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aad bare peeo to. doing If or tome time. - Our
Dry . Gooda Department will be filled. Our
Kotibn Departmenti aa well as- Hardware,
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ing some of the Greatest Bargains ever offered
m this city. Among our daily arrivals we
shall place before our people some ."Landslides"
that areosltiTely bey ond the whisper of eompe-
tition at price that show the difference between
dealing with live men and dead men: between
; the cash and the credit systems; between the
right and wrong way; hence we throw, among
the maages these matchless goods at match-
- leas prices. Upon our counters will be thrown,
day after day, New Arrivals at Panic Prices,
. from houses that have collapsed andothers that
will go down. If there is honor in man and
Virtue in good goods at low prices, we mean to
JM masters of the field. Bad luck and hard
times pinch some higbtoned old credit con-
cerns which must have money to meet the de-
TntnHa They all knew we have the cash and
, that at our place money will buy double its
value and we can offer goods at figures away
below the regular wholesale men of Broadway,
Best Calico in this market, 4ftc per yard;
Worsted Dress Goods, different kinds, So per
jardr selling In this city at 12 and l&c per
vara: Great Bargains in White Goods i and
.Laces and Embroideries. In the Millinery De-
partment our Grand Opening will takj place
Saturday, 10th Inst. We are receiving our
. .Millinery Goods, which are all bought for, cash
hv n old and ezDeiienced milliner, who has
. been in the New York, market for two : week
Vatching the market and picking up th -most
t. fashionable goods for the leant utouey. These
Koods will be sold beyond a doubt cheaper
j than such irooda were ever old in this market.
We have enraged a nrst-class milliner lrum the
. North, with great experience, and will do
everything in our power to please the people.
We inVite an early visit and inspection . of our
. stock, which will be replenished every
. ave days, and wui sell at 20 per cent less , than
current price, in New York.
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,j NEWS OBSERVATIONS.
i Dona Pedro's grandson ; is : quite
lion among the New Orleans ladies.
r oecretary .planning u improving
fast. The doctors think he ma; resume
hu duties safely in a few months.
4 Cultivate a love of the beaatiful in
the children by encouraging them to
plant trees and shrubs.
r-Surprising as it may seem, it is the
fire-eating Cincinnati Commercial. Ga
zette 'which says: "Whatever may be
said of 1 the Confederates they were
brave soldiers. ; if our countrjr ever
again needs a great army, it will not
wait to confine itself to those exclusively
who were on the side that- won in a mil
itary sense." ' : I
-SeventyH8ix of the Apache Indians
rioenily captured passed through ISew
Orleans yesterday on their way to Fort
Mafion, Fla., where they are to be
guarded. " Among them were Chief Chi
huahua and Chief Nana, the latter of
whojn is bo id to have killed more human
beisgs than any other man living.
. --The Missouri board of equalisation
has just oompleted its work for this
yeatf and the total taxable property of
the .State is oertified at $750,U(M).000.
In 1880 the assessed valuation, of i Mis
souri was ' only $533,000,000; so: that
the State has grown in wealth at the rate
ot w per cent in six years.
--At Shelby court a short time ago
the case Was tried of a boy who had
been; fined by the mayor of the- town for
; climbing tv tree, there being a town or-
flinanoe forbidding the climbing of trees,
The boy appealed, ' and the judge re-
Tversed the mayor's: decision, declaring
tree-climbing to be an inalienable right
of boys, over which: municipal: authori
ties' have no jurisdiction.
-4Jdge Henry D. Clayton 'of Ala-
bama, has resigned his circuit judgeship
iu oruer so maae an active canvas lor
the democratic nomination for tiovernor
)of that; State. 1 Uet has already been
strongly indorsed bjp Bar boui ; county,
in Which he resides,! and enters the con
test With good chances of success. Judge
Clayton is an able man, and during the
war commanded a division in the Con
federate army. J . j '
The water-works injunction case had
i july trial in the superior court at
Uoldsboro- Thursday, and resulted in a
verdict for the city sustaining the; elec
tion.! i This suit waairoueht to atop the
issue of city bonds ui the sqim of '35,
000 in the , aggregate, pursuant to the
election oa that question. The injunc
tion Was made absolute, which threw the
Case Into the superior court for a hear
ing, and the above;, is the result, the
states. ; .-. t .. '
The Senate connnittee on commerce
has agreed to ! a favorable - report on
fiepresentative Jatns' bill to ; regulate
commercial sales of goods and merchan-
disey rl'he bill, as agreed upon, reads
as follows : "That residents of each
Sute "and;Territor may, wiihin the
other States and lerritwi icb aud Within
the District of Columbia, solicit i from
dealers 1 or merchants orders for goods
and merchandise by ; sample, catalogue,
ard, price list, description, or other
representation without payment of any
license or mercantile tax." :
The democratio Senate caucus! com
mittee has decided not to fill i the com
mittee vacancies until Senator Jackson's
successor is named. It is proposed that
the new Senator from lennessee will
take Senator Jackson's place on the cen
sus claims and pensions committee, hut
unless he is a good lawyer the vacancy
on me claims committee wui De nuea Dy
some one else, t It is expected that sen
ator: George will be appointed to the
vacanoy on the; judiciary committee.'
-r-The House committee on Territo
ries has by, a vote of 6 to 5 agreed to
report favorably a! bill: to provide for
ue orgaauauon oi me inaian territory
and the public land strip into the Ter
ritory of Oklahoma. The bill pro vides
that nothing in it shall be so construed
as to disturb the existing property or
treaty rights of the Lndians. The bill
also provides that the public land strip
shall be opened to settlement Under the
provisions of the homestead law, only,
and that as soon as the Creek anibemi
nolo tribes and the Cherokee tribe shal
give their: assent the unoccupied landb
ceded py -these Indians to the uuucu
states shall be opened to settlement uu
der the land laws. ' ;
. HeW Terk OettM Fntarea.
Nxw York, April 16. C. h. jGreene
& Co. s report on; cotton futures says
in the report of today s cotton market
A very dull market has prevailed, with
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business connnea principally to room
trading and no qhotable change has been
made in prices. The large plantation
mofoment creates caution on the "bull"
side without inciting any positive action
am5ng the ' bears j"- and ail things con
sidered, the position was fairly ! steady
- i startler ta Jm1m Oonuty.
v A fatal affray occurredUn Jackson'
county, a short distance from the town
of '.Webster, last ' Saturday night, in
which Annis Sutton was shot and killed
by John Messer. The Asheville Ad
vance Says that Sutton, MelSer and a
third party named McMahah, all white,
left Webster late in the evening in the
direction of home. They were all drink
ing,; and when tbey reached Enloe's
mill, Messer and Sutton became engag
ed: in a quarrel, brought atout by some
disrespectful remark made aDout M la
ser's wife. The lie was passed, when
Sutton struck Messer in the faee with
his fist. : Messer immediately drew his
pistol- and fbot Sutton inf the bresst,
the ball entering the body near the
heart, causing instant death J Messer
fled but was captured Wednesday,
Ifr erder to make room for my Pianos
and Organs I. will give special induce
ments m Furniture. My stock is ex
tensire, varied and of the finest. Don'
buy until you see mj. J L, Stomji.
(JONGllESSIOxNAL.
IKBCKK OF THE lIICHAR)E OF
DEaOCKA I ID EJIPluOTKalS.
TM aUaolntlfxi Intrdr4t by Nnatr
jWASHiNQTON, April 16 Sjati.
In the Senate, Mr. Edmunds, from the
'committee on iudiciarv. reported the
original bill to relieve John Randolph
Hamilton, of North Carolina, of his po
litical disabilities; also the : House bill
to relieve John Taylor Wood, of Louis
iana, and Dinwiddie B J Phillips, of
Virginia, of their political disabilities;
and, on motion of Mr.,EdmUndsi it was
immeaiaieiy passed.
Some messages having been received
from the President, a motion was made
py Mr. Voprheea at 12:25 to go into ex
ecutive session, i H'
: Mr. Dolph said he had given notice
ef an intention to address the Senate
this morning on the Indian depredation
hill. Mr. V6orhee8: withdrew hiB mo
tion. . : . : ; . :
Mr. Riddleberger objected to taking
tip any bill or having any business done
at.thia time that i would interfere with
me resolution relating to open sessions.
There seemed to be a determined effort,
he said, to interfere with the considera
tion of that resolution, a
Unanimous consent having thus been
refused, Mr. Dolph made a motion that
the bill mentioned be taken up. Mr.
Riddleberger ; called for :the yeas and
nays. Mr. Dolph s motion was 'agreed
to; yeas 43, nays 1, (being Riddle
berger.), ?. : ' .
Mr. Dolph then addressed the Senate
on his "Indian depredations" bill and
the bill (also introduced by him) appro
priating $5,000,000 to ; compensate
citiiens for the losses suffered by them
through such: a depredation. At the
conclusion of Mr Dolph's remarks the
bills were referred to the Indian com
mittee. L: :
Mr. Call offered the following resolu
tion : ; .? : . . . :
I Resolved; That R. H. Knell, Demo-
crat, heretofore en ployed as a skilled
aborer on the Senate's i roll Of em
ployees, who was discharged : yesterday
by the sergeant-at-arms without .cause.
exeept to make place for aj Republican,
b reinstated on the roll of the Senate
employees.
IResolved, That the Republican ma
jority of the-Senate will allow the Dem-
ooratio minority the samfi number of
employees with the same proportion of
anes as were allowed by the I)emo-
cratic majority to the Republican minor
ity m AOy.
At all. Ctll s request the resolutions
were allowed to lie over forlthe present.
At 2 o'clock the inter-Stale commerce
bill was placed before the! Senate and
Mr.' Camden took the, floor in support
of it. , On conclusion of Mr; Camden's
remarks the Senate at 3 07 o'clock went
into executive session. The doors were
reopened at 5 o'clock and the Senate
adjourned tijl Monday.
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Mf. Clements, of Georgia, from the
committee on,: foreign ' affairs, reported
back Mr. Dingley's resolution calling
on the President for any information in
his possession relative to the expulsion
of American fishing ressels from the
right to enter ports of the Dominion of
Canada for the purpose of trading, pur
chasing supplies, or landing fish caught
uk deep water tor shipment fin bond to
the United States,, or doing other acts
which .Canadian or other British vsssels
are freely permitted to do. in ports in
the United States. Also req nesting the
President to inform the Honse what
have been taken to, bring such
unwarrantable and unfriendly acts of
the iMminion authorities to attend on
the British government. ,The resolu
tions -were adopted. The; coinmittees
Were then called for reports of private
character. The House then went into a
(jommittee of the whole on riyate cal
endar. , 'i: I;; !
i IThe first bill on the calendar was that
wpicn was thoroughly deDated last ivn
dly, for the relief of the McMinville it
Manchester: railroad company, of Ten
nessee, but the discussion was continued
Uday.with unabated vigor. The facts
and the law bearing upon theim was
oosely scrutinized and commented upon
and some degree of heat was evolved by
the conflicting speeches of the debaters
pro and con, Mr. Uouk, of Tennessee,
being worked up to a fine:: point of as
serting that the statement made by Mr.
Johnston, of Indiana, was untrue. But
aty excitement which might baye been
aroused by the remark, was turned into
laughter by the benignant manner in
which Mr. ; Johnston (who is js large
man) declined to have any personal con
ffict With Mr. Houk on account of the
size of that gentleman. The bill was
ttuttiiy reported to the House without
recommendation, but it was not defii-
mtely disposed of. The House then at
i uuuuosu ui. uuuie utcu a.
40 look a Wia nt;i 1 SO nr th
nfl;j.;A'A Uu- -
in it s a
Ihe House at its evening 1 session1
passed forty-five pension felU and then
adjourned until tomorrow
j; Ihe letal Diet Keeelpta ef Ceiteau
i -N aw York Anril 16. .The following
. -
are the tout net receipts oi cot-
on at all the' ports since September 1,
lsoo : uaiyeston, oiu.wv; itew
eans,l, 624,509; Mobile,235,865;Savan-
hah , 754,136; Charleston, 464,042;
Wilmington,: 97,208; Norfolk, 514,-
tSO; Baltimore 04,207? New York,
60,522;Boston, 108,846; Newport News,
,625;I,hUadelphia,49,19;7;WeStPoiht,
211.540; Brunswick, .l$,651i Port
Royal, 11,674; Pensacola, 19,202; In
cliauola, 781; Total, 4,939,675.
' V. B. eaator Appotated.
Nasuailus, Txsii., April 10. Gov.
Bates has appointed Hon, W. Q. Whit-
pione to luaceed Howell iB. Jackson
. 0. Senator from Tennessee,
Tka Warn r tk Galia wa.
aasawaaw
HAMOISGS 1H VAJUOOS PABTS OF TH krNIOW.
Niw Castl., Del.; April 16.4chaa.
Robinson, was hanged 1.03 thi after
noon, for a criminal assault . upoi Mrs.
Ella F. Gardiner, a white; lady He
died of strangulation and with a very
slight struggle. He made a short speech
on the scaffold, reiterating I his asser
tion of innocence, and while a deputy
was adjusting, the . noose around his
neck, he said: "Draw it tighter; fare
well to the , world." In ten minutes
physicians pronounced the pulsations
of the heart imperceptible. . j
North amptoh, Mass.', April 16. Al
len J. Adams in 1875 murdered his
employer, Mosesa Dickinson, anj aged
farmer, of Amherst, by splitting his
head with an axe, and robbed him of a
considerable sum of money ; and tied.
After, spending ten years as a disolute
tramp, he confessed his orime during
drunken dispute, and was returned to
Massachusetts, tried and eoovicted. He
expiated his crime on.:tii: sckffol here
a few minutes after 10 o'clock this
morning. Mis utterances were blas
phemous to the last.
Barilroad Loavao.
Washington, D. C , April 16J At
Alexander, Va., today the property of
the. Virginia Midland railroad company
was formally tranferred to the Rich
mond & Danville railroad! company
under a lease of ninety-nine years by
Col. John McAnerney, president in
charge of the Virginia Midland com
pany, to Col. A. S. Buford, pres deut
of the Richmond & Danville railroad
company, in presence of E. Bi. "Thomas,
general manager, Maj. Peyton Ran
dolph $and Col. Andrews, superinten
dents of the Midland road and others.
Printed notices of the lease and transfer
were issued to all the sfficers and em
ployees of the Virginia Midland rosd or
its connecting lines. The officers of the
Richmond .& Danville road : formally
took possession under the lease, j
It is stated that the rond is leased for
it.- fixed charges and net earnings; j that
is, the Richmond & Danville company
guarantee to pay 5 per cent per annum
on the Midland mortgages, amounting
to $12,500,000, and 2ive the Net earn
ings over the operating expenses toj the
Virginia Midland stockholders. Col.
McAnerney says the lease is very favor
ably considered by the parties interested
in the Midland company, as it will
enable that company to be put in first
class condition to meet it growing basi-
ness. and to erect nroner atationai and
and
give the people along its line facilities
hich they
have not heretofore ! en-
gaged.
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Washington, April 16. Mr. George,
of Mississippi, takes the place on; tie
Senate judiciary committee vacated by
Mr. Jackson- !
Speaker Carlisle has added Represen
tative Burns, of Missouri, as a member
of the committee to investigate the labor
troubles in the West. j f f
The confirmation is announced of bine
additional internal revenue collectors,
all in the West and North, also of Cols.
Potter and Ruger to be brigadier gen
erals; E. A. McWhorter, ' collector of
customs at St. Mary's, Ga., and a large
number of postmasters and minor civil
and military officials. i
The President has appointed E. Pren
tiss Bailey, of Utica, N. Y.; Thomas
W.White, of Iernando, Miss,, and L. G.
Kinne, of Toledo, Ohio, commissioners
to examine and report Upon forty miles
of railroad constructed by the Northern
Pacific R. R. Co., in the Yokima valley
on the Cascade branch of said oomprny's
road, in Waahino-ton Territory. Ha has
also appointed Frederick R. Coudert, of
New York; Franklin Mackeit, of Chi
cago; Edward' F. Alexander, of ;Au
gusta, Ga.; Marcus A. Hanna, of Clevo
land, Ohio, and James W. Savage, of
Omaha. Neb . government directors ot
the Union Pacific R. R. Co. ; j
Beyond the Ula Blaise. !
Cor. of Thb Nxws and Obsarvxr.
Balsam, Jackson Co., April 13.
A man named Messer shot and killed
his neighbor (whose name I could not
learn) near the Cowee tunnel Saturday
last. The murderer escaped. A: man
while trying to cross the Tuckaseege
river in a small boat The body of one
of the five persons drowned in me same
river near Charleston, a short while
back, was found in the Tennessee river
fifty-five miles from where the accident'
occurred. The railroad people ares
rapidly repairing the damages on the;
Murphy division of the W. N. C. R. Ri
One of the most disastrous washouts was
at the Darkrange fill near this placed
which-for the present will be tree tied, I
the frame of which is now going in. ano
in a week trains will be allowed U pass?
over. The mails are regularly akent
through to Jarretts in the folic wing
manner: first forty miles on trains. second
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twenty miles on aump-cars ana creeas
third in boats across me AaciaBe
;egee
Ter IOU5l,u. m, "6"-,wy T"w.
H in uump-cars eight mnesj
In some laces the dump-ears have; to be
carried around some huge slides, One of
i which carried down with it three large
chestnut trees, which are standing in up
right nositions lmmeuiawiy iu me iracx.
By this combination the supervisor gets
i sunDlies to ue oouviwv turco at oarxenB.
The young man Madison who was shot
and died near Pigeon river a few days
since and who stated in his antemOrtem
examination that he was shot by a sirang-
er: was undoubtfully a victim of suicide.
In his statement he declared he did not
own and never carried a pistol but the
nistol found near where 'he was shot
nroves to be one he had S purchased
from Gilder & Brown at Ashevilie This
result will be ,a great relief to the
eood neople of Pigeon valley, h who
were very indignant at the thought of a
u I murder in their viei neighborhood.
BEATI1N G DEPUTIES
TIfE
orTUAtiEOUN ACTS OF
KfOW.t PABTIKK AT KAHf
MT. IS,
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Iha Troop to Hereafter Arrest all His
.tarbera el the leae. .
I St. Louis, April 16. Late last night
Sentinels patrolling the railroad yards m
East St. Louis were sUrtled toy hearing
several tnois urea, it is supposed at
them, from the direction of several
houses near the junction of the Vandalia
short Lino and the Pittsburg railways.
4 his sort ot attack upon the guards has
become frequent, although no one has
as yet been injured. Gen. Reeee, com
tuandiDg the military forces here, has
issued an order that hereafter if shots
are fired from, any building the guards
Shall surround such houses, raid them
and arrest all.
guilty or suspicious per-
Sons found in the buildings. Two deputy
sheriffs, while guarding the Vandalia
road yards last night, were approached
by a number of men, supposed to be
strikers, who engaged them in conver
sation, daring the progress; of which
they attacked the deputies, beatinerthem
badly. Upon the approach of several
sentinels who were on guard in adjacent
yards, and who were attracted by the
cries of the deputies, the: assailants fled,
leaving their victims unconscious. ; .
jstrike oh l be Tbird Avenae H treat ur
New Yoek, April 16. The'employees
of the Third avenue street ear line went
On strike this morning and a general
"tie-up" on all the lines controlled by
that lines is the result. Third avenue
from early this morning i between the
stables at Fifty-sixth street and the
"Bowery, was lined with police officers
to prevent any interference on the: part
of the strikers if the company should
proceed to run its cars. The police
Were held in reserve at headquarters
and ; at the police stations along the
route of the road. The superintendent
of police had a conference with the of
ficers, of the road during the morning,
ai which it was decided to make no at
tempt to run cars beyond the Sixty-fifth
street stables or below Grand street, but
to keep up communication: between
these two points to ' the; greatest
practicable ; extent. The police do
not anticipate any trouble from the
strikers, but are prepared to meet it.
The j company has decided to run as
many cars as tbey can get drivers tor
between the stables at Sixty-fifth street
and j Broome street, beginning at 10
o'clock this: .morning, and have asked
the police to protect them along that
route. When the strikers left work
this morning they congregated in groups
along Third avenue, but .:were quickly
scattered and kept moving by the police.
A number of Italians were put to work
by tlie company, to feed and take care of
the horses.
Cbelera Outbreak, i
i B&iNDisi, April 16. Sixty-eight eases
of cholera have occurred here, ten of
which proved fatal. The officials declare
the. disease sporadic,
Alexandria, April 16. A quarantine
of seven days has been ordered against
all arrivals here from Brindisi, Venice
and Ancona.
t a :i i rru j,. i.
of cholera at Brindisi causes alarm in
France, particularly along the Italian
xiiuo. Auiu tv.- iuo uciciuuuicut
gent aina are oeing insuiuteu w pre-
- a J . i r . . l? i!i i 1 J a - : u .
yent the scourge from inyading France;
Bualaeaa Fallaree. ;
Nxw Yokk, April 16.-Business fail-
ures occurrisg throughout the country
during last week, as reported to R. Q.
Dun & Co.: For the United States, 155;
Canada, 27; total, 182; against 215 last
week, and 214 the week ' previous.
The decrease as compared with previous
weeks is considerable and it is about
equally distributed throughout : the
country.
Swltebnaen ea Strike. !i
Cbicaqo, April 16. The switchmen
on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad in
south Chicago went out this afternoon,
owing to the refusal of the local officials
to! accede to their demand for the dis
charge of non-union men.; It is rumored
that thn Lake Shore switchmen will go
out to-morrow. Thus far the road has
had no difficulty in moving trains.
Cant ton te (he Worklna-People of 9. C.
I Ralkigb, N. C, April 16, 1886.
It having; come to my knowledge o
cially that certain persons are hold
ing public meetings in different parts of
tho State in the name of the Knights of
Labor and teaching communistic and rev
olutionary doctrines, contrary to the
principles or our order and dangerous
to the people of our common country,
this is to warn all people against them,
as they have no authority- to speak
for the Khighs of Labor or to call any
meeting in its name. All regular or
ganizers are furnished with credentials
from the office of the general secretary-
treasurer, which are signed: by T, y .
Powderly, G. M. W., and Frederick
Turner, G. S. T., and a blue printed
seal, and any person who does not dis
play this document has no authority to
organise assemblies of our order.
I ? Jons R Rat,
State Organiser
U All State papers will do the working
people a service by giving this a place
in their columns.
; Comparative Cettou Ntateaueut.
; Naw Yoke, April 15.-The following is the
eamparaiive ouon atatement I or the week
coding April la:
1886.? 188ft.
Net receipts at TJ. S. ports, 69,832 83,74
Total receipts to date, 4,939,673 4,584,443
Exports for the week. : 81,621 S3,862
Total exports to Uate, 8,439,438 3,460,561
Stock aU U. S. Porta. . 756.963 610.966
Stock at ail interior towns, ; 135.104 59,710
Stock at Liverpool, 161,000 110,000
ForGreatBritain, 145,000 100,000
Oraiiia Presbytery.
Cor. of the Nnws and Observer.
i WiLsosi, N. C , April 15,
Orange Presbytery mot this morning
at 9 o'clock!. Rev. W. R MeLeUand,
of the Presbytery of Eastern Texas, and
Rev. J. R.: Brooks, of the Methodist
Epis'copal church, and Rev. J. M. Mo-
Mannaway, of the Baptist church, were
invited to sit as visiting brethren and
Were introduced by the moderator to thell
presDyrery. i A good many more aeie-
gates arrived and were enrolled
mi a V.
ihe moderator announced the com
mittees. These will make their reports
during the present session.
A letter from the Women s Christian
Temperance; Union was received and re
ferred to a committee consisting of Rev
J. Henry Smith, Rev- A. L. Crawford,
and R, F. Robertson, Lsq., to recom
mend a suitable response.
Communications were received from
Rev. C. N. Morrow; a former member
0f the; presbytery; one also from th
presbytery Of Mecklenburg, and from
the faculty of the Union Theological
Seminary, oh all of which suitable action
was taken.
It was ordered that a called meeting
of the presbytery be held at Greensboro
Tuesday, May 11th, next.'
At 11 o clock a recess was taken, to
hear a sermon from Rev. S. M.
Smith,; who preached most acceptably
from the 12th verse of the 51st Psalm.
A communication from the assembly's
committee on the Sabbath was referred
to the presbyterial committee, of which
Rev. Dr. J. S. Watkins is chairman.
A call by Haywood church, for the ser
vices of Key. Mr. McPherson as stated
supply was ; received and appropriately
referred. The report of the treasurer
of the presbytery, Mr. Jesse H. Lind
say, was received and found correct.
On motion, the presbytery adjourned
until 2.30 pi m. :
V avtxrnoon session.
The sessional narratives . on the state
of religion "were taken up as the special
order and the reading of them occupied
the whole afternoon session. There
ports today give most gratifying state
ments as to the spiritual, growth, con
tributions and additions to the churches.
The Rev. Dr. B. F. Marable, of Wil
mington presbytery, being present, was
invited: to sit as a visiting member.
The last presbytery appointed a com
mittee, r which liev. li. u. V ass is
chairman, to report on the new directory
of worship, sent down by the general as
sembly for the suggestions and recom
mendations of the presbyteries.
Rev. Mr. Vass made a most able re
port, recommending that the new direc
tory be not adopted, but that the whole
matter snail De put in the hands or a
ii .lift i ' . m'
new committee by the assembly. ; The
report was unanimously adopted. Aftor
devotional exercises 'the pre8 yterv ad
journed un till 7.45 to hear the regular
presbyterial i sermon by Rev. Dr. John
S. Watkins, who was appointed by the
last presbytery to deliver it.
: , NIGHT SESSION.
A very large congregation meet with
the presbytery to hear Dr Watkins. His
subject was f Parental Responsibility,
and his text Was 1st Samuel, 3d chapter
and 13th verse. It was a discourse of
greal power nd eloquence and riveted
the attention of the large audience
vuruuguuai ito ueiivcrjr. AiKr uio kt i
mon the presbytery gave a vote of
i , e . f. ; u: -L. .1, i
.t'" V3'
terj adjourned untif tomorrow morning
I i - i--
The nea cron near NeW Berne is re
ted Deglinin
g to fire up. If this
18 true it will hasten
the maturity, but
the crop
rill be
inferior, the Journal
I says.
For bilious disorder use Dr. Bnll's Balti
more Pills, they are the beat. Sold by all drug-
glst. i ; ;' . ;
Dr. Bull's Baby 8yrup contains nothing
ioiariousand may be given to the most deli
cate baby. It relieves colic and other bowel
disorders. i
If your horse has Jaundice or yellow water
ive him Day'a Horse Powder. It will cure
htm. ; i
- -. :- . ;
Raleigh will certainly have a system
of water-works.
Aelvlee te Kethera.
Mrs. Winelow's Soothing Syrup sboiild i
ways be.nsed When children are cutting teeth
It relievjes the! little sufferer at once, It pro
duces natural, qniet Bleep by relieving the
child from pain, and the little etaerub awakes
aa "bright aa a button." It U very pleasant, to
taste: soothes the child, softens the gums, allay
aU pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowel;
wd is the best known remedy for diarrhoea
whether rising from teething or other causes.
T "entfiflye eanu a hott'".
Bogus Knights of Labor are speaking
in North Carolina. .
Hothlna Tentu
SotbiBAT Win.
sSLaSS, szssitkf
As phase : of life in
the Crescent City, it
ing of the World-Famed Louisiana State Lot
iwui au.Mii uiu biic uj miu uai iian
tery came on, witn its accustomed promptness,
at New Orleans, on Tuesday, March- 16th,
when 8522,500 was showered everywhere.
The result will interest at least the winning
parties, zne rest can wait until the next unit
for their abare ot luck. The First Capital
.aiKA VlA w.d .nM Inlantk.. .1 ti (A .A,
won Dy o s,u40 two oi wmcn (o0,000) was
roliectea for the account oi juerchantr siwt
Bank ot Cincinnati, O.; one (15,f00) washela
by uial Anderson, mo. 410 Chestnut St , San
Francisco, Cal ; another tenth was paid te
Wells, Farsro & Co. 'a Bank, San Francisco.
CaL; the remainder went to parties tn Onaaa,
Neb.; etc., etc The Seeond Capital Priae of
soo,u-Of was won oy ticket "n. 10,057 and wtu
collected as a Whole for a party by WMIs, Far
go & Co.'s Bank, Ban Francisco, CaL The
intra uapiau rrize (VU),0W) waa won Dy mo.
46,74 waa sold in tenths at- S1.00 each one
to Jonuuraves o. 418 E. 79tb St., New iora
Ult: one to tJ. Kurtz. Cincinnati, .: oue to
C U. xoung. London, Ky., paid utrougn
first National Bank of Stanford. Ky.: oue to
J. C. Manin, St. Helena, CaL; another waa de
posited as cash in Canal Bank, N. O., La., etc.,
etc. The Fourth Two Capital Prizes (flO OOu
eachWon br Noa. 44.131 and 54,154 sold also
in tenths, at ai.uu one o j. , rwcoii, san
Antonio, Texas; one to aay upenneimer, Co
lombia. Mo,: one to Frank Tiaer, 839 Jeneraon
S ., Chicago. ; I'L; one to John CartwetL Ev-
ansville, Ind.l one to Max Wendt, 1509 Leav
enworth St, San Francisco, etc . eta. Th
next urano aiommy U-zui wiu take place on
Tuesday, May 11th, 1886, of which M. A.
Dauphin, Sew Orleans, La,, on application
win give anyone aU particulars. Nothing ven-
mrf ' wwii; win.
Corel Conntm-CoMi, Hoai m uf, Oeon, AoOt
Bronchi tli, Vaoorntf Cough, Incipient Cobmii
mp-
penona fat advanced .Uca. of
ChodiMab Frio, at eta, Om
ttoH. 1h Oeenlna irv BulFt
trkitt miupurrt, and boara oor
rarltd Tnde-auk. to it
ABnll'i Ilea in ttrcie. a St
Stri9 Cautiam-IjibrL and th.
I fKvulmUe Kimmt arm otJ-akn W.
tuU A. C. Mryrr Co.Bol
tropv, IttUUDora, H&, U.S. A.
SALVATION OIL,
"Tm Ore test Cure on Earth for Pftin
Will relieve more quickly than any
other known remedy. Rheumatism.
Neuralgia, Swellings, Bruises, Burns,
dcaias, tiiu, nam myomeres, frost
bites. Backache, Wounds, Headache..
Toothache, Sprains, &c Sold by all
Druggists. Price 25 Cents a Bottle.
UH wuuuns, r.ituur mhu
CONSUMPTEON USE
TAYLOR'S
Cherokee Remedy
OF SWEET GUM AND MULLEIN.
Tbe sweet gumi aa sathered from a tree of (be
t name. t( rowing along to. small atreaoMin toe
Suntbern States, eontains a Mimolatins expecto
rant principle that Ioom? the pbleton pToductna
the early mnrnina eoturt aad .Umnlatas the ehlla
to throw off the f alse aiembrane In croup and
whooping-cough. W lie.l oombnM wltt the Deal,
aw mucil.irimia principle In the moHeln plant
irf the old fields, uresenta In TAVXCR'8 CHCROKBB
ScMKrT or Swsrr QPm and Mmici tL dneat
tnown remedy lor Oona1!. Croup, Whooping
aod -OjnsvinipUon. i
ooak 1
eo palatable, an c
stai
run
ble, an? cAild
--eased to tnke a.
Asa jroor druggist for 1C
it druggist for 1C Prtoo,
noi keep ;t, we will pay.
5 chanre. on lanre stae
e. and ttl.
T . .UU KA. k II
ur one time only express charge, on large Mae
n ot toe
if the V. 8. oo reoetrffUl4
Now Ready !
I we have now in stock and to arrive anlele-
gant and well selected line ol
QnH;nv I v n
I sj fJi II IQ V III 'Qf
I Hats, Shoes, Furnishing Goods, Ac.
Our line of Shoes la large and attractive, and
we are onenng bargains in certain lines.
Hats! Hats!! Eats!!!
Latest Styles, Best Qualities, Lowest Prices.
Honey Saved by giving our stock a full in
spection before buying elsewhere, as our stock
win be kept run and popular prices wui be the
rule with us.
R. B. ANDREWS & CO.
C. G. Whiting, Trustee.
-.
LOOK OUTj
THE CO0OTBT IS FLOODEp WITH
ADULTERATED LARD- !
Examine carefully what yo
ou are using: th
odor from it when cooking 1
; be
trays it.
CASSARD'S "STAR BRAND" LARD
is pure. , .
EVERY PACKAGE GUARANTEED.
Try it and you will use no other. '
B. H. WOODELL, Baleigh, ST. C., Agent
r. Cassard & Son,
BALTIMORE, lD., j
Curera of the Celebrated Star. Brand Mild
On red Hama and Bacon.
8WAMP LANDS FOR SALE.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION,
Ralemjh, April 10, 1886.
Until July 1st, 1&6, sealed cash proposals
will be received at this office, addressed to the
Secretary of the .Board, for the purchase of ,
Lands belonging to the Board in Pender and
Duplin counties, and known as Angola Bay.
including Gum Swamp.
This advertisement is made in accordance
with section 2529 of The Code.
A map recently made can be seen at this of
fice, describing the lands and locating the pub
lic roads constructed through them by the
State.
The whole tract is estimated to contain 44,
r38 acres. There are ot this amount about
20,050 acres ef Reed Land.; . In Gum Swamp
lucre are estimated to be: 4,688 acre, about
one-third of which is well timbered with verv
fine Cypress, and the balance with Gum, Ma
ple, &c
Ihe bids may be by the acre tor the whole
tract, or an aggregate sum tor the whole. The
roara reserves the richt to reiect any or aU
bids. . :
Capitalists who are .lookina- after Umber..
good fanning lands, or lands for stock raising
mui uim it. w uieir advantage to examine tocee
lands. . . ;
Gen. W.G.Lewis,Engineer,GoIdsboroN.C4
will show them and furnish information as to
their character. i ' i
; S.M FiNGKR,Sup'tPuh.Ins.i
Secretary State Board el Education,
ap.AA-uow,
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