THIS PI FEB -
,d erery ntmoonf Baadayi ex-
" JOSH- T. JAMES,
KOITO AND FKOFBIKTOB.
nRHCBIFTlONS.FOSTAGE PAID.
S is 00 Six taontha, $2 50 ; Thxae
oer wl" b delivered by earriari;
&teT low and liber!
l.- .rill nluu rawvrt inr and
flnbUn"" 'r" -r- j
to receire their papers regularly.
'Advertisements.
ilil UCIEPETS
BB0WN3&BRODDICK,
45 Market St.
Will show the largest assortment
of Carpets South of
New York.
Carpets,
Carpets; ;
Carpets,
Carpets.
Farther particulars next week.
Carpets,
Carpets
Carpets,
Carpets.
Over SiSOjOOORepresented in this
New Enterprise.
Carpets,
Carpets,
Carpets,
Carpets.
Wo invite all to call who have
A. Y ilea of purchasing
tjueh goods.
Carpets,
Carpets,
Carpets
Carpets.
We also invite all to call whether
they have any idea of pur
chasing or not.
Carpets !
Caroets !
Caroets I
BROWN & RODDICK,
43 EXarkt street
nor 7
LooH Sharp J
QLD PROBSSATS THERE IS PLENTY
of cold weather just ahead. Be-, early then
and ia season and bay good, warm, band-
wae Clothing, Oyer coats, Fats, Cape, Col-
lri and the cbeapeat 8hirt in the city, at'
SHRIEK'S TVO STORES, ,
dec 3 Market St.
Notice.
HE FpULE SCHOOL will be resumed
id the Burgtw Academy building on tbe
fint Monday U Januvy next, under the di
rection of competent teachers.
gargw, Dec. 1,18'9 dec 2-lmdAw
Candies Aire-Orackcrs.
1GQ Brx Awor ted Candy,
100 do Frch Mixel do,
9flfl do Fire-Cracker?.
v s -
For tale by
Hall dc Pearsall.
'Warm Weather,
ND I AM glad to tay lower pricea for
.!if0tD M lt mJ Ptt-pote to tell low ind
Y k n the rP"tion of the CENTRAL
cold PrPr JonrtelTet for the next
8 J. A. SPRINGER.
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VOL.IV. WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY DECEMBER
LOCAL NEWS.
Tew Advertisements.
Cltd Like Extra Steamer.
jdusaos Orercoats.
Johs L Dudley K. of .P.. Notije.
P HaiHBBiaeaa The Most Attractive.
A. & I. BiiaiKtt Look Sharp t
No City Court to day.
Coal is heavy but doesn't fall.
Raffling for turkeys is now the favorite
sport. .
Wirdow Glas--ah sizes at)Lifler &
Price's. t
Receipts 'of tottou at this pott to-day
foot up 1,106 bales.
The or3t factor in any community is
. the malefactor.
Tbe perfectly contented man is a pc.
fectly useless man. ,'
The trees than are most i a the sun bear
the sweetest fruit.
No man can get rich by sitting around
stores and saloons.
It is often much easier to feel than to
see the point of a needle.
A wise man will never lift the ijd from
a red hot stove with his fingers
Save your money by buyiug jour Build
iu Supplies from Altafter & Price, f
Victor Hugo says forty-five is the half
way house bel ween youth and old age.
More miles can be made in one day by
going steadily than by stopping.
Nearly 2,000 persons have visited the
Midgets during their stay in this city.
It is generally agreed that the most
suitable dower for a widow is a widower
Barque Germania, (Gar) Vilmoem,
hence, arrived at Lndoa on the 10th
inst.
Brig Amb ost Light, '. Hatch, palled
fren Wood's Hole on the 9 h inst for this
port. ,
You py the lowest cash prices for
Household Hardware at J acobi's Hard
ware Depot. t
Tt is es'imated that in this country only
one person in five hundred owns a horse.
Are we a neigh shuii? .
The most difficult thing, for a woman
only four feet high, is to marry beneath
her, .try she ever so much. , t
Schooner Emma II Drummond, Hig
gins, from Deep Hole, L I., for this port,
sailed from Newport on the 9ih inst.
The regular weekly reception at the
skating rink will take place to night.
The tournament will be fine and enjoy
able.
Everything is embroidered in Paris at
present shoes, dresses, gloves, bon
nets, corsages, cravatg, wrps and tr;mr
ming9.
Country lads are singling out the most
symmetrical evergreens in tie woods,
preparatory to attacking tbem1 for Christ
mas purposes 1
1
Balbriggau stockings are seen iu lead
ing boisery department, hair lined hor
izontally in color. and clocked on the
siJes iu t',e aarne,
Ihere are men who do not kuow whit
they want, and being too self-full to
allow anybody to tell.th.em, they are in a
pitilul'condition. 1
According to a salesman of experience
in one of the largest houses in that city,
the average New York wdmn wsars a
five and a half shoe. ( i '
Mioses Agnes Herndoh has cancelled
her engagement in this city for tbeQ'h
inst, and will only give one performance
on the evening of the 27th. '
Btige and roastio gray talle veils, dot
ted with chenille, are worn J around th
crowns of drosy bonnets, crossir g in the
back and made to frorm strings,1
1 '
Pllystclanp, Wine. .
New York physicians say that they have
been using fcpeer's Port ,Grape Wine and
Wine Bitters iu their practicf for years, to
the entire satisfaction of their patient and
themselves, and take great pleasure in
recommending them to tbepublic as being
all that is claimed for thersatf, Jn lact
tbe most reliable they cad find. For sale
by Green fc Planner, Jas. C, Mands and
P. L. Bridgers & Co. I i
, A pei feci crying sick criild is trans
formed into a perfect cherub of rest and
comfort by the application of Flagg's Liver
and S om xh PJ,whici cures without
medicine. Office, Room No. 43, Purcell
Houso.
Da
Magistrate1 s Court.
Calvin Shaw, a colored employe or the
W k W. R. R. Company, was arrested
and taken before Justice Gardner this
morning upon the charge ot larceny. He
was committed in default of a $100
justified bond for his appearance at
Justice Gardner's office on the 15th
instant for trial.
Shipping Statistics.
By an examination of our shipping lrst,
published to-day, it will be seen that
there are low ia port 25 vessels of
different kinds, none of which are less
than 100 tons burthern and tbe largest
one being 685 tons.
It will " a's be seen tu at there are
38 vessels, of different kinds, s zss and
nationalities, now on the ocean bound to
this port This speaks well for the com
merce of the city.
A Barrel of Molasses Recovered.
Officer Walker, of the niht police
force, discovered a man rolling a barrel
of molasses on Souih Water street, near
the river, last night, who when he saw
the policeman approaching fled, leaving
h's long lick behind. The offi.er n.aoeu
vered around in tbe neighborhood for a
loug time but the pretended owner did
nit come to claim bis property, conse
quently this morniug it was hauled to tbe
City Hall. On oue of the heads of the
birrel is this mark, 'B. L & Co.' Messrs.
Hall & Pearsall, we believe, are the proper
owners, the barrel having been stolen
from their warehouse on South Water
street.
Another Excursion.
On the ISth of this month our friends
along tbe line of the Wilmington & Wei
don Railroad will have an opportunity
to visit this city at very moderate rates.
An excursion train will be run through
and those of our up-country friends who
would like to visit us can do a for a
mere soDg." Tbe train will leave Weldon
at 7;30 a rn, and pass Goldsboro 12
o'clock m, arriving in Wilmington at 4:40
p m. Returning, the train will leave
Wilmington at 5 o'clock the next evening.
Round trip fare from Fremont, $1.75;
from Goldsboro, " $1 50, and from Fai
sons, $1.25. Messrs John Horn, R
Hines, J Welton and H M Daniels, four
excellent raifroad men, have the manage
ment of the excursion.
The celebrated Zeb Vance and other
Cooking and Heating Stoves at the lowrst
cash pMcrs at Jacobins Hardware Bepot.
t
Salt fur the Throat.
In these days, when diseases of the
throat prevail, and particularly a dry
hacking cough, which is not only distress
ing to ourselves bat to those with whem
we .are brought into business co tact,
those thus sffl.cted may be benefited by
trying the following remedy, which we
clip from an exchang ; 'Last Fall we
were induced to try what virtue there
was iq common salt in about half a tum
bler of cold water, and with this we garg
led the throat most effectually just befoie
each meal time. The result bas been that
during the winter we were not only free
from the usual coughs and colds, to
which, as1 far as our memory extends, we
have always been aubpet, but the dry,
hacking cough has entirely disappeared
We attribute it entirely to the salt gar
g'e, and do most heartily recommend it
to those of our readers who are subject to
diseases of the throat
Military News.
The reports coming in from the, vari
our commands composing the State G uard ,
says the Raleigh Observer, are in the
main satisfactory, as showing that des( ite
certain drawbacks the organizations have
striven to fulfil the requirement) of tbe
law. r
There are at present a total number of
fi(ty-twQ companies in the Guard. The
First Brigade, headquarters at Raleigh
comprises the following: First Regiment
Infantry, ten companies; Third Regiment
Infantry, ten companies; Fourth Battal
ion, set en1 companies; one company of
artillery and two unassigned infantry
companies; a total of 30 companies.
The Second Brigad", 1 headquarters at
Wilmington, consists of the following
commands: Second Regiment, ten com
panies; Second Battalion, five companies;
Fifth Battalion, five companies; a com
pany of artillery and a company of
cavalry; a total of twenty-two companies.
Of this number forty are white and
twelve colored All of the infantry save
eight companies are armsd with breach
loading Springfield rifles.
Review
Roller Skatlnsr.
The bkating rink is in full blast aj.d
ontiuues to be well patronizod. Mr
Cashing has added a dozen new pairs ol
skates to his number in ordtr to meet the
demand.
last chance.
Those of our white citizens who desire
to see the Midgets should bear in mind
that the last opportuity will be offered
thernjto-morrow morniug. The exhibition
in the afternoon and evening v, ill be ex
clusively for the colored people.
The Steamer John Dawson.
The work of placing the machinery in
the steamer John Dawson is progressing
and the tteamer wilrmake a trial tripsin
about a month. Bhe is lying in the doc r;
at Messrs Wilder & Morton's still yard.
An iron Bridge. -
The Wilmington & Weldon R. U.
authorities are considering the propriety
of erecting an iron bridge over the lower
tr?ck in this city and at tbe head of
Front street. The matter was strongly
recommended by Capt. Diviue, the Super
intendent, in his annual report, and wa3
endorsed by Col. Bridgers, the President
of the Road. The present unsightly
wooden structure is not at all the thing.
T he North Carolina Farmer.
We have received the December num
ber of the above named agricultural magn
azine, and notice wittfleasure the gener
al interest of the questions discussed and
the ideas advanced in its columns. It is
a valuable journal for the farmers of the
State, as it treats npon every subject
which will tend to advance their interests.
It is published monthFf at Raleigh, by
Jas. H. Euniss, editer and proprietor, at
a subscription price of $1 per annum.
Meat Cutters and Stuffers, Guns, Grind
stones and so on, at Jacob ;'s. ;
To Leaye Us.
Tc-morrow forenooD the Midgets will
give their last exhibition to the people of
this city the afternoon and eveving being
exclusively for the -benefit of the colored
people. Since they have been here with us
they have been visited by many hundreds
of people, and all have been delighted.
Not only have the little ones afforded de
light and amusement, but the management
has been in the hands of gentlemen who
have given the most perfect and entire sal
isfaction. To the good citizens of Charles,
ton, S. C, which city they will visit on
Monday next, we commend them the
Midgets, as being the most interesting lit
tle people ever seen and the management
as courteous and obliging.
You can buy a No. 1 heating or Cook
Stove at almost any price at Jacobis,No.
10 South Front street, f
Signal Service, U. S. A. )
Wilmington, N. 0.
Dec. 12th, 1879. V
The following order has been received
at this station, viz:
Signals are ordered down at Indianola,
Galveston, Port Eads, Eastport, Port
land. Section Seven, Boston. Section Eiht,
Woods Hall, New York, New Haven,
New London, Newport.
J. M. Watson
( Sgt. Si. Corps, U. S A.
By order bf the Chief Signal Officer.
oVlsthe Time to Subscribe
for Frsnk Leslie's Sunday Magazine, as
the January number, just issued, com
mences the seventh volume of this deserv
edly popular periodical. It is a brilliant
Holiday dumber, and the contents f ur
nih a rich literary banquet. Noteworthy
among the more solid articles are, The
Persecution of the Hnguenots,' by Alfred
11 Guernsey; 'Antioch in Syria,' by God
frey A Hudson; 'Caves and Cave-dwellers,
by Arthur Grabame, etc. Those
who enj iy lighter reading will be delight
ed with 'Obrysalis and Butterfly.' 'The
Governor's Dinner' by Edward Everett
Hale; Bebe, the Nailmaker's Daughter,'
by the anthsr of 'Gideon's Rock,' 'Miss
Olive's Boys.' by Mrs Robert O Reilly,
etc., etc 'Christmas Day,' and J 'From
Thanksgiving to Christmas and Mrs.
Pnrynne'8 'Santa Claus,' are excellent and
timely. Young people have not been
overlooked, and willfind pleasant reading in
Fred e T0untons Trust 'Hide and Seek,
'Lost ete , etc. There are poems by
Bishop Ken, Gertrude Greenwood, and
other writers of celebrity,Rev Dr. Deems,
who has retired from tbe editorial chair,
will contiQue a contributor, and has ar.
admirable article, entitled 'Pessimism
and Sociability.' Two new features, we
see, have been introduced, 'Obituary
Notices' and 'Recreations forSunday
afternoon giving increased interest to
the magazine. The 128 qnarto pages
abound with articles of sreat merit, and
the illustrations which number abou
100 are admirably executeJ, The price
of a single eopy is 25 ceritsj the annual
subsription $9, or tor six months,$1.50;
four months, $1. Address. Frank
Leslie s Publishing House, 53,! 55 and $7
Park Place, New York.
12, 1879. N0.2G3
One Experience from Many.
'I bad b'en sick and miseries so
long and hal caused rcy 'husband so
tnucb tumble ami (jxpjn se. no 0U3 seem
ed fo know wj- at aikd nw.th.iU was com
pletely disbeartene.l. ani di.-eon razed. In
this frame of mind I. got a bottle of Hop
Bitters and used them unknown to my
family.. I soon begun to improve and
gained so fast that my husband ami fun .
ily thought it straDge and unnatural,
but when I told them what h..d helped
me, they said 'Hurrah for Hon Bitters '
long may they prcsner, f.r Vy have
made mother well and i:s bu j ; . " Tbe
Mother.
New Advertisements.
Wotice.
rpHERE WILL BE A Meeting of fecfon
Ho. 211, Endowment Rank K. o? P., to tigl.t
at8 o'clock. Atnusl election cf Officer?.
JOHN L DUDLKY,
ect'y A Ttea.
dec 12 lt
vercoat
JUST RECEIVED A XEW PUIM'LY
Call atil eel- c..
dec 12 Clothier A Merchant Tailor.
CLYDE HUE.
IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE receiv
ers of Christmas Goods,
Steamship Regulator,
Will ieave New York in
Fiiday, December 19, at 4 P. Mv
Arriving at
Wilmington. Monday, Dec- 22d.
THOMAS E. BOND'
dec 12-1 w nc EuperintendenL .;
Proposal
s
WILL BE RECEIVED bv tbe County
Commissioners, at their meetingf on
the -15th instant, for tbe Maintenance of the
County Poor and lnsine, and Inmates of the
House of Correction, for one year from let
January, 1880. J. E. BAMPdO V,
dec ll-2t. Cle. k.
The Most Attractive
ASSORTMENT OF BEAUTIFUL
PRESENTATION GOODS,
erer brought to vthia city, Is to be seen at
TSLJ1 IiIV! BOOH STOU'D-
HCall early and mke yonr eelectiots. They
are all new designs, and jast the thing. you
want. :
Handabme Bibles, Prayer Books,
Hymn Books, Desks, Jewelry Case',
And Ten Thousand and Orie Sew, Uaefa! an J
Ornamental Articles for sale at
nEIN8BFROER'3,
39 and 41 Market at.
dec 11
CITY HALL
LAST 3 BAYS !
THURSDAY, FKIDAY & SATUKOAY
The Great at Uuinnn Mirvelfc -
ever rei iyi.
TheFanKU3anl Wonderful
MIDGETS !
GENERAL MITE, i
Age 15 jeare, wti-h fJ V e.
MAJOR ATOM,
Aged 10 years, weighing IS its,
These atoms of humanity, perfect inform,
handsome and intelligent, hare created ex
traordinary ' excitement in Northern and
Southern cities and Coney Island.
On exhibition daily. Afternoo 2.30
to 5. Evenine, 7 to 9. Saturday Morning,
extra, 10 to 12.
Exhibitions Saturday afterooa and
niht for Colored People.
Don't fail to see them. Admswion 25 ct;
dec 10
t
A Gentle Belle",
B
T CHRISTIAN.REID. ,
The Musical Wonde", th mirvellous OR
GU1NETTE, still continues to sell at light.
Pi;tarcs, Frames and Mouldings. Krame?
of any size made to order upon eLort notice,
A fine ajsrtment of Poems, Children'"
Books. Fancy Box Paper, Inkitandr,- Ooli
Pane, Dibit, Ujmn Books, JkC, Ac.
Ulank Books, Bchool Books, Paper Fn
yelnpe, Pens, Ink, alvrajt be Lad at low
pric of
dec8 r C. W. TATS.
Tho. H. HcKoy, Eobt. H- Mciov
iXTrORITE'irfl-ilT-IiAW
I WILMINGTON, N. C
e IE c Worth tid HartCftreet between
Bxoid and Third itreeta,
its 2THt
1 'x-
I'LEASE NOTICE.
oil be glad. to'reeeiTe eottiannkstif ci
f.'a pur friends on any and all subjects
nor al interest tat :
a cme of tbe writer must aTwkyf to ia:
jOoinnjunrcatiorB ciuat bs writtan" cn or;
I'er.niJUi intst be aTouie;ii " .
SAnd it ia especia'.lj and pa'rti:u:ir.y'cr..l r '
tood tLat the Editor Goes scfalwsjj'erJ '
the views of corresj ondest', nrlei-f ' ,
in the edlturiil colatr E9.
; Now Advortiscmontj.
FALL WlIffFfiOODS.
fV3. iV3. KATZ'f.
HAVING M.Cf:.FKI)Tf lr - s vhv I
wtf ks of until ity i: uu- t . Hidtllr',
hi-iniying the ( UtUCEbT ThUDlCIfe
frs I am propunul to oiler to my.. Patrons
and Fiioii'is -.
Bargains
iu; all I!..- oilli r. nt Depar!im-,i.ti, h) h
: i i ii t be oxi't-Hed in
V A R ! E T Y:
1)
liy any House in the city or clsowl.eie.
BLACK BR?SS SilffS f
- ,
u: Jbellon, Ciuiaet, Ttjllard and Poison
, manufacture.
Our celebrated heavy Soft GliOS GliAlN
for Oue Dollar per yard.
ColorcMl Silks, 8ilk Vtl v
xcts, 8a(iii,
.iu; Plain a d Sat-ia Hail
sra -. trk. m.' m. m m.
JS.-itin Melange, Cashmere, boic, Brocade
Peisan, l'ersan llayo,
Kaye Broche, Cavalo Moliair, Striped
Sa'in, CmucI's Hair,
Colored Cashmeres from 15 cfint.s up,
Colored Alpacas, all shade?, Ul
Double Width Colored Alpacas, heavy,
only 1G cents per -yard.
A Great Variety of different s'yles, suit
able for the season, very low.
-.
Mourning Goods.
Tlxn 1ac ... " .r i
iuDrab D'Ele, Bombainc, Tamiso, Crnpo
Oloih ; Plain, b!ij'd and "Brocade Cash-
mere ;-Ilouricttas, Mol.aiis, Austnl'a:i
Cioth, - . ,
Cioafeffatirnroofslitfls,
Tri;i. ming,- Silk, Grass and Ciieneil Frh
ges, (ilcves and Hosiery, eyery style, gocd
and cheap, Skirts arxljCorseJ.
The best Fifty Cint Corset ,eyer sold in
the city.
Ribbons.
PaiiCy, Sa'in, &trited arid Brocaded-
Bace? and Bmlro'deries in ieaiest varie
ty. Housekeeping G ods, Biankcl., Flan
nel. - - .
Men and Boys' Weary ,
LaJies' Cloth, Ladies and Children's Me
rino Vests, Ruchings, Tits, Fancy Gecds.
One Thousand Dozen Linen Handker
chitfi, froiri TJC up. DOMFSTIC GOODS,
vV:j , drc., cVc, a!l atpriceswhich dtj,fy corn
petition, and qualities which cannot fail
to give fajilisfaction. I can assure my kind
pations that every article will te pr ld A
LOW, and THE MAJORITY LOR
thau at any pievious season. s ,
Order Samplei'aiidlyou"; ill'becertaia
to patronize " ' .
M, TO,,: EATZ,;
Kerosene on csats Per Gallon
TP MEET COMPETITION I cffer a NO.
1 AR1ICLE OF KEROPEWE
OIL at.7 Cents Per Gallon-
pold only at retail. r&ib, Doors, iJlinf,
Paicts and Oila at bottom prices, benl
alo-g your ord-rs. I
GEO. A. PECK. ,
SAFETY OIL AT 15 CTS. A GALLON.
IAM KKLLI.VG a beautiful Cll, perfectly
reliable and OUAKANTKED At't.:, im
15 cents a gallon. Jt produce a up ior
light and ii p jmparatitlj freo from oaor.
d?cS GLO. A. PKOKJ2
The New Hat Store.
T
HE CNDER3IGMED takes thi m:tbcd
of inforaing hit numerous patron that here
after b will ba pleased to wait oa them at
So. 13 North tront street, wbera jean bo
found the latest, prettiest and most faihloa
ab'.e styles f liats, togetber with a Cna at.
ortment of Genu' Dnd?r wear, Trunks, V
ises, Umbrellas and to forth. I f
I JOHN IU ROBISSO.V,
Jlo, 13 North Front t , .
nor 23 8ooth ci Purcell Uous