THIS PAPER ' : ,
pubUBlicd every evening. Sunday, ex
ecpted by
JOSH T. JAMES,
EDITOR AND FROPRIETOK.
SUBSCRIPTIONS POSTAGE PAID:
rear $L0O. Six. months, $2.00. Tnree
monthfl. i-00; ne montn. 35 cntti
The PPr wlU dcUvered b? carriers free
harze m any part of the city, at the above
ori'occnupor week. - .
Advcstising rates low and liberal
-Subscribers will report any and all fail
les to receive their paier regularly,
-- The Daily lievietv has the largest
bona fide circulation, of any newspaper
gaTsherman was in St. Louis
vesterdayand will reach Washington
October Tth.
. ;
General Weaver, in Iowaappcalsio
religious sentiment ia his hearers. He
wants to 2 to tnc United States Senate
just the same.
flattie Olmstcad.aged 15, was married
to Henry Philips, aged 75, in ' 'Greig.
Lewis county N. Y., by a Justice x)f
the peace who is 80.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pauyis to be assessed $3,000 on its
poles iu Trenton, N. J., by the tax
com inissioners there.
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The wcll-kuown Russian journal, the
ifoloi, has been sold to a French syndis
cate. at the head of which is M. Lyon,
formerly editor of the Paris Gaulois.
.
Tiie train of Davis' circus was de
railed, near Boonsville, Mo., Thursday,
and 1- horses were killed and others
wounded, entailing a total loss of $15,
0(H). '
It is said that a movement ia on foot
!o depose Mr. Villard from the presi
dency of the Northern l'acific railwajf
or extort from him a promise of more
t cononiical management.
Air. Woodhouse, the Mayor ot Leeds,
England, recently entertained over 1,
000 of the aged poor of the borough at
tea in the town hall. Sixty-five of his
guests were over eighty years old.
Fred Douglass, when he thought he
had talked enough to the interviewing
Louisville reporters, added: "I am
very glad to see you, gentlemen very
glad to see yon ! Now, go ; please go !"
The new Guion line steamer Oregon
(sister ship to the Alaska and Arizona)
went on her trial trip, on the Clyde, on
the 2l8f September, and attained the
extraordinary speed of twenty knots an
hour -
Lord Lansdowne , when he assumes
the .governor-generalship of Canada,
will be given extra protection, on ac
count of the threats made against his
life because of the stories of his ill-treatment
of Irish tenants.
The oompletc ticket nominated by
the New York Democratic Convention
at Buffalo, is as follows : Secretary of
State, Isaac H. Maynard; Attorney
(ieneral, Denis O'Brien; Comptroller,
A. C. Chapin ; Treasurer, R. A," Max
well. Some one asked General Toombs if
he thought the inspection of fertilizers
was a protection to the farmer. "I'll
bet ten dollars," he replied, "that I
can take a sack of sand and drag a
polecat through it and loolthe best in
spector they've got."
Das Echo (Berlin) states that a "death
mask" of Luther is still in existence, in
the possession of the Marienbibliothek
at Halle. It was made on February
21, 1546, when the great reformer's
bady rested in the High Church at
Halle, on its way from Eislebcn to
Wittenberg.
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The Providence Journal agrees that
legislative bodies may be lopsided, but
adds : "The bulk of our legislation is
honest. It is, as it ought to be, shaped
by the lawyers. And, as a body, what
over isolated examples may appear to
the contrary, the legal profession is
equally possessed of ability and intg
rity. .
Postmaster General Greshams order
prohibitins the use of the mails to the
Ixmisiana Lottery Company, has given
the funny men of the press an oppor
tunity to display their talent. The
funny man of the New Orleans Pica
yune, lor instance, says that it may
come vrithin the province of the Post
master General to prohibit the delivery
of letters to oleomargarine makers on
the bogus bntter ground.
The organ of the colored people in
New York, published by a -man of that
race, laments .thus : "In Virginia.
Uorth Carolina. SoatliCarolin, Georgia
tind even in Mississippi, the home of
Bruce and Lynch, in these States how
have the colored men been crowded to
the wall to make room for the Cashes,
the Speers and Longstreets, the Chal
mers, and that sort of mongrel politi-
ians!" - ' -4 Ti
Ko lionsrer a Question.
Druggists of high standing . and emi
nent physicians certify to , the pain,
murine nronfrtlp.3 ot St. JannM Oil. lt
merits as the 'most wonderlal cure arc
no longer questioned. - - r t v
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VOL.YII.
LOCAL NEWS.
INDEX TO NEW fADYERTISEMEllTS.
Table Board j J
Yates School Books j
I W Evans To nsorial 1 1
Old North State Saloon ! j
IlElNSBEKOER School Books j
Mrs S A BiKEtt-To! the Ladies
F C M H.1.ER Florida W iter, & c
W II Gree Wholesale a Retail Druggist
. A w UiVENBAKKMJcncral Jrodue Cbm
mission Merchant '
The receipts ot
cotton at this port to I
day foot up 7071 bales.
A nnc assortment of Guns and Pistols
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at Jacobi's Hardware Depot. t
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Theie was bno case bt disorderly con
duct before "the Mayor; this morning
which was settled by the payment Of a
fine of $2. J
Rev. R.O Burton. P. Ki, will preach
at the Front Street k. E. Church to.
night, scrviccs commencini; at 8 o'clock
It i3 hoped that! a good 'cougrcgation
may be present. j
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Dauish barque ouisc, Capt. Hansen,
cleared to day for Antwerp with 1 2,352
casks spirits terpentine, valued at
$47,397, shipped by Messrs D. R.
Murchison & Co.
The new plate glasses for the win
dows of Mr. Julius Samson's store, on
Market street, havenot yet arrived but
are expected tosmorrowy and. will be
placed in position & once.
The card of D. W. Evans appears in
this issue in which he informs his
former patrons where he may now be
found, and where we! doubt not they
will be glad to avail j themselves of his
services. j
With one or two exceptions all of the
places of business of bnr Jewish fellow
citizens have been closed to day to rc-j
open at sunset his evening. On the
South side of Maiket street, between
Front and Second there are" id stores
and of these 0 were closed to-day. -
Mr. A. W. Riven bark is now per
manently established at No. 116 North
Water street, jW here he Will devote his
personal attention1 to' all jbusiness mat
ters entrusted !toj him. lie has -had ma
ny years of experience in the business
and is prompt, energetic ind'j reliable
and in every wayjWorthy of success.
The New York World
publishes a
list of nearly 400
persons resident in
that city who
each. Among
can control $1; 000,000
he number is the name
of Col. Kenneth JV1. Murchison. The
exact rating- is not given, but Col.
Murchison is probably worth consider
ably more than a million.
Crimiual Court.
The proceedings before this tribunal
to-day consisted Tin1 the trial of James
Freeman, colored,, charged with lar
ceny. The case was given to the jiry
alter which the Court took a recess un
til 3 o'clock thi3 afternoon. jThe ver
dict had not been ! rendered when . our
report closed.
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Prol. Zera Seinon.
-Prof. Scuion will give another ot his
splendid entertainments 7 ak the Opera
House to night;, x in which the pro
gramme will be varied, interesting and
truly wonderful in its i execution. The
feat of suspending his little child in mid
air over'the stage will be one ot the
wonderful things that may be witnessed
LiVely Work.
i
The steamship Raleigh arrived atlher
wharf from altiniore on , Sunday
morning and ; commenced work dis-
charging cargo at 12 :30 yesterday morn
ing. She had a larger freight than
she had on her first!, visit j here, which
she discharged and took in a full
freight j even to a jdeck load, and sailed
this morning. ' M - '"' 1
Cqllpses puringr October.
During the present month there wilj
be two eclipses, one of the moon and
the other of the sun. That of the moon
will take place at two -minutes after 1
o'clock, a. m., the 16th and will be visi
ble in the United States and on the
Pacific coast. 1 1 The eclipse will last
about one hour and fifty two minutes,
and only about 8- lOOt hs of the moon
will be obscured. . The , phenomenon is
remarkable for being I the only lunar
eclipse visible in this latitude during
the year." - . it ;- - ";
. An annual eclipse of the sun will take
place oil the 30th, visible on the .Pacific
ocean and partly on the Pacific coast.
As the ring of sunlight! surrounding the
moon's dark jdisk will be invisible here,
the event is of little importance.
.The celebrated 4Fish Brand Gills
Twine is sold "only at Jacobi's JJsrd
ware Depot. ;;:. i -'"-.' 'Jr
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WILMINGTON. Nl C TUESDAY, OCTOBER2;:
., i ' Board of Alderman. I
The Board -met in regular session
yesterday afternoon. 7j " "'
The Finance Committee reported la
resolution, which was adopted, that the
' Boacd of Andit and Finance concurring
paragraph 80, section 12i class I, of the
Tax Ordinance, be amended so as to
read: "Sixty dollars per annum or less
time." , - ' . '
The Police Committee reported bids
from A David, L. J. Ottcrbourg and
a. cci. onner, lor unitorms, according
to advertisement, when Alderman,, De
Rosset moved that: the matter p be re
ferred back to the committee with: ins
structions to get frock coats j of grey
cloth, to be selected by the committee
Adopted. ' ! 1 j,
. Alderman Chadbourn moved that
the committee on Police be authorized
to recc.vc and open the bids and award
the same to the lowest bidder. Adopted.
Alderman Fishblate asked to , be ex
cused from serving on the committee in
this matter, when Alderman Boney was
appointed in his stead.
Resignation of D. S. Bender as police,
man was read and accepted. I
The Police Committee offered the
following, which was adopted:
Resolved, That H. Woebse, now
acting as Health Officer, be transferred
to the regular police force, and that W.
M. Hays be made the Health Officer
vice H. Woebse, transferred. .
Alderman Fishblate offered a resolu
tion that all charges made against a
member oi the j police force shall be
immediately investigated by the Mayor
and committee on Police, who may
suspend or discharge the accused, he
having the right to appeal to the Board
of Aderman. Adopted- J
In the matter of the obstruction of
Campbell street, between . Second and
Third, a report of the Chief of Police
and a communication from Capt. John
F. Divine were tread.
Alderman Chadbourn moved that
the matter be indefinitely poatpoaod ,
which motion was adopted. I- I '
Committee wrmc -jymiLuvtit re
commended the petition of 'I Hood " &
Ladder Company No. 1, for an addition
to their stables and for a new set of
narness, ! which j was adopted.
Committee on Fire Department re
ported on the matter, of reducing the
fire limits, asking for further time,
which was granted. - i
' Recommendation of the cbnirpittee
on Fire Department, that the Chief of
Police reestablish the old fire alarm
system and instruct the policemen on
duty to ring the various alarms in their
respective districts and to also continue
the present electric alarm service, was
adopted. ., .
Petition of McDougall & Bowden, for
permission to erect a shed with tin roof
on their premises,1 was granted.
The committee on Lights reported,
recommending that a gas lamp be placed
on the north side of Walnut, between
Second and Third streets ; oil lamps on
the north side of Hanover, between
Second and Third streets; on Eighth
and Queen streets, on the corner desig
natcd by the Chief of Police.; and that
gas lamps be substituted "for the oi
lamDs now standing on the cornef .of
Sixth and Church streets, and one j at j
the corner of Sixth and Castle streets;
and an oil lamp on thej southeast comer
of Anderson and Queen streets.
Petition from the Library Association
for a light in iront-of the Library,
rooms, was not granted. r J t
Alderman Dudley offered resolutions
f hat section 4 of Market ordinance be
amended so as to read in the 9th, line
"and between the hours oi three (3)
and eight (8) in the , afternoon, and
that the Committee on Market and
Fees be authorized to, make, necessary
alterations in the Fourth Street Market
House to make - it more habitable.
Adopted.;; IT : 1 r"'.Ai -Alderman
Fishblate -moved that; the
Committee on Lights report on the mat
ter of electric lights at an, adjourned
meeting.""' ;'f '.'"A
Alderman Boney offered s petition
of sundry ineniants. Uo"7 amend the
market regulations so as to allow" them
to sell dressed poultry from their re
spective stores. Referred to the Com
mittee on Markets, to report an amend
ment if deemed advisable.
Proposition of Capt. Edgar G. Wil
liams, of the steam-tBgir Jfyec, to
be in readiness in alt cases of Jure on the
water front of the city, or on the oppo
site side of the river, to tow lighters
with fire engines across the river, etci,
for such sum as may be agreed upon,
with1 recommendation of Capt. C D.'
Myers, Chief of the Fire Department,
was referred to the Committee oa Fire
Department., i v , t ' ' ? "iY U
On motion of Alderman Geyer. the
Board adjoamed ustil 8 o'clock, Friday
night. x - - -
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XJBW ADVERTSJiJLENTS.
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I, HAVE JUST RETURNED FROM THE NORTHERN CITIES ,
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LARGE ANT) AVELL SELECTED STOCK
; OF GOODS!
My Opening will be as early the first of this month
as practicable jiist as soon as my stock can be 1
arranged for their inspection i
DUE NOTICE WILL BE GIVEN OF THE TIME AND DAY.
Will be in attendance who will take pleasure in showing the goods, and I
say, will press their customers gently to buy, if necessary.
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My Stock embraces eyerythuig in my Line.
MRS. S. J. BAKER,
oct 2 -
; Rosh Hash an ab. 1
The Jewish New Year was appropri
ate observe to day, by a total cessa
tion from business on the part of onr
Jewish citizens and. by services in the
Temple, conducted by Rey. Dr. Men
delsohn. The stores were closed at
sunset last evening and will be generally
reopened at 6 o'cloek this afternoon.
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Historical and Scientific Soci-
r.-4 -; I. -v.ety;.,3.? i
There was qtiite a large" and enthusi
astic meeting; of the above named
society' at Tienken Hall r last nightj
UK.",e-manx.of.its members are
yet absent from the.city. - 'Mr. u.
well read a paper on 'science, in Its re
lations to family life, and claimed that
pure religion was the highest form of
science. It was a'carcfully prepared
paper, "and was.'placed ' with the arch
ives of the Seciety. ; We are glad to
learn that quite valuable contributions
to the Society's collection of books, &c-,
were recorded; and also ' glad that the
encouraging presence of a numbet' ot
ladies added to the interest of tire meet
mg. . j
.County Commissioners. "
The Board of County Commissioners
met yesterday afternoon v -tit ' . " ; .
The County Treasurer's teporf (or
September showed a balance on .hand
to the credit of the General Fund of
$3,314.40. and a certificate of deposit fdr
$6,500. Eight coupons of the. debomi
nation of $3 each were: exhibited and
burned in the presence j of the. Board
The Educational Futid Shows a balance
on hand of $11,742 31. 1 " !
The , County Register suUHittH his
report! for the month af September,
showing fees received for., marriage
licenses, amounting to $7.60.
John H. Savaee's poll tax was order
ed to .be remitted fort the townsqin of
Wilmington, he having listed : also in j.
Cape ear township. .
Owen Barney's poll tax ' was . remit :
ted ; he beingover age
Isaac II . White tyasf allowed to list
The double tax assessed agamt John.
F. Garreir in CapeJear township was
ordered reaiitted he , being sUowed to
farnlsh a correct list. t ?.i
J. D. Sellers' poll tat was remitted
on account of over age.: - ;
J. T. Kerr, whose poll was listed
both in Cape Fear and Harnett town
ships', bad the matter corrected '
Applications. br-license to retail
liquors were made by the following.-
John D Doscher; D 5N Chadwick, J
W Duls, Geo E Berden, F XY .Ortman,
M C WlUiamson, M G Chadwlc G K
Ward, D SteUk B, J Scarborough, W
H M Koch. W RGrotgen J O Nixon,
J N Mohr, Wm TJIrich, E W Doscher,
L.1 H Vollers, L Vollers, Peter Blohr, L
A VonKsmpen, J M McGowan & Son,
managers, A K Heyer, C Wessell, Wm
Ottersen. A V Horrell, Josephine Wjl
lett, Mortens & Hakeman; B Bellois, S
J Meyer, O'Brien,-;G W Linder, B
H J Afarens, G F Hebert, C Schnlken,
Sellers & McKeithxn II XT- Bryant, R
AGiameyeTCAMngge,;J;.H Groti
gen, C Richters, A B Cook, R G Ganse.
J A Farrow was elected Fish ilns peer
tor for the county of New nanoTer.1. ,
- The Board then ad jotirned. .'-;.-
To Builders and otter-. Go to j aco
wa for Bzz Blinds nd Doors, Glass,
. Yen cm rzt til zlz'X , tnd at the
188.
NO! 232
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
must
122 MARKET STREET.
I , Double Column.
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Mrs. S. J. Baker is represented in
this issue by a very handsome double
column lad vertisemnnt. She has a
beautiful stock of goods, selected by
herself in person for the requirements
of this market, and these have been
opened and arranged and displayed for
the inspection of lier customers. The
grand opening at her estalishment; will
be announced in a lew days and then
there will be a rush. .
More About
; Mr. C C Woodcock, of Moore's
Creek, who was in the city to-da v, tells
T..iu-wu1ianiaaito the crops j in the
Black Riversecjipp, heretofore reported
by us, has not been- exaggerated. The
country has beerf ' flooded with-,-Water.
Corn and cotton will hardly realize half
of a crop ; and the . crOp of eld peas,
generally , a .reatt: reliance-" for jthe
farmer, haf been so completely mined
that scarcely enough will be saved (or
seed. : The present! weather Is cood for
cotton, it is true, buT; it comes too Jate
tsrutai Attack.
f f We learn that on Saturday night
last
Mr." AlonKo Blake. T wftoCkeeps a saloon
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at Burgaw, was badly beateu' by . a
gang oi roughs at the railroad- station
at that place. Mr. Blake had -come to
this city to see the show and o4 the re
ttrrrHnjgraida'd!sDht be J
iweea oimseu ana inrce or. lour oiuer
passengers, whose destination was ber-
yond4 Burgaw, and when .the .train
stopped and he alighted they'7 also got
Offand gave him the beating Und jump
ed on the train again Just as it moved
off. We have been unable to gather
any further particulars,1 nor the names
of those who committed the outrage,
. ; Modernrairel. r ,:
Hous. D. K. McRafe and I). L; Rus-
sell, left here , jestei day; uiorniog for
Raleigh and returned last nighty alter
having successfully transacted the busts
'mwh'carria h$ Capital.
They left here afteraivarly , breakfast
and returned in time for a late supper,
after having 5 'travelled miles and
with an interim of two hours and forty
minntcs at Raleigh for the transaction
of business. What. would our grand
fathers hateegthought oi such a thing?
Or.'sUll more wonderful than this, what
Would' they have thought of taking
dinner in Richmond and supper in
WilmingtaniaSithc'Scbcthile-'now is
the two poiota being250 miles apart?
Board or Education ! '
. At a meeting of the County Board of
Education, held his day, for theConnty
of New Hanover, the following were
elected toevVaVScHooi Committee
fortheir respective districts for, two
years from the first Monday in Decem
ber, 1883, and the said committee, so
elected, shall constitute a Schcol Com
mittee for both the : white and colored
schools of their respective districts : ..
District No. I W. M. Parker, . Don
aid McRae, Ji E. Sampson. '
District No; 2J. H. Chadboorn,
Walker Meares, J. G. Norwood!
District No. 3 B. S. Monlfort,
Lewis Todd. W. II. WaddcU.
District No. 4TW. R.I Green, - J.. II.
Horne, Thomas A. Davis.l i I
, District No. 5 A. A. Moselej, WF.
Alexander, S. W. Nobles.' -
' District No. 0 JV. O. Johnston, O.
M.Fillyaw, Samnel C. Nixon. Ad
i f--- 1 v i- rf $ J
rxoa fuT friends on aay u4 1 all , mtijecti"-, : "
t rrte asjue oi pie writer mtut ahrtyi be fa j j
x C?m1l1attl01U1. mvLhi wrlttea oi oil
Ferson&Ilttesaau6t be aroMed. - -r&$
ll espectaDf"' anil1 rJcuUriy' iicl
tooa that the Editor does ' not always tadoi
ine views of corrcapo-tl&Qis unless ' so "shttc
In the editorial columns. - h ' :"'
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NEW AD VERTlSMENTg;,
A. W. RIVENBABK,
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rEXEKAL FRODLCE h
I j! COMMISSION MEECnANTjhd
inform water St.
fall JOnds
id prompt ;
Hanover.
rrwlnce. Quick sales and promot rttnrns.
i.eicrs to Jiank of Now Hanover. eet 2 '"
TABLE BOARD.1
h
gXCELLENT TABLE BOARD CAN BE
had on application at the Korthweat conieVof
u' occoau botcis. tnirancc ion Sec
ond at.; - -w-: ,--J- y.yy 5f oxiw !
P y c t e rs Oy cte rb ,
oisr ice i
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J KECEIVED, ! UOOI WINES UK
uquors. Cigars a specialty, i i
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Cool Draught Beer.
f OLD NORTH STATE SAmov I
iOi
oct2 Ko. 6, 3o, Froni
TONSOItlAL.
f TAKE PLEASURE IN INFORMINO tho i
who have favoretl mn with jthelr. patronAg, 1
while at Mr. H. C. PromijerfR, that I caw now
be found atiMessra. Brown A rcarbonN. Ex-
tending m'jj thanks. forpjatpatronajfOjaniL
favors, wldhppreclate anyifutnre considera
tion and assure prompt and polite attention.
I will take pleasure in watting on Indies at
their residences. C.mga cut in the very latent
style. Including the Lanjctry bangs, as worn
by her in her last perform: nee on the Amerl.
cunstage. Respectfully, Ac... , ' i j
et .t p. j, KVAX. )
OPERA HOUGE;
ONE WEEK!
t'
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 1st
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JZERAvSEr.lOfll
XvTjNDKR WORKER, i LAU(J il'C CREATOR
aott VKSTUIIOUUIAL EjIL'EROJt.
HEnEXPERIMEKTS,1 NEW FEATURES.
- . ; COSTLY PRESENTS. i - . -r
lCf PRESENTS . GIVEN AWAY I AT EACH
PERFORMANCE.
Admission 0c, 3- nd S5c
Bept 20 lot , . ; ,
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FLORIDA WATER, . t . -,. .1 L
LAVENDER WATER, f r -f l,
"'j .VIOLET it WATER, '.v ,!, 'Ji
. , , HELIOTROPE WATER ! .
! J--- 'WIIIT13 ROSE WATER, '
- ,! jT,-;.- R AZENA, WATER.
Also a complete assortment of Colognes and
Perfumery for the Summer season v. .
T .Prescriptions compounded day ' and
night at a s r. c iiimsms, i
tr.i-r . Ccrman Drugplst, '
sept .1- Corccr Fourth and Nun etc.
Rev;; Daniel Morrelle's (
English and Classical
Scliool,
tpifE TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL S
blON wlU begin; DV V.; TIIURSDAY!,1 the
fourth of October. ; sept 17-tf f
New Biver Oysters. ;
11HE FINEST YOUETER 8AW-,
in September. ; Our Cuiitry.Cona-jN.,.
tns will do well to call and sea them. T
i-Jdy Bar is srtill supplied with- the best of
everything. All I ask is a call, witUflcd that
you will come again. i'T. W, OKT1IAN,
sept 2S-w Clab Rooms, Second fit
' William H; Green;
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WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUOOIST,
. 11 MARKET STREET. '
I CARRY A FULL UNC OF 'pRUOS,
JTANCY GOODS, Ac. and have facilities for
ofiertng Inducements to all who nse or handle
Medicine. :. . , ;u . ' j pt 24 .
School Booko
Gchool Eookol .
M School Boblco !
f piIAT ARK USED IN ALL THE SehoolJ 1
qnestel tc call n or s?nd to me for School
Books or School Room OulCU. , if " i
r Children, large or smalLcaa pnrchane Rooks -at
same rates as parent. One price to ail at
HEINSBERGEIt'S,
ct I - - - ' Lire Els zs. ilt;,!8 f.tcrca
f tin N j . I.A
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f. i s 7 if
t; e,y yiy
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