to
ini8 PAPER ' '
it poUshe4 every afteroeoa,- Butfayr
JOSH.
T. JlUQO,
KDXTOS
SUBSCRIPTIONS. POSTAGE PAID.
ju year, t& 00 8iz nzontks, SI 50 f Tors
, oatns, 91 25 One month, 60 seats.
The ppf will be delivered byeafrlert,
rM of sharfe, i y pari of the city. Mils
ioots rates, or IS scats per week.
AdvertlsUs; rates low ud libera
Sabteriben will please report any asi
fl failures reeeivetneir papers regularly.
IWIADSeHl'giw (Cl$Qet V
EXTftMSBIIJM
row'jni &
II. E. GORUEil OF MARKET
4l-
WILL GIVE TO ALL PARTIES PURCHASING GOOD3 AT RETAIL TO
be amounts' $2 and upwards, a ticket duly
bearer to a chance for one of the following
1st A Silver Plated Tea Urn
ridian Silver Plate Co. Valued at $30
2d -A Largo Wax Doll Valued at $ 1 5.
3d-An Elojjant Model Doll Valued at f $5.
4th I Pair Large Slivered Vaseo Valued at SI-
The value of tkess articles is not fictitious
the nuhlic The sifts will shortly he on
Christmas the numbers will bedrawm undsr
and responsible geatieme of this city,
. ' ." i -
We submit the following list and would
ty to giro a full aad complete Inventory of
adding daily to each department.
Will do well to call early as oar lines ara
Velocipedes,
Doll Carriages,
Wheel Barrows,
Carts,
Wagons.
Chromoe,
Frames,
Wax Flowers,
Yases,
Shell Boxes,
Work Boxes,
Trunks,
Socking Horses, Writing
Rocking Chairs,
Photo.
Call Bells, :
Drums,
Tops -Tin
Carts,
Tin Animals,
Tin Stoves,
Tin Kitchens,
; TlnTea8ets,
Quel, ; .
Tia Horses,
Masks,
Violins,
Bellows
Birds,
Cats,
Pewter Tea Sets,
China Tea Sets,
Cups and Saucers
Maa.
Castors,
Treasure Boxes,
Furniture Sets,
Arks,
Flutes,
Tool Chests,
Bird Cages,
Marbles,
Illustrated Books,
Wire Baskets,
Farm Yards,
Marbles,
Buiiding Blocks, &c.,
FANCY GOODS BAZAAR,.
fj. E. Corner tUlarketi and Second Stc.
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VOL. V WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAYpECEMBER 3U 1880. NO. 263
MoOoday. ifas
1DUCEMEMTS !
KoddioK,
AND SECOND STREETS.
numbered a: d recor Jed end Hog the
beautiful and co 8tly gifts :
Manufactuied by "the Me
as it would trail as nothing to deceive
exhibition and can bo seen by all. After
the inperlntaudeace of tno well known
. '
add that It would be a moral impossibllU
articles Ja our establishment, as we are
liable to be broken later in the season.
Japanese Ware,
Hetalephones,
Pianos,
Cornets,
Harps,
Chimes.
Desks,
Rattles,
Albums,
Horns,
Clocks, .
Watche3,
Toys,
Swords,
Xmas Books,
Lead Pencils,
Envelopes,
Note Paper,
Ink 8Unds,
Cigar Holders,
Cigarette
Watch Chains.
Memorandum Books,
Music BOX 68.
Jewelry,
Banks,
Toilet Sets,
Nine Pins,
Lions,
Dogs,
Acrobats,
Harmonicas,
A, B, C Blocks,
Baskets, .
&c, &c, &cH &c
Daily
LOCAL NEWS.
New Advertisement.
R M McIxtibe Dellmans
A K Walkik, Cassier-Dlyidend Notie
A K Walkm, Cashier Annual Meeting
A Rf cCows St CoWanted
i A. &I Shbier Overcoats
IIeinsbergkb New Tear Gifts
A Shribb Boots and Sheas
C W Yates What dld;you Say !
To-morrow is a legal holiday.
Good bye, old year, good bye!
A Happy New Year to you all.
.Hog jowl and peas will be the fashion
able dish to-morrow.
Are you going to watch the Old Year
out and the New Year in?
The receipts of cotton at this port to
day foot np oily 34 bales.
The Board of Aldermen meet next
Monday in regular monthly session.
There was a very heavy
frost this
morning. It looked like a young
now.
The Postoffice will be closed to-mor
row, New Years, from 9:30 A. M. to
4.30 P. M. .
Hon. John W. Shackelford is in the
city to-day. He will leave for his home
to-night.
The water in the docks in this city
was frozen over tight and hard this
morning.
Mr. P. Heinsberger has just received
a large and varied assortment of Prang's
New Year cards. '
The regular monthly meeting of the
Board of County Commissioners will be
held next Monday.
When a remedy has stood the test of
more than thirty years trial and to-day
is more largely used than ever, its worth
is evidently unquestioned. Such is the
record of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup.
The Legislature convenes next Wed
nesday. The Supreme Court convenes in
Raleigh on Monday.
A Delusion .Trap placed In a house will
uietly catch a cunning mouse. Call at
corn's for them.
t
The Signal Office will be moved to its
new quarters to-day and observations
will be taken from them to-morrow. t
Have you seen the latest improved Heat
ing and Cook Stoves at Jacobi's f You
can get them at fary prices. t
There is ( said to be good skating on
thepoids nekhiscity. The Musquito
Hall pond is-frozen hard to a depth of
four or fire inches.
The Hegister of Deeds reports) that
there have bee 184 marriage licenses
issued from his office during the year
1880. O f this number 73 were issued to
white and 111 to colored couples.
J. R. Cairks, Sheriff of Lenawee Co..
Mich., says: I have worn an "Only
Lung Pad" for Bronchial difficulties, and
have not been troubled with a cough
nights since wearing it. See Adv.
Ladies who wish to make a present of
gloves to gentlemen will be glad to know
that the latter now wearonly shades f
gray,brown and tan-color. The backs are
stitched, with three rows iu each group,
so that the nine rows nearly cover the
width of the hand.
Water street merchants will keep their
feet dry in Winter by wearing Rosen
thal's boots and shoes, f
Festival and Christnas Tree.
The ladies of the First Presbyterian
church inteid giving the children of
their Sunday-school a festive time at the
City Hall to-night. There will be a
Christmas tree with a present on it for
every scholar in the Sunday-school. The
doors of the Hall will ba opened at 8
o'clock when the little ones can walk in
and enjoy themselves to their hearts' con
tent. There, will be,we understand, two hun
dred and thirtytwo presents on'the tree,
to correspond with the number of the
scholars in the school. There will JaUo
be another pleasing incident, that of pre
senting the retiring Superintendent, Mr.
B. G. Worth, with a handsome gold-
headed ebony cane. Mr. Sam'l Northrop,
Assistant Superintendent, with a hand
some carved silver cake basketand Mr.
C. H. Bobinson, Superintendent of
Music, with a very handsome silver berry
stand, with frosted glass dish. The pres
ents are extremely handsome and are
presented as tokens of Jove, and
gratitude fer the efficient management of
tha attiring efficsn ef th school;
Steamer Hart-
A. P. Hurt, reported in
The sted
the UrviEtesterday as beiDg disabled
and tied nit Wanet's landing, has
since traaied her cargo to the Gov
10th.
Worth, wj arrived here this morning.
The HurtlM not makeWilmington
this trip, will start from Wanet's
11th.
landing thlfternoou and proceed on
up the ritfter another load.
a
b Pjthlan Ball.
Thethinnual bdl of Germama
Lodge, K
P., at Germani Hall last
evening,
well attended. The hall
was handlehfT deeorated with ever-l
. MH f I
greess anfytbiaa banners, i ns let.
tivities WflkeDt ud until earlv "dawn
when the ftici pants dispersed for their I
1 r I
homes, ding with them pleasant
thoughts the enjoyment of the occa
sion. !
"Pole a ticket."
The lai news here in regard to the
telegraplj'pole 6tickers" on the line J
oftheCaina Central E. R., is that 1
they werat Rockingham, 11 miles
from wington, two days ago. A
few mileas side; of Rockingham .they
will striUhe pine country and they
can therCe move with much greater
liismatrTi it will hp. mnoh pnsier work
i -m 1 1
r u r n m ( v u n i l r si n i i 1 1 m f i itiiii i iif
stifif clabetweeu Rockinffham and
Charlotti
Durings Ilolidays buy useful articles
such as tistmas Fire Dogs, Shovels and
Tones. Finer Machines. &c. All at the
lowest ri? at Jacobi's. t
rhibltlon Liquor Law.
There; a petition being signed in
this cityiich will be presented to the
next lieral Assembly. askiDir lor a
State pribitiau liquor law. Tha peti
tion is n by any meansa local affair f
as we unrstand that similar petitions
are beinggned in every city, town and
hamlet hin the borders of the State
The movient was commenced in Ral
eigh a sH time ae;o and the circulars,
etc. whiqwere sent here emanated from
the mcetg which was held at the Capi
tal. I
Don't rget the N. Y. Enamel Paint,!
ready mid and warranted, at Jacobi's. f
The Thermometer.
Th( mther has warmed up consider
ably iii tj South, notwithstanding the
fact tlathere seems to be but little im-
proTemei m tne jxorin, iasi ana w esi.
At AHIr'a. fliia mnrnin. at 7 o'clock. I
v. i a o.
Angnstalat 17; at Cairo, 111., at 3; at
CharJesta at 23; at Charlotte at 6; at I
Cincitna at 12; at Galveston at 27; at
Havana 67; at Jacksonville at 32; at
Kev Wet at 60: at .Knoxville at 1: at
Lyncibrg at 2 below zero; at Memphis
at 14; I Mobile at 21; at Montgomery 1
iatlafvillev l; fi'"
leansat28;at ew York at 1; at'Sa-
rannih 1 25; at Shreveport at 20; at St. I
Louii att; at Vicksbnrg at 22; at Wash
ingtoa dty at 10; and at Wilmington at
17.
Weadlse our friends to call at Jacobi's
for rod aver Plated Tea and Table Spoons
nd Fcrk; Roger' Ivory handled Table
Knlv.
fen and Pocket Knives.
AU f
Chrisjai
k and at the lowest pi ices,
CIU Court.
JotnBaker, alias Edmund Edmund
son, aaeCTr. Young, two white sea
faring Den,were arraigned,together with
Joholvris, colored before the Mayor
this ioning upon the charge of an af
fray, lewis, the colored man, claimed
that m two white men wanted to open
a buckes, or covered tin waiter, which he
had ik lis hands and was carrying along
the slrest with dinner in it, and that he
strudc me of the men and kicked the
othei Per contra the two seafaring
men jtcutly denied Lewis asseition, and
testifed so as to make .Lewis the ag
eressir. The testimony, however, was
a litie mixed and the Mayor discharged
Baker and fined William Young $5
and ino. Lewis $2. This finished the
tinsiiess and the Court adjourned
Tie remedy that will cure the many
diseases peculiar to women is Warner's
Safejkiduey and Liver Cure. Mother's
Magazine.
j causer and Effect.
Tie main cause of nervousness is in
digestion, and thatTis caused by weakness
of Hie stomach. JN o one can nave souna
nerves end rood health, without using
Hon Bitters to strengthen the stomach,
BurifV the blood, and keep 4he liver.and
kidneys active, to canyffsdl .the pois-
onous ana waste znatier oi ae ejsiecx
See other column. Advance,
The Board of Directors of the First
National Bank have declared a dividend
of three per cent., payable on January
Jr
The annual meeting of the stoekbcld
era of the Bank of Wilmington will be
held io this citv ou Tuesday, January
To morrow will be celebrated in the
Roman Catholic and Episcopal Churches
in this city as the Feast o the Circum
cision. .
The "Wilmington Light lufantry ba3
been inrited to attend the inauguration
. l' 11 .1 ' A "I 1
ceremonies ai w asnmgion ony on xne
4th of March next. The matter is to be
submitted to a meeting of the Company
New Quarters.
To-naorrow, the 1st of January, 1S81,
is the day designated by resolution of
the Board of Aldermen at a recent meet
ing on which the market carts and hack-
sters were to leave their old etands and
take new positions under the 6heds of the
Xew Market and in the fish market. "We
sappose the resolution will 'be enforced
this time.
chipped Foreign. i
Three cargoes of cotton, amounting to
3.955 bales, and one carjro lumber and
shingles, cempaising 237,636 feet lumber
and 100,300 shingles, were cleared here!
to-day for foreign ports. Messrs. , Wil
liams L Murchison ship the cotton and
Messrs. iN ortnrop & uumming tue lum-r
"uu uiu.v. . w a" b I
to the West Indies and 14307 bales of the
cotton is for Bremen, while tho balance
all goes to Liverpool.
"W. A. Titus, C2 Ashland Avenue,
Toledo, Ohio, says: My wife is now 'as
strong as ever, her regained health being
d "rectly due to th use of the Excelsior
Kidney l ad. We can neartily recom-i
mend it to all kidney.troubled persons.
Sec Adv.
New Advertisements.
Wanted
a v EXPERIENCED TRAVE LLINd
t Salesman for the State, of North Caro
lina by the undersigmed, Importer and
Wholesale Dealers in IS otions, Hosiery,
Gloves. Whito Goods, Gents' Furnishing-
Goods, &c. Good references required.
Address. A. R. McCOWN &CO.,
dec 31-lMT C2G Market st., Phila., Pa.
OVERCOATS.
(ttbat 13 LIFE, COLD IS DEATH l
XI
Beia.mbar this and do 3 our duty to your-
"If and jour family by keeping warm,
can beit be accomplished by wearing one of
taoae nevy, stylish and cheap Oyercoataor!
. . .
A- h BHEIKK'fi,
dec 31 Market ttrett
First National ' Bank oi
Wilmington
TTMIZ BOARD OF DIRECTORS of this
Bank have declarcda Dividend of Tnret per
cent, payable on the 10th of January
dec 31-St A. K. WALKER, Cash'r,
First National Bank of
Wilmington, -
nnHE
ANNUAL MEETING OP THE
Stockholders
of this Bank for th elec
tlon of Directors, will be held at their Bank-
ling House in Wilmington, on TUESDAY,
llth f january, at n o'clock, A. M,
A. K. WALKER, Cashier,
dec CI janl.3, 8, 10
WE ARE SELLING AT GREATLY RE
DUCED PRICES, ALL BIZS3.
LADIES' AND GENTS' MERIUO AND
ALL WOOL UNDERWEAR.
GENTS' ALL WOOL BIBBED
Sam
AND DRAWEE.
Cloak icri snl gacqnlagi la ysrlcss colon
-. and Brjles. r
All ehetn for cash.
dee 31 4 MclNTIREi,-
- a
' PLEASE NOTICE. -.
We will beg lad to receive eo mm axil cation
from oar friend's on say sad all subjects o
general interest but . '
The name of the writer mzii always be fer
oished to the Editor.
CovueoxiieatfoBS xtmt be written; on only
one side of the.paper.
Personalities ma - ioide"
And it is especially ea particularlyundeV 1 ,
stood that the Editor f m not always endorse '
the views ox oorrespor Meats, aalen so " tststf
in the editorial eolavns. a '
New Advertisements,
New Year a if ts.
TEST FIXE ABSOTMEHT
Of KEW YEAB GIFTS
At
nKIXBDEKQEE'S.
Diaries for 1881.
OR SAVE AT
HEIN8BKHQEK3,.
dfio 8
live Book acd MaaU Hftre.
What Did You Say ?
I PAID
HAS THE PRETTIEST
Christmas Coeds !
In town CTe-ythia ia eo new and. '
bsantifai. Kia Swiss Carvicg and Orisaui
Ware Is rerfictlyblejraat. .
deo 20 TATES BOOK' STORE,
n&RANQ30 lo -1,000; ,3 to 32
UnUKnO btops Piantal25 np. Paper
free. Address Daniol F. Ueatty, W&shineton.
N: J, deo 30'ftw ,
Nef and Very Attractive, Styles 'are
Lsauy.
BEST 'CABIN Et OR PAR
LOR OROANa in the World,
winners of highest distinction
at every preat World's Exhi
bition for thirteen years. Pri
ces, $51. $66, $84, $105,
to $500 and .-upwaru. For
easy payments, $6.33 a qusrtsr
j y i .
MAS Oil
AND
1 1 R SI l9
ri HmLlK
nnnR tlO uu o?ra. cisiaioaeB tree
URuAllb MON & HAMLIN ORGAN
i t-o, latTrpmont Bt Boston;
46 East 14th tit, (Dnion 8qnare) Hew Ybrk;
149 Wabasn ATeane, Chicago. dee3u-4w
13 THS 11T1B 08
A HEY ILLUSTRATED PAMPHLET
Descriptire of tha country aloEg-and tribu
tary to the line of the
Internatlonat and Groat North
orn Railroad '
and contains a pood connr map of the BUte.
Farmers and Plantera in Texas who haye
Farms fov.Sale or Rent,
and those who nill want Fxvlh IIakds for net
year. A opy . of "ttiia book will b 9 mailed
free to those who. desire reliable information
abont Texas, upon application by letter or
postal card to ALLEV McOOY,
Ueneral r reignt ana rass r Agenc,
flee 30-4w Palestine, 'texas
, iiii if 1 1 . ii "
: BENSON'S.,
No Remedy more Widely or Favorably
Known. It is rapid in rel eviog quick in
carinfr. For Lama tsacx, hDeumtntm, ia
ney Affections, and aches and paits general-
lr. it is the nnriTalled remeov. deo ao-iw
GEORGE PACE & CO :
Blannfactnrera of
Patent Portable Circular - jf?&mmZ&
SAWBIILLS.
ilsa-Ctatiaary ka ?orts6.s
dTEAM.EfiGIHES,
5 H. SCHROEDER ST.,
BALTEklOCE, SID.
Grist and Ilonr MUla, Water Whls, Wood Working
Vappliea, etc. bend for Cutaline.
Office Treasurer fi: Collector.
City of Wilmington ft C
Deconber Wtbi 16S4
TO HOLDERS OF CITY BONDS.
ITY CODPOSB falling due January 1st
1881, will be paid on presmtatioit at the
Bank of New Hanoyer in this city.
HENRY SAVAGE, ;
dec 23-3 1 Treasurer and Collector.
Htar copy St
Coughs Golds; &c
ALLEY'S LUJIO BALSA2I,
Boirs Oongh Syrup,
CSBCIEG
Pons
PMer
IB TV
Whtar'a Balsam,
. Beschee's German Syrup,
Ayer'r Cherry Pectoral. .
Arnold's Oongh KUer,
Brown' Troches,
Kni ft Congh and Cold Curs i
' For s&le by ,
J DNUTT A 00.
dee 24 Front and Princess sts.
Scheduler BTazl
LTtyraiCIIANTa jyp; RADERB ARE
JX ; t - -
noticed to list with me, cn the 1st cf Janu
ary, 1SS1, their Purchase &r th rerlouf
tlx mouths, In Comrilsacc wltli the Jafri "
' " $ oar ampson;