THnoainnia star
PUBLISHED D1ILT 1IOXM' UONlnti
bates or otrmttCKWioa ui advamci
OaeTAf, (by malt) posiiuja paid,
ix month. " " - U
diree months. " " " 85
ae month " " ii
To City Sooesrlbew, delivered lu any pari or the
riiy. Fifteen Cents per week. Our City Agent are
attt authorised to collect for merv than three otathr
ia advance.
SUitered at the Post Office at Wilmlngtoa, N. O.,
as second class matter.
OUTLINKV
From the Island of St. Kills comes the
news of the loss of 200 persoua by floods;
the losaof property is immense; the entire
isl&Dd is wasted. Extensive strikes
of cotton operatives in England are immi.
nent. Metcalf & Co., London jewel
lers, have failed; liabilities $325,000.
A destructive fire occurred in Philadelphia
yesterday. Augusta cotton factory
and warehjmses burnt Tuesday night; loss
180,000, insurance $60,000. There was
a wholesale presentation of petitions from
women for the right to vote in the Senate.
The police force at the Maine capitol
has been strengthened; the Fusion Election
Committee decided to unseat Hale.
Severe storm aod gale reported from Ore
gon, with heavy loss of property and small
destruction of life. The London 1 imes
says the present dauger in Ireland is con
fined to the west. A rumored rupture
between SjIoo. Chase and Pillsbury is re
ported from Augusta, Me., the former
opposiag the use of force at any stage of
lh8 preswqt dimculiies. At Franklin,
La , yesterday. Sidney Cole, a youth of 19,
was abut and killed by J. B Wofford; ver
dict of coroner's jury, excusable homicide.
Elihu A. White was yesterday con
firmed as collector of internal revenue for
the Second- District of North Carolina.
New aimy movements are reported
from Candahar, as a counter-stroke to the
appruhended junction of the hostile Af
ghan.". The Maine Republican Legis
lature have sulupjtted a scries of questions
i. ; be Supreme Court relative to the muddle.
New York markets: Money 64 per
ceat ; cotton quiet and steady at 12J13c;
Mnutheru flour quiet at $6 008 00; wheal
feverish ami unsettled, closing 23c lower;
corn t&lc better, with very light offerings;
spirits- turpentine dull at 4.444c; rosin
quiet at $1 6G1 63.
Le Duo ami hia Agricultural De
partment are to be investigated.
There waa a tie vote in the Hous e
on a bill to remove the duty on salt.
The excitement in Richmond to
see Joe Jefferson is said to be in
tense. Quinine can now be bought for
z.uu an ounce, rietore tne Uenio- i
orals in fcfongress made
ii fetched $3.70.
it duty frej!
General Harry Helh has loai his
jlaee'under Hayes.
"T was ever thus from childhood's hour,
I have seen my fondest hopes decay."
Four negroes committed a moat
brutal murder in Washington City on
the 11th. The victim was George
P. Hirth, white. One of them has
turned Slate's evidence and given the
details of the dreadful crime. They
ar m jail.
The Philadelphia Times publishes
the reports of sixty-eight Democratic
papers as to the choice of caudidate
for the Presidency. Tilden 15, Bay
ard 13, Hancock 11, Seymour 9.
There are several scattering, whilst
nearly a dozen are on the look for
the man to win.
Wonders will never cease. Grant
is a constant surprise. He is actually
shipping as a present to the Mikado
of Japan two American trotting stal
lions. Both are bays, very handsome,
and one is of the Ethan Allen stock.
Whoever expected to see the great
gift-taker in the role of a giver ?
Speaker Randall . wants a short,
busy session and no tinkering with
the finances. He believes the party
will not gam as much in the East as
some suppose from such legal tender
legislation, and would lose heavily in
the West. The Speaker appears to
have . his eyes open. In the mean
time there are all sorts of financial
schemes before Congress. t
The way to test pure and imita
tion butter (eleomargariue) is to melt
the counterfeit, when it becomes pure,
clear oil. The genuine shows a de
posit of salt, and will not melt read
ily.fr .This on the authority of a
New York dealer. We h ave seen
''gilt edged" put on broiled beefsteak,
aod when xold you could only see
beef suet.
The papers in North Carolina that
have expressed a preference for the
great, pure and tried statesman of
New York, Horatio Seymour, for
President, are the Wilmington Stab,
3h'otuOierer,(dailies),and Hills
boroZTd Greensboro Patriot, Lum
Tn$obtsonian,QLor&Frte Lance
end ; Chapel. Hill Ledger, (weeklies).
There are others probably that have
Intimated a similar preference, bat we
-do not recall thera last new. We
wiU be glad to see the list rapidly and
largely increased.
.NO. 97.
There are two tobacco bills before
Congress. One provides "that all
smoking tobacco and all cut and gran
ulated tobacco other than fine cut
chewiug, all shorts, the refuse of fine
out chewingtwhioh has passed through
a rfddle. of thirty six meshes to the
square inch, and all refuse scraps,
clipping, cuttings, and sweepings of
tobacco, may bo put up in packages
uontatniog two, four, biz, eight, ten,
twelve, and sixteen ounces each."
The other allows "any man to sell
tobacco raised by himself, or received
by him in payment of rent, to any
persou, provided he shall within sixty
days after sale aud delivery notify by
mail the collector of internal revenue
of the district where the Bale and de
livery are made, the name of the pur
chasers, and the quantity sold and
delivered.1
We get this from tiildad's Wash
ington letter in the Richmond State.
Edison's electric light stock has
tumbled, but the great inventor is
confident that he rsjis a great surprise
in store for the profane and scoffers.
The New York Sun of the 12th thus
reports him :
"Mr. Edison says thai all the lights are
as brilliant as when first set up, and cer
tainly they show no loss of intensity to the
ordinary observer.. So pleased is be with
what he considers, bis almost phenomenal
success ia the carbon principle, with incan
descence, instead of tb voltaic arc, that be
propose soon to establish at least one elec
tric station in this city. -
Oae of the most curious objects in
Edisou's laboratory is an tlectric light that
has been completely submerged in a bath
of water for several weeks. It is designed
foi submarine work and as ao assistance to
divers in prosecuting their work in recover
ing sunken treasure, and in patching up
sunken ships so. that they may be raised.
So constantly is Mr. Edison absorbed in bis
electric problems ; that his assistants say
that be would forget to eat bis meals and
Ho to bed if be were not reminded of those
things."
The New York Sun has again been
perverting one of the items of the
Charlotte Observer. That paper takes
strange liberty sometimes with the
truth. Here is the way it did it with
"its Utile hatchet":
"A young physician of Charlotte, N. C,
had wagered heavily that the game cock
would w d in a forthcoming fight. In order
lo give the fowl a little practice, he and a
friendly clergyman obtained a big Shanghai
rooster, clipped off his spurs and put him
iuto a pen tor the other tokUJ. The Shang
hai was informed' that be - only bad about
two minutes to live, but be went at the
game cock with surprising confidence and
vigor, and at the expiration oi ine two min
utes crowed aver bis dead body. The phy
sician told his sorrows in plain words, but
the clerivuisn ex Dressed bis feelings in a
sermon on 'Tne Vanity of Unman Hopes."
The addition- consists in tthe part
the clergyman performed. No such
person was concerned in the matter.
According to the New York Her
ald Washington society has been
greatly improved under Democratic
supremacy. It says:
"The Democrats in Congress have starved
out the lobbr and the administration has no
jobs of its own on hand, and Washington is
as dull as peace ana prosperity can maze it.
It is so melancholy a condition of things
that it is a wonder some lover of a strong
man at the head of the government does not
move the impeachment and removal of Mr.
Hayes."
The Philadelphia Jftss, titalwart
organ, has made a thorough canvass
of Pennsylvania opinion, and it is
found that Blaine is the choice of the
people, and Grant is supported only
only by politicians. It says the peo
ple are found to be against the third
term movement. '
Captain Hamlin and Sergeant Fry e
(Garoelon's brother-in-law to j whom
he does not speak) have taken their
seats in Congress. Gen. . iilaiqe ia
still at the Beat of war directing the
operations of the Stalwart fighting
brigade. Hamlin and Frye profess
to be very hopeful.'
Deel4dlr Rmi.
QillsborO Southern Hail.
The Wilmington Morning Stab is
decidedly the Lest daily newspaper in
North Carolina. ? . ,y.
Spirits Turpentine.
The measles are at Raleigh and
diphtheria is disappearing.
The Milton Presbyterian ladies
made $75 by their dime party.
The Reidsyille Nexos has been
changed into Webster's Dollar Weekly.
The ice crop in the upper couu -ties
remains to be made and gathered.
Ashe vilfe Bank' has declared a
eemi-anoual dividend of five per cent.
Ve larie really ratlfierl to learn
that Chief Justice Smith is sufficiently con
valescent to be again on the street.
' Hale's , Weekly reports the taxes
paid in 1879 as follows: State, $495,642 49;
County, $919,059 13; School, $333,757 88.
Total $1,747,859. .
New. Berne Nut Shell: Four of
our colored citizens died Sunday night and
yesterday ; mocniog- i Two of them died
almost at the sime moment. , ,
-Mrs Moon's revival at Reids
vllle closed after twenty-four days oontinu
ancd. Theconveru exceed sixty In num
ber according to the Dollar Weekly.
VOL,
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WILMINGTON,
Sam Gordon was accidentally,
foolishly and dangerously shot by Merri-
wether Lewis, in Caswell county. The
Reidsville limes says this Merry fellow was
poking poor Sam with a loaded shot gun.
W ade Harris is again at the
bead of his old paper, the Concord Sun,
and it gives a new and brilliant light. Long
may the Sun shine for all and V. H. be
the man "to turn on the light." His first
number is excellent
Newton JSnterprtse: The Monu
mental and Historical Association held their
regular quarterly meeting in the Court
House last Saturday. Dr. Geo. C. McNeill
delivered an address and several hours were
spent in transacting business.
Mr. Theo. Hobgood, one of the
most favorably known yonng men of the
Eastern part ofthe State,- has accepted the
position of travelling agent for the Newt,
and has taken the field for active service.
Any courtesies extended to him will be duly
recognized by this paper. Baleigh News.
Hillsboro Mail: Wm. Fitchett,
the farmer on Capt Tayerny's place, who
made an unsuccessful attempt to commit
suicide last week, has entirely recovered
both in mind and body. Misses Sa
rah and Mary Nash, of the Female High
School, are spending the winter vacation
in Brooklyn.
Stateaville Landmark: The
young wheat is represented as looking ex
ceedingly promising, 'but from different
Carts of the county come reports of damage
y the fly. One farmer tells us that, settled
upon his wheat in the early morning, they
look like a fog. Between the 1st of
September last and the 1st of January, all
of 1.000 bales of cotton were sold in that
market
. Greenville Express: The town
has been full of fire insurance adjusters
and satisfactory arrangements have been
made with the insurers. Property in
the burnt district is fast changing bands at
fabulous prices. The work of rebuilding
has begun. The old jail is fall of folks
and the two guards stationed in there at
night have prevented many escapes.
Pitt county is now without a sheriff and
will be until U)p 1st of February.
Hale's Weekly, Raleigh: One
of the patients at the Insane Asylum, Mr.
David Kersey, of Guilford county, was
fonnd dead in his bed on Thursday morn
ing. There are at present in attend
ance at the public schools of this county
14,863 children. Of this number 7,818 are
white, 7,044 colored. A Massachusetts
man, howeVer, bought a corundum mine
in Macon county, and as the proceeds of
the mine, employing only an average of
three regular miners, and they not working
during the winter . of 1877-'78, he has
wagoned, to the Air-Line Railroad, from
August, 1878, to December, 1879, two hun
dred tons of corundum. A New York
party has also bought a corundum mice in
Clay county which they have not yet
operated.
Concord Sun: Henry Groner,
of our town, baa lately acquired a wonder
ful .skill with the rifle, and has sent Texas
Jack a challenge to meet him in a shooting
match sometime during the coming spring.
The cbnrisnge is for plain target-shooting,
at a distance anywhere between 100 and
2,000 yards. "Rah for Hen. Rev. Luke
Dorland, Principal of Scotia Seminary, a
colored institution, has bought the lot ad
joining the Seminary ground on the East,
owned by Capt W. W. Robinson, and will
build a brick church where Capt Robin
son's residence now stands. That
bright little neighbor town of ours Mount
Pleasant has expressed its intention of
having a railroad, and has already taken
the initiatory steps ia the matter.
The Chicago buggy man was in town
this week and commenced the sale of bis
buggies on the Court House green. He
had about fifty, open and top, and sold
them all before the close of the week, and
as a consequence, one can scarcely turn
around without seeing a stylish turnout
whirl by. Revival is no the ; word to
apply to the recent rising up of tha.Gran
gers ia - Cabarrus and Mecklenburg ceun
tiea. Col. W. H. Cheek, Master of the
State Grange,' has been among them, and
the effects or his talking has had a won
derful influence in waking np the mem
bers of the ordep -
-Raleigh: Observer: Dr.Pritchard
baptized six students at Wake Forest on
Sunday last. - "The boys are pouring
into Wake Forest and a large increase is
expected. Goldaboro, correspondent :
In the months of October and November
475 exodustera left here for Indiana, and
twenty-two for Kansas. In December 650
purchased tickets for Indiana, and January
1st, 123 took shipping-for the same point
Total 1,253. .'' On or about the 12th and 14th
of this month some .5,000 or 6,000 more
wiH go from Wayne and Johnslpn counties.
Parties from Pitt county inform us that 800
or 1,000 will leave there about the 19th or
20th of this; month; There is an exodus
agent in town to-day from Green county
for, ttiV purpose.. of chartering a train to
carry exodusteri from that county. He in
forms me 'that about 1,500 are ready and
are going Within a' week or ao. Some of
the parlies that are interested In the move
also inform - me that a goodly number are
geingfrom Wilson county. ,within a few
days.
-r Charlotte Observer: . Charlotte,
itjeema, iajo havt another -portunlryjof
getting a telephone. There are, now
fifty-one persons In the county jail, and it is
a month till the Inferior Court meets.
The store of David Bhuf ord, in Catawba
county, was brokfn open one night last
week, and nearly the whole stock of goods
stolen. The small grain crop of Union
county is reported as promising. It is
reported that the wheat crop of Alexander
county ia being damaged by the fly, owing
to the warm weather. The spring ses
sion of Rutherford College opened last '
week, with-about one hundred students
present the first day. Mr. Josiah As
bury, well-known building contractor of
this city, left yesterday morning to join in
Philadelphia the Messrs. Oates who left
some days since to purchase the machinery
for their ' cotton factory. Revenue
raiding parties have been operating quite
extensively . in Cleaveland county and
have destroyed several stills -and made
some arrests. On the 8th 4hey seized
200 gallons of brandy, belonging . to
Sam Black, of Cherryville. The raiding
party was in charge of Captain Stockton.
At least three of the railroads running
into Charlotte will soon have other connect
ing roads. In the course of'a month or so
the Carolina Central will fiave the Cheraw
and Salisbury at Wadeaboro; the North Ca
rolina Railroad will soon have the roadto
the University, and the Air Line a road
from Gainesville to some point in North
Georgia. Besides this may be mentioned
the Winston, Salem & Mooresville Railroad,
which is to connect with the Atlantic, Ten
nessee & Ohio Road at Mooresville, and on
which the work Is now progressing satisfac
torily. ' ' . . - i . , '
Il ls asserted that Misses Kellogg, Ab
bott Oates, and .our . other famous song
stresses manage to keep their voices clear
by the use of Dr. Ball's Cough Syrup. Price
25 cents a bottle. t
MOIIN
N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1880,
TJEC JED CITY.
NJBW ADVStBTiaKnKNTS.
Munson Overcoats.
A. David Fairly rushing.
Habbison & Aixkn Hats.
Notice To merchants of Brunswick.
CnoNiiV & Morbis Vehicles at auction.
mm
Local Dots.
There were no cases for the
Mayor's Court yesterday morning.
It is Col. E. S., not E. G., Lati
mer, of the Second Regiment N. C. 8.
Guard.
The Sheriff yesterday received a
receipt in full from Treasurer Worth for
New Hanover's quota of the State taxes, for
warded on Saturday last.
A blanket had been torn up and
madeinto a rope by the prisoners who at
tempted to escape from the county jail on
Tuesday morning, which was ready for use
in lowering them from the windows in caso
they had escaped detection.
Besides the pleasure the leap
year ballists enjoyed at German ia Hall, last
Tuesday evening, we understand they did
a really good thing in donating eatables to
St John's festival, and eatables and a snug
sum of money to the Ladies' Benevolent
Society. This was dancing to some purpose.
There seems to be no such thing
as stopping cattle from running at large on
the streets, and the worst of it is that some
of them open gates and depredate upon
plants, evergreens, &3. A case of this sort
happened yesterday morning, and not far
from the same neighborhood a heifer en
tered a store, and was about helping her
self to Irish potatoas, &c, when discovered
and driven out
A Ciood BearlnnlBK
We print this morning the official pro
ceedings of the meetiag held at the City
Hall, last evening, to adopt measures to
aid the present distress in Ireland. The
handsome sum of $245 was subscribed in
stantly, and it is not to be doubted that
when the committee, appointed for that
purpose, puts .the full machinery in opera
tion, this amount will be swollen to such a
degree as lo indicate the deep sympathy of
the people here with the woes of Ireland.
The object in view is one thai demands
practical, earnest effort; that calls: for some
thing better than wordy demonstrations;
and we trust every one in this community
will add something to the stature of his
manhood by contributing to the relief fund
however small the sum each individual may
be able to bestow.
The preliminary meeting of the commit
tee, appointed at the meeting last evening,
will be held at the First National Bank to
day at 12 o'clock.
Local Iniaraaes Statistics.
We give below some local insurance sta
tistics, obtained from the Secretary to the
Board of Underwriters, which may be of
interest to our readers:
Fires Inside City Limits During Year 1879.
MONTH. NUMBER FIRES.
January 5
February 6
raa. paid.
$ 9.608 72
4,262 60
0.000 00
810 00
8 00
588 25
4,566 40
800 00
1.975 00
50,887 38
15.796 83
263 00
March 1
April 8
May 2
J une ..... ...... 1
July 5
August 1
September 5
October 5
November 5
December 2
Totals. ...... .41 $88,566 06
This sum, $88,566 06. was actually paid
by Fire Insurance Companies through
agents here, on losses sustained within the
city limits during 1879. If we add to this
the losses paid on property burnt within a
radius of eight miles from the city (princi
pal of which were rice barns of F. M.
Moore and A. W. Reiger, and dwellings of
D. S. 8andera and John F. Garrell) amount
ing to something ever $20,000, we have,
say, $110,000 paid out here by Fire Insu
rance Companies last year.
The heaviest losses' to companies by sin
gle fires during the year were that of the
Wilmington Compress and Warehouse
Company, on October 1st, $49,386.52, and
that of Colville & Co.'s milf, &c, on No
vember 22d, $14,750. Our informant can
not now state exactly the profit and loss
resulting to the companies of the city on
their business for the year, as none of our
agencies here keep an accoilhff receipts
on city .business . separate from that on
country. He is satisfied, nowever, that for
very company which made any money In
Wilmington last year, there are two which
lost, and that it will require all the local
profits of some of the -latter for several
prosperous years to come to repair their
1879 losses. The city losses paid by the
companies in 1878 amounted to $63,286.71.
BnffiloBIU.
Of the new drama, "Knight of the Plains,"
in which our old acquaintance, Buff alo Bill,
will appear at the Opera House on the 22d
inst, the' Indianapolis Journal says: VThe,
papers everywhere speak most highly of
Ingraham's drama, 'Knight of the Plains
written expressly for the.Hpa.W F. Cody,
better known as Buffalo Bjlf, and having
last night winessed the performance of the
play, - we ; willingly ' endorse the universal
sentiment of the press regarding its merits. '
Festival Tonla:Iit."'
This evening the promised festival.under
the auspices of a committee of ladies of St.
John's Church, will, take place at, the old
National Bank building, northeast corner
of Front and Princess streets,, the proceeds
to be applied to the extinguishment of the
debt of the church. : Those; fond ; of the
good things of this life should make It con
venient to attend.
Star
TIi Fire Yesterday nornlne.
About half past two o'clock yesterday
morning the alarm bell sounded for fire.
which was finally found to be at the bouse
of Louis LeGrand, the well known porter
.at Messrs. Cronly & Morris', the building
being located on Second, between Dawson
and Wright streets, in the extreme south
ern section of the city. Louis says when
he awoke the side of his house next to Mt
Olive Church was in a light blaze, and the
fire was between himself , ..and wife .and
their children, four of them, the oldest not
more than ten years of age, being in a room
to themselves. The fire was also within
about five steps of Louis and his wife,
when the infant in its mother's arms
awoke them by a peculiar noise it
made in its efforts to get its breath,
the smoke having nearly suffocated
it There was no way of reaching
the children, except through fire and flame,
and the almost distracted mother finally
sprang from one of the windows with her
infant in her arms, and, running to the vi
cinity of the room where the children were
sleeping quietly, all unconscious of the dead
ly peril by which they were surrounded,
commenced shouting an alarm which speed
fly awoke them and they all jumped safely
from one of the windows into the yard.
. Id the meantime the flames had spread
with such rapidity that very little of the fur
niture could be saved, all but one bed, with
the covering; and a few chairs,, being con
sumed in. the bouse.
The fire communicated to Mount Olive
A. M. Church, of which Rev. Cornelius
Sampson is pastor, and also to the kitchen
on the premises of Louis LeGrand, both of
which were completely destroyed. All the
benches, lamps, bible, etc., were, saved
from the church. Another house ia close
proximity to the burning property, owned
by LeGrand, and occupied by his mother,
made a narrow escaps.
LeGrand had insurance to the amount of
$500 on bis house, in a company represent
ed by Messrs. Atkinson & Manning, but his
house and kitchen furniture was cot in
jured. He estimates his loss over and above
insurance at between $800 and $850.
The Mt Olive Church building was a
frame structure, and was, together with the(
church furniture, insured for $1,000 in a
company represented by Messrs. W. L.
Smith &Co., which will probably cover the
loss.
The fire is supposed to have been the
work of an incendiary.
Ttee Hop- Tuesday Bveatnc.
The young ladies are to be warmly con
gratulated upon the great success of the
Leap Tear Ball given by them at Germania
Hall on Tuesday evening last In point of
attendance and pleasure experienced the
hop surpassed anything given here this
winter, and certainly reflected the greatest
credit on those entrusted with its manage
ment An elegant supper was served abou t
midnight, to which the guests of the eve
ning gave their attentionwith a zest indi
cative of their appreciation, and over which ,
attended by the young ladies as waiters on
this special occasion, they liogered long
and fondly.
The young ladies were unceasing in their
attentions to their guests, and as a conse
quence the boys, with singular unanimity,
pronounced it the most pleasant dance they
ever attended. There were no belles, nor
no wall-flowers; it was seen that no one
was neglected, and henee all participants
had a pleasant time, the only regret being
that the young ladies cannot give a leap
year ball every week.
rttsreaosaster KseorsU
The following will show-the state of the
thermometer, at the stations mentioned, at
4.81 yesterday evening, Washington mean
time, as ascertained from the dally bulletin
issued from the Signal Office in this city:
Atlanta ..46
Augusta 51
Charleston, 54
Charlotte 44
Corslcana, . . . . . . 60
Galveston, 69
Havana.......... 78
Indianola, ...... .68
Jacksonville 53
Key West, 76
Mobile 63
Montgomery 54
New Orleans,... .65
PuntaRassa,. ...70
Savannah 54
Wilmington,... .52
magisirata's Court.
Betsy Willis, colored, bad a bearing be
fore Justice Gardner, yesterday, on the
charge of committing assault and battery
upon a child. Defendant submitted and
judgment was suspended on the payment
of costs. ' ssj' aw
B1VBB AND SiaHINE.
The Russian! brig Mermo, Nickelsen,
sailed from Gloucester on the 10th inst.
for this port f
: The schooner John A. Griffin, Selover,
cleared from Philadelphia for thi3 port on
the 12th inst.
The steamship Gulf Stream, Ingra
ham, from this port, arrived at New York
on the 12th inst, and cleared the same day
on return trip. ' '
The brig Alice Lea, Capt. Foster,
Which cleared from;tbispdrt for Philadel
phia on the80th nit, went ashore -on
Watchaprigue on; the 8th inst, and will
probably be a total! loss. - Her consignees
at this port were Messrs. Harriss & Howell,
and her cargo consisted of 123,000 feet of
lumber, She : was owned in Wilmington,
Delaware, where she was built in 1854, and
registered 297 tons. , Both vessel and com
mander are. well knownin Wilmington.and
Capt. Foster has many very warm friends
here. A letter from his father, in Phila
delphia, received; by Messrs. Harriss &
Howell. . confirms, the above . Information,,
hut gives np additional particulars! Watch
aprigue U aJi island on thd Virginia 'coast,
flfteetr miles' south of Chihcoteague, r and it
is supposed Iho Alice Led grounded on the
shoals off the island. "
WHOLE NO. 3,875
To-Day's Indications.
For the South Atlantic States, falling ba
rometer, warmer northeast to southerly
winds, increasing cloudiness acd light rains
on the coast.
Bale or city Bonds.
Two of the new city bonds, bearing 6
per cent interest and each of the face value
Of five hundred dollars, were sold at auc
tion at-Exchange corner, yesterday morn
ing, by Mr. Seth Davis, auctioneer, at 85.
If the number had been larger it is probable
that they would have sold for even more.
Bonds of the same denomination, we are
informed, sold about four years ago, before
the present Democratic administration came
into power, for 62f This is a good showing.
Aid lor Ireland.
A large and intelligent meeting of the
Citizens of Wilmington assembled in the
City Court room on the evening of the 14th
instant, pursuant to a call of Hon. S. H..
Fishblate, Mayor, to take into conaidera
tion the subject of the telegrams which he
had received from the Lord Mayors of Lon
don and Dublin in reference to the famine
which now exists in Ireland.
On motiom Hon. 8. H. Fishblata WAS
called to IheNchair, and Col. B. R. Moore
was requested rto act as secretary.
Upon taking the chair the chairman an
nounced that Co). McRae had been ex
pected to be present aod address the meet
ing, but information had iuat reached thf
hall that this gentleman was absent from"
sickness-
Calls were made for a sneenh f mm V TT
Darby, Esq., who addressed the meeting at
considerable length, giving an interesting"
and glowing description of the tenures by
which the lands of Ireland were held, and
the results therefrom that are the immediate
causes of all the distress that now prevails
auu uoa uuucau prevauea in xreiaca.
Alex. Bprunt, JSsq.. beme called unon.
excused himself from makioe: a SDeecb.
saying that be came to contribute rather
than to speak, knowing as he did that there
was no more worthy object for the charity
of all who are disoosod to be r-harit&ble
than Suffering Ireland, and that every Eng
lish and Scotch breast would respond to the
present cry of distress.
Rev. Dr. Watson, beinc called uDon.
stated that it was sufficient for him to know
that distress and famine afflicted the people
of Ireland, and it was not necessary for
him to go into the causes. He came to
offer his sympathy and contribution.
Mr. T. U. Kingsbury sooke eloouentlv in
behalf of the cause for which the meeting
was called, tracing rapidly the characters
or some oi lreianqs men of letters and
science, giving a glowing description of
their worth and talents, and saying that it
was sufficient for: him to know that there
was suffering among any people in order to
open bis purse-strings to contribute bis
mite, but when this cry of suffering came
from the land inhabited by such men as be
had described, and their descendants, he
only regretted that be was able to do so
little. His speech was received with the
heartiest applause.
Col. John McRae also spoke, expressing
his hearty co-operation in the cause and
willingness to contribute.
On motion, a committee of nine was ap
pointed by the Chair to constitute the
Irish Relief Committee.
The Chair appointed the following gen
tlemen on this committee: Col. F. W.
Kerchner, Capt. D. R. Murchison. H.
Brunhild, A. D. Brown, A. Adrian, Esqs.,
Col. J. W. Atkinson, L. H. Bowden, Alex.
Sprunt and F. H. Darby, Esqts.
On motion, the meeting then adjourned.
8. H. Fishblate, Ch'm.
B. R. Moore, See'y-
XHE MAILS.
The mails close and arrive st the City
Post Office as follows:
close.
Northern through mails 7:45 P. M.
Northern through and way
mails 5:30 A. M.
Raleigh .5:30 A. M. and 6:00 P. M.
Mails for the N. C. Railroad,
and routes supplied there
from, including A. & N. C.
Railroad, at... 5:30 A. M.
Southern mails for all points
South, daily. .8:00 A. M. and 7:45 P. M.
Western mails (C. C. R'y ) daily
(except Sunday) 6:00 P. M.
Mail for Cheraw & Darlington
Railroad 8:00 A
M.
Mails for points between Flo
rence and Charleston ......
Fayette ville, and offices on Cape
Fear River, Tuesdays and
Fridays
Fayetteville, via Lufnberton.
8:00 A. M.
1KX)P M.
daily, except Sundays.... 6:00 P. M.
Onslow C. H. and interme
diate offices every. Friday. . 6 :00 A M.
Smithville mails, by steam
boat, daily (except Sundays) 0 .-00 A. M.
Mails for Easy Hyi, Town
Creek and Shallotte, every
Friday at. 6:00 A.M.
Wilmington and Black River
Chapel, Tuesdays and Fri
days at 12:00P.M.
OPEN FOB DELIVEBT.
Northern through mails 9:45 A. M.
Northern through and way
mails 7.-00 A. M.
Southern mails 7 :30 A. M.
Carolina Central Railroad. ... 10:35 A. M.
Stamp Office open from 8 A. M. to 12 M.,
andfrom 2 to 5:80 P.M. Money order and
Register Department open same as stamp
office.
General delivery open from 6:30 A. M.
to 6:00 P. M., and on Sundays from 8:30 to
9:80A.M.
Stamps for sale at general delivery when
stamp office is closed.
Mails collected from street boxes every
day at 4.00 P. M.
C1XY 1TK3IS.
Chew Jjlcksox's Bass Sweet Navy Tobacco.
THE MORNING STAB can always be had at tne
following places in the city : The Pur cell HouBe,
Harris' News' Stand, and the Stay Office.
ELECTRIC BELTS. A sure cure for nervous
debility, premature decay, exhaustion, etc. The
only reliable cure. Circulars mailed free. Address
J. E. REEVES, 43 Chatham St.. N. Y. w
JINEHZNGLISH GUNS. The attention of sports
men Is invited to the advertisement of Messrs. J. St
W. Toiler, manufacturers of fine breech-loading
gnns, Birmingham, England. - Their guns are made
to order accoifling to specifications and measure
ments furnished, thus ensuring the right crook,
length of stock, ate.
Eminent Dr. J.J. CaldweflTBalUmore. Md., states:
I hare used Colden's Llebig'B Liquid Extract of
Beef and Tonic Invigorator largely in debility, feb
rile and nervous diseases, and I have found it on,
of themost reliable ot. nutrient tonics now In use
or to be found in pharmacy."
Obikn A Flaitmb. Agents, Wilmington. J ,"K
GUILTY OF WRONG. Some people have' 'a
fashion of confusing excellent remedies with the
large mass ot "patent medicines, and in this they
are guilty of a wrong.' There are some advertised
remedies fully worth all that is asked tortfcem, and,
one at least we know of Hop Bitters. The writer
has had occasion tanse the Bitters in Jast such a
climate as we have most of the year in Bay City.;
and baa always fonnd them to bedrsr class and. re
liable, doing all that is claimed for them. Tri
bune. - '
RATES OP AttVttfcl tl
two days....,.. - l 75
thxesdava.......... ........... 8 6u
ftve days,..; . a 60
une weeav. v.;.: 4 oo
Twoweeka,...; a 60
Three weeks........ 8 60
" Oae month. .. 10 tti
" Two months,. ........ 17 00
" " - Three months, 84 00
" Six months, ... 40 00
' One year, 60 Co
, IVOontract Advertisement taken t prof oi
Uonately low rates.
Tea lines sslid Nonpareil type make ou rquftf.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
O P ERA HO U S E .
OSTB NIGHT ONLY-SATURDAY, JAN'T 17TH.
O. B. JEFFERSON
...MANAG&it
JOSEPH JEFFERSON
Rip Van W inkle !
Supported by his own Dramatic Company.
A Popular Scale of Prices only. Admieslon SI.
No extra charge for Reserved Seats, now on sale at
Helnebetger'a. Gallery 60c. Jan 14 4t
Rockaway and Buggies
JAT AUCTION,
AT EXCHANGE CORNER, THIS DA
(THURSDAY), at 11 o'clock. A, M.
CRONLY A MORRIS.
jn 15 It Auctioneers.
HATS!
ALL GRADES i
LOW PRICES i
HARRISON it ALLEN,
janl5tf Halters.
Overcoats
AJRE NOW THE CORRECT THING. A FEW
(received during Christmas times), on hand and
will be sold low.
MUNSON, Clothier and
Jan 15 It ' Merchant Tailor.
BRUNSWICK COUNTY,
January 13th, 1880.
JOTICE IS HERESY GIVEN TO ALL MER
CHANTS to send in a sworn statement of all pur
chases made by them since the first day of Jaly"
1879, ap to January 1st, 1880. All persons who
have failed to list is subject to be dealt Willi ac
cording to law, as the time prescribed by law has
already expired.
H. K. RUARK, Register of Deeds,
Jan 15 D&Wlt Brunswick sonnty.
& "
Fairly Bushing.
pHB COLD SNAP HAS CREATED A DK
mand for
Overcoats,
and we are equal to it, having a GOOD STOCK on
hand, and will close them out at LOW FIGURES.
Now is the time to buy Winter Clothing cheap.
Call on
A, DAVID,
The Clothier.
Ian 15 tf
Notice.
THE BRIDGES AT THE DOWNEY BRANCH,
on the Wilmington and Coast Turnpike, being
under repairs, the public are notified that the Com
pany will not be responsible for damages aiiBing
during such repairs, a road having been opened in
order to pass around said Bridges.
Jan 14 tf S. JEWETT, Sec, and Tress.
Wanted,
3Q EXPERIENCE RICE FIELD BANDS. OR
those accustomed to working in ditches or on
banks.
Apply to
Jan 11 tf WILLIAMS & MURCHISON .
I3STEZ,
Fresh lot just received.
BEST 5-CENT -CIGAR in the city.
KASPROWICZ'S
Sold only at
jan 11 tf Garden City Cigar Emporium.
For Sent,
The Dwelling, Store and Out-honses,
with Seventy -Five Acres Cleared Land in
L
la high state of cultivation.
Also, Five Hundred Turpentine Boxes, at Castle
Hajne, nine mfies from town, the property of Mr.
Claus Schriever, deceased.
Apply to MRS. A. SCHRIEVER, '
On the premises.
Or to ADRIAN A VOLLBR8,
. Jan II lw Wilmington, N. C.
For Sale.
25,000
POUNDS GRANULATED TOBACCO
STEMS; the very best Fertilizer for Truck Farms,
Gardens or Flower Yards ; will kill all Bugs andl n
sects; a Superior Fertilizer for alky crop.
Apply to
Jan 11 lw CAPE FEAR TOBACCO WORKS.
Sixty Cents
TyiLL BUY A CHALLENGE SHIRT.
BEST and CHEAPEST in the msrket.
CLOTHING and FURNISHING GOODS,
At OTTERBOURG'8
Jan4tf Men's Wear Depot.
;
We are Still Prepared
: To furnish our friends
and patrons with Easy,
Nice Fitting, Comfort
able and Durable Boots
and Shoes at Low Pri
ces. Money can be
saved by baying of
GEO. R, FRENCH A SONS,
sal of 69 N. Front Street.
We Axe
r vr T ixiri nn nnm rr a Tj-amaa
ST
l.B
O SADDLES. BRIDLES; COLLARS. Ac
for the least money,
once.
tf you don't think so try us
tafManufacturing and Repairing Harneea and
Trunks a specialty. - .
MALLARD A BOW DEN.
Jan 11 tf . - No. a So. Front St.
Gill turned around,
Saw Jack kissing his wile.
With pistol and knife
He threatened Jack's life,
and with an Oak Chair bought cheap at the NEW
FURNITURE STORE of t - i .
BBHRENDS ft mUNROB
, t . a S. Comer Market and 3d Sts. .
Janlltf Wilmington, fi . C.
Stop
T B.. C. PREMPERTS FASHIONABLE SHA
VING and EA13 DRESSING PARIJOR, atrNo ."7
South Front Street, where yon wUlibe;arved.ta a
Remember the Big Seven. Ac. ' J r " ' ' nov 30 tf
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