North Carolina Newspapers

Sundays x IBIS TATZR la erted by jOSHT. JAMKS, cprTo uo nonwroi. ,,-Ttnvs rOSTAUK PAlDe $UDMw . fi.OO. SI I BOUUSt, SW. ttTBW One month. 33 cents. ' .v il.oo: rC t.er wt K dvered by carriers tot or Jeeu per week. tav lam art liberal. iKrr rAir regular! r. M U rt ' ' r-r- 7 Mty licriac has Ou. larycti K "i rirrro. e any newspaper ... Ifernhardt is arranging for a . C:U America. Mr. Irvins'i receipt in Chicago l!t mtc'i ttaounled to $18,300. . - -. A I i manufactured in the New jtT9tj$-SL prisons must bo stamped tthatcfTict. ..' VcUjSiM ami Igan arc each nurs- ir-W-lfjrlLc lWldency in lbelr rt.;ic:ivc rartics. . fiij expired that Mr. Beechcr will :, u Karopc on a lecturing lour in the r.'M or early snmtaer. Tie two hundred and fiftieth anni versary of the (oundiog of Maryland is :j L celebrated on March 27. The Texas legislature has appro prated $3),000 for the representation of the State at the New Orleans World's ' AUtLo life saving stations on the Jersey coast between Sandy Hook and liarcejat Ink: will shortly be connected bj telephone. "Fifty young and good-looking won uea bate sailed far New Calendonia to be narrieJ to well-behaTcd convicts. a London letter Mr. ii'.ilae'a friends in Various parts of the country are hard at woik lor tizi 1a spite cf aU his talk that he would not take the Presidency. Vrluxis Beatrice is accusedof wait er tie passago of the Deceased Wite'i Skier's bill to marry the wid uwer of her sister Alice. Mrs. Henry Ward Bcccher is spend iz& the winter with her aister-inlaw, Mr.. Harriet Beecher Slowe, amid the orange groics of Florida. Lord Bute has given an order to Edoionia E. Edwards, the negro sculp tress, to execute a marble statue ol the Blessed Virgin lor one of his chapels. The Tilden and Hendricks Club, of Saa Francisco. Cal . has refused, after a fj!l discussion, to chango its name to the Grand Central Democratic Club, of California. Apropos oi the death of Charles Del raoaico, London TruUi says: "The family evangelized America in so far as cooking goes, and taught tho Ameri cans how to cat.n r 1 1 MjM V JLJLi V-V 0 m- - j " - - i " - . "... j - ' '.- ' - VOL. VIII. WILMINGTON. N. C FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 22.1884. NO. 45 LOCAL NEWS. IBOU TO EW ADYEBTIXEMEITX. Horse t; u Jen Oyter Amerir4n Icslon of Houur C W TaTCS Vtsxif ValcBtloca. Rkcues ErtRETT Lanl for Sale lli.i3BKUEK Wetl!!o rrescnn Mlm5 rift-js. A DkUosset Eu.xka C'Rti.xLT Monnis-Fumlture at Auction This ii Birtliingtons's Washday, and don't yer forget iu The hen are getting regularly to work now and eggs are toppling. l Clarendon Council, No. 67, A. L. of Honor, will meet to-night, at 7i o'clock. Schr. Mary L. Alien Butler, sailed from Itockport- Me., Feb. l'Jth, for this port. ! ! Stcamboatmcn report that tho river was rising rapidly when they left ,Fay ettcvillc yesterday. 1 Mr. Reuben Kveritt offers for salo in this issue a Middle Sound. valuable See ad. plantation on The number of northern strangers arriving in tho city seems to Increase rather than diminish as the season ad-vaners. The Produce Fxchange was closed to-day and the brokers had'a holiday in consequence ol which we arc without markets to report. Mr. F. C. Rust, Bu3ine3- Agent for Baker & Farron.jwas in tho city to day making preparations for their appear ance here next week. Mr. R. K. Bryan, of the Hickory Press, favored as with a visit to-day. Mr. Bryan is on his return West from his old home on the Sound. We invite the attention of our citizens to the fact that first quality shirts arc being made to order at one dollar at the Wilmington Shirt Factory. ti. There was only one trifling case of disorderly conduct for the Major's con sideration this morning, upon which for eood reason judgment was sus pended. The young gentlemen of this city who intend to visit the Mardi Gras at New Orleans, will leave to night on tho Wilmington Columbia & Augusta tiain. r - Tlio Storm. was. blown away; thence to Mr. Robert In addition to the particulars which I Rushing'a, where it blew down and - . . . 1 . . . - we gave or the ravages of laesuay urnea everything he had except some night's storm, we learn that its work ol J clothing; it next stripped a house be destruction was far more w ides plead I longing to Mr. Jackson Mullis; passing and complete than we had anticipated, on u blew Mr. Aaron TittleTs house Thelossof lilo becomes more and more down the joist; thence to Mr. Joseph fearlul. the number of wounded is I nagier , where it blew one house greatly increased, and the destruction to uown; thence to the lands of Mr. C. property almost incalculable. The force liagiet, where it destroyed; all his oi the storm at Rockingham was upon oauuings; thence to Mr. J. B. Tarlton's a small hamlet, called Philadelphia, where it blew down and carried away I a t a . . about two miles from tho former m onuaings. consisting of one two place, consisting of about 20 houses, story dwelling, barn, crib "shop, &c-: mostly inhabited by colored people. Of Uhen Raising on it destroyed "a house those evesyone was blown to the ground belonging to Mr. Samuel Mulli3 ; it next and with theso and others in tho vicini-j bleWflown an outhouse and. stable .bo. ty 40 houses were completely destroyed, longing to Jur. John Iwo ve; next the At Concord, in Cabarrus county, the house ofMr. 'John Tarltoh Iwas , blown storm was very severe, doing much uown, ana-uossey williams' house was damage to dwellings, stores, trees and blown down and burned fences, but fortunately no live3 were At v mnsboro, b, C, the storm, was lost, although there were several re tne severestf ever, known. Treea were markably narrow escapes. In the uprooteu by, the hundreds and fences neiehborhood of Pioneer Mills, in the were uemousnea in all directions. At same countv. however, the storm was a small settlement thirteen miles from " ' . - - - - - 1 . ...... . terrible and the work of destruction Winnsborp, the storm - struck with appalling. Nearly every house in that lernuc , iorce completely , demolishing locality was demolished ; many persons were serioosly injured, and one colored woman was killed. All the trees in that neighborhood were blown. dowB, and the fences were scattered in every direction. Near Lillington, in Harnett county, Mrs. Reuben Matthews, Mr. Merritt Overby, his wife and two sons were instantly killed, while another son of Mr. Overby was so seriously injured that his recovery is extremely doubtful. All of the houses on Mr. Overby 's premises were destroyed, as were also all of those upon the premises of Messrs. fifteen houses, killing th rce-l negroes, names unknown, and - an aged white lady .named Mrs. 'Sterling, besides wounding several others seyerely. The house in which Mrs. Sterlins resided was torn all to pieces. At the time the blow came her son and daughter were m the house with her. They were both blowja out of the house and lodged in a large tree that was standing in the yard, escaping with severe .bruises. Their, aged mother was crushed I to death in ' the falling timbers. The damage and losses about Winnsboro are calculated by the thousands. John McDonald and JohrrC. Upchurch Capt. Frank Lanier, 1 lineman for the in the same neighborhood, j Southern Telegraph Company, reports At Wadesboro, in Anson county, the that as he passed Woodward's, on the damage was comparatively : slight, al Charlotte. Columbia & Augusta Rail though the wind blew with great vio roae, the remains of a negro man and lencc. In other portions of the county, I his wife had just been extricated from however, the devastation was terrible. I tne ruins of t their demolished cabin. Mr. Davis's friends say that be will make no more speeches, and that bis health fuls so rapidly that the change lor the worse is plainly to be seen from oze mouth to another. The song and chorus entitled "God Bless Our Noble Firemen," composed by Rev. F. W. K. Peschau, and dedi. catcdtoMr. A.Adrian, is on sale at the bookstores of Messrs. P. Heinsbcr- ger and C. W. Yates. A prominent gentleman who witness ed tho angry clouds charged electricity which menaced us on Tuesday night last says if the wind had struck this city he docs not believe a single house would now be standing. The last regular german of the 1 Arioso Club was given last evening The latest eccentricity of Paris is an oid man in artistic rags, mounted on an aUenuated horse, who begs for alms. asJ excuses his riding on the ground of iQ Germania Hall. It was largely at- We hear of five .persons having been killed, and several wounded, while the destruction of buildings, trees and icnces was very great. There remains hardly a building standing in the vicinity of Brown Creek, and on Mr. Wm. Little's plantation 28 of the 30 houses were blown down. Two houses caught lire after they were wrecked. out the torrents ol rain which were falling at the time soon the flames At Monroe, in Union wind was fearful and the in torrents, but the damage was not great. In other portions of the county, however, the storm made fearful and fatal havoc. In Lane's Creek town ship, every house on the plantation of Mrs. Jane Broom, including her rcsi. dence, was blown down and Mrs Brown was seriously and her daughter Personal. . ' Mr. II. P. Russell, formerly of this city, but now of New York, is in Wil mington to-day and delighted us with a visit, lie is now with the old and well known house of J. II. Parker, of New York, and comes " South in the interest of that firm. He ' will remain here, we are sorry to say, but a day or tWO.v j . Cx. Washington. This is the anniversary of Washing ton's birthday, of whom; some one has said poetically, 'God made him child less that a country might call him lather." It is a national hoMday, in consequence of which the Custom House, Produce Exchange, banks and some ol the other public offices were closed for business. Convalescent; Our readers will rejoice with us to learn that Mr. C N. Collins1, the cngi nec'r who was so tearfully scalded on the Carolina Central Railroad a short time since, 13 convalescent and is con sidered now out" of danger. He was able to sit up for a short time to-day and enjoy the luxury of a cigar. His sister, who has been a ministering angel at his bedside, is yet with him. tnn p gia4 ta stctlre cocaacaicaCcB Crca cux fxlcada ca lay aa3 all j txhjte!i ' ceaeraliaterttt trot !'''.'. Tfee name of tht writer must always tfa !tettE2tor.; j : - -j -P .1-'. , ConmnnTcatloaaanat'b wzlttea cs cal oataideof tat paper. ' j L.n PenonaHaea must t aroldodi And It la especially and particularly sad tood that the Editor does sot always eadox the Ttows otcorrespoadeaU valcsaJ so stats la the editorial columns. J HE7 ADVITOI3EIICKT3. Land for Sale, j QN SATURDAY, MABClI 1st, 1S8J.1 will Ise&j 00 easy terms, Sound. cou&UUorol iiw jgraicMine premises, 00 easy term 7. - uauw au UQUCr CUlUTS tion. balance well timbered. nine miles from Wilmington. uu l ucrcBKITT OUt BOUSCS- j xeblt REUBEN EYEEITT. situated about Good dwelling Home's Garden Oysters THE best; A RK CONCEDED TO BE h onjy t the Old North but Saloon, No. G, South rant St. i Whiskey an 1 cngir Tlncetl. a specialty. The best ice coel Lager Beer tmrcst Wlnoa mlH in 11,. vl . . . . . . HtU & T . Call and be con feb M. CRONLY, Auctr. BY CRONLY & MOBItlS. ; KelieOIeetins:, i Mayor Hall has received a telegram from the authorities of Rockingham asking assistance from the citizens of Wilmington for the sufferers of the re cent cyclone. Forty lamilies are home less and utterly destitute. Many are badly wounded. Merchants and others are urgently requested to meet at the Produce Exchange at 12:30 o'clock to morrow to take the necessary steps for their relief. ! QN TUESDAY NEXT. -26TH INSTANT, at 11 o'clock, A. SI., wc will sell, at iho reeldcnco of Mr. II. 11. IleUc, S. W. intersection of Chestnut uith Seventh Street, all of the HOUSEHOLD & KITCHEN FURNITCTIK therein contained. We would especially 'call'.' attention to one of tho most superior and costly setts of Parlor Furniture, In CLcny atd Kcd Stamped Plush, lntbe city, with' lifting lioom, Siaiog lioom, Chamber aul Kitchen fcurniture. febi-2ilrin JUST OPENED I Rffl AT u LI!, I i 116 TJIarket St. FEENOH NAINSOOKS, Their bodies were terribly bruised and mashed and their death must have oc curred instantly. A despatch to t ho Florence, . S. C. Times says that the cyclone struck Darlington about 11 :30 p. m. and des pleased with the people and the city as molished three houses, killing 4 out- his visit, becomes prolonged, and it right and 15 wounded very seriously. I would be a matter, of no surprise to ns Among me novscs destroyed were K. 11 ne snouia seeK a Home in tne city or W. Boyd's, Mr. and Mrs. White's, Mr. its viciuity. extinguished Chas. Edwards, and several tenement houses occupied by colored people. Mr. countv. the and Mrs. White, an aged couple, Mr. rain Good Words. v w f v a, vvu bi j aAva oj 1 wi 4 a wuw 1 ; I I II . 1 bm1' versations with a gentleman from YlCtOriaand rOrSian LaWflSi 11 T 1 i ! t e xrr 1 I 1. aiuuu tu jGitLnmrs aum 01 iv estern Massachusetts, who has been in the city several weeks. He expresses himself as much delighted with our poeple and be) Pin IIP Ma refill I flc IPhnnke declares the climate to be the best with. -i-.n, ..wrf rw..wwiwj in his knowledge. ; He becomes better 20,000 Yards EMBROIDERIES! To Leave Us. We are very sorry to learn that our poured White being paralyzed and Mrs. White f nial yMead , Mr. H. H. Heide blind, were found dead after the debris was cleared away. Tom Swinton and Wm. Swinton's wife were also killed outright. Mr. Swinton and daughter were fatally injuren and are not expect ed to survive. Mr. R. W. Boyd was seriously injured and his son, Master Willie Fountain, who were the only oc-j hl a;e acd infirmities. Wife beating has increased so rapidly cflale among the miners in the Mid laad collieries that a bill has been in trodaced in the English Parliament making the penalty flogging. The ticket speculators have reached l'lrij. and the seats for the leading ney- fliicsof the day are monopolized by iia, tithe great disgust of the pica ssre-Ktkiag public, who are compelled u paj exorbitant prices for scats. 1 arsoa Talmsge does not believe in the doctrine that floods, devastating Crei, Sic.t are visitations upon certain "!ncuio punishmcrt for sins. He "3 that if New York and Brooklyn we puclihcd for their wickedness the HuJion and East river would rise tended and, as usual, greatly enjoyed. There is to be anolner gcrman given by the club next Monday night and this will close the season. mortally wounded. Every building on cupants of the house, were slightly in- Widow Philmon's place was destroyed, jured. The scene is one of wild confu- but with serious results to no one. The sion , the dead aud dying are all lover same may be said of tho buildings on the town, and the wounded are beig Mr. Buck Horton's place, with the cared for. addition that himself and everv member In "speaking ol the terrible work oi of his famil v were more or less seriously death and destruction near Kockim hnrt. At Mr. Lewis Krimenger's every ham the Rocket says : has concluded to leave Wilmington and try his fortunes further South. He goes to Florida next week, on a pross pecting tour, and it is likely that he will locate in that Sfate. We hate to sec him go and can only assure the Floridians that he will be a valuable j acquisition to any community, wherever he may locate. Mr. Heide's family will remain in Wilmington at present. A FULL ASSORTMENT IN ALL! NET? STYLES AND DESIGNS. BALANCE. OF WINTER GOODS ! 1 r -iUr than the bridge towers. rial Uojtoa, who was married last wetkia Chicago, says that he aban wed swiamjeg .two years ago, and .'M to sc::!e in business as a sub- Klr.,::c,C;Ur IIeaJs: 'I gavo my boa:, xi,t which followed, me I. .01x1 eLv,, to Charley Vogeler, of '-aorc, who gave it in turn to the iriaa of that city, and otherwise jesed ol oiher effects." Toiic iuciiioa "Who is the first in the had?,f .which has puzzled !u:oophers of the social world in :nr.c3. the Augusta Kctcs rex V.her in Washington, or elsewhere " ihc woaia ho makes her hus . is4 acJ tcr children the happiest. "'wpfctiTe of the husbands bank ac ccuuorpoUUcai statns.w iStr P- Iukehart,ot Baltimore, wrTrL?""?' tbe G. A. 1L bea?tLh?.h" "celled very great A friend who has been reading about the destruction of life and property in the west and by the cyclone in our own immediate neighborhood, and our preservation as a city, suggests to our clergy the propriety of having some sort of thaoksgiring services in their respective churches on Sabbath morn ing. ! building was destroyed, and his sister severely injured. The cows, geese and chickens were killed. John Bivens. col., living on Mr. G. D Allen's place, had everything destroyed and himself and family were blow'n to the woods. Their clothing was torn Irom them and their hands and faces lacerated. At Mr. G. Allen's every building was destroyed, and Sir. Allen and one child Wednesday morning we visited the scene ol devastation, ana revcntiy we say, God grant that our eyes may ccv Hemenway School. An examination of the several classes : in Hemenway Graded School was con ducted this forenoon under the general supervision of Prof. Noble. A large number of the parents and friends of the pupils, besides many ladies and gentlemen interested in the cause of anvil which was carried through a hog, but our information as to this is differ- ent it was the hog that was carried through the anvil. Yesterday's Xctcs arid Observer says: Commissioner Patrick has govt to Phil adelphia to meet the Scotch "Crolters." If was understood at first that all these would come direct to Norfolk. It is now learned that they are dn two vest seU, one of which will land at Phila delphia;the other at Norfolk. : Mr. Patrick will return with the 'Cote8.,' They will stop in Raleigh half an hour. How old are you?" said an ancient dame to a grinning little tar-pot. "Well. if I goes by what ni udder says, 1 is most ten, but 11 1 goes oy ice inn x se hd rse most a hundred." uiinat au could measure their years in this way, but now many measure them by long r5fht wntrhM. and almost fata) COUZh laz spell, which could have been cured inmates being injured, but we could oy a ooiue 01 it. xjuh wuSu j not learn how severely: thence to Mr ing on the bushes were shrrds of cloth ing, bedding, shoes, &c, which had been scattered by the tempest. It was a sight which can never be erased from the tablet of memory. Horrible! yet 'twas the nana oi Uod that guided it. sight! The track of the cyclone was on an. average about a quarter of a mile in width, and in its track ; not a thing was left standing except the small shrub berry, ana tnat was stripped ot every limb and branch. Among the fallen trees and timbers ot houses could be seen the dead and mangled bodies jof m ... a 14I I " ' I UlOU. YVUUiOU CsisV4 CUllULCU, ITUUC tUC xru.ixiuso secsmnuuswswuButw. sl.Vhtlv in ured. The cccse and chickens Uv omild sec in cverv direction. th Ills milUtones were carried a nunureu in tho vard WGra tilled. Mr. Marlcv carcasses of horses, cows, hogsdogs. feet, while ours stopped at considerably fzrimnn w hlnwn down and cats, chickens, and cyen birds. Hang less than thaL Besides, he gets too kurned ud. and Mr. Griflin it is feared dead wood on us by telling about an mnPt,ii0 wnnndi ! In Goose Creek township, in the same county, the scenes above described were repeated. The storm began its work at Mr. Andy Fowler, everything was swept clean houses, timber, lences, &c. Mr. Andy Fowler, dwelling de- Loai, Bladen County, made us a stroyed: Mr. Jas. Fowler, kitchen call yesterday and informed us mat tne blown down; Enoch Morgan, col., color bearer whom -Gen. Stonewall hmiRP blown down: II. M. Price, roof Jackson saluted at Cedar Mountain of house blown off: J. W. Pressley. was Sergeant James L,. Richardson, house blown down ; J. M. Guin, smoke house destroyed. Every house on Mr, Newton Presson's premises were de stroyed. After passing Mr. Prcsson's it went through the plantation of Mrs. A. A. Price, blowing down one bouse; thence to Mr. Eli Rushing', where it it unrooted his house; thence to Mrs. Sally Medlin's, where it destroyed her buildings; thence to Jennie Tombcr- lin'a. where it destroyed her house, the er behold such. another heart-sickening j education, were present. The exercise were carried out in a manner entirely satisfactory and showed that the several ! teachers had been, patient, painstaking j and faithful in the discharge of their various duties, and that the pupils had been instructed to think, to reflect, so as to understand what they had been taught rather than to see how much they could tax their memory to repeat. Favorable progress had been made in every department and in each there was evidence that the entire intel ligence of the pupil had been cultivated rather than the faculty ol memory sim SELLING OUT VEBY CHEAP,' TO MAKE KOO&I FOR S PRITJ G STOCK. El, El. KATZ'J 116 Market Ct. jan 21 , ;i j Shirts Made ft IO ORDER OF BEST WA1I8UTTA Shirt X Ing and No. 2100 Linen for tne low price of :$i-oo. i A perfect fit and good substantial work rnsr antecd. Onr pstroas and customers sre fiiTlt ed to csii snd lea re their messares st the sbore rcmsrksbly low price st the Wilmington Shirt -Factory. : J. ELSBACU, Prop., feb 20 tf 27 Market ft. 25 CENTS A BOX I NOMIER INVOICE OF OUR SPLENDID XOILET.SOAP, 23 cents for box of 12 cittt. ply, 1 as is too often the case. Prof, thto day received. This is a pert aaaed Toilet Noble has been earnest, assiduous and j The Color Bearer. kj. ii. cuuuu, ui jiitiu uuiiai 1 f .:,Lri :. i.. .m t r u:.' ji: I ari Viia C'ffnrta Vtttvo haon ahlv cvrTi?d MMW. MI. VMW4W . W WWWWMW. j by his corps of accomplished teachers. Their work shows that they have con scientious convictions of the vital im portance of their noble profession, to which has been added a sincere love for, and desire to excel in.1 its pursuits. Soap which is really good snd cheap,' In a want which has always existed.' strpply-Wesre taken in season. Thn Urpcst and best stock of Windows, Doors, Blinds &c.. and at Factory prices is at N. J acobi's Hard ware Depot. 1 t Andrew Uargett's. where it completely laid flat all his buildings, consisting of one double dwelling bouse, smoke house, barn, crib and grain bouse. Jacob Mollis house, next in its track of Co.; "K." 18th N. C. The same sergeant was color bearer at the time Gen. Jackson was fatally wounded by men of that regiment, He was in .all the subsequent battles in which the regiment was engaged until the battle of Gettysburg, in which he was killed. He had borne the colors of that procd and gallant regiment through many a hard fought field and died as he - had liyed, a hero. ' Mr. Sutton . was also a Among tbo Follies of the Ao which the introduction of SOZODONT long since exploded, was the use of I abrasive and corrosive tooth prepara tions, which either contained minerals which scratched their enamel, or acids j which dissolved it. SOZODONT, a I health promoting substitute Tor these j empirical articles. Is a botanic, skrli-1 member of felly prepared, highly sanctioned pre- exhlblUng a magnlflceat line of Toilet and, Castile Soaps, ill grades, and equally as cteap ! - ' " ' I - - ' .1 . . , III as oar big drive. Please call If oaly to Inspect. " Cotpsctfttlly, 1 1'; f' " j feb 13 MUND3 BROS. & DKROS8ETf BOARDING HOUSE. I ING HAVE ESTABLISHED A NEW (BOARD HOUSE at No.. 113 Market Sticct. for between Front and Second Street, rsgalar boarders, with or without room Co K and vptirn nf the war IlelParauon, wnica bos oniy ceauuues, rxae rooms itave ucen Bewiyiursxaa,ao4 aprred lUntlv and wn in most of cleanses ana lavigoraies jsauron coiorea fights in which his . regiment was aeiecuvo wsu, out curau tne the engaged. He was at 1 Chancellors ville when Stonewall Jackson received his death wound and he is emphatic in his assertion that it was "an hour after dark when it took place. breath of an objectionable odor and restores to it that of health. - Now' is the time to give Smith's Worm Oil. lydw 1 wUl be cicely kept. A good Ub!e guvnsx'xtQ at reasonable prices. For. further lafonsr tion, address as above, -. .. , '' - j - fcb211w HU3. KQLZK2 LEE.