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BATES OF ADTEHTBSIIIGr. one Rroare One Day,.......:...... fl of Twi Days, .................... . j 75 iwwMTIp.... ...... ........ S GO C ar iayiw....... -?t o . MWeek,. , 4 00 Two Weeks,., ; tie Three WtJTkk. : . S ff i v - i ! jm : .l" ".i- r x m ' t r ' m j . rsi. - "V v 1 , i i r .. asanas - m - m m r ...t it' s 00 00 waonL..,.. loco Two ltonths,....-J.,,-.,.t,ii3 00 ; d 00 '.ma Mom Taro Montll8, 11 11 ..U 1M 75 TfAtv Subflcribera. delivered In ml Pfrt Vimis Cht8 per week. Oct City 0. 'fvSSorUed to ooUect for more eJ!if.months to adv&noe. w d at the Port OEBpelVf! 3 81 ts Second OaaftK CORNING MION. OUTLINES, i j Parker Veasey has been appointed master at Ballicaore, Md. Bruoe, v...rHcr of the Treasury, has tendered his r'skmitioD. which it ia reported was re- ,ae-ttil. Tlie 'emslM fourteen ons have been recoyored from the nre; iwemj-vnu , ai icpwtqu Minister Keiley sailed f6r missing. OU me oihmuv. deat?-syefteraay at x-ijuiuuku, froin' tb. fever epidemic; a committee of physH ci.ms are investigaUng the condition or tne water supply. Mrs. Jno. Tencli died from the effects of fasting at her home m prince George county; she had-aot paf tikn of food or water for more than ; two months. Fire at Hampton Beachi; ;jt. ii.. a. stroyed three hoteli and othef j.ba-4 iivs; toss f 1UU.UW. wen. urau qoa- t i uues to improve. - Baron j IltZjferaW will be appointed Lord Chancellor df IreUu J. 0ne hundred and fifty Xratjs tre killed in a fight with;; the Engjiah. . The resignation of Sir Peter Lumsden is afflrnied by dispatches from India! The Supreme Court of Virginia affirms the validity of the election law pissed by the last Legislature; this decision gives the election machinery of tfce-&tat)B i,,-,,, the hands of the Democrats. i. i.mil freeze prevailed in - Wiscpnaini and Iowa Wednesd iy night; fruit andgrowing crops veie injured. New York mat- kbIs: Money lli.par ..cent.; cotton quie hiiil stey a 10ilir-2wlMa, No. re i May $1 001 Wfv Jwuffier -.flour ;4. .t;y; corn, ungraueu oojc rosin urmqr at $1 07Jl 10; spirits inrpentinei ft mtine fink J a . T . 9 S... ;u 'mwter Keiley and family; Jfiave wilcJ for Europe. 1 Tery cold weather, iot May in Wisconsin and ;Ija 'm - ' 'i he GluverinVafcltea almost n r paralleled inteltt;Riqbm j ?i !' The Tory; press jtxf:tEngland are very sarcastic Md-Mtief.' Of course. I;, U their cue to be 80. The Herald flays the tate census will probably show lj40O,000 ' popu lation for New York City and 5,500, 000 for the State. It thinks Brooylyn has nearly 100,000. - 4 - ! ', When CapL Phelan appeared lU court in New York, he produced quite an armory. He had three- pistols on his parson. He was 8tabbedJytDick Short some months ago, Stonewall Jackson's daughter Ju lia was not married, as announced but is to be married on the 2nd of - - - f Jap.i;. Dr. Hoge, a warm friend of ih hero, will perform the services. Gen. Irnin McDowell, the Federal hero who was licked so badly at the first bai.tla of Manassas, is dead. - He !ehavcd badly in 1868 in Mississippi ag a satrap of the hot-heads of the Government. r I -The competitive, drill at. Mobile j openea ou the 5tu. Alabama, South Can)lina, Iowa and Georgia were represented by one or more. comp ri s. ThuLomax Rifles, of Mobiley ieat me hrst day. U)& ullegd poet, Mr. Paul J. Hajne, is f. t i,iKb, aDd so his friends call him 'the .Longfellow of the South." N. K World. j ihat is neither smart tor in tell ir genf. Mr. Hayne is a true poet,; and hitt name is not as given. Joseph Martin, said to be a native of this State, is now under trial ai Charlottesville, Va., for the murder of young Percy Carrington, of Rich mond, in the cars on their way to th Inauguration. It is said to have been a terrible outrage. v; y I Col. Otter, with 300 men, attacke4 the Indians numbering 600, accord ing to a dispatch in the hlew York Serald, on the 3d inst.,and after fight g seven hours Riel's allies were dot feated. Thf and the vMiiuvtiMiia w w .w , u v M enemy 50. The religion of the "Gas Meter' 18 on the decline. In Chicago 51S preiH were tested and : 513 wer? , ina t0 agister too fast f Of cob rs4 J u,0. VVhat WAS thft tnr WW lhe other five that they did not dl Jheir appointed work? t Probably J were leeble from, old age. , ;, The Educational Board of North r ,na would "tber have the chill n of North Carolina Drohounc unlike that grand old hml Zg: ?0ab Webster, than lika the 8e8t edQcat English peopled There VVD, acC0ttnng for; prefereiKjesi tob::;aoranMi an Months, : ' ' t Hf BBii::' - : .... . . T . ' ' ' '..' Yoimip, m: :jjzmm(' (X;JWDA?i may s, isss Diamonds are no longer a standard '. . ... i ana safe investment as will be segri from the following from the Boston Post; y j "It is stated by a London paper that the price of diamonds has steadily fallen from $15 to $3.75 per carat. , Of old, the world received each year new diamonds of about $250,000 in value on the averam . But suddenly from South Africa comes a new, supply, exceeding $20,000,000 worth, each year for ten years." .. VI ; ;i r-.. The Mormobs . . are - moving oto Washington 'with their address. They are about to try their hand on the self-willed man of the White House by asking the President to pardon one A. M. Cannon, a sort of revolving fellow, who has just been convicted of being ."tooJnuch mar ried .' They will probatly slip no. The'Iatlfc m$R6eiT&. Tatider- bilt was aboat 50 years of age. She was born in Louisa county, Va., anti her .first husband was a Mobile law yer, by the name of Elliott. Sh got a divorce and then married the old. v Commodore and his million!. 'i She was a Miss Crawford, and was a great belle in her youth. Spirits TturpentinB- Graham Gleaner; The Sidnelr cotton miil resumed work Tuesday mornf ing, after standing still a week on account of measles among the operatives. t Charlotte Observer: There are three candidates already in the field. The present chief , Capt F, A. McNinch, will be a candidate for re-election, and ; uoi. Chas. W. Alexander and Mr. George Hall will apply for the place. Dallas Current: Mr. Julian S. Carr proprietor of the world-renowned Black'well Durham Tobacco Factory, two or three weeks ago sent 'Mrs. G. F. Bason, of this place 5,000 cigarettes to oe sold lor the benefit of the Dallas Presbyterian Church. .He also says that he thinks he has at least twenty-five operatives in his factory who would give as least $1 00 each toward the buuamg. aucn large-neanea public spirited men are a blessing to any community so ionunate as 10 possess mem. Greensboro Workman; We have seen the drawing of the new Metho dist parsonage. It presents a fine appear ance on paper. The closing exercises of Graham Normal College will take place on Fridaythe 29th of May. The exercises will open with a concert on the previous Thursday night, and on Friday morning at 9 o'clock: declamations by members of the school; at 11.80 o'clock the Literary address by Rev. Dr. E- H. Harding- The Annual Sermon will be preached at 8 o'clock p. m by JXe v. James Marple. Asheville Citizen; Mr. W; a Allman informs us that a Mr. Crisp, who resides on Btecoah. Graham county, was found in the Woods dead,- shot through the head. He was found sKtinx down between two ks, with his1 .gun' across his lap.' and 1h8 Head Qtvppeta DacK.- it is neneved that J some one was tmt huntinff and, mistakinir Mr. Crisp, whose head could just be seen above the log, for a turkey, shot him. J i Last night as the passenger train was pass-iw-' Elmwood, between Statesville and SaUsbury, the extensive steam saw mill of Mr. H. ' W. nWeeden was turning. Very arE&' piies of amable lumber are bemr consumed, including a large quantity Of hickory Tims and spokes, and shuttle blocks. ;!-:v r:-; -" j , Rockingham 'jBocfat: After i hotly contested battle of ballots with r"our friends the enemy," .the cause of Democra cy and the Democratic ticket, as we pre dicted, triumphed in the election of Mon day last- -r- Last Friday, at a point near Hall & PearsaU's mill, and about nine miles east of Rockingham the storm did fearful work over a stretch, of territory half a mile in length and about one-lourtn of a mile in width, t or. rearsau ana wire were in a buggy andtraveUing homeward,m advance of the storm cloud, which was moving from , south wesV and., barely outran -the shock. A few hundred yards behind them the .whirlwind crossed the road they were in wringing off bees that would square fif teen inches as ii they naa been pipe stems. Fortunately the storm struck in the woods; there being no houses in its track, and as far as known no person was injured. , The destruction was great " ! New'Berne Journal; Mr. iL C, Canaday, whd arrived from Onslow last night, reports a ensastrous nre near Bilvet Dale on Monday night about 11 o'clock; The ein house, saw and grist mill, with 900 bushels of corn and 100 bushels of cotton seed, belongiog to Mr. O. W. Smith were consumed. Loss about $0,000; no insu rance. 7t Richlahda dots: We had a ter rible wind in this Bectlon on the evening of May 1st doing -greatdamage. -Mr. E. Li jTrancss a Dnggy sneiier was mown aown and his buggy broken all to pieces, and one of his tenant houses occupied by Mr. Joh4 I. Jarman was lifted from the blocks. Mr Jarman was bruised a little and one of his children's arms was wrenched. ,. The track of thifl storm wag about one hundred yards; wide,! arid m its track cypress' trees over two feet in diameter were snapped like pipe stems. The (farmers coontinue to lose their hogs, wijth some disease, they know Tint Iift",',rtiO'ir oro rwrtalnTtf "otronfml ly affected.- La Grange" items Capt. Dava will commence work on his new. school building sometime next week; . The house is to be 40x80 feet and three stories highi,: serious accident "CccurredinamstoiyittrW ayne county, on las Bunaav evening.! r yy uiiam Mam ana wife bad been visiting; and. were, returning home, when the cart shaft gave way. ana the horse ran off,' breaking the left leg of Mr. Ham and the ' left leg of Mrs. "Hami both bones passing entirely through ' the flesh. Jones county notes: Mr.- T. Ri Garner, the Bible agent who has completed his canvass Jn ourrcounty( informs us that he found in Jones county. 185 families des- tUute of the Bible, and. snpplied 170. He found ) 25 who had no families who were destitute mt supplied them. He sold 349 volumes and donated '144. ; In canvassing At. i - ' - A m ' s?a 3 AM m -flf ' I j T veiled '98Q bbIIml'- .v. .-- 1 Raleigh I7e6foerverj Thtjrsdsy and Friday the Raleigh boys plajf the Nationals, of Goldsboto. competing fo prize of $100. r We learn from a let terrom Senator Vatrce to Governor Scales r that h and Senator Ransom preset, leu tb inviiauon or the f acultv of the Universit to the PresidenCand urged its acceptance, The President expressed a strong desire U accept, but said that the state of the publid bQsiBefis is such tllatl must take-time to consider - tfore " answering. j The commencement exercieet of Oxford Female Seminarv. of -which Mr.tF.PHobgoOd is principal, will be held June S5 and 4.( Bey. Dr. k Hi mttmard preacher the j)Sijcaiatt re$te- sermon; B anxL Rev. Burrpwaj D D., jot Offelsi,ya,xwil!.de annual address before literayisocie. 1 Bt.f a 'Rn.nl TjnMtlm vfta n (ink bion yesterday.. -It is composed of, all the Btate.omcers. . .The object Toi : me meeting wsa Drincltjallv In . regird to school books. particularly: the selection of fthepew jtext oooks on physiology and hytflene; ' Aawtoti- ter of agents of publishing companies .p-) pearea in uxa . uuerest pi uiqir respecaye houses. , The. matter of Qie dramage bf the state swamp lands was aiso eonswe rnere wemtwoopctajs ju regarq iq ,tae bodjr of SOOOOOracres ' in "Carteret county. One Was bv a fcdmraliv wnlch " 'DrdtyMefl to lease the 1as&;lffittmnz ptirposei; the omerwsffby a coripanv wxucii proposed to drain thAlandsTarthe tlime - goes, lpp hair f orthe oer. VTiie Jut, tjorernor- Becretary.tof State wem the" only jnem of the Board absent," !Te matter mentioned- werefrrtlTdiscM-'' ymbluihedby Av : Bajner4SrCo.; of New York; as the text ' book'for: the public schools. Webster's school dictionaries were put on therist -Formeriv only Wo cester was usea. Tne propoeiuen"as swamn lanaa recerrea mnen attenuann. B. L. Perry ' nroDOsed to drain ' the ' for one-half, i The; Beard-; agreed to give 'him 10,000 acres to draia,' '-Me to . pay all - expenses-and the 'lands to be surveyed by the State engineef. There was a proposition by Mri Flyrm to lease for a few years a part of the Hyde county lands (known as the Bibb & Carrofr tract) in ease the State bids them in at the sale to take place on the 11th inst There : are 300,000 acres of these lands ' Mr. Fiynn's scheme was to lease 15,000 pr 20,000 acres, for the purpose of - testing their utility for stock raising. If valuable, he proposes to purchase. The board post poned action on the matter -unul the next meeting, which will be after the sale allu ded to. j - -HABitosTT," Ooi i N. C,,;May 4 Mr. J. G. Brown, of Buckhorn town ship. Harnett county, lost 'his dwelling house, kitchen.two corn cribs, smokehouse and a fodder house by 'fire, on the 29th of April. uaztfax, i May o. JodgB Graves re-sentenced the negro murderer. Eaton Mills, this morning t 9 o'clock, to be hanged on Friday, the 86th day of Jtext June, between the hours of 9 o'clock a? m. and 4 o'clock p. m. ' NB V ADVBRTItESIB!l(TN. ,t: Hkinsberqeb Blank books. ' MsoNT-Varied stock of suits. ' JLM. McLmsB Complete stock; j W. Roddick Reward for lost dog. ! M. S. WrxiAED Mutual Life Ins. Co, ; Memorial Day is rapidly ap proaching. " ' f; v 't No cases for Mayor Hall's con sideration yesterday' morning; -:' ? Nq, tramps put in their appear ance at the station house Wednesday night. - -The proacted meeiing . at the Front Street Methodist Church has ' closed. Frequent . showers and . cool weather predicted by' the almanacs for, top Mr.'Wm.' Richardson, at hie place about four miles from the city, has been digging some very fine new Irish po tatoes. ; The German Jbrig : Clara, Captl Yoss, was cleared from this port for Lon don, yesterday, by Messrs. D. R. Murchi son & Co., with 3,288 barrels of rosing valued at $4,036, t. -;! . The ( gold , , watch T and , . chaih stolen from the shop of Mr. Bentili, on Second street, last week, was i the property of Mr. Geo. P, Lamb and valued by him at $110. No trace of the thief. . At the election held in. Raleigh on thel?insUapCYfj)eius Ballard; one of our old Wilmington boys, was elected as a Democratie Alderman from the First Ward. Mr, E.B. Engelhard,al8b a former .WUmingtonian,. was elected from another ward, i u ! ' Boys are. in: tho habit of placing large stones in the streets' and other tho roughfares nsed'Jbytehic annoyance of drivers. Of course if a horse's leg ehonld get broken or a wheel 'damaged; the city will be: sued Tor damages, and th$ practice should be prphibited . before some acddent.occurSb-cjiKl isvi i . vis' Day f Faatlnr. mnt Pryer To-day; Friday,' May 8th, has been set apart by the Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist E Church, South, as a day of fasting and'prayer in behalf of their ap proaching annual meeting, to convene in Knoxviiie, Tenn., the ithpf June,.., In her notice of the same the President, Mrs. Jut lianna Hayes, writes: "I earnestly 'desire that the dayJbsidTb"! hiJdmg prayer meetings throughout , the length of ouf vvi, xicr (fiavo we oeoea .Aimiguty help more than we do at the present junc ture of our workl The 'opportunities ' are, gr&ter, ' fthe ' resrM QhlxPivhi yisdw jean oveirulei uf, 7a xemb-or is ViMfvmmtmmiimiU telegtani aftved Tiere yekteTffiy! f font, ..ISmWwick vOa uuxpnadLng ' thej death in that cUyatll-Vclock a. m., o Mr. v J.. -YanSoelen, formerly ai.well known resident f this eity;r where he acted asU. 82 matshal asi detective.and 'lit otir.sucjt capacities ,f sweral'year after the war: vHis disease was cousumpj tide, and his age' was about 43 years. , f Bis t,.lTk '. MrgsttRt iAnenypivftd th .xieeoTorosi. :ttisrtt thhvs aan&uaTn Mr. W j W, Jju-kins, of Long Creek, Pendar County; hhaV beehOild hp for while out driving; has sectary; Tedai to be able to visit our ity yesterdays p'- 3Pr ,TtsyBge WHm 1111 Vluh II, On X3hange yesteythefbUovbag geiH tlemen were proposed and elected memeei of the Base Ball Club cl. the produce Ex change. .-And it was resolved that a picked nine be selecteduo member ol the nine to be under 85 years of ago; aad that a chal lenge be given te7the Board of Trade to y a game "With a similar .immoen. pi bers from tbM.body. The gate money; after Idfeducting expenses,1 to"bf contributed towards 'tiier proposed: city."faun tain" on Market stieet : ; Ar H, Green. r. v .. uiarK, H.C McQueen, W.I. Gort J. Hj CTurnsv ' f R. BL Lote. wr John D. Weody, . ?; B. E. BBxrnssn; John T. Rajikin, H. Yolleii, Roger Moore. 4 k X P.vCothjgton, WnL Calder." J. Tohentine. R. E. Heide, " Donald J'cRae, B. G. Worth, v A. L. Dcjoaset, D. G. Wrth. j I CLHKfJg. V LUly;" G. J. Boney,' . W: RTKenan I H. -Westermann, H. G. Smallbonea, ' J; M. Forshee, J: L. Cant well, i A. Martha; 1 R.B. Calder, n E. Peschau, C, P. Mebane, , -W. W. Harriss, ' Wm. Sprunt, U Wi Hicks, U, S. Diatrtet Cnrt. ' . Jin this Court yesterday sentence was passed, by Judge Seymour on Ben Allen and Louisa Allen both colored, who were .convicted on Wednesday of counterfeiting silver coin of the United States, the first named to be confined for ten years at hard labor and the latter for six months at hard labor. ' The woman sent a letter to the Court during the afternoon, stating that she would prefer to go to the Albany Peni-1 tentiary to remaining'in jail here, if allowed to take her baby with her. It has not been decided as yet where they will be confined. The man and woman used very abusive language, we understand, towards those who were instrumental in securing their arrest and conviction, especially Detective Carr. This was after they had left the Court room. ' The bnly other case which claimed the at tention of the Court was that of the Petrel Guano Company, of New York vs. Jean nette Harriss and the three vessels, Iolantiu, Emerson and Elsie, in a matter of freight. Messrs. Marsden and J. D. Bellamy, Jr., appeared for the defendants, and Messrs. Russell & Ricaud for the plaintiffs. , Judge Seymour reserved his decision. ; Oonrt adjourned for the term yesterday evening. .Cfe4erate Pensions-About Blank ... ; Forms. , i A letter from. State Auditor Roberts, in response to a-xequest from Mr. S. YanAm ringe; 'clerlr of the Superior Court, for more widows' pension blanks,says the forms are' not to be distributed to applicants, as in that event a fresh supply will have to be riucu, uub wio un icuusa uvui duiuiu or Widow tor make his or her application "before the County Board of Examiners, composed br the Clerk of the Superior Court, the Sheriff and County Oommiasion ers. , It is not necessary, he says,1 to use the forms at all until the application has been passed on favorably by the county board.' ,The Board of Examiners for this county meet ih the room of the County Commis sioners on Friday,. May 22d, at 3 p. m., and no more pension blanks will be issued until that day, when those entitled to them will receive them. musical u4 l?ei ' Prof. RI' Herndon, of Ybritville, 8. C, has arrived here for the purpose of instruct ing the Cornet Concert Club and Germania Band. Prof. Herndon is an experienced instructor, having been employed by seve ral bands of this State. The Cornet Con cert Club has recently received some new accessions and some of Its old members have removed to other places,1 and as these changes frequently occur, it becomes neces sary occasionally to secure the services of an adept Jn musical matters to keep the or gahizatiqg.up to the proper standard. The GermanlaeBand; we are glad to learn, if progressing- finely. . ' j Worryins1 tne cnlnanan. ; We understand that Wong Ling, the Chinese laundryman on. Second street, has been so seriously annoyed by the crowdi of colored boys who have- been congregat ing about his establishment and 'applying insulting epithets to him, that he had about concluded; that it was best to leave Wil mington and seek other fields. ' Yesterday however) the police ' were' instructed to af ford him whatever protection wits necessa ry in preventing crowds, from congregating in frorit pf hla door, and he has settled h!m self down to work agaia , i Chances Bis daarters. Mr. James Madden, : Who was freight agent of the Cape Fear and People's Steam boat Company, has removed his headquar ters frOm the office of - Messrs. Worth & Worth to that of Messrs Woody & Currie ' of the hew ? company. "Mr. Madden , has peen in the. office fit Messrs.- Worth, t Worth for a full quarter of a century, an has been acting as: freight agent since di-4 tectiy after"tbe war. At the commence-j inesnt of his connection with . the ofice the firm was composed of Messrs.' T, C. & B. Ql Worth. In vacating his bid quarters Mri Maddent feels as If he was leaving an old homeforaiiew one. ! j "'' " MJoe Lofeisky, a Russian;' w'as arrested andf carried before Justice MihisyeetefdayJ I charged with trespassing upon the premises1 or one conclace, DpnstaoL,v at the close of the testimony lodgment was -suspended en! the payment of'costs and the defendant was diachargedL' -1 n i k j:iter t - Wmflier Intfieaaoiur. " j '. The following are the indications for to day:. - -.-i.j-t: ;!! -i : l ' . 1 For the South Atlantio States, 'fair weather, clearing in the northern portiou, northwesterly winds; lower - temperature and higher barometer, i ? :- -if Annual meeting ine Stoekneldef of tn CarllnCntraf Railroad The annual meeting "bf the stockholders of the C)arptin Central Raibfoad Company was held at the Company's office in. this city yesterday mdrmng at'irb'clock. ; On motion, Mjr. It S, .Tucker as caUed to the chair. , r iM-.f I ,t ,;V' j - i Upon examination it was found that ,4: 5 shares of stock, being a large majofiri represented in person. . . , ., t-u Viava An election for a hew Board of DUeetofs J resulted in the choice of the followisg: Win.. W. Chamberlain, C. Hoffman f. S. Whedbei). "W. Gates and M. P.lieai. . The reports make a' very enconraging1 ek hiblk The earnings of the road for th&fis-. cal year . ending . March 81st, 1885, foot: up $528,121.88, while , the expenses for, the same period, which includes betterments, -(amounting to $133,217.31)" aggregated $456,401.20, leaving the net earnings' it $71,720.68; : ' - ' :' ' .' ! :: : ! Isaac Bates, Esq,, was elected one of tlie directors, but declined to serve, when t was too late to supply his.,place with a representative- of Wilmington,-- hence the old board, with the exception of C. Goddard and Dr. C. H. Roberts, were reelected, Vtf. Winder and Maj. Stedinan going out. , at IVflmlngton (Das I,lsb.t Coiiitany. " At the annual meeting of the stockbol- si m m -vee ' " s v . ' ers oi tne Yvummgton uas iigbt uompany the following were elected a Board of Di rectors for the ensuing year: ' 7' "V j Messrs. George W.-Kidder, .A;. J. De- Rpsset, . George , R., French, Sr., Wmi H McRary, E.' S-i Martin, Donald McRae and R. J. Jones. , . . , , After, the adjournment of the stock holders' meeting the new Board, of Direc tors elected the following officers: President Donald McRae. Secretary and Treasurer R. J. Jones. Superintendent J. W. Reilly, Tne "Ghost." Mr. James E. Padrick, at whose house the alleged ghostly visitations have recently created so much stir and excitement, re quests us to say that his dwellingwill here after be closed against promiscuous crowds. They have become very annoying to him and he is getting tired of ' the fun. The large number of outsiders prove themselves particularly offensive in their noisy demon strations. The number, of ghost-seekers Wednesday night was no smaller i than usual.:, r -.. m . i -A-'w.: j WllmlDKton Xlsht Infantry: . ; : The jcomnoisaioued officers of theU- mmgton Light Infantry received their com missions from the Governor last night, and were duly sworn in at the armory, taking the same oath that officers of the regular army do. The officers are Jas. O. Morri son, Captain; F A Lbrd, 1st Lieutenant; F. L. Meares, 2nd Lieutenant. IMnonni. . . i We. regret to hear . . that our esteemed townsman, Mr. Alfred Martin, is quite sick. We had a pleasant call yesterday from Mr. A. E. Bowers, correspondent of the New Haven JRtgUter, the Hartford jCwrant and other papers. TUB MAILS. ! The mails elose and arrive 'at the City iPos OfBee as iollows: , Northern thro' malls, fast 7:45 PJ.!& 100 P. If. Northern through and way mall,s 8.-30 A m. Raleigh 6:15P.M. e80AM. Malls for the N. C. .Railroad, and , . r routes snpplied tnererrom moinainc A. W XI. Jm IMUUUHM CkV. , At UH OiW, A. m Southern mans for all points Sonth, ' ' dally ....... .ft00 P.M. & 8d5 A. M. Western malls (C C. Railway) daily (except sonaay). otiot. m. AUpolnts between uamiet ana isaieiKn o:ia e. M. Mafi for Cheraw and Darlington Ball- - road ...:....;.i.u..-..i. i.. 8J F. M. Malls for points between Florence and Charleston . ..8S0P.M.4 0.15 A. M. TayetteTiUe, and omoes on Cape Fear i - . . nver,-i-uesaaysana j-naayB.,.....v lwur.Jt. Fayettevllle, via a- O. B, B., dally, ex . oept Suadays.j... - 6:15 P.M. Onslow C. H. and intermediate offices, i . Tnesdays and Fridays. ....... 6KXX AM. Smlthvule mails, by Bteamboat, dally i (except Bnndays;. I........ '8:90A.M. Malls for EaayHlJ Town Creeki Shal-r u lotte and JMUo Blver, Tuesdays and - ; 8HWP13L Wrlghtavlue dally at... , 80 AM. . s OPBfJ FOB DELIVERY. Northern tteo wayjnaus7iSS AvM. As 8:15 AM. southern maus y.zu a. m. Carolina Central Railroad.. 8:45 AM, Stamp Offioe open from 7.80 A X. to 6 P. M. Money Order and Register Department open 80 A M. to 5:00 P. M, continuous. ; j Carriers delivery open on Sunday from 8:80 to SO AM. , ; ...;,; ,: j ' Malls collected from street boxes from bail ness portion of city at 5 AM., 1130 AM. and 5p PJI.; from other parts of the1 cfty at 5 P.M. and 5A.M. - :i- ' - ' General delivery open from 7 AM. to a.00 P.M and on Sundays from 8:30 to 900 A M. , Ballroad time. 75tb meridian. . ClTlf 1 JTTEins, 11'.' - Conehs and CoMa oan -e- enred with a bottli A DOWN TOWN MERCHANT, havmr : several Rleeoless nisrhta. disturbed bv the axo: and cries of a suffering child, and becoming po: vmeedthaf Mrs. Wmslows Soothtor Syrup wi Just the article needed, procured a supply toi U child ' On reaohine home and aocualntlnrf'li ;wtfs with what he bad done, she refused to hare it acunnusterea vo ine cuuoy aa sne was strongly, ravor oi uomoBppainy ima, mens ute enua lSUff parental witoo ant steep.. home the day following, the father found th baby still suff i anawnue oontempl&iinfl' a other sleeDless t, the mother stepped fronr id to some domesna duties the room to atten and left the father with the cbud. ; PutfOTherab- senoeheaanunisteredaporaonoi ue ooounng Syrap to the baby, and said aothlnfc 'That night all hands slept well, and-tha Uttie leUow awoteta toe morning bright and: happy' The mother was delifhtea'snta.tiio wonaerxai cmaage, ana. though as nrst- onenaeo- at ne deception tioed npoa her, has continued' to usetne and nffflTbur rvn -babies-sntf restless hum AiMLTtTMuu-ed. A fdnde trial of .the Svrao never yet fafled to-WHevo the bay, and over nnme the nreludloes oi the moxnerr - doi ny au -..Dragglsti. esntsil bottle.' ? ; riitt WHOLE HO. 5815 : NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ; (Nothing Booms. I yi VABIED' 'AKD COISPLBTK ! STOCK Olf Plaid, Strloe and Bep Salts at $13.50. Wine Col ored, Blaek DUgonai and Corkscrew Suits, and an eiesantime or imrortd ana Domestlo Suit, tor, . At . . . . HUMSON'S , my 8 it ' dothtnc Booms. ; 3 -. ; LTJ'JB INStBiKCB COMANTINHX UITED ike lutof MM (SDffM M, A'SXTP OYB$ lO30O0,OOO. - aUi.WIliiKDAeMit ! PPf House; ! rTBiRi IIKSTAKB A FLBAJ3UBJB ik 'burni& as.a COMPLETE STOCK is kept at all : j ii int: .v: :.:' -! - :;. L'mI i saasoss of . , I . ... - , -f a9f : ; .:; n . C5 ARPETS, I -,. hiU.MATTIWS,e1 ins. JERSEYS a cpseialty. , , :- j ; . BLACK GOODS of all grades. -j j;o ii , K. M. mcIlVTIUE. I myfDWtf4i'- - - j ;.v::; rm '. 1,1 1 1 ! .,- ' Blank Books,-' TjBDGEES, JOUBNALS, DAY-BOOKS, ' j ' Cash Books. Invoice and Letter Press Books, Note, Draft and Receipt Boots, Memorandums; 6f all kinds, i ; ' Check Books, Hotel Beglsters, Log Books, - ' Spirit Turpentine Books and Blanks, Legal Cap, Letter and Note Paper, 1 1 Envelopes of all kinds, , . . . Visiting and Mourning Cards, Fine Box Papers with Envelopes to suit, And everrthinr elie nsnaJlv keot In a Tirat uiass iivj book, store. Please call, see and boy at my s tr BETNSBERGBB'S. j 05.00 Reward. JOST, STOLEN OB STRAYED, A BLACK AND TAN 8ETTBR DOG. . Answers to the name of NED." The undersigned will nav the above on recovery of Dog. my i at W. RODDICK. Straw Novelties ! "TEW STYLES I LOW PRICES ! 55C. PEB DOZEN AND UPWARDS 1 HARBISON ALLEN,' I Hatters. , my 7 tf I i myetf ' w.aivis'ibsoN, GRAND OPENING- S Vn ME II MILLINERT! Friday and Satar4ay, May 8 and 9. : At my 8 lw . MRS.E.A. LUMSDEN'S, 119 Front Street. Review copy DAMAGED STOCK AT PRIVATE SALE. , We are prepared to off er GREAT BARGAINS ! .f. To any one needing . -. HARDWAJ1E OR CROCKERY1. Much of our Stock was only defaced by smoke and water at the late fire, and but slightly d&nv aged. Goods MUST BE SOLD, to make room for NEW STOCK before we return, to our old stand, and we offer BARGAINS to Merchants, Mechanics, Farmers and Qouee keepers. : . Sales Boom for CROCKER Y, Vollers Building, opposite New Market. , : , ; .. , ... Sales Boom for HARDWARE, George Myers' old" stand. 1 -i - ! ."rj i t)ome and see ha WEDNESDAY, MAY 8TH. GILES fc MCBCHISON. 'iny8 lw; , . . .... '-. H fe. PBEMPERT, AT NO. 7 SOUTH FRONT ;. '?: , ? ) i - j Street, is now, like all the rest, keeping a Firsts Class Shaving; Hair Cntto'gAc, Saloon,' with Albert G. Prempett and Wm. J. Stewart as as sistants. Give teem scan. it. .... fehltf Notice. i r I ORDER TO KEEP PACE WITH TUB HARD times MKAX8 win be famished at the NEW SCARBOROUGH HOUSE for 25 CENTS EACIL WHl always have the best of Wines, Liquors ana Cigars on hasd -to meet the demand of my pat rons. D. A 8EBBBCK, Proprietor ' I ap 28 tf New, Scarborough House. 1 White Mountain Freeze 'THE VHITE MOUNTAIN ICB CREAM FREE- A V.Wlt in fha RRST in nma Wa' aalt Vi . VrtTk. NOMIST BBFBIGEBATOB, with Water Cooler combined; it. has : NO EQUAL.-.- Berpslne Oil Stoves-just the thing for summer use. TOILET 8BTS, very , handsome- andL.oheant .Wood and tt iuuv tt are, at nryatf 'i err? PARKER TAYLOR'S. 1 83 Sonth Fronts t. yj:-HHf Bockliine, ' - FRESHLY BURNED l:i VKIUR KEOIKJKD TO Bl.tS TTcIt r!ARa . LIBERAL DISCOUNT FOB LARGE LOTS ANU B L PBAI rsxs :-. '-iii- .u Address, r .FRENCH BBOS. T -W JJl(Kky PoiirOf.a - r or oVgjparsley, Jr., i ; sutafri,l- WflailBton,N.U j ittf: Base Ball Shoes ! 47 4 rTtrs "HAVE litMCElVKD r LARGE 'LOT 6f W Mena andTBoys' .Base Ball Shoes: also' Men's Low Shoes and Ladies' ehppersi which we offer si tow prices. ,A large stock of 8traw Hats, Soft aad' Snff Black Hats,UBabreBrTrejiks nd Valises con-i stantly on hand. Come and try ns.r' . ." ; t. . , X.BHBTEB, 1 ,myatf - . -108 A tio Market Street. I Olcies-t, : ae Year..... .......... .v. -,r. .. et to larooateaet Advertisements taken a iropor Uonatery low rates. - Tea fines solid Honparefi type make pas square NEWf ADVERTISEMENTS. - :ir-- OFFICX OF - ' 0 ,-,-v . WILMINGTON & WBLDON B. B. CO. Notice to Contactors. : PROPOSALS ABB INVITED TOR CROSS TIES for the Wilson Fayetteville Bail Boad, of the " fpUowusdesertotimT ; TlAafnKaDtA - i K t . , ... st least (7) seven Inches heart upon each face; to be evenly and smoothly hewed and squared, but ted at e&oh end.' - , . . . "V, a suatA virago w allss OAK, POST OAK or P1NX. If of Pine to be hewed BmiA "P1a .a v. a T . t fly m-m4xn . uuu cm luur'iiuw, mo uuitr to bits ine nark said line of road at sooh points as may be agreed uuu, uu vruoB jiueu ou pues oi xieseaoB. at intervals of 1C0 feet, or otherwise as may f agreed noon. ; . . . . . - .. ,H .Tlesi except Black Cypress, not to be cut before S?i?Iy' WW be xeoelvea umU the 88th ef May. 1685. -:i,Miit ,r Address F. GABuNEB, my 6 t28M - Wflmtogton. N. C. Wiumwnos-, N. a, April 25th, 1885. MEETING OF THE. STOCKHOLDERS OF taii Cbimjm held at-the office of the Opmpiny,m ninngton, on MONDAY, THE 1ST DAY OF JUNE next, at 10 o'clock A. M., for the purpose of considering and acting trpon a lease . by this Company of the Ballroad ana property o the Wilmington, Columbia- Aagusta fBailroa Company,' and for the purpose of nrovidinKfo. the nniLBAiaLiiAAda Af this rinMnnnw . , By order of the Board of Directors, J. W. THOMPSON, Bnntln 'luco'" apSfltdm. Review copy. TO TO TTDTTVlVTOa f J . OFFICE OF WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA & AUGUSTAS. B. CO., ' WnjnxeTOH, NC April t5th, 1885. w -I 11 tJU IJHT1 MEETING OPTHB STOCKHOLDERS this Company wUlbe held at 10 o'clock, M MONDAYTHB 1ST DAY OF OUBt aext, attt , office of the Company in Wilmington, N. C, and at 10 o'clock A M., on TUESAAY THE 2ND DAY OF JUNE next, at Florence, S. C, for the purpose of considering and effecting a lease of the road and all Its property to the Wilmington ts Weldon Railroad Company. By order of the Board of Directors, , B. B. BBIDGBRS, President. J. W. THOMPSON, Secretary ap29tdm Bevlewcopy. - - Floury Bacon, Lard5 &c. . jJQQ Boxes p. S. aB. SIDES, 25 do. SMOKED ' do . 1500 JQQPalls LABD, . . . . -f AA Hhds and Bbls Cuba and 1UU . Porto Rico MOLASSES, 25BdL,CAKOLINA ,ricb. . , 20Q Sacks Choice BIO COFFEE, --i A A Bbls SUflAES. AUU C, Ex. C and Granulated: JQQQ Sacks LIVEBPOOL SALT. aW A as - a m 5UU 1WJS 5Q Bbls DISTILLER'S GLUF. 500 BnndIeB hoop iron; ; Nails, Buugs, Shot, Snuff. Tobacco, Soda, Lye, Potash, Soap, Starch, . Crackers, Candy, &c, &c For sale at low figures. Cash buyers will and it to their interest to give us a call. . WILLIAMS, RANKIN & CO., Wholesale Grocers ft Com. Merchants, ' myjtf 5- -iV Nos. 16 A 18 Nft'- Water St." 800 Dozen Fresh' JEggs JUST RECEIVED, AND MUST BB SOLD AT fj SOMB PRICE. These are soft railrnad Item. but are -Irom boats, flats,' carts and. schooners. Come early and avoid the rush. Cannot deliver; there are too many. . - . , i,,- , ' JOHN B. MARSHALL, . General Commission Merchant, . No, 24 North Water Street, my 2 DAWtf : .. . Wilmington. N. a FIG-Q-EKS TE LiXi. 1 i." i .liif-i., .0005'' t ' :'; PAID BY . '. M:lkli'l dote Ins. ' Co. IN NOBTH CAROLINA, For Losses 1881, and paid WITHOUT DISCOUNT. Jnd. W.Gordon & Smith ;my ltf " L; ! ": AtJEBTS5"' We Offer " 1800BblaGoodrLOUK' 500KeK"NAILS' ' 100 BbdB hiCe CPBA M0IASSSS' 1 AND A FEW OTHEBS. : . AT CLOSE PRICES TO PROMPT BUYERS. C i. -- ' . ... .. - j . , ., fTjtT.T. piABSALL, , Wholesale Grocers and Com. Merchants, .. No. 11 A. 13 So. Water Street. ansstf Wflmtogton, N. C. Toilet Sets. WE HAVE JUST BKCBTVED ANOTHEBLOT of very pretty Toilet Sets, which we are selling cheap. The best and eheanest Befrlgera lor to be had for the money. Also, Freezers and f Coolers at low figures. . Dost forget ueJfsmer Girl. W. a. AJujuuaax m . .'t numDera, uas rmcr m imnora. Jmy6tf 25 Market Street. Best in the State.1 O' largest m the State, best make; greatest variety hi style and low down in price. 'Cahandsee!-"'. : ,i;;es f':Bi-w a? :tja;? Gtoc.f BFrench Bons, U T J xosxh FBOST STBEET ' . V tn tf . . . i ..... " - ' - .J- r "i i4ar V , . 1 1 . - j k... u ti fu- 1 v ; ----- y-. -y ... -Vr
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