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OUTLINES.
The Real Estate Convention met and
organized at Raleigh yesterday; Col.
V. H. S. Burgwyn was made president,
and committees were appointed.
Secretary Blaine's physician advises
that he remain in New York the balance
of the week. Indians out West are
dying with la grippe.. O. B. Wil
son, a prominent citizen of Great Bend,
Ks.. has disappeared, and is an embez
zler to the amount of about $40,000.
Miss Sadie Polk Fall, a, grand
niece of Mrs. President James K. Polk,
was married in Nashville yesterday.
The Pope will hold a consistory
June 1st. The anti-Hebrew ex
citement in Corfu continues; another
riot has occurred in which two Jews
were killed and . others were injurrd.
A dispatch from the City of
Mexico says the Itata has been
gunk by the U. S. cruiser Charles
ton, but the report lacks confirmation,
New York markets: Money easy at
oi2'5 per cent., closing offered at 2
per cent.; cotton firm; middling up
lands SJS cents; middling Orleans 9 5-16
cents; Southern flour dull; wheat active
and higher; No. 2 red $1 171 17 in
store and at elevator; corn strong and
moderately active; No. 2, 79 cents at
elevator; rosin steady and quiet;
strained, common to good, $1 651 70;
spirits turpentine quiet and steadier at
3012393i cents.
There is nothing small about
Mustapha Gwamwur,of Arabia. He is
getting ready for a ,150,000 tourot
Europe. He's a heavy weight and
Mustapha good time.
Uncle Sam don't propose to be left
altogether in the matter of big guns.
The iast steel gun turned out weighs
fifty two tons, shoots a bomb ten
miles, and takes four hundred pounds
of powder for a shot.
Foreign governments seem to be
still running the pauper business to
this country. An agent of this Gov
ernment in Liverpool says there are
one hundred paupers shipped from
that port every week to this country.
A Boston paper which don't take
much stock in the laws of that town
regulating the saloons, asks "shall it
be drunk sitting or standing?" It
should be neither; but the average
Boston drunk generally turns out to
be a horizontal.
English society must need salting
pretty bad when as prominent a per
son as the Bishop of Manchester
publicly declares that "it is rotten to
the core." It may take a good deal
of salt to prevent the rot from get
ting into the core judging from late
developments of its progress.
Grover Cleveland is starting out
in the hand-shaking business early.
He got away with between f,500 and
2.000 hands at a reception in Buffalo,
N. V., Monday. He don't propose
to let the gentleman who is swinging
around the circle have all the
hand-shaking to himself. And when
Grover puts his grip on it's a shake.
A German explorer has discovered,
he says, the bacteria which gnaws
the roots of the hair and causes,
baldness Now if he will put his in
ventive genius to work and invent a
trap to catch' em there may not be so
many bald-headed bachelors. But this
won't help the married man. He will
continue to get bald.
At the last meeting of the Ameri
can Medical Association a commit
tee was appointed to" memorialize
Congress to add to the cabinet a
Secretary of Public Health. With
Uncle Jerry Rusk in charge ot the
weather and a Secretary in the cabi
net to look after our health, the un
dertaker business ought to slack up
some.
Jack'Barnitt, a fistic artist, who
speaks for Sullivan, the histronic
slugger, writes the N. Y. Illustrated
News from Centropolis, Kansas, to
say that Slavin did not challenge
John and that therefore John could
not have declined the challenge.
Slavin said he wanted to fight some
body in the ring over here but
wasn't making any bluffs at John,
and Mr. Jack Barnitt informed him
that John's retirement was not per
manent, that his theatrical contracts
bound him for eighteen months
when he would be free to give Mr.
Slavin a showing if Slavin behaved
himself in the meantime, maintained
his reputation as a respectable slug
ger and still hankered to achieve
fame by tackling Boston's histronic
bruiser.
The
VOL. XL.VIII.--NO. 45.
There are now in thiscountry and
Canada 19,373 newspapers of vari
ous classes, most of them in this
country, according to ex-head chop
per Clarkson, being Democratic.
This will account for the,, fact which
the St. Louis Globe-Democrat bewails
when it plaintively remarks: "The
young men and the sons of the foun
ders of the Republicanism are either
acting with the Democratic party, or
at least they are not actively sup
porting the Republican party."
Senator Jones, of Nevada, must
have some deeply rooted antipathy
to ex-Senator Blair or he would never
would have risen to remark, "I don't
suppose the Emperor of China ever
heard of Blair." The Emperor of
China never heard of Blair, who ran
the biggest auger in the whole
United States ? Only eighteen carat
malice could have inspired the
thought.
Foreign nations which are putting
on airs about their big armored war
ships will please take notice that a
$5,000,000 company has been organ
ized to work up Dr. Justin's dyna
mite projectiles with which he pro
poses to blow up iron ships and such
things.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Star Office Printer wanted.
Munson & Co. Suits to order.
E. Van Laer Pianos, organs.
Miss Nannie WiLSON-Paintingin oil
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
Pertinent Paragraph Pertaining Princi
pally to People and Pointedly Printed.
.Mr, R. M. Patterson, of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, was in town
yesterday on business.
Mr. S. S. Satchwell, formerly
of Wilmington, but now living at Jack
sonville, Fla., was in town yesterday.
Col. F. A. Olds, Quartermaster-General
of the North Carolina State
Guard, is here on business connected
with the Encampment.
The gentleman who wrote,
May 7, to the Chestnut Hill Kennels,
Philadelphia, in reference to a Scotch
collie dog, will please call at the Star
office for important information.
The following were among the
visitors in our city yesterday : J. J.
Gardner, Wilson; R. E. L,ee, Lsurin
burg; S. S. Spier. Goldsboro; Ernest
Haywood, Raleigh; Bruce Williams,
Burgaw; G. C. Wiswell, A. E. Stevens,
F. E. Jones, Southport; G. B. Burruss,
Raleigh; J. D. Williams, L. Grissom and
Son, J. C. Nixon, North Carolina; W.
C. Brady. Gaddy; J. P. Stanley, Motlie;
A. Cohen, Goldsboro; J. A. Brown,
Chadbourn,
Bain and Hail.
The "information" signal which float
ed all day from the flag-staff on the
government building, was taken down
last night.
The weather was cloudy and threat
ening yesterday but there was no rain
here.
There were reports of heavy rains
along the W. & W. railroad, and be
tween Clinton and Warsaw a fall of hail
of remarkable severity, killing hogs and
injuring other stock. Some of the hail
stones are reported to have weighed 17
ounces.
Obituary.
The remains of Mr. D. J. McMillan,
who died in Savannah, Tuesday, reach
ed here yesterday and were taken to his
old home in Fayetteville for burial. He
was a member of the firm of McMillan
Bros., who have been for many years
the largest manufacturers of turpentine
stills in the South, having a house at
Fayetteville, with a branch at Savannah,
both doing an extensive business. The
deceased was an excellent man, full of
industry and energy, and he will be
greatly missed both in business and
social circles.
C. F. & Y. V. B. B. Change of Schedule.
A new schedule will go into operation
on the C. F. & Y. V. railroad on the
17th mst. The day mail and passenger
train will leave Wilmington at 9:25 a. m.;
arrive at Fayetteville at 12:45 p. m., and
Mt. Airy at 8:30 p. m. Leave Mt. Airy
at 5:30 a. m.; leave Fayetteville at 2:35 p.
m arrive at Wilmington at 5:55 p. m.
on" the Bennettsville branch trains leave
Fayetteville at 3:00 p. m., and arrive at
Bennettsville at 6:15 p. m.
Yesterday's "Weatner.
The weather records of the Signal
Office give the following report of the
range of temperature, etc., yesterday:
At 8 a. m., 60u; 8 p. m 62u; maximum
temperature, 69; minimum, 57; average
63; prevailing wind, northwest. Total
rainfall, trace.
Annual Beunion.
The 25th annual reunion of the Asso
ciation of the Third North Carolina In
fantry will be held on the evening of
the 16th inst., at 8 o'clock, at the resi-
i dence of Col. Jno. L. Cantwell, Princess
street.
WILMINGTON, N. C, THURSDAY,
LOCAL DOTS.
Items of Interest Gathered Here
and There md Briefly Noted.
A schooner with acargo of
corn from Rappahannock river arrived
here yesterday.
Surf boats went out at Caro
lina Beach yesterday and the fishermen
caught about one hundred jpig-fish.
Renewed interest inthe Ladies'
Memorial Association has been awaken
ed. Since Memorial Day nine new mem
bers have joined.
There is a scarcity of newspaper
printers in Wilmington. Two or three
could find "subbing" enough to keep
them almost constantly employed.
The substitute of twelve-inch
for six-inch mains 2by the Clarendon
Water Works, on Fourth street, must
add greatly to the efficiency of the water
supply.
The steamship El Monte sailed
from Southport at 11.30 a. m yesterday.
She discharged about 100 bales dam
aged cotton which will be brought up to
the city and sold.
The ladies are preparing a de
lightful entertainment at the City Hall
for to-morrow night. The object is to
raise funds towards furnishing the
"Boys' Room" in the Y. M. C. A. build
ing. A party of about 400 excur
sionists arrived last night at 7 o'clock
from Mt. Airy and points along the line
of the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley rail
road. They will remain here until Fri
day night, and will go down to Carolina
Beach to-day.
A game of base ball was played
yesterday afternoon between the "Tiles
ton Smuties" and the "Union and Hem
en way Hunchbacks," which resulted in
a score of 27 to 19 in favor of the "Smu
ties." Will Gates was captain of the
"Hunchbacks" and Will Bissett of the
"Smuties."
Mr. Walker Taylor, first ser
geant of the W. L. I. and secretary and
treasurer of the Company, having been
appointed Major of the Second regi
ment N. C. S. G., tendered his resigna
tion at the meeting Tuesday night. It
was accepted with regret, and Mr. Ed.
Moore, second sergeant, was promoted
to first sergeant, and Mr. H. M. Parsley
was elected secretary and treasurer.
FUNERAL SERVICES.
Of the Late Edward J. Moore, Esq.-, Yes
terday Afternoon.
The funeral of the late Edward J.
Moere. who died suddenly Tuesday
night, took place yesterday afternoon at
5 o'clock.from St. James Church, the
services being conducted by the Rt.
Rev. Bishop Watson and Rev. Mr.
Strange, pastor of the church. There was.
a large gathering of relatives and friends
of the family, members of Orion and
Cape Fear lodges I. O. O. F., Confederate
xeterans and the following survivors of
the Wilmington Rifle Guards Com
pany I, Eighteenth N. C. infantry Dr.
Thos. F. Wood, Messrs. T. C. Lewis,
John Cowan, Jas. I. Metts, C. H. King,
Joe Merritt, H. C. Evans, Wm. Blanks,
Geo. W. Huggins, A. B. Cook, B. F.
White, Josh. T. James, R. S. Love who
attended as a special guard of honor.
There were many beautiful floral offer
ings. The pall bearers were Messrs. Oscar
Pearsall and Tas. A. Montgomery of
Orion Lodge; W. W. Hodges and Benjn.
Bell, Cape Fear Lodge; Maj, T. D. Love,
Messrs. T. B. Lippitt, Moseley Hubbard
and Gabriel Holmes. Rey. F. W. E.
Peschau conducted the funeral rites of
the order of Odd Fellows at the grave.
WILMINGTON LIGHT INFANTRY.
Celebration on the 20th Excursion to
Carolina Beach, Etc
The Wilmington Light Infantry will
celebrate the 20th of May with an ex
cursion to Carolina Beach, a dinner, and
target snooting. The boat will make
three trips from the city, and the fare
will be fifty cents for the round trip.
Among the attractions will be a fancy
drill by twelve members of the company
who appeared at the Opera House with
the Specialty Company, afoot race 100
yards dash for a prize. The Second
Regiment Band will probably accom
pany the excursionists, The dinner will
be prepared by the Messrs. Hinton, and
will be open to all comers for a con
sideration. The 20th is a legal holiday, and as
most places of business will be closed it
is expected that there will be a large at
tendance to enjoy the day's sports at
Carolina Beach.
Weather Forecasts.
The following are the weather lore
casts for to-day:
For Virginia and North Carolina, rain,
continued low temperature, except
slightly warmer in the extreme western
portion, northeast winds.
For South Carolina and Georgia,
showers, continued low temperature,
except slightly warmer in extreme north
western portion and slightly cooler in
extreme southeastern Georgia, north
winds.
AN ELOQUENT SERMON.
At the First Presbyterian .Church Last
Night by Bev. Moses D. Hoge, D. D.,
of Bichmond, Virginia.
A large and attentive audience assem
bled last evening at the First Presbyte
rian Church to listen to the eloquent
Rev. Moses D. Hoge, D. D of Rich
mond, uncle of the pastor of that church.
Those of our people who had heard this
eminent divine were glad to avail them
selves of the opportunity of hearing him
again, while those who heard him last
evening for the first time were not dis
appointed, for he sustained ably his en
viable reputation long since established
After preliminary devotional exercises
he announced as his text Mark 10; 44,
45 "And whosoever of you will be the
chiefest shall be servant of all, for even
the Son of Man came not to be minis
tered unto but to minister, and to give
His life a ransom for many."
It is, he said, wonderful to notice the
different impressions the mere announce
ment of a text makes in the same con
gregation. There are notable instances
in the life of our Lord. He once said,
"if any man serve me, him will my
Father honor," and then He said, "now
is my soul troubled, and what shall I
say? Father save me from this hour," &c,
and the voice from heaven spoke to com
fort Him'and some said it thundered,
others that an angel spake; what a dif
ference between the inarticulate tones of
the thunder and the voice of an angel;
vet that was the impression made on
the people.
Intrust that in this text we may hear
more than an angel's voice, even the
voice of our Lord, summoning us to
disinterested service rendered all over
whom we have any influence, for the
sake of Him who gave His life for all.
In vivid contrast with the spirit of the
text is the spirit of these Gentiles. The
oppression oi the Romans, wringing
from the people what was not due them;
going back to their homes only to be
succeeded by another horde as avaricious
reminding us of some men who in these
days go into office bankrupt, and go out
great capitalists the money kings, the
most arbitrary Rings of our day who
sometimes to humiliate a rival would
wreck fthe commerce of the country
and the fortunes of men who have hon
estly accumulated them. The Lord
said, not so with those who are His.
He had just listened to an ill-timed dis
cusion, between at least two of His dis
ciples and their petitions: "Master we
would that thou shouldest do for us
whatsoever we desire" and I hope that
you will realize that the worst thing that
could happen to you would be to have
every prayerf'answered and then their
request to sit at his right and left in the
kingdom. The text contains Christ's
gentle rebuke of their ambition, and
aims by His own example to teach them
the spirit of service. This is not the
spirit of the'sons of men; the unregene
rate have never seen the beauty of the
apostolic saying,&"Let that mind be in
you which was in Christ Jesus, who took
upon him the form of a servant."
Man loves to stand erect; to be self
supporting; to succeed by his individual
effort. The man of the world prefers to
say, "I stand among you as one who
rules." The world is so full of tyranny
that this is not to be wonderd at; there
is a shrinking on the part of multitudes
at the thought of rule, and we have come
to apply the principle to spiritual life
This chafing at the idea of service is
founded on an utter misapprehension.
If God created us, if He is the one su
preme, independent source of power,
there can only be service on our part.
Man did not decide when r how he
would be born or where he would die;
"in Him we live and move and have our
being." Man cannot be independent
because he cannot by any foresight pre
vent the inevitable which is approaching
him. Man must be a servant, because
of the physical laws which environ him.
He is comfortable just as he lives in
obedience to those laws.
We" see all nature moving in obedience
to these laws; because of them the rains
come and the tides throb, and all the
processes of nature move in accordance
therewith. Man must be obedient be
cause of the moral law. Moral Jaw is a
synonym for harmony and happiness; a
violation of that law means anarchy and
ruin. I do not say the violator of moral
law meets his retribution as swiftly as
the violator of physical law, but I do say
the results are far more terrible. There
is another world, which lives in disobe
dience to moral law and all is anarchy
and hell; there is another world that
lives in harmony with moral law and all
is happiness and heaven.
Yet this - is arguing from a lower
plane; let us come up higher. Sub
mission to -the authority of a right
ful ruler, instead of being degrading, is
a patent of nobility. The regnant men
of the world have been the men who
were called servants. Look through the
Book Abraham, Moses, Elijah, Daniel,
Peter all were called servants of the
Lord, and Paul calls himself a slave,
using the original meaning of the word,
because One had come and bursting the
bars of his captivity had set him
MAY 14,-1891.
free in the Gospel, and he saw that ser
vice was the true nobility of man
hood. But he bid the patriarchs
prophets, and apostles disappear, for a
greater is here Christ comes and says,
"I stand among you as one who serveth."
"The Son of Man came not to be minis
tered to." Where did he get that title?
It occurs fifty or sixty times, but in
every instance save one, is used by
Christ himself; the one exception is
when the martyr, Stephen, was beinjJ
stoned. He looked up into the parting
blue, and as God's glory smote him on
the face, he said, "I see the Son of Man."
Christ calls Himself the "Son of Man"
because he took on Him our flesh; be
came our brother, represented our race.
"As in Adam all die, so in Christ
shall all be made alive." Because God
as a spirit could not die on the cross,
Christ took on himself our nature ex
cept sin that he might sympathize with
us, love us, and die for us, O son of
man, illustrating what our humanity was
before sin tainted it, and what our hu
manity will be when grace has ennobled
it, what do we not owe Thee! What
could the wor Iddad to the possessions
of Him for whom all things were
created, what power could the world
bestow on Him who had all princi
palities and to whom all powers were
made subject? There was nothing
left for Him to receive but service.
His life was an illustration of the text
a life of healing the sick, pardoning the
penitent and comforting the sorrowing.
When our dear Lord came to make His
valedictory address, we read that He
said all things had been accomplished
that had been committed unto Him.
What new miracle can we expect? Yes,
a miracle, for he girded himself with a
towel and washed their feet! Who will
say that service is degrading, when the
glory of God is enhanced thereby? And
who so lowly that you would not bow at
their feet if by so doing you could do
them any good?
This spectacle has given to the world
new ideas. When Christ said, "I came
into the world to minister," they were
the most creative words ever uttered;
for out of them has come all the sweet
charities that have ministered to man
kind. And they were not only creative,
but revolutionary. They have reversed,
reconstructed the ideas of the world as
to what constitutes true greatness. The
world has honored the men who have
attained fame by battle and the sword.
About one hundred years ago Andrew
Fuller, a noted Baptist divine, wrote a
book called "Evil Things Passed Under
Sweet Names," and about two hundred
years ago Dr. South the Sydney Smith
of his day wrote a book called "The
Fatal Force of Words." The world has
been fooled by words, but Christ came
to teach us that the only fame is the
fame of service. I thank God for the
change.
Less and less respect is paid rank and
influence, here and abroad, and more
and more is it asked what a man has
done to deserve anhonor he seeks. I
trust the day is not far distant when
only those who serve the world with dis
interested noble service, will be ac
counted worthy of honor. The death
of the Earl of Shaftsbury was deeply re
gretted, not alone for his high position
and influence, but because ot his work
for the shoe blacks and factory women.
Dr. Chalmers was great when electrify
ing bcotland with his eloquent dis
courses, but greater still, when leading
poor children through the lanes of Edm
burg to school.
All are called to work. No man ever
had a right to a place in the church who
did not try to find out what was his
work; there is not a drone in the hive of
God. You need not go to frozen zones
or to equatorial regions. The man who
lives on the same block may be a
heathen; try to do something for him.
Not the ministers alone are called; when
ever every church member says "I hare
an individual work which nobody can
perform for me," the power of the pul
pit will increase a thousand-fold.
The only good evidence a man can
give that he has ever been converted is
that he is willing to obey and work. I
can't disparage emotional religion, but
it is to practical religion what the steam
is to the machinery not to make a
noise, but to move the piston that moves
the engine. Emotienal religion is good
only when translated into labor. Many
sing "Do I Love the Lord or No?" How
will they settle it? Obedience is the
test of love. You can never enter into
full fellowship with Christ until you
learn to work with and for Him. Christ
is building up a temple your bodies are
His temple and every act is adding
a stone, l ne wnoie structure rests on
faith; perseverance is the engineer,
brotherly kindness the cement, memory,
love, joy, decorate the walls, and over
the completed structure hope erects the
beautiful dome out of which aspiration
looks and longs for heaven.
A youth, when shipwrecked, strapped
around him a belt filled with gold. A
little girl said, "Please save me; I have
no one on the boat to save me." He
dashed off the belt and taking her on his
back was cast insensible on the sfcore and
when he opened his eyes the first
thing he saw was the face of the child
filled with joy to see that he still lived.
TAR.
WHOLE NO. 7,650
Which think you had the greater joy;
the rescuer or the saved? We are sail
ing over life's tempestuous sea, and if,
after we reach the haven, we find one
who owns us as the instrument of their
delivery, I think it will add to the
matchless glory and beauty and charm
of heaven.
Dr. Hoge will preach again in the
First Presbyterian Church to-night at
8.15 o'clock. j
FIRE AT MAXTON.
A Business Block Burned Losses
Insurance.
and
A special to the Star from Maxton,
N. C, says that fire broke out in that
place about 2 o'clock yesterday morn
ing. It was discovered in C. A. Hol
land's store, and before anything could
be done had gotten well under way,
reaching O. S. Hayes' grocery house,
then the Maxton Drug Co.'s and Mc-
Caskill's building, then to Dr. Moore's
and consumed the entire block north oi
the railroad. The losses are as follows:
C. A. Holland, loss $5,000, insurance
$500. O. S. Hayes, $1,600; insurance
$600. Maxton Drug Co., $1,500; insur
ance $500. J. C. McCaskill, $1,200; in
surance $600. Dr. Moore, $150; no in
surance. F. W. Kerchner, $400; no in
surance. But for the rain the town
would have been burned.
Last night's mail brought further
particulars of thefire, as given in the
letter below, viz:
Maxton, N. C, May 13.
Editor Star: Our town was visited
by a very disastrous fire last night about
2 p. m. It was first discovered on the
roof of the stores of Mr. C. A. Holland
and Mr. O. S. Hayes. The flames spread
rapidly, and but for the rain and the
heroic efforts of the citizens, the whole
business portion of the town would
have been burned up. The losses are
as follows:
C. A. Holland, store, $800; no insu
rance. Stock of merchandise, $4,000;
insurance, $500.
O. S. Hayes, merchandise, $1,200; in
surance, $450.
Maxton Drug Co., merchandise, $1,
500; insurance, $500.
J. C. McCaskill, store fixtures, $1,400;
insurance. $660.
Maxton B. and L. Association, store,
$400; insurance, $200.
John Leach, stock considerably dam
aged, probably $300.
The origin of the fire is unknown, but
it is supposed that the stores were rob
bed and then fired. A man was seen to
run from where the fire was when it was
first discovered.
REAL ESTATE SALES
Of City Property by Auction Yesterday.
Sales of real estate in the city by auc
tion, were made yesterday, through
Messrs. Cronly & Morris, auctioneers,
as follows:
House and lot, 33x85 feet, south side
of Wright street, to John bheehan, $350.
Vacant lot on Third street, 66 feet
south of Harnett street, 83x77 feet, to
L. J. Poisson, $185.
Other sales made, but subject to con
firmation, were the following:
House and lot on Seventh street, be
tween Dock and Market; lot 50x66,
$2,125.
Vacant lot, north side Market street,
between Twelfth and Thirteenth,.66xl50
feet, to Col. Jno. W. Atkinson, for $625.
Lot northwest corner Front and Wal
nut street, 25x89 feet, to B. H. J.
Ahrens, $1,080.
Lot north of above, 28JxS9 feet on
Front street, to B. H. J. Ahrens, $950.
Lot north ot above, 29x89 feet, to Col.
Jno. W. Atkinson, $900.
Office and lot on Princess street, op
posite court house, 45x66 feet, to L. J.
Poisson, $2,050.
The Sound place "Arcadia," to D. B.
Cutlar, Jr., $3,200,
POLICEMEN'S EXCURSION.
The Brotherhood to Meet in Wilmington
June 10th.
The police officers of the city held a
meeting last night and resolved to have
an excursion on the 11th of June next.
Sergeants D. S. Bender and F. T. Skip
per and officer Kunold were appointed
a committee to make the necessary ar
rangements and the meeting adjourned
to assemble this evening and decide
whether the excursion should be given
to Carolina Beach or Ocean View.
The members of the force are expect
ing a "big time," and no doubt they will
have it. The Police Brotherhood of
North Carolina will meet here on the
10th of June in annual convention and
delegates are expected from nearly
every town in the State, and also from
Columbia and Charleston, S. C.
A Bidiculous Bumor.
The reports published in a number
of our North Carolina exchanges to the
effect that the Union depot and the
shops of the Atlantic Coast Line are to
be removed to Rocky Mount are abso
lutely without foundation. No such
change has ever been considered,
and no such change will ever be
made. This statement may be re
lied on, as it comes from the highest
official sources. It is possible that the
shops of the Norfolk and Carolina Rail
road may be located at Rocky Mount,
but even this has not yet been defi
nitely settled.
Mr. P. Linehan, of Raleigh, is
on a business visit to Wilmington.
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
One Square One Day..,; M,. 1
Two Uayt , 1 7
" " Three Dys j... 8 61
" " Four Days
" " Five Days
" One Week
" " Two Weeks
" " Three Weks
" " One Month
" " Two Months
" " Three Months
" " Six Months
" One Year
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proportUx
Contract Advertisements taken at
ately low rates.
Ten lines solid Nonpareil type make one
square.
THE SEASIDE SEASON.
The Work of Preparation Some of the
Besorts Already Open Increased
Transportation Facilities.
Great preparations are making by the
hotels and transportation lines for thK"
accommodation, of the heavy business
expected during the present season. At
the summer resorts there is unusual
activity. The Island Beach Hotel, at
the Hammocks, with Mr. Will Hunter
as lessee, and the Ocean View Hotel,
on Wrightsville Beach, under the pro
prietorship of Mrs. Sarah H. Owen,
are already open, and the Ocean
ic Hotel at Carolina Beach, un
der Messrs. E. L. & J. H. Hinton,
will be ready for business in a day or
two. Mr. Horner has charge of the Atlas
House property, on Wrightsville Beach.
He will give bis personal attention to
the saloon, and if he does not find a
suitable person for the hotel he will
take charge of that also. Mr. Jas. A
Hewlett is also making preparations for
his friends. His saloon is already open,
and his restaurant will be open in a few
days. At Wrightsville, Capt. Manning
and Mr. Stokely need no special pre
paration, both keeping "open house"
the year 'round.
The transportation lines will have
better facilities this season than ever
before. The New Hanover Transit
Company haye two steamers, the Wil
mington and the Passport, both first
class boats and fast runners, the former
being a regular "hummer." The Wil
mington Seacoast Company announce
that, beginning on the 17th, they will
run several trains, each way, except
Sunday, and the run from Wilmington
to Wrightsville is to be made in 19
minutes. Sundays there will be a . train
leaving Ocean View at 9.30 a. m. for the
accommodation of the "truly good,"
who can attend church in town and
leave on the return trip at lp.m.. reach
ing home in time for dinner.
The regular schedule for Carolina
Beach has not yet been announced, but
with the facilities the managers now
have at their command, it cannot fail to
to be all that the public can deeire.
'Hope" Fire Company.
The "Hope" steam fire engine com
pany, of Florence, S. C, are making ex
tensive preparations for a grand excur
sion to the Hammocks. June 10th. jThe
train will run from Sumter and will stop
at all way stations as far as Marion.i The
indications are that the excursion will
be a great success. If they have the op
portunity, the people of Wilmington
should show the "Hope" boys some at
tention. It will be remembered that
they came gallantly to our assistance
when the great fire of 1886 was at its
worst.
Episcopal Convention.
We are informed that tickets for the
round trip to Newbern, for those wish
ing to attend the meeting of the Diocese
of East Carolina, will be on sale on the
18th and 19th inst., at $7.45 each, good
to return at any time up to and includ
ing the 25th instant.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
To Travelling Salesmen.
WANTED,
i. GoodjiCapaMe and Responsible Man
to travel in this State, and sell the
Wholesale Dry Goods Trade.
Recommendation as to responsibility aad zperiesee
required. A LARGE SALARY to the right man.
FRAJTKVW. THORNTON,
my 12 3t
Fayetteville, If. C.
Painting In OiU j
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Painting in Oil. Apply to Miss NENIE WILL
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K1UNSON & CO.,
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