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VOL. V WiiLttLNUTOK, i. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 18 1881. NO. 278
fwa som sn aonrv m aoi always ca4ers
t:iwof eorrMpoaMOig 'vsImvm 4
in hw editorial eola -n ,
X-8atibrs will please report aay aad
i! 'ail htm to receive their papers reniarly.
A ....J iL
1
New Advertisement.
32 Market St. 32
8ln of the Show Caio with ti
Shoemaker-
M1
T STOCK OF BOOTS AND SHOES
alwars complete. Call and examine. Sat
isfaction guaranteed to customers. Now la
the time to supply your families.
A full line of thoe CHILDREN'S
SCOTCH SOLE, In lace and buttons. See-
la? is believing. Convince yourself of. the
rrt.
A new lot of thoe SCOTCH SOLE
OA ITERS Jujst recdred. Don't forget .the
old number.
C ROSENTHAL,
33 Market Street.
aor t
BEAUTIFUL HAI3 OHMAMEflTi
SD if UK NOVKLTIK3 fast rsoelrs.
A fall line of Children and Plsro Cicskj
now n sale aad at T low priees. Htaap
la froi Use Uut pattens. Hair Work ia
an? style made to ordor. Orders by mall
will receive prompt attention. Address Post
OS.0 Box 331.
MI3S K. KA.BRER,
dee 15 Na. nnh Front' fit
CLYDE'S
Kiev Yorfs
AND
Wilmington.
Steamship
n. c.
ne.
TUB STEAM EK
BENEFACTOR,
OUT. JONES.
WILL BAllfBOlt JTHW TOR OS
SATUBDAY, Jan. 22.
Shippers eu rely vpom the prompt
sailing of Bteaaart as adrtrtiied.
for Iralxlit Cnxasasatt apply to
THOS. C CO.ID, Bap't,
Wnminrtoa, If O.
TO BO. O. KGKR, Trslxht Art,
aew York.
W1L P. CLYDE k Ca.
U 'Bread vsr. 5 tar York
IsalO
Groceries, &c,
6000 BusJxC0RJf
200 BlfnAY
1000 nlf RoU BAGcn,G'
1000 Banile Isew-IU3li roi TIES,
22 q q Bbls FLOUR, all grades.
300
Bbla SUGAR, all grades,
BAGS COPTEE, all grades.
700
gQQ Kegs NAILS,
CQTon HOOPIRON
10 000
Caadj, Candles, Crackers.Cheese.SUrcn.
Lye, ToiMh, Pepper, Splce Wrapping Pa
per, &e. Tor sale low by
Jan 10 WILLIAM8 A MURCHISOy.
Fresh Every -Day
. riK 4OKTMKBT OP CAS DIES,
05LT OEKUIKB npMB-UlDX
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LOCAL NEWS.
Nw drrtuemeDU
Croxlt&Mobris Bananas
J D Nctt & Co Pel' Corn Solvent
Raxkix IIall QltAA Blowers
Hcjxsberobb WritlDj: Paper, &c
C.W Yates All Branches
A & I Shbier Clothing and Furnishing
Good i
The skat to? rink is still in full blast
The cotton receipts at this port to-day
foot dp 446 bales.
Mr. Donald AlcUae ha3 so far im
proved as to be able to sit up.
The market is Doorlv supplied with
country produce, fish and oyst-rs.
-
Toucan now buy Improved Heating and
Cook Stoves at factory price at Jacobi'm.
You must shake a fire-dollar bill at a
dealer now if you want a cord of good
wood.
There is an un mailable letter ia the
Postoffice for T. H.Smith, Arlington
N. O.
Alternate cloudy and clear weather
to-day, with a little rain, and a little a
reryilittle snow.
Gold was first discovered in California
in 1848. Ur. liall mmenced to pre
scribe his Cough Syrup in the same year
and now it is the leudinsr cough remedy
tbroogboat the country
There will be a dearth of amusements
for the balance of the season. Nothing
is booked Jot the Upcra tlouse, and so
far, only one inquiry for dates in. Feb
ruary.
And now they tell us that, stimulated
by the eiamplo set by Mr. Dukes, the
iunior clerk at the Purcell is about to
follow the path tread by the Duke. Oh!
Benny!
We advise our friends to call at Jacobi's
for Household Hardware of every descrip
tion. There you get the lowest prices, t
Steamship Regulator, CapL Doane,
arrived here this afternoon from New
x ork. after an absence of a month or
more, during which time she has been
runninz between New York and Phila-
delphia.
- Tinney Mcllhenny the colored lunatic
escaped again from the Insane depart
ment at the Poor House and was arrest
ed by the police last night. He was re-
tamed to his old quarters again this
morning.
The Charlotte Observer tells us that
work on the third wire of the American
Union to Columbia is still being prose
cuted, bat the swamp being- overflowed
on the lower end of the Carolina Central
it has been necessary to discontinue
work at present on the Wilmington wire
on account of the difficulty of getting
post3.
Indications.
For the South Atlantic States threat
ening weather and rain,northerly to east-
cny wicas, stationary or a sugut rise iu
temperature and during the rest ot
Tuesday slight changes and followed on
Wednesday by falling barometer.
rown the River.
Gen. J. B. Imboden and Mr. . K.
Hyndmap, the gentlemen of whom we
spoke yesterday at length in connection
with their visit to this city, went down
the river this morning on the steam tug
Woodbvrry, accompanied by Mr. Henry
Natt, Gen. M. P. Taylor and Mr. Bacon,
the engineer in charge of tie government
works. Thay will visit Smithville and
the works at the month of the river and
will return to the city late this afternoon.
0
Go to Jacobi's for Doors, Sash and
Blinds, pure White Lead, Oils, Varnishes,
Window Glass, all sizes. All at the lowest
prices. f
fir. HHPs condition.
The news from Abbottsburg to-day
relativoto Mr.W. E. Hal's, condition,
is very sad. His injuries are now said
to be ratal. No hopes are entertained
of his recovery aad his death this noon
was expected at any moment. It was
thought to be impossible for him to live
throughout the day and we fear that ere
this.reachea the eyes of our readeie his
kindly spirit will have winged its flight
The family physician from this eity, the
same who went up to Abbottsourg ana
Shoe Heel last Saturday, is with him tc-
day and we know that, all that care and
skill aoald accomplish has beea done.
How to be your own painter 5 Buy tat
K. Y. Enamel Pa&t, raady rsdxad, and
wtrrsnted at "Jaqow's. - t "
The Greit lllintlc (feist Inltnd.Canal
The idea of a continuous line of inland
navigation along onr Atlantic seaboard
is almost as old as our Government. Our
first President - (George Washington)
manifested his faith in its desirability.
by taking an active part, and investing
liberally in the Dismal Swamp Canal.
As early as the year 1807, the Secreta
ry of the Treasury urged the matter up
oa Congress. He says: "Should thi
great work be accomplished, a sea vessel
entering the first canal in the harbor of
Boston would, through th'o Bay or
Rhode Island,. Long. Island Sound, and
the harbor of New YorVf reach Brnhs
wick, on the lunuo ; thence . pas
through the second canal to Trenton, ou
the Delaware, down that river to Chris
tiana or Newcastle, and through the
third canal to Eik river and the
Chesapeake : whence sailing down
that bay aid up Elizibeth
Biver,it would, thre jgh the fourth eanal,
enter Albemarle Sound, and by Pamli
co, Core and Bogue Sounds, reach Bean
fort and Swansborongh in North Caro
lina. The first . of these canals across
Cape Cod is now being constructed. The
three last mentioned have been in success
ful operation many years, and more than
twenty five years since a formidable ri
val to the Dismal Swamp Canal was
projected by persons in Norfolk, Ya.,
and so wonderlul has been the increase of
traffic through them that daring the fis
cal year ending September 30th, 1880,
six thousand seven hundred and seventy-
four craft were passed through the Al
bemarle and ChesapeakeCanal, yield
ing a revenne from tolls of $86,138.99.
Congress has from time to time raadoj
liberal appropriations for surveys, Of
routes to extend the Canal - fur
ther south. A line was sur
veyed in 1837 by Col. James Kearney,
of the U. 8. Topographical Engineers,
to connect the Neuse with the Cape -Fear
Biver. In 1875 Col. Abert made an
other survey with the same object in
view, but so great were the obstacles en -
countered, that Congress in 1878 made
another appropriation for a third survey,
which was made under the direction of i
Capt C. B. Phillips, (see his report,
Senate Ex. Doc. No. 73, 46th Congress,
2nd session. From his report we learn
that he, like his predecessors, devoted
much labor, and surveyed hundreds of
miles, in the vain endeavor to discover
a practicable route for a canal to con-
aect with the Cape Fear .Biver above
Wilmington. He finally abandoned, that
idea, and recommends the route through
the Sounds, connective with the river
r KM
three miles below Wilmington.
In the year 1876, three Wilmington
gentlemen, who were familiar with the
Sounds on the Coast of North Carolina,
beinsr imnressed with the importance of
4
haying the Inland Canal extended
further South, applied to the Legisla
ture for a charter, which was ratified
March 12th J877, granting unto them
the "exclusive right for a term of thirty
years to construct xne canais. xacj
immediately went to work reconnoiter
ing and surveying, and finally succeeded I
in locating the same route that is now I
recommended by the report above
mentioned. They estimate, the cost of
opening this route by thousands instead
of the millions of dollars estimated by
previous surveyors, bat owing to the
general impecuniosity of our Southern
people they have as yet beea unable to
do more. So soon however as. they can
succeed in finding a copartner who has a
few thousands to invest, the will rapidly I
proceed with their cherished enterprise. I
The river has fallen oft' since the last
freshet, until now there is only a depth
of twelve feet on the Shoals with the
water still falling slowly. From the pi
lot of the steamer A. P. Hurt, in this
morning from Fayetteville, we learn that
the damage to the sunken steamer, Gov.
Worth, is not so great as was at first
feared. The hurricane deck has been
swept away by the freshet, together with
the pilot house and forward cabin of the
promenade deck, bat the after cabin and
the frames of the stte rooms cq, ;, that
part of the port, as well as the after part
of the promenade deck, are still preserv
ed, though ia a damaged condition. The
work of raising the' sunken steamer, we
learn, will be commenced to-morrow. I.
the best fits and tha ezrt
tha Uttls enss art t Hzzzz
the? far
. . . LITTLE GIA3T HIM
Bohemian Glass Blowers.
There are but few, if any, of our
citizens who have seen anything toequal
the gfcss novelties made by the Bohe
mian Glass Blowers, who opened a short
engagement in the Little Giant Hall
last evening. The company, six in num
ber, sre polite, affable srentlemen. who
An ever willing to answer questions and
entertain their audiences. The descrip
tire lecture with models is more than,
treble worth the price of admission;
Apart firoufthe novelty- and nnrqueness
of the entertainment given by tbe Bo
hemians, it is a very instructivejone, and
one ia which a child, and a - great many
adults, robld learn Jmore from obscrra
tura and oral instruction than could be
attained by weeks of reading.
The Corliss engine is what ia known as
a walking beam marine engine, and is a
marvel of perfection, - being made eu
tirely of glass All the workings of the
valves, machinery, etc., can be seen and
much better understood than could be
learned from text books. By means of
this engine each valve or joint can be dis
sected, so to ' speak. ' The flexible glass
bonnets, slippers, tidies, crochet mats
glass lace handkerchiefs, and other specil
mens attracted much attention, wonder
and! admiration.
Prof. Woodroffe, who is no stranger to
our older citizens, he having paid Wil
mington several visits in ante-bellum
j days, explains how every article is made
as he is manufacturing them and by this
means enables his audience to-jaore. fully
comprehend what they seel The com
pany are thorough masters of their art and
when one remembers - that thoy work the
most brittle of all substances,glass he can
but stand in wonder and admirations of
their skill. The large number of or
naments which were- made daring the
entertainment were given away and to
night we are assured that an additional
I number wilj be given to the audience.
1 The roting for the handsomest baby, in
the city mi commenced and will be con
tinued during the week. To morrow af
ternoon a matinee will bo given. We
would advise our citizens to pay a visit
to the entertainment.
Water street merchants will keep their
feet dry io Winter by wearing Rosen
thal's Uts and shoes. t
Llpptncoti' Alagaztae
Lippincott's Magazine for February
is the second number of the new series
and gives satisfactory evidence of the
improvements promised at the time o
the change. "Down the Red River o
the North," by Alice Ilgenfritz, is
sprightly and profasely illustrated sketch
of a trip through the province of Mani
toba. In "A Celestial Colony"a graph
ic description is given of that part o
San Francisco known as Chinatown.
Fietion is attractively and liberally rep
resented by the serial "Lilith," whichs
continued with increasing interest, and
three capital short stories, viz., "Mon
sieur Paul's Heroism," bv Louise S.
Houghton; "The Konrasoffs," by Vera
Lapoukhyn: and "A Midwinter IIo-
mance," by L. K. Black.
The more solid articles of the number
are an analytical description of "Welsh
Wosten," bj Wirt Sykes ; a discussion,
under the ititle of "Power-Centres," by
an eld journalist, of. the various types o1
journals, and the why and the wherefore
of their existence ; an able criticism of
Sarah Bernhardt in her various charac-
iers, by II. G. Tan Renssellaer ; and
"Among the Cherokees," an account of
that prominent tribe, with observations
made daring a visit, by A. M. Williams.
A. bright sketch, entitled "A Country
Tavern in Winter," by Mary Dean ; two
striking poess, with the usual variety
of "Monthly! Gossip" and literary criti
cisms, form the balance or a choice num
ber of this justly popular magazine.
DliipnroTO The Contract.
The Board of Audit and Finance met
yesterday afternoon to take into consi
deration the contract made by the Board
of Aldermen with - the Wilmington
Market Company. After conrldfration
it was decided that the Board of Audit
and Finance do not approve of the con
tract, and a committee, consisting of the
Chairman j Mr Norwood Giles, and Mr.
XL J. Jones, was appointed to draft in
writing the reason, for the disapprovaL
The opinion of the Cit j Attorney, which
rxs called for by thn Beard, was that th)
c:-trz:t to fllejal. " . -
List or Leters.
The following is a list f th MUra re
maining unclaimed in tbe City Pouffi
WedneUy Jo. 19ib :
A Thomas Ash ford, J H Alexander.
BJno Bennett, Jim Barlow, Willie
Beasley, Capt Whitey Berry, David Bry
ant, Hannah Blunt, Maggie C Beneman.
C Emma Croom. Jane Cole, Willie
Jane Carter, Irven Coston, Jas P Chap
man, Julia Couner, Shade Couner, W C
Cowans. t
D HfBter Davis, Henry Day, Jauie
Davis, L W Da vis.
. EHeory Evans.
F Hay wood' Faiscn, Fosdick, Joo
Faison, Sarah Fagans.
G Hill Green, Philip G!eaon, Nan
cy E Green.
H Madam Hall, Hannoh Hicks,
Henry M Hall, Joseph H Hall.
J-- Sallie Jones, Mamie Jones, Han
nah Johnson. Emma Jones, N A Jack
son, Alfred Johnson, Alfred Judge, Ben-
jamine Judge.
KValhe D Kerr, Thomas H Kent,
W F Keith.
L- Linda Lspsiccm, Wm Livingston,'
Albert J Lewis, Thos E Lord, Giles E
Lennon, P Lineham, Jas Lenore, Har
dy L Lee. "
M Maggie MIMiller, Lucy Mack, C
P Majers, George Massey,' Geo Morris.
Ed Morris, J Metzger ,& Son, Joo E
Morris, W B McRimmons ' D W
Mathews, Duncan McFadgen. .
' N Mary J Nixon.
' P Anna L Price, E L Pierce, Eddie
Mrice, John Pndgen, N M Patterson, F
1 Jfetteway, Thos II Paul.
R CARowell, Caroline Reete, Fan
ney Roberts, Harriet Russ, Jno H Rone
b Addie B Southerland, Julia San
ders, Sara Stewart, AV D Smith, Daniel
M Smith.
T George Taylor, G Iennie Tf eslyan
Thos It Tart, Rudolph .Teitb, Sallie B
Trast.
' W-Patience Wrigght. Burgess Wil
liams, G WilsonL Geo R White, Geo D
Williams, Jno A Wilson. WF & S H
Weston.
Persons calling for letters ia above list
will please say "advertised"; if not claim
ed in 80 days will be sent to dead letter
Office, Washington, D C.
E. R. BRINK, P.M.
Wilmington, N. C, New Hanover
County, N. C ' .. .
J. b. it. bcoviu, Morris, ills., says:-i-
Wheuyonr-4,t)nIy Lung Pad" came to
hand, my Bon tould not raise his " head.
He is now up aud gaining every day.
bee Adv.
New Advertisements.
Pel's Corn Solvent.
TTTARR ANTED TO CURE A CORN IN
S hours if used as directed or money re-
fond ed. No pain or tore toes attending 1U
use. 25 ct. For sale by
J.D. NUTT &CO.,
Druggists.
jan
Bananas.
yTlLL RESUME THE SALE OF BAN
ANAS, on board Schr Julia Elizabeth, to
morrow (Wednesday) morning, at 10 o'clk.
CRONLY & MORRIS,
janl8.lt ; Auctioneers.
rpHB PARAGON Writiog Paper Paeksf.
Tbs Good Lnct racket,
The Climax Packet,
Tbe Climtz Cabinet,
For sale at
HEIN?BERQEh'd.
rpae HADT POCKET FE' BOX,
PaU oflVf. Pries 10 ct.
A newu??lj cf Atoni ic Pereii'. Prle
25 catts For s tie at
Jvj 18 TlB LIVE lt'OK-3rt Ri,
4
NOW LANDING
I
5,500
BUSHELSPRIME
White Corn
And Tor sale by
B. F. Mitchell & Son.
jan 17 - . , . .
All Branches
Q? BJSINf 8 5 8i.PP: JED with Blatk
BaoksaniSUtioaery at reuosabls prices.
Tbe Leading Perfes cf Febool Books, eon
staatly on bacd, 8pcial rates ty taerchanU
aadteaeherc. Another lot cf tbe C!sbra
ted Orgalsetts last received at
- ' V".YATE3' BOOK
STOIC.
".
Hew AdTiprtissiiioata
The Supreme novelty
AT RANKIN HALL OVER "LtTnJL
" .' - ,
GIANT" RtAAItf Vr,- 1
mencinur cm Monday, Januarv 17. THE
BOHEMIAN OLA8i?BLOWERS: PjJ
sors Woodroffe, Carllng and Company, with
their $50,000 collection of Wondersm Glass,
of Centennial Fame, Including the superb
model' of the Centennial Corliss Enrtne.
built ol 5,000 pieces of glass and ooerated
by steam, r Ra trlaas OrnamenU presented
free to each audience. t ; . i
..f, evenlng;at 7.80. Orand
distribution of ornament at 9.' '
ni W?NE3DAY atM 8ATUR.
DAY ata. Popular pricet of admission, .
25 canU. Children Under 13 ycara, 15 ernts.
wPi.?rVT.2rM1 8hrtr oa 8ATTJRDAY
EVENING, January 23.
- M. lf. WALSIT, Manairer.
H. H. Nilks, Agent. Jan, H.tf
THIS VEBK !
WE WILL OFTER AT LF.8A . THAN
w'i. i lit, r-v . i ; ; -
C'.OAKS AKD OOLLMAHS
on hand to close out. ''
it
We are offering some real bargains in Table
Linens, Napkins, Towels,' Tray 5 '
Napkins, Ac.
5
Carpets in all grades at the closest prices.
Oil Cloths in all wdths . ; r '
Respectfully, ' ' "
Jan 11 R. M. McINTIttg.
Clothing and
Furnishing Gopdo
"0 GENTS, YOOTBS.I '
AUD IOTP.
Overooats, Dlsiersand Ulsterettof,. .' '
. . .' ." 4 ; ' - . ' ' ' . . I
p Talliesi Ae,y.Aeyiat
Jan 10 If atkat atMat.
ENGLISH BREAKFAST.
UMCOLOREO JAPAN,
T0UWQ HY80M.
QUnPOVOED.
T .
IMPERIAL ADD
oolohq.
roa 50 cents to OX20 per pc&
Thes Ten have besa very carefally "seUet
eland all who lava tued ttm Ustlfy to
their Bapeiior Qaalllj. Fetd for saaplsi
aid me the nrj Bet a&d Poreit AlUel.
-1
OUR PRIDE OF THE PANTRY
w rjcommead "as the Best sold la the elty
AUbvsriof Good W bite Bread woald e)
wU t7 try it. also a foil ilae of
FAMILY SUF?1!20
f
alwajs fresh aad of the Best Qiailry
Tea
Fo?sa!e low by' "i.".' ''::
John I. EcTitvrnziiij
jta it ; ' utzi w i:zzth rr'-t ct
I