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THI3 FATKli
eTCry evcnlaf. Sundays
eeptcd by
J0SIIT. JAMES,
rroB asd PBorsirroB.
0IT0B T A TTV
One month. 35 cents.
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jh o. .ieuvere"! u -
v. P4Tr w " , nr the city, at the above
Vrrccu Ir wees-.
tCillrei-rtyand all faQ.
ive their nair regularly.
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city oA Wtitninwn
r' ,r...,,ir.rlia rpsisnea tne
crc 3 y- 'G York Demo
C-5'1 . ',.,r!!:trpc.
nif;3 t' the front with a
Pi'1111
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whf died
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Kyan. during the pafj
Vh n. the -largest number at one
ivrv Kev. Irick Iteilly. vicar cn
. .... ..lic Church for the Del-
efJ1 -UeMlie.! Ian Thursday. He
5sJ been unable M oiuc.aie S,uu uu-usry-
?n : la qoiiI return
Mr Kfi:ey l, ,
,lmenntl be sivca another place.
u-! en Confess meets tire1 correspon
jiarisowillbe called for. and
will r.t appear in a favorable
. .
S,.cetary K:n!icott has informed the
jr.onl)eu)ocra,'c Club of Wash
inronCity. it reported, that he will
soMiers for. "of..
n i reui-" v. ...
ra:tisa!)5hiM r -any other
The cho'.cra has gained a firm foot
i,i.iinihp South of France, and the
. - ... l... ci-kQ rinir net pit ort. i
inboriueiM-fui I.- i
the rnila'Ieiphia Ly.jnl says, to make
the epMemie a- vi.l spread and fatal
as mav
Ot Lht 3"i States in the ountry there
arc 17 which hav.e a larger area than
North Carolina, the largest being
Texs. withO 2o inare miles Of
the 13 original States North Carolina is
the largest.
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C.B.Stewart die.J at Montgomery,
Ten3,on Tuesday, aeed 81 years. He
va3oreof the two surviving signers of
the det'aration ot Texos independence.
lie held many important' positions un-
rftr tho Ilpnnlilin of TpTBS.
. :
1'rrpsiJent C.eveland in a private
letter: 'i am working very hard day
and ni;ht to fulfil my pledges to a great
pep'e, anil every power and faculty
God has givea rue shall be devoted to
that end." Webeiieve him.
The American Consul at Vera Croz
totes the appearance of yellow lever at
that place. The deaths average about
30 per week from the 'disease. New
Orleans, on the other hand, is pro
claimed by the papers there to be the
coolest and healthiest of the largo cities
of the Union.
Prof. Washington C. Kerr, who wars
lor many years, and unt'U the office was
abolished. State Geologist, died at
Asheville early on Sunday morning, of
consumption, aged about 54 years. The
remains were conveyed to Raleigh and
interred there yesterday afternoon. He
as born in (Juiiford county aud grad
uated at Chapel Hili in the class of
1850. He resided in Raleigh 'and was
for many years elder of the First Presr
byterian Church ot that city. He
ieavc3 a widow, one son- and
daughter.
one
The lol lowing arc among the improve
ments recently made at Chapel Hill:
1. Agraud Memorial Hall has been
bailt by the generosity of alumni and
friends, giving the University the finest
auditorium in the South.
A large and handsomely appoint.
SJmnasium has been fitted up to af
ord the students every opportunity
lor exercise and physical development.
3. The library has been fitted with
coves, the book?, hitherto inacce3sU
Dle- conveniently arranged, and large
additions to them are in contemphv
too.
. Arrangements have been made
a general reading room freely ac
sibje to students and faculty, and
gaining all of the leading capers and
JKriodiealsoftheday.
5. Four ne professors and two as
JjQt professors have been elected,
greatly increasing the teaching
lJ aQd affording means for a
Vi r I1 an(3 1 horoughness of instruction
not hitherto possible.
V, Mmeralojical, Botanical and
logical and Physical Laboratories
"Ie faeeo. fitted up and instruments
a coDTemenccg for working are added
etry year.
nVrItj"Bts frora the government
hnn.f Private individuals, many
. "Rure(1 specimens have been added
J? tne museum and industrial collec
Full and complete post-gradnate
cJranc degrees, and studenU can
ry oQ their studies after the regular
n J f mle cour8 niko specialties ol
aie course or ma
more branches.
ut' e department ol law has been
propon a substantial footing, the
clth r rof law 'lDS naade a member
leAi facally. and every adrantage in
instruction is offered which can
aaa at other institutions. '
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VOL. IX.
Jatt about this time there are cumer
ous ioeleancies and grammatical mis
constructions pervading the columns of
newspapers which should know better
than to print such violations of the
rule3 ofjanguage. One of the most
absurd of these is the one most frequent
ly found, such as the following, quoted
from a telegraphic dispatch now before
U3: "He never had but two of his decis
ions reversed." The impression sought
to be conveyed is probably that be had
but two of his decisions , reversed but
the use of the negative "never" abso
lutely makes the opposite appear. This
is a common error in writing and we
actually saw it once appsar in an edi
torial article in laudation of Proh
Shepherd, the great grammarian.
The following remarkable paragraph
has made its appearance in a nunfber
of newspapers published at the North
and attbc West:
A special to the Evening Post ; from
Washington contain the following:
There has been but one newspaper in
the Sooth, so far as has been observed
here, which has spoken ill of Gen.
Grant since his death, and has taken
occasion of that event to attempt to re
vive war memories, using his grave
for a rifle pit. That paper was pub
lished at Raleigh. The editorial has
been copied in most of the Republican
papers of the North with the comment
that, its appearance is a discouraging
sign of the times. A gentleman who
reached here to-day from North Caro
lina, tells a curious story of the writer
and his tragic end. The ink upon
tho paper which contained the article
was scarcely dry, and the edition of the
paper had not all been delivered at the
rostonire, when the man who wrote
the article fell dead.
This editor was convicted as a Ku
Klux and sentenced to ten years at
Albany prison. The evidence in his
trial showed that he was the leader ol
the Ku Klux in his section and had
been guilty of atrociously maltreating
a Republican member ot the Legisla
ture from his district, who. as the re
sult of a whipping and other abuses,
was being badly crippled. The editor
remained in the Albany penitentiary
four years, when a petition for pardon,
generally signed in bis vicinity, was
presented to General Grant by the
very Republican for the abuse of whom
he was sentenced. The President
granted the pardon. The man return
ed to his home; has been in politics
since, but has committed no conspicu
ous act until he made the recent assault
upon tho memory of Gen. Grant, which
was so quickly followed by his own
death." .
There is no use in dignifying this
thing by the polite name of falsehood.
It is an absurd, unmitigated -and un
compromising lie. Capt. Shotwell died
of an acute attack of indigestion, and
although his death was sudden, he did
not "drop dead." He was taken sick
one day and died the next. The author
of the statement Is probably a rotten
relic of the "Rum, Romanism and Re
bellion" campaign and should be
pickled with a rod to preserve what
maybe left that is sound in him, and
kept carefully excluded from the sun.
LOCAL NEWS.
IXDEZ TO IEW ADVERTISE NEITS.
R C Okrmx When You BMa
T C Milleb Tar Heel Liniment;
C W Yates A Word to Merchants
Uetnsbkkoes Miis Cleveland's Book
Munds Brothers Buffalo Lit Mi Water
There was no City Court this morn
ing.
Last1 night was
sleeping.
just splendid for
Norwegian baque Hera sailad from
Hamburg on the 8th inst. for this port.
Farmers can save tim and money
by getting barbed wire lor their fences,
at Jacobins Hdw. Depot. t
Blue, white, grey, brown and olive
flannelshirls, are sold by Dyer. The
visitors to tho mountains will take
notice. - t
There have been pleasant and needed
showers during the day. but the weath
er has been sultry and oppressive.
The Standard Dramatic Company
play this week in Goldsboro, having
just completed an engagement at Ral
eigh. .
There was a nice party wnt down
the river on the Passport this morning
on the excursion of Unity Tent, No. 60
I. O. R. j
The Seasides were defeated yesterday
irrthe match game with the Raletghs.
The score stood 8 for the latter to 5 for
the former. ;
Ton need not go to the mountains to
get cool so long as the temperature re
mains as refreshing and pleasant as it
has been hero for several nights past.
The ont going passenger trains now
carry large numbers: who are seeking
a change of air and climate among the
mountains or at the inland watering
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WILMINGTON. N. C, TUESDAY. AUGUST 11,
No, my son, we don't know what
"Vit" means. It will probably be ex
plained in a few days.
Ine crop , reports have brightened
materially the facc3 of our merchants,
who look for a good trade this Fall.
Mr. Geo. M. Crapon. the grocer, on
South Front street, advertised an ar
ticle which he had just received in last
tridays Review and by Saturday
night it was all Fold.
We have looked vainly-for the pre
dicted comet, as have many others, bat
instead have been rewarded by the
brilliant display of meteors which has
been visible for the past tew nights.
letters received here today from
Duplin county state that there has been
no ram there in the past three weeks
and that the crops are beginning to
snfier in consequence of the dry weath
er.
Workmen were employed to-day in
repairing the wharf ot the Nauassa
Guano Co., just in rear of the Produce
Exchange. The repairs were much
needed and t hey will be of a substantial
character.
The annual Fair of the N. C. Fruit-
Growers' Association commenced this
morning at Greensboro. We hear of
but very few who haye gone to attend
it from this section. It will close to
morrow and we hope that it will prove
a success.
Se-yen-ty five cents only for the best
white unlaundried shirt in the city, at
the Wilmington Shirt Factory, No. 37
Market si., J. EiBAcn, Prop. tf
Fancy Dross Bnll.
A children's fancy dress ball will
take place at the Pavilion in Smithville
to-morrow night, and it will be some
thing pleasant to see. Those who think
of attending, and who may haye but
little time to spare, can go down on the
fast mail." the Louise, in the after
noon , and return on her the next morn
ing or on the Passport in the afternoon.
River and Harbor Works.
About one month ago allot the hands
employed on the river and harbor
works below the city, with the excep
tion of those on the steam dredges.
were discharged, because of the failure
of Congress to make an appropriation
last Winter for their continuance, when
the river and harbor bill failed to pass.
Tho dredges will continue at work un
til November 1st. at which time the
funds for them will also be exhausted.
It is hoped and believed that the next
Congress will make liberal appropria
tions for thi3 work. .
Capt. W. H. Bixby . of the U. S. En
gineer Corps, who is in charge of these
works, has just submitted his annual
report, in which he recommends the
following appropriations for tho fiscal
year ending June 30lb, 1886: North
Carolina Con tentnea creek, $30,000;
Trent river. . $10,000; Heuse river,
$60,000; inland line of navigation,
Newborn to Beaufort, $50,000; harbor
at Beaufort. $48,000; New river." $40,-
000; Cape Fear river, above Wilming
ton. $60,000; Cape Fear river, below
Wilminffton. $38,000. South Carolina
Great Pee Dee river, $60,000; Wac
camaw river, $63,000; Georgetown
harbor, $20,000; Santco river. $8,000;
Watcree river, $30,000.
In relation tolhe improvement of the
Cape Fear river, below Wilmington,
Capt. Bixby says: "Recommendations
for future work are as follows: That
the improvement as originally project
ed be completed, by completing the un
finished dikes on the outer side of
Zske's Island, so as to thoroughly se
cure Smith's Island from further ero
sion by the ocean, and by widening and
deepening tho existing -river channels
to tneir full dimensions of 127 feet
width and sixteen feet least depth at
low water, and further protecting
them against subsequent deterioration
by submerged stone dikes, when neces
sary. It is further recommended that
present projects be further extended so
as to deepen the bar entrancd to at
levst sixteen feet at low water.' The
commerce at this harbor, now $18,
000.000, is regarded as sufficient to jus
tify an expenditure ot several hundred
thousand dollars for this improvement."
Recommendations for future work
above Wilmington are: "That the
improvement bo completed according
to the approved project, so as to insure
a thoroughly cleaned four foot channel
from Wilmington to Elizabethtown, a
distance of seventy miles; thence, a
similar three foot channel forty-two
miles toFayettcville. Th improvement
to cost S290.OC0.in yearly estimates --of
$60,000.
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Street Crossings.
There is an ordinance of the city
which prohibits vehicles from slopping
on a street crossing, and yet it is
common occurrence to find the flag
crossing on Markef, midway between
Front and Second, bo obstructed that
pedestrians are compelled to step out
into the roadway to get around the car
riages. We saw this morning, just
after the rain, a horse and rockaway
standing on this crossing and a young
lady, who wanted, to. cross tha street.
was compelled to go around the head
of the horse and through the wet grass
which grows on the border ot the gut
ter. She looked up and said something
to the colored driver who made no pres
tense of moving his vehicle from the
crossing; 1"
A Cunnin&r Device.
Mr. F. W. Foster Is the agent lor the
sale of a little machine intended for
lighting gas lights by electrictly. The
machine is on exhibition at Heinsbcr-
ger's, and consists of a small battery
to which are attached two small buttons
and two spiral wires. These wires are
led from the battery to the gas jet, and
by pressing one of these buuttons the
gas is lighted, and by pressing the other
button it is extinguished ; both opera'
ions being instantaneous and effectual.
Tho machine is so constructed that any
number of jets may be Tghted or ex
tinguished at the same time, and it will
prove a great convenience and save a
great many broken remarks in a house
where gas is used, when one of the in
mates comes home at an unusual hour
and cannot find the "confounded match
box."
The Planets in August.
Venus is the evening star, and will
be one ot the chief actors in the incid
ents of the month. She is in conjunc
tion with three planets, a star and the
moon.On the 6th she overtook Jupiter,
the conjunction taking place at 2 o'clock
in the morning, when both were below
the horizon. On the 8th she was in
conjunction with Mercury, and on the
24th she encounters Uranus at 9 o'clock
in the evening. Tho fair evening star
will not meet another planet during
the remainder of the year.
Jupiter is evening star, but before
the month closes will be eclipsed in the
sun's rays. On the 4th Jupiter was in
conjunction with Mercury at 4 o'clock
in the afternoon, and will be again on
the 27th at 6 o'clock in the evening.
The explanation of this is that Morcury
having arrived at its eastern goal, on
retracing his course overtakes the more
stately and slower-moving planet.
Mercury is evening star, aud on the
4th, at 3o'clock in the morning, reached
his greatest eastern elongation. He was
then so situated as to be visible to the
naked eye, although not under the mo3t
favorable conditions. Although at
nearly his maximum distance from the
sun, he, like Venus, is too far "south to
present his best aspect. Southern
observers will enjoy a fine view of the
fiery little planet at the lime- of his
elongation. "
Saturn is morning star, and by far
the most interesting of the three planets
that preccdo the sun. He rose, on the
1 it, about 2 o'clock, and when August
closes makes his appearance just after
midnight. ,He is now a lovely object to
reward the gaze of the observer in the
small hours of the morning, The
mysterious rings are open to their wid
est extent, the planet is drawing nearer
perihelion, and is also approaching the
earth. By the last of September he will
be above the horizon at half-past 10
o'clock, and will not only be delightful
to behold with tho unaided eye, but
will ba in a rare position for telescopic
research. .
Neptune and Mars are also morning
stars, and the month closes with Nep
tune Saturn and Mars on the western
side of the sun as morning stars, and
with Mercury, Jupiter, Uranus and
Venus on bis eastern side as evening
stars.
The August moon fulls on tho 25th.
She was in conjunction with Neptune on
4th, with Saturn on the 7tb, and on the
same evening Mars. The conjunction
was invisible. The new moon on the
11th to-day is in conjunction with Jupi
ter, on the 12th with Jupiter, and four
hours later with Venus. The crescent
moon and evening star, though not
very near each other, will be lair to
see on the evening of the 12th. On the
13th she is in close conjunction with
Uranus, and on the 31st she is in con
junction with Neptune for the. second
time in the month.
We noticed quite a fine display of
dog collars at .Jacobi's Hardware De
pot, x - --.v
1885.
NO 186
NEW ADVEKTI8EMJENTS.
Making things Lively !
U tvx IxUUJJb. J AKm & MATTINGS
at such prices as are telling. "Almost anything you wish (except money) we
have and if you are in the mood for buying t we may be mutually benefited."
BLEACHED SHEETINGS AND SHIRTINGS of good quality at lowest prices
CLOSING OUT EMBROIDERY. A broken Ptock in this line and
WE .WILT,
Corsets.
Corsets.
We can suit you and no mistake.
BLACK CASHMERE. Now is your time and this your opportunity.
A FEW RUGS Very, very cheap. Note this.
CARPETS- The remainder of this stock away down.
Jerseys a specialty.
R. IV2. IVIcirJTIRE.
aug 10 ' ,
First Cotton.
We have received from Mr. B. T.
Barden,of Fair Bluff, Columbus coun
ty, the fiirst fully opened cotton of the
season. It was raised by Mr. C. C.
Jernigan on his farm about five miles
from Fair Bluff, and the samples sent
are very nice We have heard of no
other opened cotton in this section, and
think that this must be the first. It
was gathered on the 8th inst. We
have placed the bolls on exhibition at
the Prcduce Exchange.
Personal.
Mr. H. Grimes, of Kenansville, Dup
lin county, is in tho city to doy.
Hon. W.T. Doetch, of Goldsboro,
arrived in the city last night and regis
tered at the Purcell House.
Rev. F. W. E. Peschau will leave
the city to-night on a vacation ot four
weeks. It is not yet definitely settled
where be will go while absent, but it
is probable that he will visit West Vir
ginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio before be
returns.
It is Impossible
For any concern that pays lor their
goods to undersell SIIRIER, for the
two following reasons:
1st. Shriek pays spot cash for every
dollar's worth of goods purchased.
2ad. Our light expenses and econ
omical arrangements'enable us to sell
goods at the very smallest profit possi
ble, and our percentage of profit is fre
quently much less tbau it costs other
clothiers to pay for their enormous
daily expenses. In other words
Shriek's expenses average about one
third or less. This being the case, our
doing 'a big business lowers the per
centage. We will cheerfully refund
your money if goods are not found sat
isfactory and will gladly send goods to
your homes for comparison with goods
from other stores. It pays to -trade at
tho Old Reliable's all the year round.
Convince yourself of the fact.. Siiklek,
the Old Reliable Clothier, 114 Market
st. Sign of the Golden Arm. t
Now is the season for painting your
houses.' Go to Jacobi's Hardware
Depot and buy your paints, if you want
to save moncj. t
NEW AD VEKISEMENTS.
When You Ride
ALL ON. WRITE OR TELEPHONE TO J
cs and ycu will get good horses and sound
vehicles and careful drivers. We try to please
always.'
Horses boarded by the day, week or month
We respectfully solicit the attention or the
public to our facilities. '
R. C. ORRELL.
Livery and Sale Stables, Corner Fourth and
Mulberry sts. aug u
"Y I F
auglOtf
We Hare in Stock
rpHB BEST LINE OF COOKING STOVIS.
Kerosene Oil Stoves.Tla and Sheet Iron Ware
ami House furnishing Goods to be found In
the city.- If you want FIRST CLASS goods at
bottom prices call at
aug 10 23 South Front St
Mason's Frnit Jars.
W
E NOW HAVE A FULL ASSORTS! EN1
of the above Preserving Jars. Send in your
orders at once. We wlU guarantee lowest
prices. W. E. 8PRIXUEJi M CO..
u w aurui ouvcii
ang 10 Wilmington. N.C
Cool, Cooler, Coolest !
OT THE WEATHER', BUT THAT DE
LICIOUS BEER, at McGOWAN'3. Step In
and try it. , . aug7
PLXASS KOTIUX.
"TT WEI bt clad to neerrt eoauamueanoa
txon ow friend oa lay aid all Inbjstf
seacrallatereat tmt
las itaae ol tat writer must always tf. -
Bb&edtotneEdKqr.
CommrrnlaiaoM miM bo wrtttas oa oil
one aide of the paper.
Personal! ties must be avoided.
Aad it la especially and particularly and ;
food that the Editor does not always eadoi
the views of correspondents tuUesa eo stall
In the editorial columns.
NEW AD VEBTISEalENTS:
We are closing out all :
SELL TFIEM.
Corsets.
TIN KOOFING,
JJOOF REPAIRING AND PAINTING.
Tin and Shet Iron 'Ware made to order.
Stove Pipes. Elbows, Ac , Ac.
J" Jobbing generally.
' W. K. KING,
Practical Tinsmith.
PrlnceBfl.bet. Front snrl flr(Ar AtKu.
aug 10
Tar Heel Liniment.
k ...
JpOR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL USE,,
Ely's Cream Balm and Wel-Dc-Ycyer's Ca.
tarrh Cure. Also, a complete slock of Patent
Medicines, Drugs, Ac , at
' r. C. MILLER'S,
aug 10 Corner Fourth and Nun st
Miss Cleveland's, Book,
Q.EORGE ELIOI'S POETRY AND OTHER
STORIES, by Rose Eliz ibeth CleTolaml.
The San Francisco Chronicle says! Miss
v.titiauu 10 u uitiuiy euucuieu, inoutcnirul
woman, just a little bit of an eipritort. M
not In the least a blue-stocking. Her book Is
sure to be very interesting. Miss Cleveland Is
a tvpe of robust American womanhood, with
feelings akin to those of the rest of her coun
trywomen. She his a broad and generous
ucirt.
Bound In cloth only. Trice ft "50.
For sale at
P. IIEINSBEBGKR'S,
T lvc Book and Music Stores
aug 10
Buffalo Lithia Water No. 2.
FRESH LOT JUST IN BY BOTT - K OU
,.r Case Congress Water, fresh. Hat horn
water, fresh. Deep liocfc, fc'aratoga and Tato
Epsom are the genuine waters wo dispense at
our Soda Counter. Up to the times with the
beat Goods and reasonable prices.
Coooe and see us at 104 N. Front ft.
julySO MUNDS BROS.
Pig Fish! Pig Fish!
oui-t-jji U2 11 AND AT PINE
GROVE Our SHARPIE and otherBoats
ready af II vo minutes' notice - with OWEN
JONES,(bcst-boatman on the Sound) and his
two bo j s always on the lookout to take you
sailing. Transient ancLPermar.cn t Boarders
accommodated. TclcphonoNo 70
June 27 ED. WILSON MANNING.
Atlantic House,;
Front Street, Smithville, N.C.
GEO. W DAVIS and D. L. BENDER, Prop's.
MEALS AT ALL HOURS. Fish, Clams,
Crabs, &e., served In all styles, at short
notice
First class Bir attached,
july 27 lm
A Word to Merchants. v
JJBFORE SENDING OFF FOB YOUR
Fall supply of BLANK BOOKS AND OFFICE
STATIONERY, let us give you prices, and
sec what I can save you.
CHECK BOOKS, DRAFT BOOKS, Ac,
made to order :
MISS CLEVELAND'S BOOK, George
Eliot's Poetry, and other Stories; price $1.50..
O. W. YATES,
auKlO JlSMarketSt
Cigars.
Cigars.
9
rpHE FINEST LI IE OF CIGARS KEPT
in the city is at our store. "OOE LEADER"
the beat FIVE-CENT CIGAR ever put on
this market. Our "ZEB VANCE." Is an e!e
gant "after-dinner' smoke for five cents.
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We claim tLat our Cigars are THE BEST fo
be obtained, . .
We make some pretentions to te able t (ell
what a gocl Cigar Is.
Wc will also throw in a box of matches
everftlmea Cigar li bonght. The malchr
wera bought low dawn, and you d not get a
cbe iper Cigar to pay fcr tbcm;
IRYOUECIGArs. ;
P. L. BEIDffERS & CO.,
t ' llO Nortli Front 8t- -aug
16