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X j 1 1 -i t ... ' ' ' '' 1 ' J 1 I - . f ' i -. . - V ' ! ' ' " I'M f ' i1 ItlB M THE nOBliniQ CTAB. k PUBUSUKDS DAILT. BT ear, ypj mtuii ij6 rf . 1 M Threemou, , i ni month, I.. . . Ii Li. 1 00 " . I an,rHber9. dellwed in mny part of the j. wif twn Ceati per ween. Uttrwy Agoniva c5tf'.?;;id to coWt f or more than S months in NINO EDITION. !!lr v. Prs dent prepares statement regard--But- ing Bliiford Wilson's estlmooy. cindidate In Seventh Massachusetts Icr is iwsirict for Congress. Lamars speech 4 li.i. mibiect of the condition - of the gouti canid up in Co igress yesterday, for Hiapiisaion.1 Hooker, af Mississippi, ; made -1-1. was miicb nraised. lifer. aspeeuu t ( i.:t hoi loinea VrOOhV uuu luctr uuiieu lilt - ... r - Saitschar lias force s 2,100 men, falle'ri, 'and the people are fleeing before the Turks. New York markets : ! Gold cotton, 12 5-lGjl24 els; VosinJ $1 55 liif;; (1 tf7; spirits turpenune, at cenis. r -t --nv, nts Turpentine r. John HcDowell, of Burke county, died a few dais ago. The lightnmgl has been doing a "shocking" business all around : the j Slate. J ileal1 Ed ward Gay lei U. S. A., is uor Rationed at his home, Italeigh. r The Raleigh. Sentinel says it s Uled two hundred and twenty-five new uumeii to its subscription list last week. . orfleet liar is, of I Littleton., was t Jiiown from his horse and had au arm bioSe'b'Ud W wrist disated.-:W Xbapl C. D. G raudyv 6f Oxford, hn8 recently received he appointment of As-istant Professor of Chrrnisry ktthe Uuiv'i'Miy of North (J ro.iua, and has tc. ,!. :-. I---,- --::ii. ?H:-v The l?i rea (Gjunvilie Co.) , Go- ixtte is like lunenl pnp I. H. Litita, a V TW I ui'iiauvu.- JL I. i uiiuiled monthly iy siiiull I Lev who miide his our ii p;es8 uud a part of followin ointiheiiis liuve l made for the snbertikturiai can- ii d vl s for Moure couii i,ttrtti s Mills, Weduetklay, Aujjust 23 Carthage, LTuesday, August 24. The Sentinel n ears that as soon S3 the Raleigh & Augusta Air-j-Line RkII riiii't is Completed to tb!e point of iutersec- lioii with the Carolina Central l1!! gnindj; excursion will be had over the road. sia ttug from Kaleigli. jj ;! . s In 1875, durin g a contest about the pd8Vjtna8tersbip at AsheVille, Wa A, biiiiili wrote to the pos office department in Waslmigton that there were not three Re pulilicajjs west of the ride;e able to run the j sloffice at Asheville, and that out of Ihe three he would hot tn st two of them with hU poiket-botjk. W11.X Smith is the Kenuhlican candidate for Lieutenant Gov ernor. ' ... uS'H '.;!'; M h-l:- Hi? tiobesonian : . Old ! Robeson couDlylsends greeting to all the other coun ties iu the State. Wte are moving in solid phjflauk and are mord thoroughly aroused iIihu wW have ever, been at this; early- stage ...!; i. . I . . J ... l, . . ; I napn bi inn ' furiv r xvh 11 live c.umpaigu. vv.e win at tuis eieciioo 1 ro l jjab ahaudsome majority for) iTilden! amj vance, togetlier witn au tne otner; Statt land county candidates. - 'Rah for Robeson, l I 1 r . tHB HlVtfKT CAMPAIGN. Vance and et( At BakerTlll-Tbfl r.i TT ge Dodc llteUell Count j-AW moat Persuade Vance and tne; I'eople "Wake lp. pete ir '-' Special Correspondence o Sentinel.! Bakebsvillb, N. C, Aug 3". ,n lie discussion to-day was before largest crowd - ever known - in cliell county; It is a finely match- couple, Vance and Settle; two of handsomestmen id the State, and ih with a master mind to grapple. nice thows f to advantape ' over ettle from his long experience on le stump; in fact, he was born for ut business. And another advant age he has, 1 he only' appeals to the jgood jadgmeht of the people, while settle opens up the old war sores and a opens hp the old war sores and to makd capital out of their pre- es irr holding inp .Vance's war d. Vahce figures np the great I tries judices record. Vahce figures on the great I l .... j I wiupwwwo w .m miniHt r1 litrv narfv ttrn nallann Spfl IP I to t, J , Sotile ahswtn b hot atuwerioe it w. . Vw m, , . -ums . . all, W dodge, behind, T.Dcrt "War plainly. Many Republicans . ex- pressed themselves much dissatisfied at J udge Settle's course in regard to th ese questions. ink nine QUESTIONS ! 4 ,i.J. .. . J, he iudo-e ant as follows; jYas Holdtn'H suspension of Uhe win oi i(a eaa cornii." legal , W In, I 1 - 1 1 iiieiiis are I the . jiKiiiiitioiial netul kood ? r- tiowtlid the South uet out of 1 h IT ' - I 1 r u mou ( W IV..: . ere h reconstruction acts con- stiliitional ao Congress : confer the right of minrage ilj j , - , Was the Louisiana OHtrage consti- WasJIi dgc Settle not' elected ' to till- K Ulll'Hinn hinilrli frau.l i -. t'' Loes Judge Settle approve Oram's r1 i - w i "iiiiii8irauon f8 he approve the - civ i rights army bill ? as esertion from " the! right ? . - ... ?t - . ii These questions Settle dealt with playfully baying they had 1 no sense ' ihem, and reminded him of i the question if corn t wastfiftv Cents1 a bushel, and three necks to the bushel, ow rnuchlwould it take ta shingle a boose ? Bje then retired into winter quarters behind Vance's war record. l o say V atce has ! gamed . votes in this radical county , would .; only be ! speaking the eeneral sentiment of the Deonlpj nl A Aonlara fiirt.kopf.lio I .strong probabilitv of his carrvintr the ,1 1:1 g OR 'XI Mil, V;l As county, is1 nly rehearsing what some Hon. D. Q. Fowle, of Raleigh; who is to other for cursing and' swearing on the f Uie; Republicans! have whispered address the 0rand Democratic Ratification treets, the former being let oil on the pay . witnfearJ ''lYX'if . ArP-itn m:fai.r Jvri last evenlnar and meat of costs and the latter dismissed, it ttj beabing of TnE two men I: o the stump is admirable. The ut- j iiiosi good feeling prevails, and while , . . 1. - M - . i ;r X : .. i- . . L- , i - --..'V..,. . Jr . .if. , - - ... f . r ' II ' II II I A i ' I I VI ot l I I i XVi,.-4 ,r l t ' l a : ; i u 1 1 . , i II W ' - - r . I : : r: tt - ' . . , .. . '. ; 1 '. v. . ' -i ... . :. .... : ... i ..-' t -i . , . .. 1 ., . i...-1 . :. n . " 1 " ' '" i VOL. XVIII; NO HO! cl blows ar 1 i .J. e hit land received they are 'given wiih an entiente cprdiale wmcn Keens, trjeverewd in; a pbod hu mor and I arouses f no personal bad tZ t'l "ai u?" "ur mg au ineir canvass me people naa ri1ton Uj.Ji 1,-0 fL t,: J sat silent and heard them for cause as if sitting in a church v t . vanck's populakityp .tufty men who heard birn yeate r. I dayj at Bnrnsville, in Yancey county, followed him over to Bjfkersvitle.and wueu it is fememuereu ; mey uau io swim their; horses across, a swollen river and travel 1 for miles over the Li ' 1 ... '-Jj ;- L tt '. t rouguesi,. rocKiesi roau in me united States, it s a straw to . show how he stands in the I mountains. t waut to hear Vance," said Mr. 8. Gaddy, frora South Carolina, I whom the reporter met ou the Western roac . : He' g ot off at . Marion and rode thirty-five miles across the Blue Ridge and! heard Vance to-day. Wli "Let mi know in Richmond, if Vance speaks in Rockingham,! and I will come up on . the tram and ! hear himJ" said A YJ Stokes, of H Rich- mond y a day.! -: . 'Vake i. Vreporter last Mou ,up,vfe"te 1 wafee up ! the gov'jner's cpin,w said an old lady to night, as sh e puked her little g rauK J child in th e i iu. We had iiist ar- rived at th t e houe! ahontiteu o'clock at ntuht. ir. i r - The people followed him in crowds all aloht' the road, Hhakinir hands and talking. i; " A wrw Mituiifll c Uf:tv iihv' their ci I "s ildreu named ifle r Z. b. j V auce. loav to morrow I for Boone. TheV speak t itttrday. Toil Evaxs. gou -rttffliii.AjftM. IU eel I us f lb (.'rand Lode lelal.1;; I -- in lt- Oii TuesdaV the Grand Lb ge 1. w O. G. T. assembled iu tbe I all of the House k tepresentatives, n Ra- leigh. A itte after 10 j o'clock the wrand wortny nier lempiarj . is. ; lsrougnton, introaucea nts xuxcoiien- cy, Uov. isrogaen, wno vvas aown in y Iha .mmAmma tnr ltioi a1lruea tT I with a round j of appl ause, which he acknowledged by j a graceful His sueecri was a columns and bow." a nan nf hrnviprlnlnsp. and contained only two! ooetical (extracts. The' follow ing is the concluding sentence of the Goyemorjs peroration : j . j lThe oDoressive reiffnjof t'vrannv I i . - . a In. a MioVkt fvrtm AtiiitAn iltrv anil llio w unw j -u. towering eagle, perched f n the Bura. m ii o f th tree of liberty, with the talisman's glittering gloy e circled in j his talons, proclaims to all the world freedom and protection to all American cAizens." J j I 1 Rev. W. tJ.'Normon welco netl the visiting members I on bebalf ot the resident Godd Templars; lv. W. fl. Rnmrnan of Mitchell) courfty, re- j sponded on the part of ttie delegates from abroad. Both speeches were fine. The Grand Lodge- was opened in the subordinate degree, after which the Grand Lodge degree ,was con ferred npon such delegates as had not In the afternoon session ; the Go vernor was thanked for bis address. i 1 ne retons or ine grana omcei were read and referred j to tne cor mittee oh Distribution. I The report of the Grand Worthy Treasurer showed the order to be in a healthy financial condition. Tne ieDort of tne committee on Fina'ncfe was adopted. I ' I RepWheeler introduced a resolu- tiorJ ralking the initiation fee forjihe ftrJnrl Todire decree Ufiftv cents. n.Ai r.nAtra lairrooi fiitv nonts I , - "JV w6-i .- . wmcn -was reierrea 10 me coramuiee 1 ., . .. . e .t. . J ' ! ' I OD ?tiB? .YiSf Ii a' - i...t "i,!.fc. i..J i ,1,. E,fl . rtori 1 ni.nnnrL inLriuiut'Hi icbu TPffiM. asT commissions on ainmoneysl col- lected, which 'was referred to the J committee on the State of the Order. ; The foliowing gentlemen were an nounced as speaker at the public meetine i Tuesday evenintr. iat 8 o'clock, in Metropolitan hall i, N. Bi Broaghtonl, introductory address; J j VV. Stanly, V, C, Bowman, P. VV. Wbeder and others. , iAt! the evening session the unwrit- ten work was exempunea, ana j ueie gatetiimade statements of the condi tion 6f their respective Jodges. , : ' ! NEW;ADVK'tlSBIIBNTS.! 1 Postponement of sale. ,...v Meeting Athletic Club. J ( - ' " W. !b. McKot For rent. ' v ' Harbison & Aixen Hats. -i Alex. Spbunt & SoNFor sale.- ' Marsdek BELLAMT-j-Real estate sale. Kebchkeb & Caxdkr! Bros Bagging, ties and twine. , , J i 1 ' t be Bpeaklme Tuesday nmW - In addition to the excellent speech de livered by Maj. D. J. Devane, at the me et ing. cf.the Fifth ,Ward Club .Tuesday even ing, we learn that Messrs. J. L Macks, 'F. Wi Kerchner4 C, H. Robinson and J. Ni Hinton, also addressed the Club, the .three latter j briefly, but 'effectively, andv Mr. Macks' in a telling speech of about "twenty-. five minutes in length. Great enthusiasm Tirevailed. ' !" Personal. ;? .. stooDed at the Purcell House. Judge Fowle' is Elector for the State iat large, i and is ah able aiod Teffective speaker : - mi"-.' . ,r.n ii WILMINGTON, Local Dim. 1 'J j . J ) 1 Everybody should be on hand at the speaking to-night. - Mi I Mr.i John Haar, Sr.f corner of Fourth and Nun streets, has a stalk of born jLL4,0.ij. ik1 measuring thirteen feet nine inches in Two colored boys narrowly es- caped being drowned by the swamping of a small boat in i Smith's Creek, near the cemetery grounds, on Sunday. :? ' Policemen made a raid on a number of boys iu bathing at the old W. &; W. depot yesterday afternoon, but they were warned in time to make their escape. Easterly to southerly winds, ghtly cooler and partly cloudy weather, ih rain areas, are the predictions for this section to-day. 1 -' j A special meeting of St. George and St. Andrew's Athletic Club will be held at . Mund's Hall tomorrow (Friday) evening, at 8i o'clock. j ' The Tilden, j Vance and Wad dell ratification meeting to-night promises to be one of the grandest affairs of the kind yet held in the State. j Stands for the' speakers and the music have been erected lt on Third, be 'ficen .and Orange streets, iu readi- ness for the erand ratification meetinsr to learn that a small whito boy was badly bitten by a dog on Chesnut, luc ucikuuwuuuu 01 -012.111 - or, oeveuiu 1.1.. !....., It ; a .i streets, yesterday morning, get hUimme.' , : . '.'; We failed to uuite a heavy storm passed er this citV ytSterday mo; i 1 1, .-. . oV ! I! ! I . . J f'i T ' ruing, between a find 5 o'clock; The! thunder was heavy 1 and the lightning of the moH v4vid desctip- :L .-. x.-.. I'., Ji .. iiuu. xi uau me euoci or cooling me ai mosphere considerably. tf-The schooner Jesse Hart 2d, for the 1 .. 11 . i . r 1 safety of which; fears had been entertained, hi is been heard from. A dispatch was Ire et ived by Messrs. J. II. Cbadbourn & coM yesterday, announcing tnat tne crew had deserted the vessel at sotrle port she Wd Upped at route tor t is place, which .riQggj the delay in her arrival. She Will bably reach here in a few days. ' mis ciiyjj yesteruay, to tne eueci marine .hooner Jaary Clarhi fro ni Rock port, MeJ, ith a cargo of lime, for Messrs. Worth & ortb, of this city, and which for some use not known had put in at New York. as then burning, at her wharf in thau citv nd was expected, with her cargo, to prove total loss. Engines reoaired to the scene f the fire! but the flames lhad gained sucli leadway that no good could be . accom- lished by them. Tramp A rreated on the Cliaree of Lartcuy-A Skeleton! Key Found I liia PeiUMloo. Sheriff jHerreil, of Pehder county! ar rived in the city Tuesday evening wth a fhite prisouer, vtmj .1 giMca iiw name mb James1 Sprawls, and who is committed to Jail to await a hearing at the next term , of the Superior Court of Pender, on the charge of larceny. He is a tramp, and say she belongs in St John's, New Brunen wick. It appears that' a colored mas, by the name of Jesse Herring, who lives near Leesburg, bad occasion to leave his house for a short time, Ion Sunday last, when, in going from his premises, he discovered' -1 three white men lying down undetashed near bis place, anDarentlv asleep. Upon Returning he found his house open, and discovered thatj a other things had pistol and been stolen . 1 perhaps during his absence. ( His mind at once 1 Urri asieC plac, red to the three men he bad seen asleep under the shed, and.he went to the ace to see if they were still there,- but iT.. s .vJ a ul- mey roue, uiiw "s v" axr Khp!flr tTnrrn r.mA nnnn ihA thr " WT r i t " on the county road about three m le. ' - - - .... . . . 4. Im uargaw, miuung tteit w.y io tMai- !W theman SprawW He kept f hem in his cusioay unui monuay, wueu mcy, wcic carried before Justice J. D, Sellars, who, upon hearing the evidence, released the two other men. Who gave their I namei as Thomas Ferreil and d. Minekie, and or dered Sprawls to give bond in the sum of $100 for bia appearance at the next term, of tuts SuK.-fiir Uourt. iu default of which be was brought down and lodged in our coun ty -fiii, as before stated. . '-' - - J : The other two men, who are also strange tramps, are now no doubt in Wil mington, as Sheriff Horrell passed them on the road here Tuesday evening. A skeleton key . was found in one of Sprawls' pockets, which, upon being test ed by the-Sheriff, was found capable o; unlocking nearly every door upon which it was tried.' - ;l- ?5;jifi i The pistol alluded te is getting a reputa tions It bad been previously stolen from Herring by a colored man named Lawyer Dockery, the weapon having been found ia his possession, and the said Dockery is now undergoing a sentence of five years in the penitentiary for the theft, which was pro nounced agaiHst hirn at the late term of the' Superior Court'Jby His Honoi, Judge. Mc-. Koy.., r . . . ; " T . . : Our detectives and ponce snonia Keep a lookout for the companions of Sprawls. iTAaror Cosirs.! t.i si. ' There were only two, cases of a trifling character before the Mayor's Court jester day.morning, one for drunkenness and the ; Demg tneir nrst onence ana very iignv one J The cases': were' disposed, -of without the ; f formality of a trial. -.u forma ij'-; ;t,.V -f. N. C, THURSDAY., AUGUST 10.' 1876; - .i BAND :. i. KAHnOATION " -- p --I .'-t-r:,,. i -t- -....--..-.(- I . MEETING I ZB IF O Eb 3& ! TILDEN ! YAHCE!, WADDELL ! DEMOCRATS AND CONSER VATIVES TO TIIE; FRONT! M - i I--' TUURSOAT MIGHT, AUGUST 10tb. i ION. PANIEL G. FOWLE AND I OTHER VI STINGUI$HED SPEAKERS ARE TO ADDRESS THE! MEETING ! be Democrats and Conservatives of the city of Wilni lngtoa and county1 .of New Hanover will hold a Grand Ratification Meeting, on Thursday! night, lOtli of Au- gust,at half past 8 o'clock, on Third street, between Dock and range streets. H;-Jj? The Hon Daniel G.IFowle, of Raleigh, lector at Large for khe State, will ncj pre sent, and address the meeting, and ' other distinguished gentlemen 1 are expected to speak. The Wilmington .Cornet Concert Club will be in attendance.! The! clubs of . : I : the different Wards are requested to attend, in charge of .. 1 .. . . tjlii ir officers. from their scve- ral headquarters. n f All Democrats and Conservatives . i ! " i I who desire Reform, and who believe it cad only be accumplisped; by the election of Tilden and Hendricks, Vance and Jarvis, and the reuiutuder oE the excellent State jticket, are requested td be present. 1 i I Let us have a grund raiiv at our forces. The following officers have been selected : i 1 . 1 1 1 . J. 1 . Lfresuient: Hon. j George Dayisj 1 i i ,1 Vice Presidents! DrJ A. J. DeRosset. J. C. Millis, Df 11 A. Anderson Hon Hugh Waddell, Gen. Jos. Murphy, Alfred Martin, j John1 Colville. I Dr. B. F.Cobb JTrtd.! Kbeiristein, w. u. Mann, John D. Love, II: Schulken. A. D. Brown. II. Vollers. T. W. Player. tlL Vanliokkelen All xed Alderman. Dr. J. D. Bellamy, OJ Pi Mearfes. John Dawson,; Robert Strange, I Hon. R. $. French, Geo. Harris, I Cant J. N. Maffitt, Jacob LoebL 111 11. filers, John McLaurin, 1 Wronski, 8JD. IWallkceJ John F. George, A. A. Meleyi J. HJCuijrie, j W.lR. Knan, 1. 15. Grairiger, Geo. Kidder, Bi J. Jacobs, J McD. French, DrJ W!. Freeman, F. W. Kerchner, ; ; John F. pivine, Wm. 1 A. Wright, Col.1 J. R4 Davis, Wm. A. Cumming, O. G. Parsley, Jr. t Clayton Giles, Gl W, WilJiarns, iu Cti jieiue. 1 . Mt M. Katz, Ut. W. QJ, Thomas, Wm. L. Smnhi Bi G. Worth. ,. : , K D. Hall, Ii K B. Hoggins, L. M. Williams, j II. VonGlabu. . M Secretaries, j '.':;' Ji ames Sprunt, W. II. Bernard, . Jas. W. King, . Wilkes; Morris, C. H. King f W. lij Saunders, Wm. Calder, - ' - Robert Orrel, ! O. A. Wiggins, John JC. Koch. t Bv order of the City Democratic Exccu- live voiuuuuee, n n- f 1 , U. a. Robinson, Chairman. LINE OF RIABCII For tbeiProceaalon to the Ratlflca- tlon Keeling on Thursday Even ln, Ana;. lOtb, 18T6. , ' ji ) The Cornet Concert Club Band will meet . . i T ' 'II 1 . at the rooms of the Fourth Ward Demo cratic Club, at half-past'? o'clock, and will escort the above Club to the corner of Fifth and Orange streets, where they will be joined by the Fifth; Ward Club at a quarterlo 8 o'clock. .The procession will thn march down Fifth to Market street. down Market to Third! street, up Third.to the City Hall, where it will be joined jby j . ." . 1 . - i 1 the the Third Ward Club, marching thence' to Court House,' and will be joined by the Second1 and First Ward Clubs. The col umn will then march to the Purcell House, and will there form an escort to the speak- ei8, &c., &cl and march to the speaker's stand on .Third street, Orange streets. between Dock and The President, Vice Presidents, Secre taries aud Executive Committee will meet at the places 1 Purcell House, aoit, will lake their in the procession between the i:ar ff the speakers and the Ward Clubs. nages Col. Roger, Moore has been appointed Chief Marshal for the occasion, . and the ahairmen of the different W ward Clubs jvLl act as Assistant Marshals. - it is earnestly requested by the committee that each ward will turn out in full force, and will be on hand promptly, to join the procession.-m 11 '! ' . . ! It is left optional with each club as to wheiber thev - will carrv ; torches, ban ners, &c. --.i II : I i . - ;r. By order ( 01 tueiux. wm., BcBRV GliEAVES, , Secmary.v Stanc by m Spider. .:iv y:.-;; ; a " . We learn that a young man by the name :of James A Sneeden, residing on Fourth, between Ann and Nuq ; streets, was, stung by a black spider on Monday evening last, since which lime he has been t suffering in tensely! two of our most prominent physi- CianSUSVing liecu iu ubuuhuw uyuu uim a Dortidn of the time. At las. accounts'be had somewhat improved. : ; " .11 or It hasj been several years since 4.1 such a determined raid has been made upon Our city by mosquitoes Hi we have, experi enced this season. The, frequent nuns keep them stimulated into' continued ac tivity. ana jor concentrated . venom ana bloodtbirstiness they outdo the Turks.7', Third Ward tilden, Vance and Wad- ;"?deil-cjnb.,JJJ;--;:; j;;-j ', f. "An invitation ii extended by the above club,' and its : Executive Committee,; to every Conservative and Democratic voter of the ward, and those from the country Who may be in the city, to meet at the Ward headquarters on Third street, oppo site the City Hall, over Munds' drug store, this (Thursday) evening, at half -past seven o'clock, sharp, to join in the procession and participate in the Grand Ratification of the lovers of, reform, ; honest officials and 'good government. ".' ..; : I ;, ! Second ward Attention X : i The Democrats of the Second Ward will assemble for participation 1 in the Grand x.. ! ........ .tsLi L-ij '!' iJ.J rvaiiucaiioo una evening iu iirou 04 tne Court House, sharp. Lamp at a quarter lo 8 o'clock, secured torches have been and -will be furnished for the use of the Ward in procession. Let every Democrat in t le Ward join in and contribute by his presence towards making the occasion a grand success, and reflecting honor upon his Ward. : Wi K'W ' M 1 ! '. Auptner Ticket. i The latest ticket out, composed of Demo crats and Republicans, ; is the following,' given in the order in which we! find iti County Commissioners, ' Silas N. Martin,' Johk Norwood, James' II. : Cbadbourn,' Delaware NixonH Vollers; Treasurer, E. E. Burruss; Sheriff, A. R. Black; Senate, A. T. London; House of Representatives, Owen Burney, Allen Evan?. maa;Iatrate' Court. JUisba Merrick, Samuel Merrick and Henry McRae, all colored, were arraigned berdre Justice Gardner. ; vesterrlav after- 1 noon. charged: I Li.uilt-,.L':!J1 ! It. with ; purchasing came, It ap knowing them to have been stolen. - 1 pears that four cattle, two fine milch cows, one .steer and one heifer, were stolen from Messrs. J. TT. I and Snlnmnn WsWi Uf Brunswick county, a few days since, and brought to this city and sold to the men re- are butchers. They pur chased the animals of a colored man, wlio. in giving his receipt for the money, signed the name of John Henderson ; but they did not! know the man and could not say whether that was his real name; or a ficti tious one. The defence took the" ground. however, that the cattle were offered in market ; that jtbe (man. assured them that they were his property, and although they goti them at a very low, , figure; compared mails (the much cows) were! not such cattle as are usually sold in the market ! for I L ' . . ' L ' i i i S- . i i i - be if, they were justified ; in buying be :ause they bad no evidence thai them that they were not reallv lh nrnnprtw nf i man wl o had them! for sale and that he had not co ne by them honestly The case was dis missed, the evidence not beingdeemed sufficient to convict Che next case calledwas that of Adam McRae, charged with assault .and j battery on tne person of hts wife, Alice MeRaei k It pears that a warrant had been issued for dam on the 17th; of; March last, On the Affidavit of his wife, charged with beating Jher; that soon after the assault was 1 made upon her he took the train and left for parts uu&uunu, su uiui uiu ouacer wno was en trusted with the Warrant was unable to find him and serve ' it upon him.1 Think ing, perhaps, that the matter, had blown over ne came, back on Tuesday, and,' .soon after making his appearance on tho streets. round himself in the clutches of the officer with the warrant He was found guilty and ordered to pay a fine of $50 and costs. He was also tried for wilful abandonment and fined $25 and costs, and then arraigned on a peace warrant, under which he was re- quired to give a justified bond in the sum of $200 for his appearance at Court, in de fault of which, including the fines and costs in the cases first mentioned, he was com mitted to jail, where he wililremain ,imtil the next terin of the Superiortjourt 1 1 .1 ' Severe Accident. :u ii;-) . ' f ;' - ! Yesterday, between 1 and 2 I o'clock, P. ' 'i i"! ( f j -j ii -, t ,l . i:. : ' M,, a young colored man by the name of Essick Griswold, aged between 20 and 25 years, an employe on the Wilmington! and Weldpn Railroad, got his left leg accident any brotten or crushed, It seems that he, I with several other dirt grave train, in charge of Capt B. ,W. Wil liams, on its way from Ube local depot to the Uuion shd, when, .in passing along, the men commenced jumping off for the purpose of getting their dinner. When ill I ' ' . i - near the corner of Seventh street, close by which his house was located, Griswold also jumpeu ou, aunougn warnea mat ne naa "better! .wait until the1 train reached Seventh streets when it would stop. In 1 springing from the train his leg came In Violent con tact with the corner of a cross-tie, with1 the result 'already mentioned. The wounded man was taken to the hospital,', where Dr, ,W. W.;Lane, Ihe Surgeon in charge, !ex amined his leg and found it, so badly mashed and. crushed that amputation was necessary, which was performed by Dr. Lane, assisted by Dr.. J, C. - Walker, the leg being taken off just below the knee-! At last accounts Griswold was doing, as j well as could be expected under the circum stances. " 1 'It ;f m ri'A The JBxenralon Next Thursday; ' i Our friends should remember that a grand excursion is to come off on Thursday next, the 17th inst, on the Steamer & ' Under K&i under the auspices of' the children 'of the Sunday School and ladles of the congre gation of the Fifth " Street ; M.' E. Church.' The net proceeds of the excursion will.be donated to repairs on the'ehurch. building. Buch a worthy object should receive' every encouragement, to say nothing of the pleas ure to be experienced by. those who par- cipate in the trip. ; a i ' .WBOL Nd, 2, 878 i BRUNSWICK COUNTY. m in.t Democratic-, TIeeilnc Northweti Townabip-Formatlon. or ai Tildea,! Tanceand Keform Club. V rH'T Messrs Editors: ,' On last I Saturday,' 5fh inst, in pursuance t6 a call from the Chair man . of the Democratic Executive Com-' mittee of Northwest Township,! Brunswick ! county, the citizens promptly responded at S. F. Potter's store, for the purpose of ap pointing delegates to the County Conven Uon, .which " conveheYai' Smithviile on the 28tb.' Mr.'H. . Spencer was unahmbisly elected as chairman! and Jj . M. Moore as Secretary. i' ' I ; ' I lit-. I A'tX. I Quite a number of pur best citizens were appointed, and upon motion of Mr S. F. otter. which was put to the vote' and carried, every Democrat from the township wuo aappenea to nejat mituyiue, snould consider himsellj a delegate, pe stated.as his reason for such at proposition J that the wishes of the people could be more effect ually carried . out by being I'weli ' repre sented. ; ...!.,, 1 -1 -.;.-.: . . .1 :uu trn I After the above, the old War.hnraA Hf r. J, H. Melvin. was by acclamation made our President, and Ff M. Moore appointed Secretary, for the purpose lof forming a Tilden and Vance Clubr' The following yice Presidents were elected: ID. j.McFad- goni tu cpencer, wj u. nan; j.j Gay S. F. Potter, R. L. Chinnis and S. R. Chin-. H.! Spencer. F; Mi 1 Mdore. and " W.: L. Hall were appointed a committee to draft a constiiution. v ,lli:. ; l -i The books were then opened; for all who wished to enroll thei names, when some fdi-ty were entered, and soon! quite; a num ber more will be added to the; list j"-; ' ' j White the names were being recorded,! Capt. Reiger aras requested io make us a speecb,which3e did.very gracefully, calling upon every good! Democrat to Use his in flUence Sn behalf, of (justice and reform, llie constitutional amendmentshe handled idja most masterly manner, faking them in detail and explaining the greatji advantage they would be to the State. The members agreed the society should be known as the Tilden,;Vance and Reform Club, -of Sum merville. On the 19th inst.we are to as semble again, and throw to the breezes of heaven a Tilden and Vance flag, on a pole iw reet nign. xi was moveq and seconded that the proceedings of the meeting should bq sent to the Star and IJournal. Ti e meeting then adjourqed. - I For the Star. ' enanftvllle Tilden, and Vance Clnb. ome of our active citizens having pre viously given notice on Saturday the 5th inst., a goodly number of lie best people ofj the township assembled in the Couit" House for the Durnokc of oriranizinv ft Til-! dJn and Vance drib , when, on motion, Di. J.I W. Blount was called to the chair, and T. S. Watson renuestftd to iit as ipm- porary secretary, j T V I V. . 1 1 . 1 B. Kelly, Esq., moved! that a commit ee of ! five be appointed on Constitution and permanent organization, ; which,! after a short absence, proposed a suitable constitu tion and the following persons for perma nent officers: O: H. Allen, President; G; W. Carroll. B. F. Pearsall. L. M. Cooper. Jno. A. McArthur,,C. S. Carr,. Vice Presi dents;' R.W; Hargfave; Secretary. ff 7 uuung the, absence - ot the committee; Mr. j. u. Stanford . entertained the meet ing With one of his characteristic speeches. In accordance with . the ; Constitu tion, the President appointed a working committee, whose duty it is to look spe cially after the interests of the township..; About one hundred persons enrolled them selves as members: and as many - more are expected. j M.-'.-lMfh -i The . Club meets again next Saturday, and every second and fourth Saturday un til the campaign closes, during which time several prominent speakers ae expected to address the members and the public gene rally, who will be invited, to attend.; V - - '; -!'-!-' . ' j ... . -1 :-( : f. A Sad Case A Woman Gives Birth, to I Yesterday, morning, during the preva- lence of the storm that passed over this city, residents in- the neighborhood -of Se venth and Dawson streets, in the 'southern portion of the city, were startled jby cries of distress proceeding from the street,; and vi ir which appeared: to come from a female. Some of those nearest the . spot where the cries were heard ! hastened to investigate the matter, when they found a Colored Wo man prostrate in the street, with the rain pouring down upon her, and by her side ai new-born infant that had evidently. just come into the world. "Fortunately a colon ed midwife,- by the name of Hager Henry, lived hear by, and a messenger was sent for herj who, upon her arrival, took charge) of the child and had the woman jremoyed to her house, where both received every at tention which the nature' of their cases re quired. t The woman upon being' question ed .said she,, lived in the . neigh boihooul of the Poor House, land that shet . came ; 'to town with .the expectation of returning i . . H I l mi tf .1 home at an early hour yesterday mornmg, but. beinir suddenly overcome bv bbvsical .T. .7'.?'. 1. ? D.iwi.r-.r . prostration, jshe had fallen upon lbe street and could get no further; andlhere," in,' the daik hours that precede ; he ; dawh, , amidi thunder, lightning ana storm, on a Dea oi sand and deluged with rain,' she experienced the extremity of mor tat jagonyi.i rendered more terrible and unendurable by.hd fear fully inauspicious surroundings. ( Altogether the case. is a very sad one to Contemplate. a ne woman ana cnua,-' we unaersiana, are to be taken to the Poor. House , tatit - ', m m The Late CntUne Scrape1'!- Or ,. Charles Malletty the colored man4 Who was assaulted and badly cut fey his brother, V David Mklletr, near Camp Lamb,' on ' Sun day Jaitlfif said tobe sail considerid 'tfW 'precarious cbnditionl ': D'avid,4 who Is' "con;' fined in the Guard House, is reported as' swearing vengeance againstOfllcer : R. H. : Phinney, who arrested him, and Officer Ed-f gar Miller against whom he seems to bear some ill will, and threatens to kill ithem on sight whenever he gets at liberty. ! j ' 3 1 , ' A house at Fomt. Peter , vr as, e jearn,, struck'b lightning during the; irtorzi of Sunday afternoon lasLj The fluid catereA through the roof, struck the chimBey, which RATES OK.AUVEHTlRlNfc. Uaa Square on tiay,..i... ...... ....i.. " two aya,.... , ... .-J v;;threadaya.. f. t ; - roar oayi. , . .;t .. T avecaya.. '..a 1 L 1 we&. ......... ......... . . Two. vecka... ..a..... :.. ....... . ... -it o w 4 5 OC ' 1 1 u - . ,; , Three weeks..... .......... -wnemoniii.'i.-..i.si..vi.;.Af..v a w M filiTwomontis.. ...... ,.15 Of - Bixmontha r.. 00 ' One jrear.... ............ .....50 M tar-CoDtrmct . AdvertLKiae&ta iakes at profioi Uonately low rates. - ' i - , 1 . I rnvesqnaraaeetiiBated as a qurter-coinmo, ano ton aqnaret aa a aali-ooloian. - : : i . - 1 :.. was; aj double.ooe located midday the buitdi ing,-went aown on one side ana came, out in the fire place on the other side, knocked a COffee Wtfc and -4LMkA. rxW- 'n1ri hats:'; entered a -meat ikeg and made sevi erallioles in it, and then left "the 'premises through an open window. An old colored woman, the.only occupant jof the bouse at the Mme, was4rightened yearly lb death, but fortunately .received no injury The Titnyard NniaTnce. it m 1 i - r' . Sergeant McGarrigle,-who now has 'six men under him, is, we learn, making very commendable progress in the work of re- maIw.mm Ik. T.T s . i. . . . . .... "jr" iw viuwaavaru jouisance, tnough it takes some time to remove the rubbish, such asitrwh, ws; &'c., which had been put m tiie cavity,; and which has to be taken out to enable him to reach the'sewer. The 6ewer was constructed under the superin tendence of Sergeant McGarrigle years ago, while Mr. Dawson Waa mayor,', and he knows .exactly what is needed to do away with all cause for apprehension or cobi plaint in that quarter. , 1 1 ' 4 , , : Thermometer Heeord. The following will show the state of the thermometer,' at the stations mentioned, at 4.35 yesterday evening, Washington mean time, ascertained from the daily bulletin issued from the Signal Office in this city Augusta, .-. r .84 Montgomery,.. I :.80 New Orleans, ...,,.75 Charleston,,,.... 88 Corsicana,-..).;?5 Galveston...1...,. 89 Indianola,..i;..;.89 Jacksonville,.. L. .87 Key We,st,.......85 Mobile...'. ...... 84 Norfolk,!; rfi. . if. . 81 Punta Rassa,..;..8(i Savannah,......:. 88 St. Marks........ DO Wilmington, , ; , '.&5 1- 1 f t n-t ,. .1 : i I SJITY; ITKJtts. Aie yon billons t Do you feel drowsy T llavd you the '-jblues" I Take a dose of Dr. Bull's Veie- -""p. ,i,,-i : I. ?) 4!'i"ri I 1TEW ADVERTISEMENTS. St. eedrie & St. Andrew's AtUetic Club. XT 1 .In :;M,v!M ...1 .H.4?i .r-i-ini;,).. INOTIJE. A SPECIAL MEETING' OV THE Club will he held; at tho Hall over J. C.Munra Drug Stbre, on Third Street, on FRIDAY, Auguei 11th, atB,15 P. H. rn - f- vf I t i , f.-j -s . Ill : h uEOAQE W. BAILEY, ang:q-t !'-', 1 : .-) ; i . ii- ; H-cretary. The Sale! by Auction OF THE HOUSE AND LOT, UPON SOUTH Side Of Market. betWMfi fith nnH Ihh HtMxi, i !has beeh POSTPONED until i il i PAJCTBOA, MABPH 11,187$, 'f'-. i Eichantre Homer 13 nVWt M ug JU-566 IV, 12 t dOCrBElCODV XL ; Foir Sale, I! 5 o NB FINE LAEGE TUHPENTINK STILtj capacity Thirty Barrels to Forty Barrel, witn Flk t ''-! .. -M-l ! i ' li ... I tares complete. Cain I e seen on our yard. ug 10-4t .j ,i j ., , ALEX. SPRUNT SON s ! i -i f i il . 111 1 ' - i. i:A L. M THE f. K TEST AND -MOST W ' r T T? V FASHIONABLE STYLE: jSTRW.audFBLT IIATS, i ti liADISS' SHADE HATS, I TRUNKS. UMBRELLAS anSOANEH. At HARRISON &IALLEN'SJ aug lo-u ini . : .cirjr Hat Store. St9 Front it tT: H" Impi0.;Ii.:M. i, . - -j The mamhera an !ra. q netted to attend the COUNCIL, on THURSDAY NIGHT, as bueineaa of great imporUnc i will bo ' uaaiaciw. ana u is .necessary mat every one nal , ang8-2tTu&Tli aac' W. F, WSNZBL, a of K. ForEent, From.the flratav ofiOtttnlxv hei ttil. lowing STOKES, the property of the late wm. a. Mrry, aeceasea. . I The STORE on the North eld of LU&r. ket, between Second and Third i treets, now occu pied by Alex. Oldham aa-a grain store, i I 1 I 1 , The STOKE next East of and adjoining tn for. mer, and occupied by K. Thorburn as a bakery, f ; ; Also, the STOKE next to and adjoixdng-the fatter, now vacant :! .iiurl'l )-'(. -m i'.,f..:-l jaiv-ijl Also, that very desirable STOKE and ! DWEL LING above, ! on Mark etS tree t, between Front and Second Streets, formerly occupied by Green 4b Flan ner ai a drug store, h ,-i i j . --. i--i r H U. j If--- Vot terms and other particulars apply to' M I j -,-! h . m .W. &. McKOY,h J i . : . At the office Of John D. Bellamy, Sr. ;angl0-9w U - n--t i-ui ' .il ;-i ,. Morten SalB;' of 'TalnalJ ; Ci tr J3Y VIRTUE OF THE POWER OF SALE CON tabled In a certain indenture of mortgage made by Thomas B. Carr and ; CaroUne N. Carr nis wife; to i Sucannahr Marks, deceased, bearing date the 30th day of March, 1878, and recorded in the Register's at pages 181, 183 and 183, the undersigned, as Attor- voce oi new nanover coumy, in cook ti.w.U." tr ox i nomas xx. nowey. executor oi tne last will and testament of the said Susannah, Marks, dee'd.. will expose to sale, by publio aucttoti. for cash, on oe tr 2X, iBSSSf I mumijax, tne iiTu vax or September, 187. at 19 M., at the Court House door. In- the said ty , . of Wilmington. . in the. County, of New Hanover, ii j and State of North Carolina, the following LOT. ' ' 'PlKCBi r PAKl!W,Or LANU.lyliir oad cttaale ! ! la the City of Wilmington, County of New llano-1 ' i ver, aad state of Nwrui Carolina, and bounded and ? : described as follows $ Beginning ia the Fsetera -imeof Second Street,1 between : Market- and Mnelc Streets, seventy -three ("82 feet trom where the East ern line of; Second " b tree t Is intersected by tie Southern line of Market .-Street, tnasing Ihenco Poathwardly ktbag the Eastern line of second Street ! nfty even (6t) feet, thenee Ktwsrdly: and parallel ' with Market btreet seventy i70) feet, thence North- -' wardJy, and parallel with .Second Street fifty seven' M s (37) feet; thence Weitwardly, and parallel with Mar- -ket .Street seveaty (70) feet, to .the- JUstern line of , Second Street-the Weginnls.' ' V T ' The Building on ;sald premises f contAldf, three , coramoaions ana Emnoie tores, ana larce conve ntent Tenements above. 1 ' '!: ang lo-t4s Attorney.! V "f U : i M ' i ; u q nr m w or , Jt ij K Zi. a THREE HUN,DREq,HALF ROLLS, STANDARD FULL'WEIGHT, j. t;o -Mil J i Ail l. ', ';T :i mm V i! jT WO THOUSAND -BUNDLES, 1 o ' : ,NEW! AND -PLECED. -i-'i j U:l t sit .tj)-1 Twine. r t ONE THOUSAND POUNDS. ' f ;i :: i ) 1 For sale by ; I EEEQ! ainin & CAXDEH EHC3, 5? anglO-tf : ! It j -il v ,.J i j j- t : 5 - i i. H -f:iy;j 1 ; -I i : . . . - : i i ir f i ti T "A'-1:ei VriKH I f Mi 0 't .1 - ! . i il I 9
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Aug. 10, 1876, edition 1
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