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torning Star.
small Fruit for tbe Farmer, w
One ofhe most surprising things to
me, is to see so many farmers with
out small fruits for family use. If
there is any man who earns his bread
by the sweat of his brow, who is en
titled to the luxuries bestowed by
mother earth, it is the farmer; but, as
a rule, he is the last man to take ad
vantage of his position. They are
the tillers, and mostly the owners of
the soil out of which all the good
things come, yet, as a class, they are
the most shabbily dressed and most
scantily fed of any class of people
you meet. He raises corn, potatoes,
wheat and stock. You sit down to
his table and he has bread and butter,
meat and potatoes, but seldom any
fruit. I was one of that kind of far
mers once and , I know wherefore I
speak. You may go into his garden
and you will find a dozen cabbage
plants, as many tomato plants, may
be a few other weakly varieties and a
half acre of weeds, but no fruit, and
yet it is the most easily raised and
yields the most bountiful and profit
able crops he can put into it. After
I had farmed a few years in this style,
I planted a half acre of strawberries
in the spring. That season I 'gave it
the same cultivation as I did my corn.
Thejiext spring was not favorable for
a crop, but after using what we could
I sold the balance, and found I had
about ninety dollars left clear of ex
penses. That season I did not bother
with them at all, but let them have
their own way, and the next spring,
after using what we wanted for table
use (that means about 6 quarts per
day) and canning, and paying expres
sage to the city, and five cents per
quart for selling, I had $216 left. Does
that pay for a half acre of garden.
But don't plant strawberries alone;
plant also raspberries and grapes.
With these three varieties you will
have a continued supply of fresh fruit
from early in June till frost, and you
may rest assured your good wife will
have enough "put up"'to supply the
table with one or two quarts per day
the balance of the year. Then you
can live like a king, your children
will be healthy and contented with
the farmer's lot, and you will all feel
nearer, "thro' nature to nature's God."
After the raspberries and grapes are
planted, they will heed no more
cultivation than corn, and you will
find they will yield about as many
bushels to the acre. Now farmers,
try a few plants and see what a change
it will make in the interest of your
household. Don't try too many at
once; but increase as you find it pays.
A. &r-0handler, in Kansas Farmer.
One mast's Idea of Farm Economy.
A correspondent of the Rural New
Yorker gives the following, which
affords at least food for thought:
Neighbor N., who is a small farmer
in his way, practices economy after a
method of his own, which he has
permitted me to showup, and in order
to do so I use his figures. By the way,
N. uses figures in his farming opera
tions. To illustrate his point, I give
his account of sales for the past year.
.His motto is: "If you want a thing,
raise it; or if you cannot raise it, then
raise something to buy it with," be
lieving it but poor economy to go
without anything which will add to
the comfort or pleasure of home:
ACCOUNT O SALES FOB 1876.
Butter and cheese.. $210 36
Cattle and beef , ... 144 25
Pigs and pork ........ 113 27
Buckwheat and wheat flour 77 71
Hay and oats u 54 25
Potatoes 34 63
Hubbard squash. 10 50
Onions 32 40
Other vegetables 21 50
Fruit trees, apples and small fruits 38 40
Eggs and chickens 13 88
Maple syrup 9 00
Honey 15 67
Wood and timber , 20 50
Sheep and wool 25 68
Sundries .......... ........ 35 00
Labor performed for others 72 00
Total income f929 00
The above account will show the
Variety of products raised, and as the
sales are made after the home is fully
supplied, it will be seen from the va
riety that a skillful housewife could
makW out a very good farmer's bill of
fare from the list, perhaps with the
addition of pepper and salt, tea,
coffee and sugar, although maple
sugar is a home production.
Haw to Get Kid of Tree Stump.
General Colquitt, of Georgia, in a
recenTP address, gives the following
two ways of doing it: "To remove
stumps from a field, all that is neces
sary is to have one or more sheet-iron
chimneys, some four or five feet high.
Set fire to the stump and place the
chiminey over it, so as to give the
requisite draught at the bottom. It
will draw like a stove. The stump
will soon be consumed. With several
such chimneys, different sizes, the
removal of stumps may be accom
plishjylal; merely nominal labor and
expense.
"In the autumn bore a hole an inch
or two in diameter, according to the
girth of the stump, virtually in the
centre of the latter, and about eigh
teen inches deep. Put into it from
one to two ounces of saltpetre; fill the
hole with water and plug up close.
In the ensuing spring, take out the
plug, and pour in about one or two
gills of kerosene oil and ignite it The
stump will smoulder away, without
blazing, to the very extremity of the
roots, leaving nothing but ashes.
Grafting Wax. j
Por grafting, take four parts of
mutton tallow, eight parts of rosin
and two parts of beeswax. Melt them
ail together over a slow fire. When
thoroughly melted and mingled, pour
the mixture off in small quantities in
to a tub of cold water; as soon as the
masses thus poured in the cold water
cool down sufficiently to be handled,
work precisely in the same manner
you would candy, by drawing out and
doubling over, until the whole
presents a uniform j color, and be
comes hard enough to mould into balls
or sticks. This wax, when it is cold,
should be quite hard, but it should
be tough at any ordinary summer
temperature. If, however, it is found
that for the climate where it is to be
used it is too soft, more resin should be
used. Tallow will soften it, resin will
harden it, render it more infusible,
and beeswax will toughen it. By
slightly varying proportions of these
ingredients, any desired consistency
may be obtained. Wis. Farm Journal.
Deal Gently wtoti lEe Stomach.
De not rack It with violent purgatives, or perma
nently Impair its tone with indigestible drags of any
kind; hut, if your digestion is impaired , your liver
out of order, your frame debilitated, or nervous sys
tem unstrung, use that wholesome and agreeable al
terative and tonic, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
which will certainly afford you the desired relief.
None of the officinal remedies can compare with it
in restorative efficacy, and as a medicinal stimulant
H is by far the most desirable as well as popular ar
ticle of its class. Its basis, the essential principle
-Of FOlind rvA ia Hio ha.t nuolM. t j-k-ii ... . ..
lng the action of the botanic ingredients which it
Z, . , "i ujKBULeiii,B we tne most
efficacious which cnemistrv extracts from the vege
table kingdom, and medical science applies to the
-cure of disease.
According to statistics of the De
partment of Agriculture at Washing
ton, the wheat crop of 1876 reached
nearly 250,000,000 bushels. The corn
crop of last year amounts to about
1,295,000,000 bushels. Of this Illinois
produced 250,000,000 bushels, and Iowa
155,000,000. Next in the quantity of
their production, comes Ohio, Indiana,
Missouri, and Kansas. The price of
corn is highest in Massachusetts (95
cents) and lowest in Kansas (23 cents.)
WHOLESALE PRICES.
CffOur quotations, it saouid be understood, rep
resent the wholesale prices generally. In making
up small orders higher prices nave to be charged.
A.HT1CLKS.
PKIGBS.
00 a 12X
00 & 12M
11 18
9 10
10 11
14 15
00 10
00 8
00 a 9
00 it
00 6
BAGGING Gunny
Double Anchor
Double Anchor "A", i
BACON North Carolina.
Hams, $ ft (new)...
8hoalders, ft
Sides, N. O. choice, ft
Western Smoked
Hams
Sides, ft
Shoulders, .
Dry Salted -
Sides ft....
Shoulders ...
BiiEF On the Hoof
BARRELS Spirits Turpentine,
Second Hand, each:. ..........
New New York, each
New City, each
BEESWAX $ B
BRICKS Wilmington, $U
Northern
BUTTER North Carolina, ft ft.
Northern, $ ft..
CANDLES Sperm, ft.
Tallow, V ft
Adamantine, 9ft
CHE BSE Northern Factory ft
0 00
1 90
1 80
27
b 00
180
2 00
1 90
29
10 00
14 00
32
15
26
25
14
00
13X
15
12
54
20
24k'
70
3
00
40
42
15
12
14K
18
18
Uairy, cream gj . . .
State, ft
COKFES-Java. ft ..
Rio, V ft...
Lagnayra, $ ft
5
35
72
I
5
12-tf
20 00
9 00
13 50
00
11 50
650
850
500
7 00
8 25
10 50
6 0
7 75
8 75
950
CORN MEAL bushel.iu sacks
COTTON TIES-9 ft
DOMESTICS Sheeting. 4-4, tt yd
tarn, tg buncn
EGGS..
FISH Mackerel, No. 1, V bbL .
No. 1, 9 X bbl .....
Mackerel, No. 3,9 bbl. ...
No. S, 9 X bbl
Mackerel, No. 3, 9 bbl
Mullets. 9bbl
N. C. Herring, 9 bbl
Dry Cod, 9 ft
FLOUR Fine, 9 bbl
Super. Northern. 9 bbl
Bxtra.do. " 9 bbl
Family " 9 bbl
00
00
IB 00
8 50
13 00
7 50
11 00
3 53
6 00
7M
4 50
ii 25
7 50
9 00
0 00
0 00
0 00
0 00
City Mills Super., 9 bbl....
Kxtra, 9 Dei
Family, 9 bbl...
Kx. Family, 9 bbl
FERTILIZERS
Peruvian Guano, 9 2000 fts
Baugh's Phosphate, " "
Carolina Fertilizer, " "
Ground Bone, "
Bone Meal, "
" Flour, " "
Navaasa Guano, " "
Complete Manure " "
Whann's Phosphate "
Wando Phosphate, " '
Berger & Butz's.Phosph. "
Bxcellenza Cotton Fertilizer
GLUE 9 ft .....
67 50
00 00
50 00
00 00
00 00
00 00
55 00
00 00
09 00
00 00
60 00
55 90
11
66
56
00
60
55
90
6
10
1 20
1 10
1 00
80
00
00
1 50
18 00
00 00
14 00
18 00
13 00
00
00
00
00
40
3 25
00
1 10
99
30
30
15
75
60
4 00
18 00
00 00
15 00
00 00
62 50
60 00
65 00
40 00
t 45 00
67 00
6600
67 60
70 00
7000
a 0000
6000
15
65
57
00
GRAIN Corn, in store, in oags,
Corn, Cargo, 9 Dusnci
Corn, Yet, 9 bushel
Corn, wholesale, in bags
Oats, 9 bushel
Peas, Cow, 9 bushel
HIDES Green, 9 ft
61
70
CO
7
12
25
15
10
90
11
12
00
Wljt TP w
HAY Eastern, 9 100 fts
western, w iuu ids . . .
North River, 9 100 fts. .
HOOP EBON 9 ton
LARD Northern, 9 ft
North Carolina, 9 ft....
LIME bbl
LUMBER ClTT bTKAHSAWSD
Ship Stuff, resawed, 9 M ft
Rough Edge Plank, 9 M ft.
20 00
15 00
18 00
35 00
16 00
West India Cargoes, according
to quality, 9 jo. n
Dressed Flooring, seasoned..
Scantling and Hoar as, com
90 M ft
UiUU, -p M. ....... . . .
MOLASSES Cuba, bids, 9 gal. ,
Cuba.bbls 9 gal - r.---
Sugar Houbo, rinds , Igtl.
" " bbls.9 gal....
4.7 , v Vhla 90 ra I
26
28
SO
400
22
145
100
40
35
20
1 00
75
450
19 00
00 00
16 00
16 00
6
00
75
00
23
75
90
90
s
12
HX
10X
11
13
600
3 00
NAILS Cut, 4d to S0d, 9 keg. .
OILS Kerosene, 9 gal ,
Lard, 9 gal
Unseed, 9 g&l
Rosin. 9 gal..
POULTRY Chickens, live.....
Spring. .
PEANUTS 9 bushel
POTATOES Sweet, 9 busnei..
Irish, Northern, 9 bbl
PORK Northern, City Mess. . . .
Thin, 9 bbl
Prime, 9 bbl
Rump, 9 bbl
RICE Carolina, 9ft
East India, 9 ft
Rough, 9 bunh
RAGS Country, 9ft
City, 9 ft-.
ROPE
SALT Alum, 9 bushel
Liverpool, 93aok,ch F.O.B..
American, 9 eack
SUGAR Cuba, 9 ft
Porto Rico, 9 ft
A Coffee, 9 ft
B " 9 ft
C 9ft
Bx. C 9ft
Crushed, 9 ft
SOAP Northern, 9ft
P HINGLES - -Contract, 9M....
Common, $X
Cypress Saps M
6
00
60
?X
6
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
11
00
5
4 OC
2 50
6 50
9 50
18 00
00 00
00 00
08
It 00
8 00
6 50
5 90
0 00
1 00
1 76
18
28
00
00
20 00
00 00
00 00
00
13 00
9 09
7 CO
6 CO
400
600
2 50
20
32
CypressJEIearts 9 M
STAVES W. O. Bbl.,9M
R. O Hhd., 9 M
Cypress, 9 M..
TALLOW 9 ft..
I
TIMBER Shipping, 9 M . .
Mill Prime. 9
8 M
Mm irair, 9 m
Common Mill
Inferior to Ordinary, SI...
WHISKEY Northern, 9 gal...
North Carolina, 9 gal.......
WOOL Unwashed, 9ft
Washed. V 9 .
WlLKIINGTON MONKY I9ARKET.
BUTWS.
...103
God
105
disc't.
X "
Exchange (sight) on New Yotk, . . .
Baltimore,
Boston,
Philadelphia,
Western Cities
Exchange 30 days S 9 cent interest added to aoove.
Bank of New Hanover Stock.
100
First National Bank,
Dawson Bank
Wilmington Building Stock,
Mechanics' " "
Navassa Guano Co. "
N. C. Bonds Old Ex-Coupon 14
Do. Funding 1866.... 6
Do. " 1868 6
Do. New 5
Do. Special Tax 1
Do. to N. C. Railroad. 49
85
80
100
95
140
W. &. W. R.R.Bonds.7 9c (Gold Int). 100
Carolina Central B, R. Bonds, 6 9c. .40
Wilmington Oity Bonds, 39c 60
7 wc u
" " old 6 9c 60
new 6 9c . . . . 60 (Gold Int )
" 8 9c ....78 - " )
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The Robesonian.
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING
in Lumberton. N. C. by W. Wallace McDiar-
mid, has the largest circulation of any country paper
in the State. It circulates extensively in the coun
ties of Robeson, Ricnmond, Bladen, Columbus,
Cumberland, Brunswick, and in the adjoining coun
ties of Marion, Marlboro' and Darlington, in South
Carolina. As a Local Newspaper it lias no superior.
It is one of the few country papers whose Editor
and Publisher gives his whole time and attention to
its columns.
In Politics the ROBESONIAN wnl strive to pro
mote the principles of the Democratic-Conservative
party, and is uncompromisingly in favor of Wuite
Supremacy. Its Local columns will always teem
with the latest and best news, written in a brief, in
telligent and business-like manner. Its editorials
willbe short and lucid and upon subjects which
directly concern our people. As an advertising
medium it is much sought af tei and has a patronage
second to ne other country paper. Established in
1870, it has ever since been increasing in influence
and popularity Hntil it has reached and occupied the
very front rank of North Carolina journalism.
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THE LANDMARK,
. PUBLISHED AT
SIA1ESVILLE, IREDELL CO., N. C.
IS THE
Leading Newspaper in Western North
Carolina.
It is the only Democratic Paper published in Ire
dell County one of the largest and wealthiest coun
ties in the State and has attained a larger local
circulation than any paper ever heretofore published
in the county.
Its circulation in Alexander, Wilkes, Ashe, Alle
ghany, Yadkin, Davie and Iredell, is larger than
that of any two papers in the State combined; and
is rapidly acquiring a jjfrong foothold in Forsythc,
Surry, Rowan and western Mecklenburg.
It is the only paper in Western North Carolina
that employs a Regular Canvassing Agent, and
thus kept constantly before the people. Under this
system a rapidly increasing circulation is the result,
making the Landmark
THE BEST ADVEKTlslSG KS IS 5 3f M
IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
ADDRESS,
dc !-tf
" LANOMASK,"
Statesville. N C.
The Camden Journal.
Published Every Thursday, at Camden, S. 0. ,
IS THE OLDEST-ESTABLISHED PAPER IN
Kershaw county, and has an extensive circulation
among the Merchants, Farmers and all classes of
business men in the county.
It offers to the Merchants of Wilmington a desir
able Medium for Advertising, the country in which
it circulates, being connected with that city by steam
er on the Wateree River, and the Wilmington, Co
lumbia and Augusta Railroad.
Liberal terms will be made with those desiring to
advertise.
Subscription price, $2 50 per annum.
Address, FRANTHAM & HAY,
feb 27-tf Editors and Proprietors
The Salisbury Examiner,
Established in 1869.
THOROUGHLY AND ALWAYS DEMOCRATIC.
Printed Weekly and Tri-Weekly at $2 and $5.
Address J. J. STEWART,
je 23-tf Editor and Proprietor, Salisbury, N. C.
Tbe Hiltsbore Recorder,
THE OLDEST PAPER IN THE STATE. CIR
cnlates extensively in Orange and adjoininB
counties. Subscription price $2 50 per tnium
Published weekly.
JOHN D. CAMERON,
QCt9-tf Editor and Proprietor.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The MorningStar
PUBLISHED DAILY AND WEEKLY
Subscription Rates-la Adyanec :
DAILY STAR, One Year, postage paid J7 00
" Hix Months " " 4 00
Three Months " " 2 25
" " One Month " " 1 00
WEEKLY STAR, One, Year postage paid, $1 50
' " Six Months, " 1 00
Three Months'" " 50
Notices of the Press:
A first-class paper. Battleboro Advance.
Emphatically alive paper. Coldaboro Xeios.
The Star is a live paper. Sumter (S. C.) News.
5 JOiie of our best exchanges. -Kemoee (S. G, Couriet
One of the best daily papers in the State. Weldon
News.
One ot the very best of our daily exchanges.-
SoutA CcDVlinian.
Ranks among the leading Dailies of the State.
Christian Advocate.
One of the best Dalliea hi the Si&te.HStstiesvUle
'MeUidencer. 1
A valuable paper. We cheerfully recommend it.
Pee Dee Cov.rier
Ranks among the leading journals of tne Bouth.
Marion (8. C.) Star.
One of the best and most desirable papers in North
Carolina. Norfolk Tirginian.
Full of general news, and a credit to Wilmington
Elizabeth City North Carolinian.
One of the best daily papers published In the
Southern States. Horry (S. C.) Newt.
One of our best Southern journals. As a newspa
per not surpassed by any. Friend of Temperance.
One of the8 best conducted in the State; bold, inde
pendent audfwell informed. BMtboro Recorder.
Ably edited, and has a circulation which speaks
volumes of: comment on its influence. Magnolia
Monitor.
Onward and upward it goes until now it has the
largest circalation of any Daily in the State. Pied
mont Press.t
The WUniington Star, now very much improved,
has the largest circulation of any paper in the State.
Enfield Times.
The Stab stands among the first of North Carolina
papers in point of enterprise and literary merit
Chester (3., C.) Reporter.
Unquestionably the best daily journal in North
Carolma, and has no superior in any other Southern
State. Marlboro (S. C.) Times.
For editorial ability, general news, correct market
reports and fine literary selections the Stab has no
superior. Rocky Mount Mail.
Is well conducted and has as much and great a va
riety of good reading matter as any Daily in the
State. Warrentm Gazette.
This paper, though not many years old, is one of
the best dailies in the State, and well merits the
support it receives. Loulsburg Courier.
One of the best daily Journals n our exchange
list. Belongs to ho ring save that which encircles tne
good of the people. Savannah Mirror'.
'PVi rk WiTminfftnn Mfinvrvo 1
X-B-tw i iiirmTlir 1X381
m """i&w Hi "H''"p f""TV ,,1-.,,.-.-
rpttpxxtB mi nit; ouuuu. xvifeu, ioic, iatj, ai w ay c
, rare, rac:
freeh and 'on time." Ashevttle Expositor.
V
A staunch and independent advocate of the peo
ple's rights. Deservedly ranks among the first jour
nals of the Southern country. -Ssckingham Observer.
The Star is undoubtedly an enterprising sheet,
beautifully printed and Conducted with marked
ability. Mr. Bernard deserves great credit for his
efforts in journalism.- -Raleigh Serdtiel.
Those of our readers desiring to take a daily or
weekly paper from North Carolina cannot do better
than take the Wilmington Stab. Cher aw VS. C.)
Democrat.
The Star is one of our most highly valued ex
changes, and it affords as pleasure to recommend it
as one of the most racy and reliable dailies in North
Carolina. Kinston Gazette.
A live newspaper, and the best Daily n the State.
The circulation is larger than that of any other
Daily in the State, which proves it. Milton Chron
icle. ,
No paper evei started in North Carolina has grown
so rapidly as has the Stab. Though only five years
old, it is now a fixed institution, enjoying an influ
ence and a prosperity second to none in the State.
Salisbury yvatchman.
The Wilmington Stab is in the front rank of our
Southern dailies, well edited, full of Hews and select
reading matter, telegraphicjreports, and in every res
pect a first rate journal. If we had many such papers
our State would be the gainer by it. Greens. Patriot.
Eugene L. Harris,
Artist In
Crayon Portraits.
SASSAFRAS FORK, JST. C,
BEGS LEAVE TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION
toshis Portraits in Crayon. Persons wishing
good pictures of themselves or deceased friends
can have them nicely executed by sending him a
photograph to work from. A good photograph is
necessary to insure a good likeness. The prices
below include postage by mail, on roller. A neat
frame of walnut and gilt will be fnrnisheu to those
who desire it, at $1.50$2.00.
PRICES:,
Size, 14 x 17 inches, - - - $5.(30
Life Size, (bust) - - - - , $10.00
TESTIMONIALS.
" Mr. Harris poaseses the rare gift of being able
to delineate, accurately, from a photograph or othe
picture the exact likeness of any one." We guaran
tee satisfaction. ' ' Oxford Leader.
" We have seen his work, and consider it excel
lent. Try him." Central Protestant.
" We have seen a capital portrait of Hon. A. W
Venable, by Mr. E. L. Harris; that reflects addi
tional lustre on his genius in that department."
Torch-Light ' mar 17-tf
W. fl. Grbqg, Prest.
F. W. Rockwell, Sec.
Southern White Lead Co.
Every package of this Company's brand of Strict
ly Pure White Lead bears the following guarantee :
'The White Lead contained in this Package
is otjabanteed by the Manufacturers, the
SOUTHERN WHITE LEAD CO., St. Louis, Mo.,
TO CONTAIN NO ADUMBRATION WHATEVER. It IS
COMPOSED ENTIRELY Olf PERFECTLY PUBZ CARBO
NATE of Lead and Linseed Oil, and is sold
subject to Chemical Analysis jlscd the Blow
Pipe Test."
The name of this Company is placed ONLY upon
STRICTLY PURE Lead. It is not placed upon a
second or other inferior quality. So parties pur
chasing White Lead branded "SOUTHERN COM
PANY," are absolutely sure of obtaining a PER
FECTLY PURE ARTICLE.
For sale by Dealers in Paints and Oils throughout
the West and South. feb 6-3m
The Piedmont Press.
HICKORY, N. C,
IS THE ONLY PAPER PUBLISHED IN CA
tawba county, and has an extensive circulation
among merchants, farmers, and all classes of busi
ness men in the State. The PRESS is a
WIDE AWAKE DEMOCRATIC PAPER,
and is a desirable medium for advertising in Western
North Carolina. Liberal terms allowed on yearly
advertisements.
Subscription $2 in advance. Address
MURRILL & TOMLINSON,
mar.2G-tf j Editors and Proprietors.
STRICTLY d(
(a 1
tV BLEACHED W
Special Announcement
TO CONSUMERS OF DRY GOODS
J IT L I U S S HVC SON,
SUCCESSOR TO J. it H. SAMSON,
WILL BE PLEASED TO SEE HIS OLD FRIENDS AND PUBLIC GENERALLY,-
At the Old Stand, 43 Market Street,
WHERE HE WILL OFFER,
Regardless of Cost, a Large Lot of Dress
G-oods, Notions, Trimmings, &c,
To make room for NEW GOODS, at PRICES LOWER THAN EVER
OFFERED to the Citizens of Wilmington.
A Call Will Convince the . Most Skeptical !
New Goods will he Received Daily !
And I shall spare no pains to serve my patrons with JggTHE LATEST
STYLES and NOVELTES to their entire satisfaction.
JULIUS SAMSON,
mh 11-tt
RAILROAD LINES, &c
General Sup'ts Office,
W1E.MENG1TON, COLUMBIA A
CUSTA It. R. COMPANY,
WILMINGTON. N. C. March 9. lb'.7
Change of Schedule.
ON AND AETER SUNDAT, MARCH 11, THE
following Schedule will be run on this Road:
Day Express and mall Train (Daily
except Sunday.)
Leave Wilmington J 112:15 P. M.
Leave Florence 5:80 P. M.
Arrive at Columbia 9:30 P. M.
Leave Columbia 7:40 A. M.
Leave Florence 12:30 P. M.
Arrive at Wilmington 5:20 P. M.
NIGHTEXPBESSTBAiN (Daily).
Leave Wilmington 7:20 P.M.
Leave Florence 12:C5 A. M.
Arrive at Columbia 3:45 A. KS.
Arrive at AugUBta, 7:40 A. M.
LeaveAugusta, 8:45 P.M.
Leave Columbia. 12:10 A.M.
Leave Florence 1 4:28 A. M.
Arrive at Wilmington 8:45 A M.
This Train will only etop at Flemington, White
ville, Fair Bluff, Marion, Florence, Timmonsville,
Sumter and Eastover, between Wilmington and Co
lumbia. Throusk Freight Train. (Daily except
Sundays.)
Leave Wilmington 2:30 P. M.
Leave Florence
Arrive at Columbia - -
::r. m 1 2:
Arrive at Wilmington 9:3C A. M.
Passengers for Augusta, and beyond should take
Night Express Train from Wilmington.
Through Sleeping Cars on night trains for Charles
ton and Augusta.
Parlor Car on Day Express and Mail for Charles
ton, JAMES ANDERSON,
mh 10-tf en'l SuD't.
Wilmington & Weldon
RAILROAD GO.
Ormox or Obh'x. Superintendent.
Wilmington, N. C, March 9, 1877. i
ON AND AFTER SUNDAY , MARCH 11TH,
1877, Passenger Trains on the Wilmington &
WeldonjRailroad will run as follows :
Day ITXail and Express Train.
Leave Wilmington Front St. Depot, at 9.65 A. M.
Arrive at Weldon 3:4b P. M.
Leave Weldon daily... 11:59 A. M.
Arrive at Wilmington, Front St. Depot, 7;0) P. M
Night Mail and Express Train, Daily
except Sunday.
Leave Wilmington, Front St. Depot, at 5:40 P. A!.
Arrive at Weldon 2:20 A. M
Leave Weldon, daily, 4:80 A. M.
Arrive at Wilmington, FroU St. Depot, at 1S;00 M.
The Day Train makes close connection at Wel
don for all points North via Bay Line, daily
except Sunday, and daily via Richmond and ali
rail route.
Night train makes close connections at Weldon
for ail points north via Richmond.
PULLMAN'S PALACE SLEEPING CARS at
tached to all Night Trains, and run through from
Wilmington to Milford Station, on Richmond, Fre
dericksburg & Potomac Railroad.
JOHN F. DIVINE,
mh 10-tf General Superintendent.
CAROLINA CENTRAL RAILWAY CO.
Office General Superintendent, 1
Wilmington, N. C, Sept 16, 1876. f
Change of Schedule.
On and after SUNDAY, the 17th inst., trains
will run over this Railway as follows:
Passenger and Mai? Express.
Leave Wilmington at 6:30 A. M.
Arrive in Charlotte at 8:30 P. M
Leave Charlotte at 6:30 A. M.
Arrive at Wilmington at 8:30 P. M.
EDaUy except Sundays .
iV. Q. JOHNSON.
General Superintendent.
nov 10-tf
Forest and Stream,
A Weekly Jonrnaf of Sixteen Pages.
DEVOTED TO
JblELD SPORTS,
PRACTICAL NATURAL HISTORY, FISH CUL
TURE, PROTECTION OF GAME, PRESER
VATION OF FORESTS, YACHTING, BOAT
ING AND ALL
Ont-Door Recreation and Study.
It is the only Journal in this Country that fully
supplies the wants and meets he necessities of the
Gentleman Sportsman.
TERMS $5 00 A YEAR.
Liberal discount to Clubs.
Send for a Specimen Copy
Forest Jk Stream Pubiisbins Co.,
17 Chatham Street, (City Hall Square),
New York
Post Office Box 2833 - mar 28-i t
ROD GUN,
LATE
THE AMERICAN SPORTSMAN,
A SIXTEEN PAGE PAPER.
DEDICATED TO
Shooting, FisMni and Natural History,
SCIENCE, AMUSEMENT, ADVENTURE AND
Field Sport articles by the Fiebt Scientists &
SrouTSMEN of America. PRICE. $1.00. 3 Months.
$3.00. 6 Months. $4 Yearly.
Send stamp for specimen copy to
ROD & SUN.
AprilHf SI Park Row, New York
43 Market Street.
INSURANCE.
Atkinson & Manning's
Insurance Rooms,
BANK OF NEW HANOVER BUILDING,
Wilmington, N. C.
FIRE.
Queen Insurance Company, of England.
North British & Mercantile Ins. Co., of England
Hartford Fire Insurance Company, of Hartford.
National Fire Insurance Company, of Hartford.
Continental Insurance Company, of New York.
Phoenix Insurance Company, bf New York.
Springfield Insurance Co., of Springfield, Mass.
Royal Canadian Insurance Compaty, of Canada.
IBASINE.
Mercantile Mutual His. Company, of New York.
Insurance Co. of North America, of Philadelphia.
LIFE.
Connecticut Mutual Life Ins. Co. of Hartford.
Total Assets Represented Over $100000.600.
jan 11-tf .
Fire and Life Insurance Aim o
J. A. BYRNE & CO.
Representing over $62,000,000 Aat.ei
"OFFICE Commercial Exchange Building
North Water Street. . feb 26-tf
PIEDMONT & ARLINGTON
Life Insurance Oompan v
Of Richmond, Vfrglnl
Over 22,300 Policies Issued
Annual Income Over $1,500,000
Progmsiye i Prosprons ! Prompt !
SMALL EXPENSES, SMALL LOSSES, SEOl'RB
INVESTMENTS, AMPLE HSHKRVK
AND GOOD SURPLUS
Premiums Casii, Policies Liberal,
Annual IMvlslon or Surplus.
ARTHUR J. HILL, Jr., Agent.
Office for the present with Dr. T. F. Wood. Medi
cal Examiner, on Market street, two doers west or
Green & Planner's dru? store, Wilmington, N. C
September 8-tf
JtnCOURAGE HOME INSTITUTIONS.
Security against Fire.
THE NORTH CAROLINA
HOME INSUE&AXCE COM PAX If ,
RALEIGH, N. C.
This Company continues to write Policies, at fa
tfaa svn All ilnnona n
rates, on aUclasses of insurable property.
All losses are
promptly adjusted and paid, lht
HOME is rapidly growing in public favor, ah
appeals, with confidence, to insurers of property l
North Carolina
AfTAnta It. nil nu to vK.. wit....
O f J T5 A rPimx -ra -r T . , . m9-
jmx it-., dr., jrresiaent.
O, B ROOT, Vice President.
SEA TON GALES, Secretary.
PULASKI COWPEB, Supervisor.
ATKINSON & MANNING, Abmts,
ag Hf Wilmington. N. c.
Bank of New Hanover.
Authorized Capital $1,000,000.
Cash Capital paid in $3OO,0OO.
Surplus Fund $30,000.
D IR EC 2 ORS.
JOHN DAWSON
D. R. MURCHISON
DONALD McRAE
H. VOLLERS
R. R. BRIDGERS
J. W. ATKINSON
C. M. STEDMAN
L B. GRAINGEJ4
JAS. A. LEAK
B. F. LITTLE
B. B. BORDEN
M. WKDDELL.
L fcs. GRAINGER, President.
S. D. WaMiAcb, Cashier augSO-tf
To the Working Glass.
WE ARE NOW PREPARED TO FURNISH
all class s with constant employment at home,
the whole of the time, or for their spare moments
Business new, light and profitable. Persons of ei
ther sex easily earn from 50 cents to $5 per evening,
and a proportional sum by devoting their whole
time to the business. Boys and girls earn nearly as
much as men. That all who see this notice may send
their address, and test the business, we make this
unparalleled offer : To such as are not well satisfied
we will send one dollar for the trouble of writing.
Full particulars, samples worth" several dollars to
commence work on, and a copy of Home and'Fire
side, one of the largest and best Illustrated Publi
cations, all sent free by mail. Reader, if you want
permanent, profitable work, address, George Snx
sok & Co., Portland, Maine. feb 6-6m
$1.00. Only (to Mar; $1.00.
Tie Wide Awake.
FOR 1877,
WILL BE MAILED, POST-PAID, TO ANY
ADDRESS, FOR $1.00.
THE WIDE AWAKE 18 A SMALL WEEKLY
PAPER, published at Fayetteville, N. C. De
mocratic in politics, but alive to the interests of all
classes and conditions of persons who desire good
government, and the re establishment and perpetua
tion of the material interests of our impoverished
country. Its columns are usually occupied by the
latest local and general news and other interesting
and profitable reading matter, together with the
latest and most reliable market quotations, wit and
humor.
It is also an Excellent Advertising Medium for
the Merchants of Wilmington, having an extensive
circulation in the counties of Cumberland, Harnett,
Moore, Richmond, Robeson, Bladen and Sampson;
nnd also, at all points along the Carolina Central
Railway, from Wilmington to Shelby. Terms lower
than any in the State. Address,
H. I. McDUFPIE,
Janai-tf Publisher.