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, .THE -HOniTIUa 3T.IP. Z". ar-rl 'firrittzlKA 31 It ' Y T' PUBLISHED IJAILI ivSXCiByTM ON lA Y. ine year, 4by mail) poet 1 - Sir month. f Turee months. " ... uv as 00 V, ne month - . -- . .......... i w 4. To City Subscribers, aeBvereoVln any part of the anaatliorixed to collect rsr more tnao three mth MORNING EDITION. Entered at h Post Office at Wiuaingtoa, N. c. s eecona ciaes mauer.j . OtIVI.1 Manchester;-New , Hampshire,- cotton mills have . increased ' wages - from tbetlib insU'10 per. cent. ; The engineers of the De Leaseps canal estimate the cost, at 43.000,000 francs; the work will occupy eight years.S: -Senor Zimacana's chances for the Preaidency.of Mexico are impro ving; Here is strong hope that President ' Diaz will hold over. --A destructive fire in Chicago:, loss $500,000. Irish relief committee in London report great success. CapL Rucker's command was utterly routid by the Indians and driven across the river. -The Princess Louise was upset Jb a sleigh; and received considerable injury; she was going to the Senate at night. The election at South wark was a Go vernment victory. The condition of Ireland is reported improving. Sixteen brigands in Spam stopped a train with the Government's treasure chest.but were driven off by Marshal Serrano and five gendarme?. Sydney Shores, who married his twelve year-old step-daughter in Maryland, has been arrested, and also the officiating min ister. There ia excitement among the laborers at Denver, Colorado; they are or ganizing ll. .ions. Rev. Dr. F. M. Ken nedy; editor of. the Chriatiai Advocate, at Macon, Georgia, died suddenly of apo plexy,, aged forty-seven. Severe losses were sustained in Ohio and Kentucky by n-caot. floods; mills, dwellings and rail- roathrwere swept away Two build- ing in New York destroyed by fire; loss $91:000. The bridge on the Peters burg fc Weldoa Railroad is temporarily rr placed. ' A. bill was introduced yes terday ia Congress to refund the cotton tax. T-ne Ohio river is booming; fifty-two feet ab ire fo jr water mark at Cincinnati. The losses to-farmera in Great Britain during 1879 are estimated at over one hun- dred million pounds The Duchess of Marlborough siys that the danger of a famine in Ireland appears to be over; it is again denied tbrt the Baroness Bardett Coutts will give 500.000 for the relief of distress in Ireland. England and Per sia arc at loggerheads about Herat P. Allen, a respected' citizen of Ohio, was murdered in his bed by burglars There ia still great suffering in Ireland, owing to the scarcity of food, and fever has appeared in sooi district ii const) qaeoce of lae distress. - -New Yoik markets: Money 56 per coitt; cotton weak at 13i13c; Southern fl mr quiet and unchanged, at $3 853 00; wheat opened-ffe.. better and closed dull at $1 50: corn. mre steady at 5759c; spirits turpentine dull at 42jc; raam qaiet ai $t 45t 50. In 1879 the total gold production was $31,400,000. North Carolina will be entitled to 2U delegated in the National Repub lican Convention out of 746 total. Itwilt require an appropriation of lea than a million dollars to make good the .fosses by the Freedraau's Bank, swindle. The Acklen case excites very great interest in Washington, and it is thought the report of the committee will lead id his expulsion . 1 JJody-snatching is still carried on atr Richmond, Va. A few nights ago live robbers were .fired upon by the gaard in Oakwood Cemetery. . Sepator Ingalls's case is to come up this week. He is being over haoledy it will be remembered, for huyinghis way into the Senate, If guilty be 'should be expelled instanter. Senator Ti.tvia ' nf Woat. Virginia .-; o will jxiake his report in regard to Tfeaiury discrepancies in a few days. He has been digging away for a long lime, and .it is to be hoped that he will be able to show up John Sherman in proper light. It seems to be gen erally accepted that .the Treasury books are badly kept. - ,rbe ilenderson Inter-State Com meix!ei bill : that passed the House vymmcito vummiuee provides a ,; iidard Qf inter-State Commissioners partment They are to supervise the easiness pt ail roads from one State into : another - and . to any foreign country, ana compel tnem to carry at reasonable ratei" Ii prevents un just diaorimiiratiou and "prohibits re- are fommon toj alL Penalties, are prescribed -for violations of the act. u uudi uoooano Ma Ttrv uuuuuui. jyvpecplff; should spendfsuch ; auins to get. up the Mardi Grai dis playand why so' many people'should go to so ixpertse to see ltj is just what we do not ; care to : under tand. It is An exotto that ought not to ;fldurUh.;Jn ihis;;xsantry. ; It .is DrODSDIV nettef V1nf prT tn Nav Or- which is the most cosmopolitaD vol: xxv.no. 12s. and godesa of all American iciliesi than lo-ftny other part of the United States. - The last parade was a grand success. "It presented a C picture of Mexico from the days of the Aztecs. Dictator Don Cameron ia changing his uce a little bit in regard to Grant. Cockling says he is for,; Grant first, last and all the time; but Don talks differently. He ia for him if he can be nominated on the first ballot,-but otherwise his name will not be brought before the convention. In fact, he says that unless his friends still feel sure when the " convention meets that he can be elected if nomi- jjaated, his name will not be presented. As to the Harrisburg Convention, he says the endorsement of Grant would not have (-'been attempted, fn view of the shape things took for a period im mediately preceding the convention, if it had not been necessary in order to prevent his (Cameron's) defeat. To avert this he had the help.of quite a number of pronounced Blaine men among the delegates, who loyalty to himself in Stale affairs they placed before their support of any President tial candidate. As to the nomination of Mr. Blaine he did not consider it expedient. This is given on the au thority of the. Baltimore American's Washington correspondent, who is a Stalwart. The following will be interesting to some of our readers. It shows what those who have . tried Indiana for themselves think of that land of corn and wine They did not find the beautiful cottages with nice furniture and plenty of work at 11 50 a day. The.promises were all moon shine, and the deception was more glaring than the mule and forty acres. We copy from the Washington letter of last Saturday to the Richmond Dispatch'. "To colored men L t went from Wil son county, N. C, to Indiana, arrived bere io-cigiii on their way back borne. They told Scuaior Uiiusom Ibal they would ratber live one year in North C&ru.ina than to live "o bu aiuld as giants out there. Tbey bad nut seen but one nice plaee in Indiana, and thought the people the most unwelcome folks tney ever saw. lhey are thoroughly home-sick, and say there are hundreds there who waul to get back, but have not the inoury. I akeU - II .work was plentiful. No, indeed; said one. There are more idle people than I ever saw before. Tbey will tell the nue story when they set horn-." pints Turpentine". Oxford ia to have a spacious con' ceit halL Kevenue receipts in the Fourth District lost week $24,453.21. The total capacity of the Cisterns of Kalcih is 255,000 gallons. Mrs. McKane, of Charlotte, raised $240 75 for the Irish sufferers. The sum of $269,925.12 was paid as tobacco tax by Winston last year. Judge Keade declines positively to be a candidate ior Governor. Good for the Democi ats. One of the agricultural clubs of Granville, the "Montpelier," has eleven members, whose children number eighty- one. They ought to dig early and late. Rev. Elisha Honeycut, of Cas well county, committed to jail on the 12th of January, on a charge of bouse burning, has been tried before a magistrate and ac quitted. E. J. Hale & Son,NewYork,have published a volume of 155 pages, containing poetical writings by Hiss Annie V. Duffy, of New Berne, and entitled "Glenalban and other Poems." . : , The Iredell Gazette says the board of town, commissionsrs of Moorea ville has passed a resolution recommending that Washington's birthday be celebrated by each man, woman and child planting a tree on or about their premises on Saturday, the 21st. Raleigh AfctM: The Oak City Blues, a colored military company of this city, held a meeting Friday night, when the following officers were elected: Cap tain, Calvin Dunstoo; First Lieutenant, L. T. Thompson; Second Lieutenant; A Grant; Third Lieutenant, J. Smith; Sec retary, Wiley Hunter; Treasurer, 8ergeant Adkins. . Lenoir lopic: Last Friday, while Will Jenkins and his brother, Lewis, were engaged In felling timber, the axe of Lewis glanced and struck Will in the side, just below the heart.- Three of his ribs -were cut iif two, and he was otherwise badly in jured. Although his suffering is very painful, and he is delirious most of the time, hopes are entertained of bis recovery. Reidaville Times'. . A Mr. Tar boto, in Caswell county, sold to the editor of the Milton Chronicle, the other day, for three dollars, a piece of madstofle scarcely larger than a finger's end. It is black and porous, shines as if polished, and when ap plied is first dipped in hot waterijjif, Yarboro claimed K would relieve headache as well as cure all poisonous bites. - It is the same as the Painter' stone. Therela said to be a quarry of madstone in Person county. - Raleigh Observer: In explana tion of what Treasurer Worth stated in the meeting of tbe directors, with regard to -the amount of money that would be in the treasury, it is only necessary to recall to the minds of our readers that the last Legisla ture cut down the levy for tbctaxes from twenty-nine andtwo-thirds to twenty-four cents, and then appropriated, all the- taxes on professions, trades,, incomes, merchants and dealers In eigs,iand-thTee'f ourths ot all : the taxes ceUectedff foa dealers in liquors, to the payment of the interesfon the State debt, A a result the general fond wiir, for the year 1880, be much "smaller man uereioioie. ,t r3 A WILMINGTON, Raleigh Observer : Yesterday. as one of the street laborers. T, Moore, a white man, was at? work? clearing out the mud under one : of the woode n gutter onages on Wilmington street, me bridge, which was being held up on one : side by two men,- BUddenly slipped from their grasp and fell on him.'MooresjD juries were of a severe character. He was senseless for some time, and so badly bruised ' as to be help- jess. ' jLmnng io7u - there were issued from the office of the Secretary of State S85 land grants to various persons. The largest number, issued in one county was in Watauga, .where 43 were taken.-- Wilkes came next with 9, Macon 27, and Ashe 24. -r Oxford Free Zance: There are now 190 outside naubers on the conn tv list. and it has cost $1,400 to support these for six months. Mrs. Robards, who was ior a number or years matron of the Orphan Asylum, has left that institution.. There is a convict now; at work upon the Oxford & Henderson Railroad who is seven feet four inches In height and pulls down tne scales neyona sua pounds, lie is said to be . from Buncombe ' county. . . A large and appreciative audience greeted Col. Wharton J. Green at the Court House on Tuesday night last to hear his Lecture en titled "Revolution and Rebellion." It was an audience worthy, of the distinguished Lecturer, worthy qf the cause and worthy of the town. All came expecting a rich literary treat and none went away disap- powiea in mat respect. - . . New Berne 2Tut Shell: Udou inquiry we1 learn from the Register of Deeds mat anout tsu.ooo in new bonds have been issued in exchange for the old bonds of the county. When Senator Vance was Governor he is reported to have said that the A. & N. G- Railroad gave him more irouDie ana was a greater source or annoy ance than all the other affairs of his office combined. The steamer New .Bern, of the Old Dominion Line, sailed on yes terday with a full cargo; "she had on board 400 bales of cotton, nayal stores, fish, eggs and general merchandise. She also , took out quite a large number ot passengers. The steamer Stout, of the Clyde Line, sailed yesterday afternoon; she had on board 400 bales of cotton. 10 bales of cot ton yarns, 80,000 feet ot lumber and 100 oarreis or ciams. Mr, K. M. Coble died at La Grange February 6th. at the age of 54. He was formerly a citizen of Alamance county and moved here about one year ago. On last' Saturday night Mrs. Kiipatrick, wife of K A. 'KilDatrick. after outtine her little ones to bed,knelt down at a chair before the fire to offer up her evening prayer when a spark fell on her night dress and instantly she was enveloned in flames. The unfortunate lady losing her presence oi mm a, ru&nea into the open air and be fore any assistance could be rendered her was terribly burned. Perry, the re cognized exodus leader, who for some cause sees fit to change his late policy, in his examination on Saturday, said, on his oatn, that u he owned a house in Indiana and anothet in b 1, he would rent out his Indiana housa and move over to.tbe other plsce. "Yes," said Gov. Vance, "you would expect to get 'in good Republican company there, wouldn't you?" Kinslcm Journal. Charlotte Observer: It is esti mated that between six and seven thousand valentines have been sold in this city within the last few days. The Treasurer of the Relief Association yesterday received from a generous gentleman in this city the handsome sum of $ GO, for supplying the wants of the destitute, and by his own re quest no one but the Treasurer himself knows his name. The excavations for the foundation of the Oatea cotton factory have been begun, and the contracts for the building have been letr The Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad manda mus case, set for a hearing in Ml Airv on the 20lh of January, has been sent on to the April term of Surry court. The limes is the name of a new and neatly printed paper, the first number of which was issued at Mt Airy on the 12th. The case of N. B. Taylor, charged with the murder of Seawall,1 has been removed from Moore to' Montgomery county for trial. Jerome it. Harmon, a native of Wa tauga county,- was recently murdered m San Jose, California. Mr. Harrison Sills, of Kernersville, was badly burned re cently by dropping a bottle in thefire which coniainea nair a pound or powder. A few days ago revenue -officers seized in Cleveland county, a wagon, two mules and harness, 70 gallons ofwhiskey and one box of tobacco, belonging , to Peeler & Allen, R, K Espie and. R. E. Ellis, all of which will be confiscated to the government and is now advertised ior sale, we under stand the parties were arrested. - The indications now are that if Tayiorsville builds a narrow-gauge railroad it will be to Mooresville, not to Statesville, as at first contemplated. - The old veteran, Capt. Spragins, is t&l sick at his home in Greens bora - The general ticket agent of the Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Railroad announces that hereafter round trip tickets to and from all stations on the road will be on sale at all stations on Sat urdays, good to return the following Monday. A ' single ;f are for the round tripwni.be charged, for these tickets. it is learned irom a prominent gentle man, who was present at the recent meet ing of the Board of Directors of the West ern North Carolina Railroad, in Raleigh, that the callirr of the special session of the Legislature is by no means yet settled in the negative. . Gov. Jarvis, though still un decided, is yet -very much inclined to the session.and feels that in calling it he would have ample support in the voice of our delegation in Congress, and rbe division on the question before the Board. A revenue storekeeper in Montgomery coun ty, who refused to let a young man have as much beer as he could drink, was shot by the latter, the ball entering bis cheek and carrying awsy several teeth. The storekeeper after being shot knocked his assailant down with a rock and gave him a beating, and then had him jailed. 'J. Jzd. JED G2 IE '-L' "5rT". NEW AOVEBTISBn ENT8. Munson-t Piece goods. T. H. Howkt New goods. Hall & PKAKflAUi Meats. Wk, Lahiohs Bankrupt notice. CKOJtLT & Mobbis- Auction sale. CATribi? NoTiCB---Crew Busy Bee. HirtSBKBOKB--Calendar inkstand. Ofba Hoi7S3ook of Revelation. Bbbseb & EKOEiP-Kdtice to public. MAsdinc-Meeting Wilmington Lodge. Johs Dyeb & Bon A word ia rhyme. P. L. Bbidobbs & Co. Lost certificate. ToDyinaiejuiona. -" F0r the South Atlantic States, clear or; fair weather, followed by increasing cloudi ness, with easterly Veenpg to warm souther-, ly ' wteds, 'falling, probably preceded by stationary I barometer in the .'southern part.; N. C, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 17, 1880. KiOeallDoia. Thanks to Senator -Vance T for valuable public documents ' " 'Early risers reported considera ble frost yesterday morning. Wewere glad to see Mr. T. W Vick on our streets yesterday. ; -The thermometer registered 36 degrees in- this city yesterday morning at sunrise. We liada pleasant 'cair yester day from Rev. Dr. J. B. Bobbitt agent for Trinity College. . . . - -The receipts of naval stores yes terday were very heavy, including 7,274 barrels of. rosin, 1,884 barrels of tar,. and 7,418 barrels of erude turpentine, ; We learn that a lecture on the subject of temperance will '-be delivered at Temperance Hall on the first Wednesday night in Match. Further particulars here after. Revv Dr. J. B. Bobbitt was present and preached an excellent sermon at the Front Street M. E. Church Sunday morning and another at the. Fifth Street Church Sunday night He was bere in the interest of Trinity College. . The sad intelligence of the death of the Rev. Dr. F. Milton Ken nedy, of the South Carolina ; Confer ence of the M. E. Church, South, was re ceived tbrongh a telegram to his, relatives in this city on Sunday morning last. The' river was crowded with rafts yesterday, and the streets with coun try people, who came on them or were here looking after . them, although a large number took passage for borne on the steamer North State yesterday at 2 p. m. Mayor's conrt. The first case called yesterday morning was that of Lewis Larkins, colored, charged with cursing and acting disorderly' on the streets in the neighborhood of Fourth and Harnett streets, on Saturday night last, about half -past 9 o'clock. Defendant was ordered to pay a floe of f 5 or go below for ten days. W. H. Blackburn, colored, was ar raigned on the charge of latcooy. The evidence was to the effect that one Dnncan Holder, colored, went to a t-tail in the mar ket house to buy a piece of meat, about 9 o'clock Saturday night ; that the meat came to 30 cents, and Holder presented a five dollar bill, from which to take the money; that Lewis Hicks, colored, who was in charge of ibe stall, said be couldn't change the bill to get the thirty cents from' it, when the defendant, Black burn, who was standing by, proffered to take ttie bill over to Mr. Dawson's and get it changed. It was entrusted to him for that purpose, and Blackburn never came back with themoney. A search was made for him and be was found at a store in the southern part of the city. He was then enticed down the street, and finally, about 12 o'clock that night, turned over to officer Howlaod, of the police force, who lodged him in the guard house. He confessed that he had spent three dollars of the money for a pair of shoes which he then had on his feet, and upon being searched only four cents in money was .found, on bis person; Blackburn, who had nothing to say for himself, ws ordered to give a justified bond in the sum of $50 for hia appearance at the next term of the Criminal Court,- iu default of which he was committed to jail. Sodden Daath. Mr. Reuben Grant, an aged citizen of Wilmington, died very suddenly at his resi dence, in the southern part of the city, on Saturday night last. He bad been very feeble for some time past, being troubled with asthma, but on the afternoon before his death, we learn, he took a long walk, visiting bis son in Brooklyn. The same night, about 11 o'clock, he was sitting in his chair, when' his wife noticed that bis head was inclined to one side, and upon hastening to his side she found that he was dying. He lived but a few minutes after wards. Mr. Grant had for along time been a member of the Fifth Street M. E. Church, where his funeral was preached by the pas tor, Rev. T. Page Ricaud, yesterday morn- ng, the remains being subsequently taken to Wrightsyille Bound for interment. Political Parson. Bishop Hood; of the colored Methodist Church, who was here a few 4&7S a8 writes the following, which we copy from the Charlotte Obaerver, to his brethren in that place : Wilmington, N.C.. February 11, 1880. Brethren: I understand that there is to be a meeting held in Charlotte to-morrow night for the purpose of denouncing Sherman. If such, is the case I nope you will not take any part in said meeting. You can depend on Sherman's word. He promises to divide the offices equally between white and colored Republicans. He has always been true to our cause. I have not time to say more. Yours, in baste, J. WHood; . Panoramic Exhibition. Byway of variety our citizens will no doubt be pleased to patronize a good pano ramic show, and such art one, we are as sured, will be found in the series of paint ings, by Mr. Arthur L. Butt, illustrating the Book of Revelation which are to be exhibited at the Opera House, in this city, on Friday night, next They are repre sented to be "grand, exciting and sublime,' -and the Charlotte papers -speak in high praise of the entertainment. - , , .Why do so many parents think children troublesome t because, they cry and why do children cry? because they suffer. Dr. BnlPa Baby Syrup .will relieve at once all pain that Babyhood arejubject to.j ; BOARD OF ALDERMEN.. Abstract of Proceeding: of Adjourned Itteettns- A full board was present at the meeting last night, at the City Hall, Mayor Fish- blate presiding. The Committee on Financein the matter of Cato Bunting reported that - the peti-- tioner owned a portion of Marstellar street, in the southern portion of the city, which he desired to sell to the. city for (he pur pose of paying bis taxes, and aeked for further time. Granted. . " The special committee on claim of Alex! Oldham was continued. . : The Ordinance Committee on the letter of Alex. Oldham, and 'the matter of steve dores, submitted an opinion from the City Attorney. The letter of Alex, Oldham was referred back to the Ordinance Committee, and the petition relating , to stevedores re f erred to a special committee consisting of Aldermen H. G. Planner, J. A. Lowiey and Jos. C. Hill. The petition of A. Jones was reported adversely upon and the petition was not granted. A letter from the City Attorney relative to professional tax upon lawyers was re ceived and read and the City Treasurer was directed to follow the Attorney's ad vice in the matter The following ordinance relative to the sale of real estate for delinquent city taxes was adopted Be it ordered by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, and it ir hereby ordered by the authority of the same, that in order to give the Treasurer and Tax Collector time to make the necessary levies on the personal property of all delinquent real estate tax payers of 1879, in satisfaction of their said taxes, that the sale of real estate for city taxes of 1879 be, aqd the same is hereby postponed until the second Monday in March proximo. Petition of George Harris's was referred to the Committee on Finance. The following letter was received and re ferred to the Committee on Police: Wilmington, N. C, Feb. 2, 1880. lo His Honor, the Mayor, and Board of Al- aermen oj me vuy oj Wilmington : Gentlemen: So many depredations h&ve been made on plants and flowers at Oakdale Cemetery, that the Board of Di rectors, hoping to check the evil, have in structed me to aBk if you will not detail a policeman to guard the grounds on Sun daysfor a part of the day at least for one, two or three months, with instructions, to arrest any person found despoiling the graves of our dead. very respectfully. Your obedient servant, Donald MacRae, President. A letter from the Navassa Guano Compa- ny.relalive to gutters on Princess street, was received and referred to the Committee on Streets and Wharves. The protest of sundry citizens against the location of a hospital, was referred to a special committee of three, consisting of Aldermen Myers, VonGlahn and Lowrey. A letter from Dr. W.W. Lane, in answer to said protest was read and referred to the same committee. A letter from the Manager of the West ern Union Telegraph Company was received and referred to the Committee on Finance. A letter from the Board of Audit and Finance, of February 2d, relative to per mitting fag-poles to be erected upon the city, was received and read. A second letter from the Board of Audit and Finance, dated February 16th, relative to the purchase of paving stone and repair ing fire wharves, was received and read. The Chief of Police was instructed to purchase stone and pave the road-bed of the street railway where the streets are paved. The bill of J. H. Hanby, relative to re pairs of fire wharf, was referred back to the Committee on Streets and Wharves. It was ordered that a lamp be placed on Cbesnut, between Third and Fourth streets. The monthly report of the Chief xt the Fire Department was read and ordered on file. St. Stephen's church was granted 'the use of the City Hall for the 24th inet Adjourned. Church Matters. At St.' Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Churcb, on Sunday, a meeting was held for church officers, to serve for the ensuing two years with the following result: E. Bchulken, Elder; H. C. Prempert and J. D. H. Klander, Deacons; J. W. Strauss and J- F. Rulf, Trustees. It was decided that the services on the h first Bunday of each month should be in the German language, and on the remain ing Sunday of the month in English. The services during the weekly festival days will be divided between the two languages. Un mailable matter. The following is the un mailable matter remaining in the city post office at this date: William Dumstand, Brunswick county, N. C; B. Brown, Rocky Point, N. C; Grover & Baker Sewing Machine Co., Baltimore, Md. ; B. C. Bordeaux, "Long Creek, N. C ; Abram Hicks, Goldsboro, N. C. ; Miss Liz zie Hall, Charleston, 8. C; Mary E. Voss, Raleigh, NC; Miss M. H. Hawley, Fay etteville, N. C. aiaclstratea' couru' J. Wnx Weir, a seaman, whose . arrest was mentioned in onr last, was arraigned before J ustice McQuigg yesterday morning, on the charge of . assault .and battery. He stated that he knew nothing of what had occurred, being intoxicated at the time, and expressed regret for the offences he had committed, whereupon he was ordered to be, released on the payment of costs. . B1VBR AND JIlUlltB. . The Bessie, Parker, hence, arrived at Liverpool yesterday. - A brig, name and nationality unknown, was reported in below yesterday Afternoon. WHOLE NO; 3,903 v . CRiiniNAi, cocrx. V Trial sf Maria Ilall, colored, tar the - -.- . ; . , "... . -. . : ... Murder or tno Freneb Sailor Warn. "" n tne Tweatr-flftb o( Ueeember Lati-noilon er Coaniel ' tor he Befeoea scleetlne Jrnrfi e."; &c. Yesterday was the day setanart'for the i"" u aiorta jn.au, coiorea, on the cbarge of murdering a French sailor by the name of William Marey, cn the morniog- of ueeember 25th, 1670, at a sailor's boarding house, formerly known as the Farmer's House, on Nutt direct. The Court House was thronged during the day, much interest, especially amongst the colored people being manifested for the prisoner, who is a tall, well-developed coiorea woman, reoresented to ha onl twenty-one years of age. Ihe counsel for thn Hnfon na fnaeia Bellamy and Norment, at the .owning of luowuri' moea to quash the .Ml of in, rpms DAY (TUKSD AT), at 10 o'clock, A. If. ws ' -dictment, on the ground that it did not bear I A wm ,3U .xchanga.coraer, ., . ; : .: ' . the signature of the Clerk of the Court. and therefore, did not show on its face that the witnesses who appeared before the Grand Jury had been duly sworn. After argument pro and con, and an examination. under oath, of tho Clerk of the Court, the State Solicitor and the Foreman of the Grand Jury, the motion was dismissed. A motion was then made for a continu ance on the ground that au important witness for the defence was sick and unable w"reuu- ujwuwoi me jouri a pny&i- I cian was sent to examine into the condition I of this witness and report as to her ability I iu uv preaoHi, ana ior mis purpose a recess I lor half an hour was taken. The physician returned and reported to the Court that the witness was suffering from consumption. but if a vehicle was furnished could be brought before ibe Court without risk or injury. The trial then began with the selection of a jury, and consumed the remainder of the day, it being nearly 8 o'clock in the even ing befoie-the jury was made tip from the, one hundred and sixty men summoned for the purposes As completed the jury is as follows: Z:T. Wilkins, A, A. McLean, D. H. Norkman, (white); and Bryant McMillan, Sam. Reed, Richard Holmes, G. T. Little ton, Alex. Mallett, Abraham Waddell. Wm. Jones, Nathaniel Jarvis, H. C. Tate. colored. The Court then adjourned until this morning at 9 o'clock, the jury.being left in charge of the Sheriff for the night. J. F. Bamett, colored, who was drawn and accepted as a juryman by the defence, after answering the usual formula of ques tions propounded, was found, by the records of the court, had testified falsely, in saying that be bad not served on a jury in the last two years. He was arrested and gave bosjd for his appearance before a magistrate this morning to answer to the charge. Thtrmometer Record. The following will show the stale of the thermometer, at the stations mentioned, at 4.31 yesterday evening, Washington mean tune, as ascertained from the daily bulletin issued from the Signal Office in this city: Atlanta. . . . . 57 .....63 58 58 .... 69 ..... 65 77 72 Jacksonville 66 Key West, 70 Mobile .i.63 Augusta. . . , Charleston, . Charlotte . . . Montgomery ..... 61 Corsicana,., Galveston,. . New Orleans 66 run.at.aBsa,. ...73 Havana..... Iadianola, . . Savannah.. 58 Wilmington, 56 Qnarterly mTeetinsra Fea im Wllkinqtoh District cr ths Method ist E. Church, South Fibst Round, 1880. Topsail, at Prospect, Feb'y 21, 82; New River Mission, Feby 25; Onslow, at Swansboro. Feb'y 28. 29; Duplin, at Magnolia, March 6, 7; Clinton, at Andrews' Chapel, March 13, 14 . L. S. Bubkhsad, Presiding Elder. C1T y IT JBJl s. Chew JacksosTs BK8T Sweet Navy Tobacco. book BnroxnT. Thxmobniks Btau Book Bind ery does all kinds of Binding and Ruling In a work manlike manner, and at reasonable Dricea. Mer chants and others needing Receipt Books, or other worK.mayreiy on promptness in the execution of tueir eraws. S QETTlNQ WELL Mv 6 say. -How much better father is since he nsed Hon Bitters." t He Is getting well after his long suffering iruma disease aeciarea incurs Die, ana wears so glad that he nsed your Bitters. --A lady of Roches ter. N. Y. Utica Herald. FINB3NGLISH GUNS. The attention of svorts men Is invited to the advertisement ef Messrs. J. A ww vuwf iiiwiiiiwiMuwp vl juiv rrmn-iriMllIlg I guns, Birmingham, England. Their guns are made I 117 mlln ...... . . at 1 t 1 ji I to order according to specincations and measure, ments furnished, thus ensuring the right crook, length of stock. Ac From Eminent Dr. C. C. Clark, Oswego, N. Y. : I have made sufficient experiment of Colden's Liebig's Liquid Extract ef Beef and Tonic Inyigo rator. to enable me to sav it is bv far the best of all the preparations of the kind (food and tohic) that 1 nave ever usea. to tne suaerer rrom enronic ais eases, or the convalescent, it is invaluable, being now noun fining ana Buvugurcnmv ubkcn ruLHMB, agents, wu WHITE LEAD WHITE LEAD "BUY THE BEST.', The brand of strictly pore -White Lead manufactured by Armstrong & MeKelvey, of Pittsburgh, Pa., has gained an enviable reputation in this market for strict purity, whltenesaand durability, and those who wish good ' work done will And it to their interest to buy this braBd of Lead aad see that the firm's Bame with guarantee is on every keg, as there is a cheap Lead being offered fmttjting their brand, which is over fifty per cent: adulturation. For sale only y - GE. A. PECK, Hardware Dealer, Wilmington, N. C. . A BENEFACTRESS. Just open the door fer her, and Mrs. Winslow will prove the American Florence Nightingale of the Nursery. Of this we are so sure that we wilt teach our '8nsT" to say. "Abli en Mrs. Winslow," for helping her to survive and escape the erinine. collckine and teeth ing siege.- MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SY RUP relieves the child from pain, and cares dysen tery and diarrhoea. It softens the gums, reduces inflammation, cures wind colic: and carries the In fant safely through : the teething period. It per forms precisely what it professes to perform, every i it nuuung leea. wve nave never seen jars. -knew heronlj iTthroaeh the DreDaration of her "Soothing Syrup for Children Teething." if we had the sower we would make her. as she ii. a physical savtour' to tiie infant race. Sold by all drugzists. - 25 cents a bottle. - GRANT. In this CltT: on the 14th inst.1 REU BEN. GRANT, aged 78 years 10 months and 26 days. - , V - ' T One iaare ona usy,,'.. . ,,,. ... ., .. " ' 1 - . two three da,.,,. ri four days,.,. , ,..i,.,.-..J... five days,..fc 1 75 l' : 2 co ." s u . 8 6t( . v4 00 . 6 M . 8 60 .10 1)0 . 17 0 " ' 7 -.-one woeic,.. ,;, ... Two weeka,...,..,. inreeweetH. " Oae mouth. ' .tf Two months. i t Three months, ; f'SlTiriAiithi . , S4 0i . 40 00 ' 60 OU"1 ttow- - . ; aw lUMMMua .nonpareil type nuuee one squat c.v NEWADYEBTI8EMKNTS. Positively One Night Only ! Opera House, Friday Hilit,;f elr'j 20. - THE BOOKOF REYELttlO ThAFA SLTA TlsTftn t Vf OTA fbtAltAS ' aanl. Ki?'6 - ?.?. " ars xciTlNi There will be in one of lh P1r.kin t-.u.t-i Shower of Stars, ths sight of whlcta will be worth w more than ths admimlon fee. Ia another yon will -see more. natural Pearls than you ever bthefd- lhe '-' ' last Is the CBTSTAL CSTY OF GOLD. - V ? ' iK Admission 60c; CMIdrsa onder 13 years; itc'k Re.:':--: served seats at Helnsberser's. Doors open at?: r. commence at 8 o'clock. to th fr tit k 8t Ix REGULAR MONTHLY COMMUNICATION. THIS (TUESDAYS RVlsn Awiw' 1889. at 134 o'clock. ' T--.' : Visirujs Brethren are ;cprdlally lnrlted fc attend.1 f : By order of theW. M.- - - -....,:, teb 17-lt BecietarTk : Iffl, faPB lU MUll i at MCuOD a uwu UAKBi lauUT BFBINQ WAGON AND r t nAKniLon. sarin ta nii m nsoin -,v. . i ... s.. Notice IS HEREBY GIVKN THAT APPLICATION Is-H" Intended to ha mu)n in Kah.ir ai ti.. . toed, thirty days after date to the WllmlaatMi Weldon BaUroad Company, for the lssne to them Of a Certificate of Stor.k. in Ifan nf V m' -4. nally the property of H. H . Arris eton. asdbv hfin aanimea. throacrh Osborne A dax mnA wa bn Is. ' well; to the nndeTBfgned, the original having been lost or mislaid. . - ; j ? feb 17 It P. L. BR1DGER3 A CO. n Q A. J Up6Ii6Cl b&LUr(lliyj A NICB ASSORTMENT OF PIECE GOODS. More this week. Leave your orders and measnre More this week. with MUNSON Clothier and ''H'?: feb 17 It Merchant Tailor, i : NewGoQds. RECEIVED TO-DAY A LABGB ASSORTMENT of MISSES' BUTTON SHOES, from SI S3 np; MISSES' LACK 8flOE8,'frem 76c ap; BOYS' ggOKSof every Imaginable style AT VERY LOW . . ,., THOMA8 H. HOWBY. V feb y tf No. 47 North Market at; v: Marriad Men. EacheloM, large men and email. Youths and Boys, both short and tall. - Can set a perfect fit-ef Stylish Clothes, feb 15 tf JOHN DYEB & SON. Notice. The Charterers of ths German Brli 'ill iumm wmmm r. . i r - L i ii n 1 1 1.1. lh n . ii i nnfF m ' uin. X : .1 - i . hi one cwku xaesaay- morning, p vy feb 15 St - Master. Ship Notice. All Dernnnn sre hnhwnllmui4 asrainst harborlnar or traatlnir ui nf the crew of the Brltlnh BHb Riiav . .- S. BEE," Captain Graham; as no debts ''.-V. or tneir contracting will be paid by k either the Captain or t i E. G. BARKER A CO.. Consignees.-' feb 17"3t I Wish to Employ x A SMART AND INDUSTRIOUS BOY, FROM 3 14 to 16 Tears old. Mimi'mnM wll mm. - mended. ' '' - - . C. M. VAN ORSBELL, v - Xr&?t.::-? Artiat Photographer and Dealer " 't ; 5 in every description MonldnigsViJip' ; .ana r runes, do. siae siaraet at. , . feb IT It - Wilmington. N.CVfg Notice to the Public.- 1 r.'- WE HAVE THIS DAY ESTABLISHED A - r BRANCH OFFICE of onr eelehraled RKBB ' - ln this city, corner of Foarth afid Hanover Streets. . . andhave appointed Mr. W. GBNAUST onr Mana Sr. who will deliver the same at any boor of lhe? ,f:?1?r. y or night. ' .:-: ..:VV The reDutatlon of onr Beer la well eitahllnhed in ' Wilmington, and we seed say nothing of its quality The continued patronage of the Dnbllcii aoiir.ltrd. KZ - ueapecunllv. BERGEN St EN L BREWING CO. WM. GENAUST, Manager. J-.--' P. 8. Onr Beer will hereafter be aint in RafHwT .; rator Cars. - -- tftSsty.; Philadelphia, Pa., February I4tb,1880. ; .-..-: -.; '-; : feb 17 It ; .-.-v.' : The Calendar KkalaiidUS JS THE MOST COMPLETE ARTICLE OF THE "' kind ever offered. It is an 'entirely nsw 6eigo J Quite ornamental and useful, both as an Inkstand : vi and Calendar. i- ,'. :-2x'-r??'f-The New Style DESK ORNAMENTS ar lw " very oeaauiui. - j:. .v-v..-?t'--j2fce- c-au ana see tnem ai - - THE LIVE BOOK STORK J IF YOU WANT TO BUY AN ORG AN, PIANO, :v GUITAR, VIOLIN, or anything in the Music tine, , goto HEINSBERGER'S, - ; xney are sejungvery cneap. xeo it u.;;. . : Just Received; iiPi-i V .( . ATEW LOT OF " -- -f? Xsi - HAMBURG EDGINGS AND INSERTIONS. TOR N3, POINT DE LajiatJBDOtri . AND 8CARF LUCES. Now is the time to bay. . ' BROWN s. RODDICK, - V 45 Market Street I feb 8tf Bankrupt Notice. "VTOTICE is aereby given that a petition has been 11 Uul In Ka rMa-47. rtmr lli. TTn Baa ., amy aeeiarea . ress sf March 1. ' - 1867, for the aiscbarge and certificate thereof front - au nis aeots sua - ouer cuums provaoie nnaer ssia act.- and that the 6th day oT March, 1880." at 10 ; o'clock. A. M.. before William A. enthrle. Reiriater . .: in Bankruptcy, at the U, 8. Court Room, in Fayette . ' ville, are the urns and place assigned for the hear- . 1 .t ing of the same, when and where all creditors who . ' have proved their debts, aad other persons In inte- rest, may attend, and shew cause, if any they nave, whv the Draver of the cctitioner ahonld not ba . ; -vatea as Wilmington, north (Carolina, on tne lotn day of February. 1883. , - ' - - w - - wm. i.aitKiNa, .y fetKl7oaw2w paid , Tu - , . Clerk.; , Ileats ; Heats. : ? 100 ffSID : 20 Boxes SUGAR CURED SHOULDERS 100 Bbl?neT,MESS pokk 25 Bbls db RUMP- do k A small tattOf REJECTED BIDES. - - - - iv For sale by - , - 4V ' - feb 17 DWtT - GALL PEARSALL - . -a- t . -saitt r 1 a ;-.;-i.f-.,v; ft "
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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