. In' it he says; "It was
anticipated when; the civil service ex
aminers were provided, for that the time
would come when for various States and
offices there i would be so great and
needless a number ; of applicants aji to
m sake necessary some limitation of It ho
time they should be allowed to retain
their places upon the record books kej't
of those seeking, to be exmiu:J.
11 w pdiHAct " ir jargeii ambers inigfiT
in a short time-have their names en
tered as to prevent for years perhaps
any other persons being reached for ex
amination. To enable the commission
to prevent so unreasonable a monopoly,
rule thirteen authorizes it to provide by
regulation for dropping from the reoorUs
applicants gwhose names have been
thereon for; six months: or more
without having been ; reached in due
course of examination.: A regulation of
that kind prevents such a monopoly.
and allows equal chances to all for be
ing examined. It any of those dropped
desire another chance of being reached
for examination, they can make
a new application and be entered
upon the end of ; the recoi d. In
most of . the btates" thus far the num
ber of applicants has .not been beyond
the number j needed at examinations,
whilo in an mo nf ihnm1 and nlan of im.i
eral of the postoffices and customs offices J
una ia ue iisincioi oiumoia, especi
ally, the excess has become considerable.
The Objects ot the pro vision in the civil
service act that appointments thereunder
shall be apportioned among the . btates
and Territories in the f atio of population
was .doubtless to prevent the natural
consequences of oinee-eeexing near the
capital. November 1 last the records
of the commission showed the following
tacte. . Ibe District of Columbia was
entitled to only four, appointments out
of 1,000, and had! 285 applicants.
Maryland, which is entitled to nine
teen appointments, had 184 appli
cants, more : than twice the number
from the New England States, with
New Jersey and Delaware added. Vir
ginia, which ! is entitled to thirty ap
pointment, had 261. Delaware, whiak
is entitled to three appointments, had
more than Minnesota, Wisconsin, Flor
ida and Vermont combined. But ther$J
re other States, not so near to Wash
ington, from which the excess' is consid
erable: Pennsylvania, which is entitled
to 86 appointments, had 258. applicants.;
Ohio, which is entitled to 64 appoint
ments, had' 232 applicants; Indiana,1
which is entitled to 40 appointments, had
132 applicants. Few; persons, I think,
can regard it as just to allow
those records to- monopolize all the
opportunities being called for examina
tion for the lone time wl.ich must
elapse before they will be examined,
It is especially worthy of notice that
the. female applicants are much more
numerous than 1 the males, six times
as many males as of females are
required by the departments ' for ap
pointment, j
"Rule 13 basloDg since given general
notice that applicants not reached within
six months are likely to be dropped, but
to make the matter very clear in the fu
ture 1 think; there ' should be a definite
regulation, as contemplated by that rule1,
and I herewith submit a draft of such
regulation.';'
The report was accepted and a regul
ation has been adopted for carrying its
recommendations into effeet. I
Washington, Deo 31. A great many
people from Washington are expecting
to attend the inauguration of liov. ifitc
hugh Lee af Richmond tomorrow.
Adjutant-general Drum said today he
thought it would be unnecessary to or
ganize the proposed body of frontiers
men to hunt Indians. Be was of the
opinion that Gen. Crook will have ac
complished; the task of subduing the
hostile before the frontier troops can
beorganized. I Gen; Crook has a large
force of men and has been supplied with
everything he desires to carry on a
campaign. ;
WASHiNOTok, Dec; 31. All the gov
ernment departments closed at noon to
day. The comptroller of the currency has
received information of the suspension
of the First National bank of Lake
City, Minn. The bank has been placed in
charge of bank examiner Taylor and his
report is awaited to disclose the condi
tion of the institution. -
Richmond, Va., Dec. 31. The gen
eral assembly met -today at noon. After
being in session a few minutes a roll
call in the house showed only forty-five
members present, six less than a quorum,
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and a recess was thereupon taken till
p.- m. In the senate, with a quorum
preseui, a joint resolution was aaopiea
requesting Governor-elect Lee and
Lieutenant-Governor-elect Massey to
take the oath of office tomorrow at noon
in the hall of the house of delegates, in
the presence of both bodies of the gen
eral assembly, before one of the judges
of the supreme court of appeals. , Some
time was spent in the discussion of the
report of the committee on the courts of
justice, to the effect that the term of of-
nce of all county court judges expires
January 1, 1886, regardless of the date
of their ' election, after which it was
adopted, i The senate then went-into teen days before the Virus can be se
executive Bession. I cured with which a human beiug may be
Charleston S,' C, Dec. 31. The innpculated; then the, virus farm will be
News and Courier will print tomorrow in f11 operation and any number of
renew of the industrial growth and patienUmav be treated.
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refources of South Carolina, covering a
penod of five years, since the census of
1880. It shows an increase of $25,142,
865 in the value ;of real and personal
property, or nearly 20 per cent. , and a
decrease of more than $500,000 in the
public debt. There are 3,256 manufac
turing establishments, as compared with
2,708 in 1880. ! The capital employed
fees increased from xil,zuo,&tt to Kid,
367,510, while the products have in
creased from $16,738,008 to $38,412,-
Z07. During the five years 240 miles
of railway have' been built, at a cost of
$26,000,000. -In all 66,300,000 has
oeen added to the total wealth of the
State. ; .1 , !;
Macoh, Ga., Dec. il. A fire broke
out mis morning in tne cotton ware
house of S. Stewart & Son, contain-?
ing about 1,800 bale of cotton, belong
ing principally to planters. The build
ing was damaged So the amount of
$3,000 and all th fc-ton waa consumed
exefpt 'about 300 bales, which was badly
damaged, lhe total loss on cotton and
building is estimated at 5(..;00. The
insurance on iSe . --ling ib 5,1, 000 and
$40,000 on the cottonl The fire was
caused by sparks falling through a
skylight into a basket of samples.
Nxw York, Dec 31. The Post says:
The; market opened this morning for cot
ton for future delivery very inactive, at
about 1 point lower. At the opening
call January sold at 9.15, February
9.27, April 9.50a9.49, May 9.61. After
the opening sale the delivery was very
strong, with sale at 9 18, but up to noon
the others were nominally unchanged.
There was but little trading today in
future deliveries. The sales up to 2 15
amounted to only 26,000 bales. At the
:third call 500 bales July broucht 9.82.
jThis sale and the prices bid make the
inarket 2 to 3-100 higher than yester-
day at; we Closing, futures closed
quiet and steady, 4 to 3-100 higher
than yesterday :
PiTTSBUBO, Pa., Dec. 31. A special
from New Castle, Pa., ssys: James
Kinkaid, ; a prominent citizen of Ma
honing,' a town; near here, was fatally
shot by an unknown burglar at an early
hour this morning. The burglar had
secured jKinkaid's money and gold watch
from bis clothes, and was leaving when
Kinkaid awaked. Be followed the bur
glar, who turned on him and drawing a
reynWer phot him tb rough1 the breast,
the bH passing through . his ' body and
eomitg out of his bck. The burglar
then made his escape.
aLvistoh, Tex., Dec. 31. A special
to the News from Blossom Prairie says:
Garrett; the murderer of deputy sheriff
Davis, was surrounded in the woods
several miles from wn yesterday and
captured., He fired: on his pursuers,
woiading John Anderson. Garrett re
peiyed five wounds, any of which would
have bee1Tfatal.lleTa since died -Nashtillx,
Tenn., Dec. 31. A tele
phone message was renefved from Le
banon, Tenn., at an early hour this
morning, saying that a disastrous fire had
broken out in the centre' of the town
nd asking for aid from this city. En
gines were forwarded by a spew'al train.
There is no telegraph office at Lcbnoa
and telephone connection cannot now be
had, 'owing probably to the office being
burned. Though the town is thirty
miles from here the light of the flames
was distinctly seen at. one time.
Galvkston, Dec. 31. A special to
the' News from Auptm says : Eustacio
Martinez, I a Mexican, about 40 years
old, was arrested last nignt on suspi
cion of being implicated in the mysten
ous murders which recently startled the
citizens of Austin, lie lived in a se
cluded spot near the river and a search
of the premises resulted in the discovery
of bloody garments and several articles
of 1 female apparel. Martinez has no
family. Among the articles found was
an 'ice; hook, such as experts testified
might have been used in the murder of
Mrs. itamey ana ner aaugnter several
months ago. A prayer-book with the
name Ella R. Ramey" written on the
title page was also found, together with
two handkerchiefs, one of which bore
the initials "J. R." worked in silk
The other was marked "A." The de
tectives think the arrest of Marti
nez will clear away the mystery of the
outrage and murder of the Ramey women
Evidence was also discovered connect
ing the prisoner with the recent mur
ders of Mrs. Hancock and Mrs. Phillips
and the assault upon the latter's hus
band.. The' wounds inflicted on Mr.
Phillips' head aro very similar to the
wound on the Ramey. girl and were
probably inflicted with the same instru
ment. Martinez shows bigns of being
; a "crank." He admits that he was im-
prisoned for. two years in Brownsville
! for assaulting a woman. Old blood-
1
stains on his clothing are being exam
ined by scientists.
-'ir w m T a a ti
JSK. IjOom, mo., uec, ai. All ar
rangements have been perfected in this
city for the treatment of hydrophobia
after the method followed by Pasteur.
In three weeks at the outside pati-mts
may be treated, lhe movement is one
. 1 w -r j 1
4 ( engaged in it are making the most thor-
of more than ordinary interest, an. I all
' ough preparations for experiments. A
1 barn and yara nave Deeu secured, wnere
dogs suspected of rabies will be
kept and closely watched. Seven dogs
which showed Slight symptoms of hydro-
j pnooia nave ueeu , ueu up, aiiu yet cr-
day .afternoon one of the canines gave
almost unmistakable evidences of the
disease, but developments will be a wait-
ed, : IS the dog proves really mad its
skull will be trepined and a portion of
1 1 1 . 1 . - .j . j
the brain removed.' This will be inject
eu into iue ! uraiu ui luo swuuu uvk
Rabbits will also be used. After the
operation on the first ,dog it will be six-
A GOOD SHOWING.
THE VtttY dBATlfYlXO DEIKEASE
IX FAIL1 IlEM.
Nearly Fifty Par C'vut Icm la Aai.uui
than tjmut Var A Paattayl.
vaul Htrlfca Fall The
Apachas i ba limited
i Down, ateM ate.
New York, Dee. 31. R. G. Dun &
Co. mercantile agency reports that the
total number of business failures in the
United Staies daring 1885 was 10,637.
with liabilities of a little more than
$124,000,000, as compared with 10,-
908 failures in 1884, with liabilities of
$220,000,000. While the failures for
18S5 are only 3 per cent less in number
than in 1884, the liabilities have de
creased nearly 50 per cent. The num
ber of traders .reported in business in
1885 was 919,990. In 1878, with 674,
000 traders, one in sixty-four came to
grief. The average amount of liabili
ties of each failure in 1885 was $11,
678, against $20,632 in 1884 and $22,
369 in 1878. It is seen from these fig
ures that while the business casualties
have decreased but slightly in nnmber
they are far less significant in amount
and importance.
Pittsboru, Dec 31. The mining sit
uation along the Monongahela valley is
regarded by the operators as encouraging.
Additions to the working forces have
been made and it is reported that all the
mines are in operation today. Master
workman Newman, who has charge of
the strike, says he has given up all
hopes of winning, and the great object
now is to maintain uniformity in the
ranks. With this view a convention
has been called for Saturday at West
Elizabeth! The strikers have offered
no further violence to any of the work
ing miners.
Washington, Dec. 31. Gov. Gulick,
of Arizona, has telegraphed to the sec
retary of the interior calling attention
to au erroneous impression that the pur
pose lor which troops have been re
cently ordered from San Francisco to
Arizona is merely to protect the Indians
from threatened attacks by the lawless
white element. Gov. Gulick says his
appeal to the government for troops was
tor toe protection of the lives aud prop
erty of citizens from the attacks of
the murderous and thieving renegade
Apaches. "No people on earth, " he
adds, "have exhibited a higher sense of
the law-abiding qualities than the Ari
zonians have shown under their terrible
affliction of the past eight months." He
remarks that his proclamation last week
warning all evil-disposed persons that
the powers of the I oderal and territorial
governments would be evoked to pre
serve ijtje .Sights of all persona within the
borders of Arizona, was directed against
the inflammatory publications in the
newspapers, and says : "It has had its
ettoct, for the entire press in the Terri
tory is now arrayed upon the side
of law ; and - order." He as
sures the secretary that he will
see that the San Carlos reservation and
the rights of the peaceful Indians are
protected, and in conclusion asks the
secretaiy for an authoritative statement
to dispel tVu. erroneous impression as to
the purpose of his appeal for troops.
In reply acting secretary Muldrow to-
aay teiegrapnea tne Uovernor that the
interior department received the dis
patch from bim suggesting the need for
troops to protect the Indiana on the San
Carlos reservation, and no action has
been taken by the government to con
centrate the troops in that vicinity for
the purpose, indicated. Mr. Muldrow
adds : I 'The purpose of the govern
ment has been and is to protect all per
sons in Arizona in the peaceful enjoy
ment of their rights and it proposes to
puuish law breakers, suppress outlaws
and maintain peaco within that Terri
tory." . :
Tucson, Arizona, Dec. 31. -A special
to the Star from Duncan says that the
rangers who have been in pursuit of the
hostile Indians have just returned.
They report that while in pursuit of the
hostiles the Indian scouts refused to fol
low the ; trail and defied the officer in
command to compel them to obey orders.
The chase had to be' abandoned, and the
troops returned to this place without
having 'accomplished anything. Tele
grains have been sent to. Gen. Crook,
asking for instructions, lhe scouts arc
armed-and the officers are afraid to dis
arm them. The soldiers and the Indians
are now encamped here, separately.
All that Science aud Skill
could do to make Benson's Capcine
Plasters the best porous plasters, and
also the best general external remedy in
the world, has been done. Whenever it
is possible to improve them it . is done
Beucou s plasters are not made to im
pose upou the credulous, but to cure
disease. Their eminent success has pro
cured for them the voluntary endorse
ment of 5, 000 physicians, pharmacists
and drUgguts throughout the country
j mm IUC VUlSpU&UU IClUCUbC VA IUD
telligent public. They are prompt
and tne ouisdokcq preierence 01 me ui-
,1 i f . 1
1 powerful, cleanly aud certain. They
cure wnere no others will even relieve
Xlefuso imitations; styled "Capsicin,"
( -Capsicum" or ! "Capucin" planters,
Rentable druerirists onlv. The "Three
. . . - .
Seals" trade-mark on the genuine and
the word "Capcine" cut in the centre of
the plaster. j
To the credit of the Smiths it is said
that there is hot one of them in Con-
- j gross. -Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Creeping- Iry
What creeping tine is exactly four ?
IV (try.)' -outline mullein plant is
four-most in the rank of medicine. Tay
lor' Cheerokee Remedy of Sweet Gum
and Mullein will cure coughs, colds and
consumption
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MAL.EICHS VKOW1H IX
The City Took Haay
Stei
r
Forward,
Nona liar km arc
It is always a pleasure to chronicle
Raleigh's advancement. The city ex
tended its borders during the eyear juslj
closed, building in all directions. About
bo dwellings, of various sizes, from the
neat cottage to the three-story mansion,
were constructed. The story of the
other growth is given as follows, giving
the names of buildings either entirely
completed or partially so. lheUenten
nial graded school, St. Mary's art gabf
lery, feace institute assembly room,
ctronach s tobacco warehouse (now ros
ier & kjq. a), audition to 'Jones & Uo. s
tobacco warehouse, new cotton seed oil
mills, Edenton street Methodist church,;
the Christian church, three colored
churches, extension of two of the col-;
ored graded schools, completion of main
building of Shaw university, St. Au-i
gusihieVnew bildiDg,arwheel founf
dry, K. & G. R. R shops; new btate
building for supreme court, library,:
dec, half completed; Governor s man
sion, almost completed; commencement
of work on west wing of penitentiary;
establishment of J. E. Pogue's tobacco
factory; refitting of capitol; establish
ment of electric light; street paving?
extension , of ice factory; extension of
shuttle-block factory, new machinery,
&c; first steps to secure water-works
taken.
Jfew Advartiaamcnla.
Lee, Johnson & Co., advertise spe
cial lines of goods kept in so excellent
and fully stocked a drug store as their.
1 1 . . a
uaruen seea. are a specialty; trie very
best being kept.
xxorris K uarter aaverjise f 'drive in
maps and other winter garments. Great
bargains are offered.
Berwanger Bros, announce a reduc
tion of twenty per cent, in prices of
winter clothing. This gives a capital
opportunity to people who know what
bargains are.
J. R. Ferrall & Co. have an excellent
Btock of staple and fancy groceries and
delicacies in the jirovttion line. They
give particular care to their business
and deliver all goods promptly in any:
part of the city. ;j
-R. E. Petty advertises a mark-
down in all winter fabrics. . He has 8
large stock of all kinds of goods in the
dry goods and furnishing line, at very
low ngures.
St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 31 A Laredo
(Texas) correspondent of the Globe
Democrat says : A sergeant of the United
States army, stationed at Ringgold bar
racks, some sixty miles down the Rid
Grande , from this place, arrived here
Wednesday night, and reports that a
general uprising is taking place in the
small American towns along the river
between Srarfr and -Brownsvil)a.jfc Maj
Kellogg, commanding the United States
troops at the above mentioned post, is
now en route with a body of troops to
Rema, a small city on the American
side, where over 300 men, mostly from
Mexico, are in arms, and express their
intention of, taking the city of Mierl
They have an abundance of ammunition,
and are of the desperate and border-
ruifian class
Mai. Kellogg proposes to I
disperse them or force them to leave
American territory in order to prevent a
breach of the neutrality laws between
the two republics. The movement orig
inated among ' a few dissatisfied politi
cians who were defeated at the recent
city elections in Mexico. Mexican troops
are now being sent from Monterey and
Saltillo to reinforce those already sta
tioned in the cities of the State of Ta
maulpais, where the next outbreak is
uaiiy expected
xie hw ity iHrectory. f
mi ... ..'I
ine company preparing tne new City l
directory is making a more thorough I
canvass than anv which have nrevionsl v I
issued such a work for this section. I
Having a large force of experienced
canvassers, who thoroughly understand
their work, the canvass will be a- rapid
and thorough one. lhe white and col-
but will be arranged alphabetically in
two portions, and each .page will be
headed either "White Population," or
"Colored Population,", and persons can
be 'more readily found in this direct iy
thanmany.othcr ever published in tais
c tv. biuce the publication of the last is-
sue,of the Nkws and OBSEKVKB'many of the
merchants and professional men have
encouraged this long-felt want by ad
vertising, lhe rates are very reason
able and within the reach of all. Se
cure a good position for your advertise
ment before all the best spaces have
been sold.
It contains nothing injurious; we mean
Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup for the little
ones. Price 25 cents.
Keep the head cool, the feet warm
and the bowels regular ' by the use 1 of I
Dr. Bull's Baltimore Pills, and you Willi
never be troubled wnn ayspepsia.
Distemper is often fatal when horses
can't 1 get green food. Day's Horse
Powder is a preventive.
Be sure and send in your order early
for a copy of our new city directory as
the demand for it uv very large.
"The Qdeen." The Queen Oil Can, a com
bination of glass and tin, convenient lor the!
housekeeper; handsome, durable and eheap
one and two gallon sizes. Demijohns, Brotms,
Bucket, etc, etc
I . J. IlAKDOr.
Tbk Elsctbjc Light will soon be In use is
Raleigh, but the American wood powder ; has
been In use two years. Ail sportsmen use tt.
No dirt I No smoke ! No reeoil 1 For sate by
m. M, SHWWUSWj
Be sure and give in your advertise-1
ment for the new city directory early, in I
order to secure a good position,
tala. .
Mr. Reg. Lee, of Charlotte, is here
on a visit. -,
Messrs. John Y. McRae and John G. " x-
Williams, as "Baby and Nurse," car-' .
ried off the bonors as fan-makers at the '
Monogram masquerade. i ' '
At the Monogram masquerade Miss " " ' -
Helen Fowle wore very gracefully a - f- "
dress of green silk,, which is perhaps the .
oldest in theState. . It was first worn , V:
by Miss Fowle's grandmother's grand- ?!
mother, in 1760.
Mr. C. B. Edwards was unfortunate 1 '
on his recent hunting trip to Currituck
county. A mule which he was riding V ','
threw him and fractured one of the " v
small bones of his left fore-arm. h; 4
D. R. Upchurch, Esq., has returned
irom nis visit to uaK forest, Va.
Prof. E. P. Moses and family have
returned from a visit to Goldsboro.
' Married, at the residence of Mr. Frank ?
Will'mms noar this eity j December 2 i th -
Mr Rol l I Hogan, of Orange county,
and Miss Maggie Williams of Wake..
Rev. W. C. Norman officiating. .
Centre lodge, K. of P.,' bas chosen
the following officers : P.'C, W. F.
Taylor; C. C, Frank Stronach; V. C,
Graham Haywood; M. of F., John M. .
Sherwood; M. of E., Wayne Allcott;
Prelate, C B. Hart; K. of R. and S.,
John Ward; M. at A., William Cram;
representative to Grand Lodge, 0. W.
Lambeth.
Mr. Charles Shellem and Miss Min- r':
nie Palmer were married in this town- '
ship Wednesday by Rev. Thomas
Strange.
At Alexander's, near Asheville, Mr. .
Leroy H. Shields, of Virginia, and Miss
Mary O. Love, of Tennessee, were mar
ried. Wednesday. At Tarboro, Mr.
John E. Shackelford and Miss Kate S. ' -K
Redmond were
married last week.
Messrs,
Blackwell, Duke, Carr, More-
head and other gentlemen of Durham,
have organized an electric light com
pany. '.
Mr. V. Ballard, who for ten years has
been book-keeper for W. C. & A. B.
Stronach, left yesterday for Durham, to
become a book-keeper for W; T. Black-
well & (Jo. He is a very popular gen
tleman and widely known. ' His friends
here, while regretting, his departure,
wish him the best of good luck. He has
for many years been the most efficient
superintendent of Person street Metho
dist Sunday school. ! "
Mr. Junius Sneed has gone to Dur
ham, as a clerk for Lambe.Slater & Gor
man; and Mr. Dunlap, who bas for some
time been with Latta & Myatt, goes to
Durham, as a clerk for John L. Mark
ham. The Watlenal Complaint.'
Dyspepsia h the national complaint-
Almost every other man or woman you
meet has it, I and the result is that the
for the most part worthless. t There is .;
however, a searching ersoicant 01 uas
distressing and obdurate malady, one
whose genuine merits long since rausuu.
it to a foremost place among the staple
medicines .. of: America. Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters extirpates .dyspepsia.
with greater certainty and promptitude
than any known remedy, and is a most
genial invigorant, . appetizer and aid to,
secretion. These are notf empty . asser
tions, as thousands of countrymen and .
women who have experienced its effects
are aware, but are backed up jby irre- -
fragable proofs repeatedly laid : before
the public. The Bitters also promote a
regular habit of body and give a health-
ml stimulus to the urinary organs.
(ilr Ten Svat Cbaae.
Every youth looks forward to a bright
futnre in whicfi self-acquired wealth
fl2UTes as a most prominent feature. Buo-
J i ! J: 1 . MC t. 3
cess is not acquired witnuut euurw uu
effort is useless unless intelligently dir-
ected. To be" a business man one must
be trained to business methods.. This
is just what the great Business College
of Messrs. Bryant,. Stratton & Sadler,
Baltimore, Md., are doing for thousands
of our youth. It is the best in the conn-
try:. Send for circulars, lerms mod
erate. -
Picture Framea
1 almost everv deserintion ean be found at
Fred . Watnon'9,112 FsyetteviUe utreef Odd
izra inl new tleaUftw made to order prompt
Iv. Full s ock of Window Shades and CorJ
nice made up to fit any window. Wall Taper,
Mirrors, Mirror Plates, Easy Chairs, Chil
drin's Chairs, Brackets, House Ornaments, &c
New Year Cards fob Callebs. Ed
wards, Broughton & Co. have attractive
New Year Cards for callers, and can fill
orders to print at short notice. Or they
can be used without printing. J
The flraateat due m Ekmii
Nliefe imwqaioklT than any other
rata."
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Whooping Cough, Indpiest Coo
sumption, and for the relief of coo ;
sumptive persons In advanced stage
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