North Carolina Newspapers

. - 1 The Morning Star- By' WILLIAM XX; DEKNARD. PUBLISHED DAILYXCEPT MONDAYS. , BARS OT BTJBSCKIPTIOH, IS ADYAHCl. One Year (by Mall), Postage Paid...,...) .... 17 00 Six Months, " - , . ....J 4 00 ThreeMonths" ,. 2 03 TwTkonths. - . 150 One Month. ' . . 75 tgrTo City Subscribers, delivered in any "pan of the City, Rnm Cins per week.Our City Agent ara not authorised to collect for more than taree months in advance. i, Entered at the Post Office at Wilmington, N. C as Second Class Matter.; i j t . - MORNING EDITION. OUTLINES. f The State Press. Association- of -Florida claim that . the reported damage to j the orange groves id that S:ate is greatly j ex-' aggerateu. w " . uwners . oi cosi-ianus ju Florida are considering the question of a consolidation of interests involved. -The State Senate of Kentucky; passed, a bill establishing, the , whipping! jK8t s.for wife-beaters, ." Business failures -the past week number 338; they continue very numerous ja the West: and -South, .but In other r sections ' are light.1: -4- Disastrous floods are apprehended in ' Pennsylvania ; ice gorges have formed .which'' have caused the lowlands 'to Tie overflowed. j -- Stri king operatives at Leicester,' HEng., At tacked and sacked several houses; the "poV lice were unable, to' cope with t3rera.J5.-i--i Ex Governor Horatio ) Seymour rot tfew York, died last night. " -Ul saf j in Claussen's Brewe 'CharJeston,' 5 S. was blown open by" burglars und robbed of $500. - - New York, marketed Money H 2 per cent. ; cotton firm at 9 l-169c; wheat, ungraded red 85c; corn lower at 48, 50Jc; southern flour quiet; spirits turpen tine dull at 4fc; rosin steady a. $l 02 President Cleveland is accused of being DasniaL ; -.-.. The coinage committee House will soon report. -V. J- in ' the Paddy Ryan and John Li Sullivan are to fight with gloves., j J i Gen. W. R. Rowley, Grant's milK tary secretary, is dead, agejd. 62. :' T; John 6. Thompson, .one, of; the leaders of the Ohio Democracy, :ia dead- l he Kinghte of ' Labor are boy-; cotting succegpf nlly irrtthe !NToriJiw west. c ;J Old man Tilden ia thought to fa-! vor Secretary Whitney fori the Pres idency. VXtlp Savannah is moving", to get the Government to give; it twenty-eight feet of water. --M HP I "1 j Tr. - -1 tt: I w-r ' r. i ije rauroau ixing, u. JUU nunung ton, is said to be the financial backer: of the New York Star. Weston has been challenged ' by Frauk " Johnson for a long distance walkj stakes from:! l,o6d 5 . 1500;!$ The Ne w York ,' Churchman pro nounces the costumes ,of .modern society belles "insolent indecency. Threes polygamists at j Salt Lake City have been condemned sentenced. i.u uve raoniDs in me penitentiary ana to pay a nne ot wov.; a ma -lite Diabetes and Blight's Jjpisease ap pear to be the diseases that take off prominent men;- Whiskey has some-; times a whack at some of, them. s f Dr. Anthony P. Peliser, a well known, physician of Charleston, is dead, aged 67. He was of the med ical department of the Confederate army in the war. Dr. T. C. Pershing, reeident of Pittsburg Female College, Metho dist, has been found guilty of , im- " moral practices and suspended until - Conference meets. ; ' 1 f, 1 The New York Tribune could bnfy- spare a ;;few Jines "ofits valuable columns to notice the death of one of the North's greatest heroes Han-- cock. :But he was a Democrat. 7 I '...i-ajk- f.V--:4 m r -' -m -w - m. ww 'm m ' iiir. 1. a. xieiper is pusiiy engaged in getting - up 1 a work he calls,- A North arolinal: Annuif Itwill b handsomely gotten up. li The dedica tion page we have seen and .it is very :- attractive . , ! j " ; , . i 1 - Kellogg had a big- tithe at Sumter Her company marched from' the de pot - to the-hotel singing ' fHome Again,'? and the theatre was packed on the occasion of the concert. And yet Kellogg camnot sing like a prima donna, r . i - : in Yin Herr Most, the, -wilij New York socialist, is perfectly happy; he says over the London riots? Here : is the way the bloody felloy jtalkfij 7 v "The revolution has started now, and there is no stopping it. . It will spread all over England, and , then come across the Atlantic to America, . and inside of three months the people wUl be hanging' capi talists right here in New York; Out West I wouldn't be -surprised if they'd, have a ;- riot in a week.v.. I"14'". - A ;tnan named f Metier was -the leader of a mock religions service at MiHersburg, Penn. .; He hasjust died araTDS; mahiaoVJlAldispatch from Harrisburg, Penp., of the 10th says YOL. XXXVH.--NO, he was ,r put to . bed .and t physicians summoned, but they could do nothr ing tor him. He raved, howled and prayed," declanns: that he had seen; the. Evil One, ,'and ' that , he was losC, tils torture was terrible, but nothing could be done to relieve -him, and he died in 5 the.:; wildest c asrony.'h The death-bed. scene U skidvtoliaveljeen full of horrors that can hardly be de- rr-- TheFriot in London was composed of a great . many" who ?w6re 'but,of oreaa. inere were thousands of nn employed, poor, Iwho were , reported starving for want of work .The So cialist League deny that it is respon sible for the riots. 'Mr;' Sparting, a prominent leader ; of the ' Socialists, , " x J - t --' t :v." , ' - gon- . . . .. .... f . says: ."But still I am rejoiced that societv has been shown that its fancied, fecuritv is a delusion and a myth..' If the members of yesterday s procession nad been inflamed to frenzy, as they could easily have been if the Socialists -had so chosen; they could have duplicated the most fearful scenes' of the French revolution. :;The policy as you saw, were impotent. The soldiers were at remote points.; " lief ore they, could have ar-. rived on the scene thers would have teen time for . wholesale bloodshed. But the people were forbearing,' and they made a demonstration, not an attack" . . i The Stab saw-a-local particle in; tnrllontmeryf( W lative to Rev.. Mr. Isler,?- of ; Clolds boro. : It was - z nearly a:; fourth jof column,, we ; think. J We;' learn that Mr. Bier was: misrepresented, ECe is at homo and ol saneTinindif IHe ri8-a Presbyterian minister ;of .. exoellent standing? f Th e Stab. ; meant to be kind. : b W supposed the Jstatement to be true, and ;? mad mention that his friends might know his condition and take such steps as might be deem ed, necessary. We are very -glad to hear that the1 Reverend 'gentleman ha not been suffering as was sup posed. It?; affords 'usv pleasure , to make the correction whilst regretting that we cave Jam" and his friends pain. - The. tributes to the gallant Han- cock havebeen ' very ' warm and ..ap preciative, and they have come from all parties, all c sections.'. Said - the. model soldier - and patriot, in his famous Special Ordor iNo.. 40, when he took charge' of the Fifth Military District," composed ': of Texas and Louisiana:'-.' ; ;-y ': "' "Solemnly impressed with these views the General commanding announces that the great principles of. American ; liberty sail are the lawful inheritance of this people, and ever. should.be.. : The rightlof trial by jury, the Habeas corpus, toe liberty of ; the press' the freedom of speech, and the natu ral Tight of ; persons must,: be- preserved,. Free institutions while they are essential to the prosperity and happiness of the people, always zurnisb the strongest inducements to peace and order, unmes and offenses com mitted jn this district must be referred to the consideration and judgment of the' reg ular cmi antnonues, and tnese tnbu&als will be supported'in their lawful jurisdic-1 tion. . .nouid there be violation of existing laws, which are . not inquired into by the civil magistrate; or should failures in the administration of juatice by'the conrU be complained of. the cause w ill be reported to ibese ineadquartere, wnen such orders will be issued as may be deemed necessary. - The country will learn with regret that the venerable and admirable ex Gov Seymour, " of : New York- is nearing the end of his long and dis tinguished life. . He ? may die even before ! these lines . shall meet' the reader's eye. Spirits Turpentine; No Raleigh,iVe-(?ierer yes-: Oxiordi'Torchlight;, Mrs, .Mary Baskerville Gregory, relict of the late Wil liam: O, Gregory, entered into rest Feb. 3rd, 1886, in her seventy-ninth, year. - v 1 ew Bern Journal: Eggs drop ped back to 14 cents yesterdays BbaA continue to come in slowly. They com mand. from 80c: to $1.00 per' pair for bucks, and J1.50 to $300 ;torpe.? . I v.- Pittsboro Some: ?tlt .would be so much better for Mr. Paee to devote his sprightly .intellect and facile pen " to en courage ana inspire aau eievawj aau im prove the eood old State that gave him birth, than to hold her up for ridicule and - yf&e&oi6XnteUgerir: The South is the best section of the country for 'r raisine hogs, and here in North Caroliaa, J swine are much freer from' cholera and all diseases.' than in. the -West; Yet our peq--pie persist in buying their meat from the West, when it can; be grown cheaper at homei.f I " ISAlheviFreign over,the Western North Carolina Railroad is now very. heavy in-all directions. ; In a few days two new Mogiil- engines will be added to the force;- especially for the! reight department. The management is doing all it can to make their route one f the grand trunk lines of Jhe country, and we believe that their many advantages, coupled with enterprise,; Will enable them to do so, : - J-.LaunhbrgE&x informs us of .one. Betsy McQueen, now living in Montgomery county, this State, who was born in Dundee, Scotland, Janu ary 3rd, 1779. - Though 107 years old, it II said that she can card the rotten ;and spia a yard of thread in a day;;, Page,ls doubtless soured by his ignor inions failure to revolutionize the journalism of ITcrth Uarolina in one snort year, rv; . , . .-t 121, r WTtMINGTON, v r Goldsboro ? Messenger: 'From a private letter we learn that our friend, Mr. Jas. A.' Robinson; will locate at Winston, his former home- ; Washington dot: Representative Green was one Of the speak ers at the grape growers' meeting held .last Thursday evening at Willard's Hall. He was also ; vice president. . - Maj. - Pj P. Duffy ha3 been appointed State correspon dent of the Agricultural " Department of. North Carolina. , ' 1 f ,.;r TwhoTo" Southerner: The town commissioners mean, if possible, to put a stop to incendiarism- tIn another column will be found 1 an .advertisement offering $100 reward for the conviction ot fire bugs; If these fires do not cease,? Judge Lynch ' may hold court here, r rr Mr, . -Walter H. Page, iiuce he proved an utter failure as a North Carolina: journalist,. has spoken very .... contemptuously of the State press No pne is troubled hut Page, and his disease is sour grapes. tk - r f i ''' CharlotteZmocrair A young' man named Page' (who considers himself a 'trained-journalist,5 withoutr ever ' having learned the printing business or" any other business) tried ta publish a newspaper in this State, but failed, and then went North to engage' in writing letters misrepresenting and bemoaning! North q Carolina Edi tors' and -our i public men cenerally .'Trained journalists " like Mr j Page have yet much to learn in' the ' way of common sense ir not in journalism." - - i ' "Norfolk ' Virginian: Col. A, J. Harrell, of the firm of Harrell Brothers; died at the PurceO House yesterday after noon at L80 o'clock, of pneumonia. Col. Han-ell had been: sick only" about a . week. and his death wis a sudden shock to all who knew him. iThe deceased was a native of North Carolina.' but for many years bad conducted the cotton commission business m this city. Col.-'Harrell leaves a widow ana a number ot relatives to mourn th eir loss. He was highly respected by , all who knew bim. ;ia4s J ? - Ghadbourn Time ? 1 A large amount of tar is- shipped from this place. It is put up in oil barrel and does not have to be repacked.! . We have-met few men in North Carolina with superior or even equal ability as a lawyer or as a states man, we sincerely hope the day is near when we will have the pleasure of , votinir for Major Stedmah for Congressman from his district. - -He has considerable influence in Washington I City, and we hope to see him one'of our national law makers as soon as the time for Another Congressional elec tion rolls around. He did a, large-share towards making the Chadbourn Railroad meeting the grand success it was. ; HorryfJS; C.) Progress: The next speaker was Maj. Charles M. Stedman, the Lieutenant Governor of North Caro lina. . He is a fine scholar, and an eloquent orator, lie held his vast audience spell bound as the chaste language fell from his lips. Maj. Stedman said that the -Messrs. Chadbourns' word was, as good us their bond and that they were financially able to redeem every promise made by them. The speech of Mr, W H. Chadbourn and that of ; Maj. Stedman convinced the people that there was:! a good foundation upon which to base their hope of a road, and we verily believe that, with the exception of about a dozen, the entire crowd favored the Wilmington, Chadbourn & Conway B&i- - GTeensboroHFrorAmflw. Col. G. C. Townsend, ft former citizen of Greens boro, died in -Tallahassee, Florida, on the 2nd inst., in the 80th year of his age. JSlisha BeU, who lived six miles from town in the direction of McLeansville. beine under the influence ota mean man's whis key, , lay out on the eround for the most part of Thursday night last, and the next : morning . at 7 clock ne was found not quite dead, but in a hopeless condition, ice; being formed in his mouth, &c. Since the above was written we hear that the unfor tunate man is Idead. - A colored train hand,' whose name is given as Henry Hoff man, and whoi lives at Salisbury, received an injury soo4' after 12 o'clock to day while engaged in coupling cara at the depot. . -1 , j :- WiuBtqn .Republican: Dr. W. P.' G.'yTounj, hailing . from : Baltimore, located in Winston in October lastr He claimed to be a regular M. D., joined the with the practicejaf medicine, proposed to work insurance, advertising as the Genera State Agent' of the Mutual Reserve Fund Life 'Association, , 55 Liberty street, New York, and 'of the: Family. Fund Society, also of New York. In November he pur chased the In&pendent, a small newspaper published here, and enlarged it to a seven column f patent -outside. The 'Doctor's" true inwardness was learned .here the first of last week. J His paramour left at once, and he, hearing the angry mutteriogs of an indignant and outraged community, also skipped the t6wn lasF ITriday evening, not taking with bam, s much as a change of clothing.;'; I , ' j -... . i Charlotte . ; Observer : The next session of the North ' Carolina Conference" of the Methodist Episcopal church (color ed), is to convene in this city this morning.' The sessions "twill be presided over by Wm. . X. Ninde, of Detroit, Michigan. - Mr. Mark Alexander, a highly respectable citi zen of Mecklenburg county, died yesterday at the home Of his niece, Mrs.-' Nelia Kirk patrick, in Sharon township. The. deceased was about 6f years of age. CapL R. P. ; Waring, superintendent of the assay office at the mint ia this city; ' reports that there has lately been great activity in mining cir cles, and a good deal of business is daily passing through; his hands. . The largest single shipment ' which he has yet made was made on ; Monday last, when he dis patched $6,800 in gold to the Philadelphia mint.' For tbe past three ; months, the shipments of gold from - the mint v in this city have averaged $16,000 per month.; j j f 132 jjHs&crasound. 'yc'r$ fKO'CNb--rs -a. 5 BTipfojtosFot iMisMM : ' MtwsoN-fSpring suitings open j: jacobi, .assignee-- v aienunes. 'f?'WPcJ;JAheti6n'sale&' Cotiissn '(3p?orBM"atttc6nifjp :ii D, v AKJuasiSQis cb w-a.ucuonsaies Cottpnl;' futures; : closed steady. at four to six points higher thah the day Jbef oreillvs:- ,''Ma,v:fj :h s-r f.t-: I? 'i :'i Yk & - . Messrs Alex. S'prunt & Bon cleared yesterday the German brig Bameo, for Barcelona, Spain with 1,175 bales of .Mtton3 valed at 51,500. '; . - - CoUbn'; continues .. to come 'ih freely, the daily receipts being in excess of receipts Jfo"the same !.fdays of Jast year, Yesterday ;09 bales ;were received, as against 90 ; for' the corresponding date th N. 0.: SATURDAY FEBRUARY 13, 1886, 5 M : . ' iCAPE FEATl K1VEB. Report " andi: Beeommendatloni ifor Improving; Cape : Fear s River Above - and Below 'Wilmington. j -v- 'The Stab; is indebted rto Capt: WH. 3ixby;6f:the Corps of Engineers,' TJ; S.' Army for "information circulars" concern' ing improvements of rivers and harbors in North and' South Carolina under his charge.; Two of , the circulars are in relation to the imprpyement , ol the Cape Fear .river ; one - as to, '5 the -.work;. below. Wilming ton and the -other i between -Wilmington: and Fayetteville. -; Capt, - .H,? Bacon assistant engineer, is in local charge of the improvements below Wilmington.and Capt.; Charles ' Humphreys, assistant engineer at Fayetteville,' of the improvements' below that place, 'f -" Vt'""5, - ' i' The circular in relation - to " improving Cape Fear river below Wilmington says: i ."The Cape. Fear River below, Wilming- ton, when placed under, governmental im provement in 1829, had 3 bar" entrances with least depths as follows: about 9 feet at the Baldhead Channel, 9 feet at the West ern and Rip Channel, and 10 feet at New . Inlet Channelthe two former bars being 8 miles, and the latter, d miles, from the point of junction of their channels near Federal. Point. . From : Federal Point 120, miles up to Wilmington, there were several shoals with a least depth of 7.5 feet, at low " VThe original projects of 1827 to 1847 proposed to improve the upper 20 miles by dredging and by jetty contraction ot the channeL,, - $202,602 67: were spent during this time in increasing the depth upon the shoals to 9.5 feet ' at low water, equal to that at the bar. entrances. - 1 ' VAt or about this time, the shore at Fort: Caswell, opposite Baldhead Point, was protected by stone jetties. ? v, ; ; , 1 i 1'be projects ot laoa to ii7 proposed to deepen the water at the main entrance byjetties at Baldhead Point, and by jetty obstructions between Smith's Island - and Zeke's Island near New Inlet; and suggest ed the possible future necessity of closing New iBleL $156,898 18 were spent during this time in nearly completing the proposed works. .. Although the Smith's island work was nearlv swent awav in 1857 bv the great storm of that year, and the Baldhead jetty only lasted Until 1871, these works- tempo rarily deepened the water on the main bar entrances by several ieeU k "' "'The prolects of 1858 to 1871 proposed a crib-closure of the space between Smith's and Zeke's Islands. The projects of 1870 to 1862 for the river mouth proposed the complete closure of New Inlet : (finished in 1881), by which the ! least depth of water Upon the main entrance was increased to 13 feet at low water: The projects of 1872 to 1882, as continued to date, proposed the extension of the New Inlet dam two miles further down the stream to prevent the fur ther; erosion . of -Smith's Island at the swashes. The project of 1875 as contin ued to date, proposed the occasional use of dredging upon the outer bar to assist in the gradual straightening and deepening . of the bar entrances. The projects of 1874 to 1881, for the twenty miles above New Inlet, as continued to date, proposed dreding ' wherever necessary across shoals, so as to secure first a 12 foot channel 200 feet wide. ; and then a 16 foot channel 270 feet wide, at low water,; over this whole length. .The latter depth combined with this average rise of tide on the bar (4.5 feet), -and at Wilmington (2.5 feet), will give a good 18-foot navigation,' at' high water from the ocean to Wilmington, fl,- 632,858.93 have been spent in all up to 80th. June, 1885, upon the proposed improve ments of 1870 to 1882 with complete suc cess, obtaining; a 14-foot least depth of water at the main bar entrance? and com pleting to partial width the desired 16 foot channel 28 miles': further to Wilmington. As far as possible this work has been done by contract. The foreign commerce has increased from about' $1,500,000 exports (see official statistics: in annual report Of 1874) in 1871, to about $5,000,000 exports In 1885. The total commerce, exports and imports,' foreign , and ' coastwise,, . is : now $18,000,000 per year. ' "j s--" J ;& I 1 It was recommended in July,' 185, that the above improvements be carried Out as Originally projected, by completing the unfinished dike south of Zeke's Island, so as to thoroughly secure Smith's Island from further erosion by the ocean; and by wi dening and deepening the existing river channels to theirs full dimensions of 270; feet width and r 16 feet ; least depth, at lo.w water; and further protecting them against subsequent - deterioration ' by submerged, stone dikes where : necessary, at a total ex pense of $380,000in addition to the funds ($70,141.07) then -available; the whole amount to be appropriated in., one ; sum during the next year.. ; '. ,"v--Xti 5 "It .is further ' recommended that : the present projects be further extended, so as' to deepen the bar entrance: to at least 16 ,feet. least depth. ,at low water.- The: commerce of this harbor, as above shown, is regarded as sufficient to justify an ex- penditure of several hundred thousand dol--lars for -this purpose, and this, amount should be appropriated rin yearly' instal ments of at least $300,000.00. Projects for this new work will be submitted during the coming year."' s 'y-'-. y,,' '; - - 1 1 IMPKOVIKO CAPB FKAB KIYER FSOUWIb-. -v MXStOTON TO yATETTEVILLK. : ' ' i :J The Cape Fear river,; above Wilming ton (from Wilmington to Fayetteville, N C.;) when placed under governmental im provement in 1881, was navigable during the nine flush-water months of the year from - Wilmington ' 112. miles upward to Fayetteville ; but the channel for. the upper 75 miles was badly . obstructed T by sunken logs, snags, overhanging J trees and shoals; and for the upper 66 miles had not water enough to .furnish a continuous Channel without ah artificial contraction of . ita low water bed. At that time the . navigation was owned by private' parties. Its com merce is : estimated , to. ; have, been .'about $800,000 of goods per year. 5 'r l- "The original project of 1881-2, as con tinued to date,1 proposed to buy out the private owners -of the river for $10,000, then to clear out Its - natural obstructions, and to further provide a continuous chan cel over its upper 66 miles by dredging and by artificially contracting l its water way through at least 32 shoals. $59,013.83 has been spent ia all upon this improvement up to 80th June. 1885. giving a moderator lv .well cleared ' channel over ; the whole length of the river, a moderately good con tinuous 4-foot r channel during the entire year from WiTmxngtoir 44 miles to Kelly's Cove, thence a similar 2 footchannel.26 miles further to Elizabethtown (a place of ' con- eiderable commerce),' and. thence a similar 1-foot channel 42 miles further to Fayette' ville., In consequence, ?. .3! permanently established 'Steamboat vlines have - been running over -the entire - distance with 5- .foot draft for seven' months each year, and , with v lessened draft - the rest of ' tne time. The commerce during those years 1 has in- creased about $300,000, per year, Has been "m . - 111 . n a A A. 11 lurtuer oenentea Dy exemption irom wus. and is now over $2,000,000 oervear. rOwing to the peculiar and varied nature of tms worK, it was allowably done by hire of labor and open purchase of material.: t-l Mltwas recommended in July, 1885, that this improvement be completed in accord ance with the present approved and adop ted project so as to insure a thoroughly cleared 4 foot channel from Wilmington 70 miles to Elizabethtown; thence a similar 3-foot channel 42 mile? further to Fayette ville at all times of the year; at a - total : ex pense - of - $200,000, i including the - funds ($5,986.17) then available; '-this -amount to bo appropriated in. yearly instalments' of about $60,000 yearly. '; ' s J 'Further improvement," so as to extend -the navigation above Fayetteville, or so as to increase Its depth below FayettevCleis not recommended. ';' -r'! s ' . ' ' " -'-r- . i t Deatta or Capt. B.' o. Bates. -' 1 ' - Capt. B. Qpr Bates, an old and respected citizen of Wilmington; died at bis residence on Fourth street at an early hour yesterday ; morning.? The funeral services were held , in the afternoon at the. J'Irst.Presbyterian Church, after which ithe-' remains cwere taken to the Wilmington & Weldon- Rail road depot ' to be carried-to' Springfield : Mass., for burial beside the remains of his: wife which are interred at that place.! Captl Bates was. about 72 years of age, - and was t born in Springfield, Mass.. . He had been a' resident. ,of , Wilmingtoa f or about forty years, and was universally. : respected ' and esteemed. For years he; commanded. One of the steamers running between this ;city; and Charleston,- S r C-. before ' there.'' was railway communication ' between . the two places ; afterwards he had command of the railroad ferry steamer Waccamaw, tind sub sequently was Harbor Master of the port.- He was one of the oldest members of the Masonic order in the city, . having been a member of St. John's fiodge, for thirty , years or more.- " ' ' a 1 1 ; A Stevedore Cnarxed wltn i v. Embexzle- , meat. '; 1! Nelson Jackson, a colored stevedore, was committed to jail yesterday afternoon in default of $100 bail, for his appearance at the next session of the. Criminal Court, ' to answer to a charge, of embezzlement.! As 'boss", stevedore Jackson engaged t seven men to discharge a cargo of guano from a vessel in port, agreeing to pay 'theml the usual wages, per Jhpur, for their service?. After the' vessel 'was'" discharged. Nelson was paid $33.98 for the work, but "instead of paying the men $3.55 each, the amount due, he put them off with $1.15 apiece, representing that he had not been paid the full amount. . The men found out, how ever, that he was attempting to defraud them, as they claimed, and had him ar rested. -- "' " 'r' I' :. ;" V - ;, tatner Indications. The following are the in(iicatjor. day: j "" ' '-'- ; - ; . For ' the Middle Atlantic States, - local rains, variable - winds, shifting: to slightly colder westerly, falling .barometer, follow ed -in the southern portion by rising ba rometer; - ' "' ' ' " ' -.: For the South Atlantic 8tates, local rains,; followed by slightly colder, fair; weather?, winds shifting to westerly and then becoming variable. Personal. Among the arrivals at the Orton vested day were W. O. White, Laconia, N. H. John Bond, Jr., '.Boston; ' J. ?is. Flemming, New York; John W Ward, Plain Yiew, N. C.; T.; W. Willis, Charleston. S. C;H. S.; McOallum,: Clarkton,. N. C; Mr. and MJ.'D-.fChuitihVHartford-jonnWi B. Mock, Boston ; Charles W. Waltz, South Carolina; HVW. Sheltont : Richmond. Y&. ; B. Caaeron, Raleigh, N, C, . -V: : - I RITES AND MARINE. J'Sch.ifi JFloyd, JohnsonV cleared. aVNew York for this port on the 10th inst . " ; A barquentine and a barquewere re-prted-eff the par,, yesterday evening, com; .ingin.e ,r-o -5i5w i ; ;--; Flags on the American vessels in' port were at half -mast yesterday, as i 'lnark' of respeciWtiielate CsjitPB; G.J jSate's'." I 3 ff a-. -. -at":"Ui:'i 1 ? ; . -rr- .The steam tug Italian h&a been uoder- ingrepaire,'': which were : completed yes terday, when she resumed her place on the. river. kr&zhs'A -r:-? V 0 k-'iirx'. t - i ': i --Tlie Blanch "5 with ?the- dredge boat Fugh are at Smithville. Thick weather J outside prevented their ! departure for New1 River. ;V; - - - Two German -barques, ,. Parana and Providentia ...arrived Tu below .yesterday; The former came up the river late yesterday evening. .-..- - "-t- a .- ' MOTHKES 1 1IOTHEES 1 MOTHEES I A r" tou distnrbed at burnt and broken of tout rest bv a sick child Buffering and crying with the excru ciating pain of cutting teeth? li so, go at onoe and get a bottle pf MBS. WINSLOW'B SOOTH ING SYRUP.' It will relieve the poor little suf ferer immediately depend npon ft : there- is no mistake about it. There Is not a mother on earth .who has ever used it who will not tell yon at once that It will regulate the bowels and give rest to the mother, ana reuetana neaitn to tne child, operating like magic. It la perfectly safe to use in all oases, and pleasant to the taste, and is the prescription of one of the eldest and best female physicians and nurses in the United States, .Sold everywhere. 85 cents abotlle. c-j ' .,:' -r BssoeBsaBnvsnBBBBBBBsnnvB1 ';-: -'- DIED - y - '-"" -';. ; " CALDSB, ' m this city, on 'frrtday afternoon, February 12th, 1886, THEODORE, eldest son of William and Alice I Calder, aged seven years and eleven months, "--fi,.,:hii.,-''ii,-i; '.. -.Funeral services will be held to-morrow, Sun day, at 2 30 P. from SUamea' Church, thence to Oakdale Cemetemt t tH, 1 ; f 'i i JpOUND. THE BARKEN TINE 'BELLE WOOS TEE,' in heaving up her own- anchor, at Nay&ssa Island Roads, W. I., hove up an old Anchor and piece of Chain . Cable attached to her own an chor, which the owner or owners can have by proving property and paying charges thereon t . , - . H. J. HIGGENS, I if a a -a a- - MasEer B'ktne Belle-Wooster, v; Wilmington, Feb 18, 1886.ini;v ifeb 13 It 1 - . j ' . 1 Our First Installment fi SPRING SUITINGS IS HOW OPENMake selections at onoe j - . j 4 lt - feb IS If , Merchant Tailor, &o. WHOLR NO.1605 2 .. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS r - CollIer;&r Co.; AnoC'rs.--Salds Booms, cor. No. Water and Ptfnoess Sts. 1 Horses ani Mes at Anction; j ( THIS DAY, AT EXeHANGB COBKBB, COlf menclng at 11 o'clock, we will sell a drove of Ten Horses and Mules. Should the sale not be completed it will be continued on Monday. Its , GEO. W. PRICE, Jr., ; t.t AUCTIONSES AND COMMISSION MEKCHAKT - -vt- l. . , j i A UCTION GOODS STILL, COMING IN. EEG xx ular Sales commence to day, at 11 o'clock, at Sales Booms, No 215 Market Street., a large va riety of Auction Goods will be offered, including Household - and Kitchen Furniture, Stoves, Bed Bteada, rablef,- Ao. -Our -regular Night Sales oommenoe to-night at 7 o'clock, when Good Bar gains can be, had.'- ' - feb 13 it C By TanAMBIMbE & Co.,1 ' AUCTIONEERS AND EKAL ESTATE AGENTS.' Saturday Ilight Anct-n "TB wTi8kLI,THISlSIGHT,'AT 119, PBHIV cess Street, at o'olock, a lot of ' ; i ' Furniture, : CTo thing, .:' Can Fruit,!:- t - -Cigars, and ' Tobaooor -r Stoves,' Candy, ' Sundfiea. t t 't, Parties having Goods to sell -wul please1 send them in this morning. . . -feb 13 It '--- For Sie, That desirable and valnahln HOTTSTE and LOT, K. W. corner Third and Ches nut streets. Also, TWO 8TORE8. N.K.- I Hi II oorner Water and Princess streets. For terms and other particulars apply ?o ' feb 13 3t nao of Holmes & Wattera.1 2SOW IS YOUR TJJO TO ETVBST your money or secure a home. I have IStores, Dwellings and Vacant Lots for sale very cheap and on easy terms. - feb 11 tf Beal Estate Agent. H At Heinsberger's. JBCEIVKD BY KXPRESS A NEW" LOT OP Beautiful VALENTINES Valentines for every body, young and old , large and small, rich and poor.' : ; ' - .'- -; ' ' ' v f We wfll try this coming week to make eveTy- body happy. - - ' :' :-' ' -: ' ' ' . ' ; Call at HEINSBEBGEB'S; ne will help you to make a good selection of Valentines. ; i- - NATHANIEL JACOBI, ? Assignee. fob 13 tf ASK FOR THE ' ' ' Best m'ftteriftl, perfect fit, equals say ts or S6 gboe every pair warranted. Take none unless tamped 1 "W. ll Douglas ; S3.00 . & .. , 4; -A - If you canaot. get these shoes from dealers, send address on postal card to W. L. Douglas, Brock ton. Mass For salelby - 5 EVANS & VON GLAHN. .Princess Street; tu th sat Jan 14 Sm - Wanted, A ITKST CLASS MAS TO BUY AND 8EL L xxfirst class Sewing Machine. For further par -; ticuiars apply at This Office. .- ; janl61m, tuthsat - -, j Nova Scotia : 0 1; Land Plaster. FOR SALE IN LOTS TO SUIT. THOS. F; BAGLEy! -Jan205w nac tn sat v ; v. G1BDEN SEED. -GARDEN SEED.' KTEw'caOP 1886. - , ALL THE LEADING VARIETIES. ? -1 WILLIAM H, GREEN A CO; h Druggists; feb 18 tf - - 1 4 - PEOPLE BEGIN TO REALIZE THE IMPOR tance of heating the passages. In their houses.' When once nested it requires out little to warm the rooms, and the temperature is so even that there is little danger of taking cold in passing from room to room.. We are putting up our. flue Self Feeders with great satisfaction to all con cerned. A house onoe well heated requires but little fuel to keep up the heat needed. .Try it. Our "Farmer," ' Golden Harvest," . Columbia," and "Southern Oak" remain the popalar Stoves for the kitchen. All low down In price, and war ranted as represented by ? ' - . . PARSER A TAYLOR. ' PURE WHITE OIL. ' - - - feb7tf, ' for SAiTF.6ii sjjlei! - THB Al SCHR. MKLYIN, VOW LAYING AT A. thls port, where she can be seen for a few dayst ; She will carry 800 tons on nine feet water. A good staunch vessel a quick sailer, haviog been quite sueoessful as a fruiter; and carry Ing a first class certificate. - For particulars address f . -s j , i ; f k t t-5u b ? ii MRS. B. B. ELLIS, or r 1 :feb9IW, ; Newbern.lT.CU HiaTStdve House. 1 ii!HAAPPA ING and HE ATING STOVES and RAKGES.wfth Portable and Stationery GRATES, to our PLUM BING and GAS-FITTING Business, and are pre pared to give Very Low Figures on our NEW GOODS, slate Mantels and Hearths furnished at short notice. Plumbers and Gag-Fitters' Sup plies always on band. Try us. . --ij j ' ' , i , R.H. GRANT & cdfm:f y jjo, 9.U-.t''-Y--r-rV;f N. Front Sk. ' N' OTICi PARTIES NTEMPIATINQ ER ecting Saw Mills will find it to their interest "to correspond with the undersigned before ma king contracts for their machinery, as I can offer them one of Steam's latest and most complete Mills, at yery much less than cost. Capacity of mill 75 M. feet per day. : Engine- 80-horse power. Five cylinder boilers, edger, &c, Ac. .. All firat plass and but little used. . - j - t . Apply to . C A: CHISOLM, or . J r iy f - . 'R. a. CHISOLM. : feb 8 6t - Chlsolm's Mills, Charleston, 8. C. v ' SEED IRISH POTATOES, . j SWEET POTATOES," TURNIPS, SWEET FLO xlda Oranges, Lemons. Apples, No. 1 Roe Mul lets, Eggs, Pool try .Birds ,Dry Salt Meats. Smoked Bacon, best Butter and Cheese, Crystalized Ho ney, and a full line of Groceries, at Sock Bottom Country Produce bought or. sold On- commis sion. 5 ' ' MARSHALL A MANNING, . , ueneru commission jnercnants, , ' 84 North Water St.-, Wilmington, N. Ct feb 5 D&W tf -4. N f"" Is 01 Heln PbiTadeTWtltv . - . A T." . A .... ' at t ia lSewsiiMr Auver fair iifT cf lieftpra. . ... our (.--onzed aeiiij. hi-. PIT TSSS One Square CaeDay,. .11 00 - " , 17:0 rsrs. ; 1 T5 ; .'. ' Three Days. .. '8 6S ; V " Four Days, 8 00 , . . V m Five Days,,,-.,....',,.. b$ : : - J One Week,. . . 5 4 00 : ? -r Two Weeks, . v . W -'. -. M - Three Weeks, . ...J. - SCO ' " One Month,..- V 10.00 " Two Months... . . . - ' 18 00 ' " , , .Three Months,. V . - 5 v... : 00 . ,r. Six llontha,.,.. JT .. 0 0C 7 ; OneYar, . ...... :f M rCSContract Advertisements taken at proror- ; tlonately low rates. v ; -s . : j -,i Ten Imes solid Nonpareil type make one squar-. . NEW ADVERTISEMENT. i... . it W-.. - AITOTHER DISPLAY' ! IN ADDITION) TO OUR, UNDERWEAR SALE, - WE WILL SELL AT BARGAINS A'.' Lafge:s6rtme of Tidies !J ..;IN ALL SIZES AND MAKES. v5- ' 19c. for a full Beaded Cwwa ami lace'lov-M7 . match. ' A lot of r."5 "'tSJtf'lj --' Lace: -an4 YSwiss. Caps - for ;CMUreL- -:"-: -Now there Is a chance to - Buy at Your Own Price. Ladles will bajeonvinoed of the above facts by '--:. calling and seeing for themselves at ;; TAYLOR'S f BAZAAR, ;-A i:;;.:;llt Matrket; Street, " ' " J tibi Ve r-l Kif- WILMINGTON. N. C. " - ; B.-A IHOUSAND OTHER ARTICLES AT " EQUALLY LOW PRICES. iietAm: i feb 9 tf ' ; ? A'jBEAUTIFTJLl ; EOTJR-POUND BOX Warren's Best Assorted Garorn els For Seventy-five Cts. TRY THEM. feblltf ; ROYAL POLISH FOR LA- dies' Shoes at . FRENCH & SONS. BEST $8X0 GENTS' CONG. GAITER in the State; NO' "TANNERY CALF about our thoe---it,s GENUINE ;CALF SKIN. -. ' :- Call on y H GEO. H. FRENCH &ONS, v '' "' 108 N. Front St. 1an8ltf Sal Huscatelle, c HAPIN'S BUCHU-PAD3A-VPABKBR'S TONIC, , small and large; SeigeVs Curative Syrup: Saun-r ders' Face Powder; Pozzoni's Face Powder. Try the celebrated Dr. S Q. Lapius Cigar, 6e. ROBERT R. BBLbAMY, Druggist, feb 9 tf N. W. cor. Market and Front Sts. Rednction. rT-TTtr -ft O v. I HAVE REDUCED THE PRICE Of COLGATJFS ' im i Violet.. Heliotrope, YlangYlang, Cashmere '. -. . - bottle a. to 75 cents. Try the Dermal Bkin Soap, zi :i '; w KAnnfi At. atlrt minimtk TV1 1 at. WM .. in h Mint - ! elegant for the hands this cold weather. Air 1 - : r S r xi - ,- J.H. HABDl"?.-;tvS-; Drumrist and Seedsman. feb7tf . New-Market. . 1 1 Frozen Pipes. flALiL ON US IP TOO WART XOUB JTaUZ&N - at ' v Pines repaired : we will sive you rood work: ' a. x j i i rr-l -n a . a Guttering and Heating and Cooking Stoves, the ' best in the market. House Furnismng Goods in . great variety, - and all this we guarantee to . give you for fair prices. Don't forget to see as : , when you want that Drive WelL - ;-v' W. EL ALDERMAN St CO. feb7tf 5 Market St. . ; -1; Banking Doase ;Of ; I ; -. HENRY CLEWS & C0.r .,v r :.' a r t. J i. ' ' V'v . srv a m 1 r r. rw w n. avwv w rt-w - .-r THREE PER CENT. INTEREST PAID ON DE-..."; '-J- posrr balances. ,r " ' -;1 wV J Orders executed -on all the Exchanges -for Stocks, Bones, Geais, Cottoh and Pxtbolxitic.' -i . :z . for Csh or oh Margin. . . - ' febssw -. ' s;,.-- -i5-..--e;-rv.-v HatsiCapsi h , Uiiibrellas l 'WW-'' :-t t ? LadieslHats il .S. . HARRISON & ALLEN, feb 7 tf Hatters Ho. ... J . . t . ; .;; wtlmington.n c ;1. ELEGANTLY " FURNISHED, UNSURPASSED ' CUISINE, AND COMPLETE" COMFORTvOF GUESTS ASSURED, 'f an84tf , W.A. BRYAN. CropIIolasses; . - 1 . . f 230 HOGSHEADS, 30 TIERCES, . - L Now landing from 8chooner Post Boy, and for ' feb9tf u' :-rfWOIaTn WOBTH. ;- - ; v. Just Arrived, CONSIGNMENTS' Q? FINE GILT EDGE BUT-i TER, Cheeses of different grades,-ana Prime Maryland Hams, averaging from 7 to 10 lbs'- J' . We expect by next steamer nice lot of extra good PLANTING 3 we sen cneap run vaso. au kinas or rARCX AND HEAVY GROCERIES, a - tc ; Oomeandseefhe:3J0HIKt'' . L--v: fedtf , 1 'liAFFItT COEBETT. i ... Comic Valentines, TTTHOLESALB AND RETAIL, 1 t ' :," At ju.- '..:' aiLHARSIS,'; V i i . : ; Popular News and Cigar Store. ' -Best 5 tSNT CIGAR on "the Wilmington mar kets ' , ; . feb ? tt It I ; i , ;5 ' . -- .i t" - - ir- - r nr.. i- - . . - : :-. 2 : . - - .