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OUTLINES.-
Secretary lracy &itya iuc la uumiutj
threatening in the relations between the
United States and Chili. Heavy
snows in the Northwest. ' One thou
sand bales cotton were burned in the
Ds-ight Mills' at Chicopee, Mass., Thurs
day night. -Capture and lynching
of the Sims gang in Alabama. The
revolution in Mexico. Edward M.
Field declared insane. Total sup
ply of cotton. Destructive fire in
Chattanooga. Several persons killed.
Loss half a million dollars. Speaker
Lrisp is sick with the' grip. Arrest
of a tramp in Georgia, supposed to be
the New Smyrna (Florida) murderer.
La grippe is raging in Montreal,
anaja Trouble in the ranks of
the nobility in Russia. Michigan
Insane Asylum burned. Arrested
for burnins a dwelling near Goldsboro,
C. Movements of United States
warships.
Russia's determination to back
France in her demands upon" Bulga
ria, is not another assuring sign of
peace.
Chairman Clarkson says the ap
pointment of Elkins as Secretaryyof
War was the result of an under
standing. That's the way the coun
try understands it.
Thomas Dunn English, Democrat,
Representative in Congress from the
6th New Jersey district; is the au-
"thor of "Ben Bolt." He is 73 years
old. and a Democrat who never
bolts. ... -
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Rep-., remarks that "the truth always
booms the Republican party." It
may be remarked that the Republi-
rsn mrtv'nas nnt Tippn hnnmpH mnrri
lately.
Missouri is a very fertile State.
One of her products to which she
now points with pride is an eighteen-
year-old girl, seven feet ten inches
high, whose weight is 325 pounds,
and who wears a No. 23 shoe. .
Catarino Garzia, the gentleman
who(is running the insurgent busi
ness .m Mexico, is not an unreason
able sort of a fellow. He agrees to
suspend and - retire for 10,000 in
cash or a Consulate in the United
States. ;
i tie daughter of the late Dom
Pedro, is said to have such a fine and
well trained voice that she could if
sue would rival the leading vocalists
upon the stage. If she ever gets
pressed for cash she can go out and
raise a few notes.
A pretended clergyman, whom the
New York police took in a few days
ago, had his wardrobe equipped with
the necessary robes to play minister,
priest or rafjbi, as circumstances or
the demand for his services might
require.
Lncle Jerry Rusk announces that
improved weat,her forecasts will be
issued after Jan. lt Well, we have
been doing pretty well in the weath
er line down this way, but if Uncle
Jerry will improve it in other sec
tions we will not object.
It is said that 2,125 acres ofTand
near Paris supply" vegetables for
nearly 2,000,000 inhabitants of- that
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"Strict and that a considerable
quantity is shipped to London. That
saows what gardening or farming on
ine intensive plan will do.
Dr. Keely says the reason why he
does not make the formula of his
'-uiioride cure public is that "the
""Keepers would only use it to sober
their customers up." Another good
..reason, perhaps, is the 1,500,000 or
- ie uoctor is said to be making
uoing the sobering up himself.
Secretary Blaine savs h. h not
dpr.K.., r J
cu Ior oraker. and vet he and I
Mr CL I
onerman nparNr UMori Ua I
capitol a fw a' j
SDotP t ' S Auuucimw
v Ke. it Was not the first time, l
however, that these two distinguished
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nearly collided. Blaine has
on bherman's track several times,
has been in Jl Tl "V. t-.?'
tlc some bankino- firm Uir, tfi. I
KeA . .
nat tney have for some timede
w'ned to dn .:.u u: u-
cause they did not consider him men-
tally comnetent tn
rp . .
IfllS (Ipncinn r-'-,--,nr, XT I 1 A I
family a lunatic, but relieves it of a
forger relieves it or a
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VOL. XLIX.-NO. 81.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. A. Springer Coal.
R.. R. Bellamy Open all day.
Opera House Grand Concert.
S. H. Fishblate Fine clothing.
C. W. Yates Almanacs for 1892.
H. L. FENNELL--Just what you want.
Cronly & MoRRis-Furniture at auc'n
M. M. Katz &Son Reduction in dry
goods'. " .
LOCAL DOTS.
Items of Interest Gathered Here
and There snd Briefly Noted.
- The cold wave signal was dis
played yesterday at the Weather Bureau
station.
The woods around town yester
day were filled with gunners but the.
'game 'had got wind of their coming
and scarcely a sparrow could be seen.
The installation of the officers
of St. John's, Wilmington and Orient
Lodges; will take place in St. John's
Hall on Monday evening, December
28th, at 8 o'clock.
A cow-shed on Mr. J. F. Maun-
der's premises in Brooklyn, caught on
fire Friday afternoon, but was soon ex
tinguished. The damage will nof, ex
ceed ten dollars.
Business in police circles has re
vived wonderfully with the - advent of
the holidays. There was more drunken
ness on the streets Christmas eve and
the day following than for years past.
The officials of the Southern
Express office in this city are Mr. J. R.
Williams, agent; E. Brown, money clerk;
J. J. Bowen, billing clerk; Ed. Helvering,
delivery clerk; Sam. Northrop, assistant,
and J. J. Long, shipping clerk.
SUNDAY SERVICES.
Services at the Seaman's Bethel this
afternoon, commencing at 3.30 o'clock,
conducted by Rev. Dr. Pritchard. The
public is invited to attend, and it will be
gratifying to see all seamen and those in
terested in this work present-
St. James' Church, Sunday after
Christmas 7.30 a. m., Holy Commu
nion; 11 a.m., Morning Prayer and ser
mon; 4 p. m., children's Christmas ser
vice; 7.30 p. m., Evening Prayer and ser
mon. Sunday School at 3.30 p. m. Ush
ers will show strangers to seats. At
night seats free.
The rector having the grippe, there
will be no service in St. John's Church
to-day. j
The services' in the Lutheran Church
will be in German at 11 a. m., and at 7.30
p. m., in English. Scandinavian services
at 3.30 p. m.
Rev. Jt R. Sawyer will preach at the
Brooklyn Baptist Church to-day, morn
ing and night. Mr. Peele, the pastor, is
sick. -
LAST NIGHT'S FIRE.
A. Dwelling on South Third street Par
tially Burned,
About 8 o'clock last night fire broke
out in a two-story frame building on
South Third Street, between Nunn and
Church streets occupied by Mr. R. N.
Sweet. Two alarms were sounded one
lrom box 49, Fifth and Castle, and the
other from box No. 48, Fifth and Orange.
The Fire Department responded, but
owing to the delay in sending in
the .alarm the fire had got
under good headway, and the roof of
the building was burned and the upper
story considerably damaged before the
flames were extinguished. The damage
is estimated at $800. The house is the
property of Dr. W. I. H. Bellamy, and
is insured for $1,600, with Messrs.
Hodses & Taylor. Mr. Sweet's iurni-
ture was insured for $600, with Messrs
J - -
Smith & Boatwright. Most of it was
removed from the building. Col. W. C
Jones, who occupied a room in tne
second story, had full insurance on his
effects. The fire broke out in a room
on the second floor of the building,
from some unknown cause.
Princeton Glee Club.
The concert by the Princeton Univer
sitv Glee. Banio and Mandolin Clubs
will be one of the musical treats of the
season. The Clubs this year are larger,
more complete and better trained than
anv tnat nave ever gone out um
Princeton, ine wee wuoaione games
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twentv-three men. which is the largest
college chorus in the world. The Glee
Club will carry besides, warbler, whistler
and soloists. The repertoire includes
the famous songs or nassau nan anu
new and original medlies,
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The Banio UiuD is composed oi imr
teen men, all skilled performers, and the
public may look for something great in
the wav of instrumental music.
i. The Mandolin Quh . has ( but lately
hpen added to the Glee Club. It is
destined, however, to be an equal fa
vbrite. The sweet and entrancing strains
J of Spanish melodies are sure ot an en
I thnsiastlc -reception. Fourteen men
compose this club, including eight man
flnte and enitars. The rendition of
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Andalusia alone is wel worth the price
of admission. '
m Prinrttnn Glee Club this year
brings along a clever set ot musicians,
fine a lot of amateur performers as
uau uv awuau ...
T1! A. .a llinrr cut nf mllece
y3' and Put in their PlayinS such vim
enthusiasm as only college fellows
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Morning
WILMINGTON,
PERSONAL" PARAGRAPHS.
Pertinent Paragraphs Pertaining Princi-
IwJly to People and Pointedly Printed.
Mr. H. W. Carroll, of Bennetts-
ville, S. C, was in the citv vesterdav.
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We regret to hear that Mr. Ben
jamin Bell, of the Messenger, is sick with
the grip.1
Dr. E. W. Gasqne and J. C.
Mace, of Marion, S. C, were m the city
yesterday.
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Mr. Ed. Huggins is in the city,'
spending a few days with his father, Mr.
J. B. Huggins.
Mr, John L. Wescott, of Bruns
wick, is reported dangerously sick at his
residence in South port.
Mr. E. S. Martin has been con
fined to his residence since Wednesday
last, with a severe case of the grip.
H. W. Penny, who has been
quite sick, was at his post last night,
though he has not yet fully recovered.
Messrs. N. B. Boiling, Boston;
G. S. Chambers, T. Gooch, Baltimore,
were among the arrivals at the Purcell
yesterday.
Mr. Frank Alexander, of Char
lotte, who has been spending a few days
with Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Brown, left for
home yesterday.
Mr. John Gore, son of Mr. D.
L. Gore, who has been attending the
University at Wake Forest, is in the city
spending his vacation.
Mr. J. Corbett, formerly con
nected with The Orton house in this
city but who has been working in Flor
ida for about a year, is in the city visit
ing his friends and relatives.
TMiss M. E. Hollingsworth, San
Antonio, Texas; T. P. Herbert, Wash
ington; H. A. Riggs, Galion, Ohio; B.
Eddy, Chicago; F. L. Hood, New York,
were among the arrivals in the city yes
terday. I
Capt. Geo.. Morrison is the
recipient of a handsome gold-headed
cane, presented to him by the two clever
clerks of The Orton, Mr. C. McLauchlin
and Walter Perdue, as a token of their
friendship.
Mr. J. D. Bell, the clever sales
man for Messrs. Geo. R. French & Son,
left last night for an extended Southern
tour through South Carolina and Geor
gia. We hope him "good luck" and a
pleasant trip.
The, following were among the
arrivals in the city yesterday: J. W.
Crowell, Wilson; W. H. Pike, South
port; G. M. Brockman. Norfolk. Va.;
J. E. Kelly, Southport; E. B. Wilcox,
Rocky Mount; H. W. Carroll, Bennetts-
vill; T. D. Haigh, T. R. Rose, Fayette-
ville.
A CHRISTMAS ROW.
A White Man Assaulted and Beaten by a
Crowd of Drunken Negroes- One of his
Assailants Badly Hurt.
About 11 : o'clock in the forenoon of
Christmas day, while Mr. Geo. F. Chad
wick, in company with his sister, was
passing the corner of Sixth and Wooster
streets, on their way home, tbey met five
or six drunken negro men. One of the
negroes staggered against Mr. Chad-
wick, who said to the negro, "Look out.
my friend, there is a lady behind you!
when the man began cursing and struck
him. Mr. Chadwick knocked the fellow
down, when another negro attacked Mr.
Chadwick and a regular fight ensued.
Miss Chadwick, hurrying to her home,
about a block from the scene of the en
counter7 told her father, Mr. Robert
Chadwick, of the trouble, and the latter,
catching up his gun, ran to the assis
tance of his son, whom he found engaged
in a desperate fight with three of the ne
groes. One oi them, Monroe 1 oomer.
had caught young Chad wicks hand
with his teeth and refusing to let
go, Mr. KODert vnaawicK. strut, mm
with the breech of the gun, knocking
him senseless and cutting a severe gash
in his head. This ended the fight.
Yesterday it was reported thatToomer
was dead, and some of his friends were
making threats of lynching. Mr. Chad
wick acting on the advice of friends re
ported at police headquarters in the
evening and was detained there for pro
tection against any mob violence.
Last night a STAR reporter learned
from a brother of Monroe Toomer that
Dr. Nash, a colored physician, was at
tending the injured man, and had re
ported him as improving.
Weather Forecasts. ,
The following are the forecasts for
to-day :
For Virginia, fair Sunday and Mon
day, much colder, temperature will fall
about 30 degrees by Sunday night, high
northwest winds. ,
For South Carolina, generally faxr,
with cold wave, north winds, lair Mon
dav.
For North Carolina, fair Sunday and
Monday, preceded by showers in east
ern portion, colder north winds, with
cold wave.
A colored woman dropped dead
from heart disease yesterday morning on
McRae street.
N. C, SUNDAY; DECEMBER 27, 1891.
INFLUENZA LA GRIPPE.
The Appearance of the Malady Its Cause
and Effects Careful Sanitation May Re
strict Its Bavages Good Advice from a
Physician. .
The reappearance of "the grip" with
the appearance of cold weather bears
testimony to its epidemic character and
its probable origin from a specific germ.
The Star readers all know with what
complacency they read the telegrams
two years ago which told of its spread
through Russia first, and thence rapidly
over all Europe and Great Britain." This
complacency .was begotten of an expe
rience with previous influenzas, all of
which had travelled slowly, many of
them prevailing a whole winter in Eu
rope, only to find a new field to range in
this country in the following year. But,
contrary to the. course of its predeces
sors, this disease which has prevailed so
generally throughout the western world
since the winter of 1889-90, came rap
idly into Europe it is now confidently
stated from Bokhara or Central Asia
and was first carried into Russia. Much
of the country in Asia and all -of
lower Russia had in 1889 suffered from
frequent floods, and the winter found
the people surrounded with every con
dition to rapidly fertilize and spread the
seeds of such a disease as the influenza.
No doubt the increased lacilities for
rapid communication and the increased
travel everywhere, afforded the means
for the dissemination of the malady, and
after it had found victims by the hun
dreds in all Europe, the quiet trust of it
being delayed another year before we
were to make its acquaintance wasrude-
ly shattered by its appearance in the
northern cities of our own country
its progress in the United btates since
its first advent is a matter of history
but the tenacity with which it has lived
and reasserted itself is still a surprise
and a source of deep concern. It seems,
at present, that the violence of the
former years has been largely spent, and
that the character of the disease as re
gards its dangers and its spread in com
munities has been ameliorated. How
ever, it is not to be understood that care
is no longer necessary on the
part of individuals-either to escape the
sickness, or having received the poison
to rashly disregard the experience
already so painfully secured. In the
changes of weather that always exist at
this season in our latitude, it is neces
sary to remember that due observance of
these, and the accommodation of dress
and person to the variation of tempera
ture will go a long ways toward securing
an immunity from an attack of the in
fluenza. This statement needs no fur
ther discussion; as its meaning is clear
enough. But it does become necessary
to urge upon the health officers to push
forward all means at their command to
keep the town clean and wholesome.
Let no one suppose that a good hard
freeze will serve as a barrier in the
progress of an epidemic wildly prevalent
in our midst, tnsp wintry air may
quicken our energies and in the ap
parently punned atmosphere seem to
put all disease at rest' in the fresh
ness of the days and nights, but
this will be a painful delu
sion if the officers of the sanitary
corps should seek a rest, too, in
the hope that a little frost and ice.
and the magnificent sunshine of our
climate is to do the work of the street
cleaner and care for the health of the
community. The individuals can keep
their premises in order. It is their duty
and their safeguard against sickness,
and it is equally the duty of the health
officers to set in order the streets and
alleys. In the damp dirty towns of East
ern Russia the epidemic of influen
za received its violent character and
gave it force enough to maintain its
stronghold on the civilized world, and
its birth and early nurture serve as a
fruitful lesson, if we will profit by it, to
aid us infixing some definite limits to
the future existence of this calamity.
"Trust nojfuture however certain".
The present promise of a mild epidemic
may be suddenly broken and only care
ful sanitation will secure us against a
continuance of disease and its conse
quent embarrassments and discom
forts. Its serious inroads upon
health, and its apparent propensity for
searching out the weak spot in one's
make-up, make it doubly necessary for
the more delicate of our people, espe
cially the aged, to preserve as far as pos
sible the best health attainable, and if
the disease overtakes them to send for
the doctor, that he may wisely regulate
the treatment and what probably is
quite as important, provide proper safe
guards against a relapse after they are
well; or set their outdoor life under such
rule that they may escape from the
tediousness that has made convalescence
as painful a period as the days of the
acute attack.
In the Mayor's Court.
The following cases were tried before
Mayor Kicaud yesterday morning, and
a nice lot it was, viz : ,
John Larfcins and Woodard Pearsall,
charged with drunkenness, found guilty,
but both discharged. -
H. Davis, Annie M'.liVilliams and H.
Mosely, all colored, charged with disor
derly conduct. Guilty; five dollars and
costs each. They went below.
H. Simpson, colored, charged with
using a deadly weapon on Julia Murray,
colored, was bound over to the next term
of the Criminal Court.
U. L. Nelson, charged with assault
and battery with a knife on Peter An
derson, (both sailors) was continued on
account of some witnesses being absent.
Holiday on the Wharves.
All places of business on the wharves,
except a few retail stores and shipping
and insurance offices were closed yester
day, and Water street had more the ap
pearance of Sunday than Saturday. The
Exchange was closed, and no market re
ports were received or sent out.
THE ELECTRIC RAILWAY.
Work to be Begun in January A Big
Thing for Wilmington.
The announcement made in the Star
of triday morning of the close of the
negotiations for the purchase of the
Street Railway by a wealthy syndicate,
was a nice Christmas present to the
people of Wilmington, 'and one they
must have appreciated very highly if
their expressions of approval may be
taken as a fair index. It was all the
more gratifying because the impression
had become almost universal that the
negotiations had already failed.
The exact terms of the sale have not
transpired, but this is a matter of small
moment to the general public compared
with the known Jact that the sale has
been effected, and that the work of put
ting in the electric plant will be begun
next njonth.
The Star is glad to state, and it must
be very gratifying to the people of this
city, that the purchasing syndicate is
composed of gentlemen of wealth,
and that the movement is full
of commercial possibilities beyond
the construction and operation of an
electric railway. This, of itself, will be
of untold benefit, giving quick and
cheap transportation to all parts of the
city; but the owners of the road, who
carr command millions of dollars, once
thoroughly identified with the interests
of Wilmington, will seek other invest
ments for their money, thus infusing
new life into trade and resulting in vast
benefit to our entire population.
The new organization will assume
charge in a few days, and will continue
the present horse-car system while the
work of transformation is going on. so
that the people mav not be entirely de
prived of facilities of transportation.
They will make such changes, however,
as may be necessary to give a prompter
and better service.
The Photograph Swindlers.
The three young men, strangers in this
city, who swindled several persons" in
this community a few week ago out of
small sums of money on pretence of
making enlarged copies of photographs,
were arrested in Columbia, S. C, on the
charge of obtaining money on false pre
tences. The Columbia Register says :
"Quite a great number of witnesses
were examined, all of whom were vic
tims. They all had their little receipts
for filty cents and all told pretty much
the same tale as to how they had
been swindled. The only difference,
perhaps, in the testimony of all these
witnesses was as to the lime at which
these 'three of a kind' promised to re
turn the enlarged photograph. This,
however, was immaterial. Possibly the
most damaging evidence against this
trio of sharpers was an unsigned note
which was left at their boarding house
in which they poked fun at their patrons
and thanked them for their many cour
tesies (in the shape of .fifty cent pieces)
while in the city. Unluckily this was
not signed here. There is not the slight
est shadow of doubt that it was written
by one of this gang of swindlers."
The men gave their names as Henry
Harris, C. J. Williams and Charles
Woods. Their counsel raised the point
that a false promise was not a false pre
tence, and the case was referred to the
State Solicitor, and in the meantime
the prisoners were returned to jail.
A Lively Bunaway.
The Southern Express company de
livery wagon was broken up pretty badly
last night about seven o'clock. While
the driver and a white man named
Wm. Pickens were out with the wagon
on Third and Market street they stopped
to deliver a package at Dr. A. J. De
Rosset's residence, when some boys
who were passing along the street.threw
a large canton cracker under the horses'
feet. The two large black steeds dashed
up Third street to Princess, thence down
that street to Front, and up Front to
Chesnut where they were overtaken and
stopped by an employe of the com
pany, Mr. Ed. G. Helvering, who
ran after and overtook them.
As far as could be seen, no damage was
'done to the horses. The express wagon
was in collision with two or three small
wagons in front of Mi. R. C. Orrell's
livery stables, and completely demolish
ed them.
Mr. C. C. Morse Dead.
Mr. C. C. Morse, a well known citizen
of New Hanover county, died at his
home on Greenville Sound last Thurs
day night. He had a stroke of paralysis
some two years ago, from which he
never fully recovered. He was about
68 years of age. The remains of de
ceased were buried yesterday in the
grave-yard at Lebanon Chapel, Wrights-
ville Sound, Rev. Dr. Pritchard con
ducting the services. The pall-bearers
were Messrs. W. H. Northrop, W. P.
Oldham, H. C. Evans, and Jas. I. Metts.
Cautionary Signals.
The cautionary northwest signals were
ordered to be displayed here last night
at 11.25. The storm was central in the
lower St. Lawrence Valley. Northwest
gales are indicated for the Atlantic coast
to-nieht and to-morrow with a cold
wave
TAR
WHOLE NO. 7,792
COTTON FACTS AND FIGURES.
There is a strong disposition on the
part of factors to advance less money to
planters for next year's cotton crop. .-.It
is believed that the adoption of this plan
will certainly result in a decrease of
acreage.
The Savannah correspondent of
the Atlanta Constitution has interviewed
the leading cotton men of that city with
regard to the outlook. He found them
all awaiting the developments of the
new year with much anxiety. If the re
ceipts continue proportionately as heavy
as they have been up to this time, the
market will be swamped and prices will
tumble from seven cents, the present
quotation for middling, and the lowest
in forty-five years, down, perhaps, to five
cents. Then it will be a case of "stand
from under," as, a factor expressed it,
and few people will want to have the
staple even at that figure.
New York Bulletin; There is
probably a more general inclination to
assume that after Christmas the volume
of movement will really commence to
fall away, with strength to come into
the market proportioned to the measure
of shrinkage, but past experience makes
all hands rather careful about depending
upon small receipts until so revealed by
actual record at all points. So far as can
be learned, the actual consumer remains
as a very indifferent operator, and there
is said to be some very attractive ten
ders from the South meeting with neg
lect. The spot movement is light and
no change in quotations has been con
sidered necessary.
Extract from a letter of A. B.
Shepperson to W. W. Gordon & Co.,
cotton factors, Savannah, Ga.: To secure
any marked improvement in the price
of cotton, the chief essential will be to
give to the world some certain assurance
that the present large stocks will be
diminished in the near future, and not
again augmented by another large crop
in 1892. If such action should be taken
at the South as to induce the belief that
the acreage of the next cotton crop
would certainly be materially reduced,
a liberal advance in prices would almost
certainly ensue. Spinners and mer
chants would not wait for the stocks to
be actually largely diminished by rea
son of a reduced crop, but would dis
count the fact months in advance of its
actual accomplishment.
Two Murders.
A passenger coming in on the Caro
lina Central Railroad informed a Star
reporter last night ot two murders
which occurred Christmas day in Robe
son county. One was near Moss Neck.
A white man, named Marson Britt, shot
Jim Powell, colored, twice, killing
him instantly. Britt was rigged
up as a cooner and the shooting re
sulted from an old difficulty that oc
curred several vears ago. It .was said
that no words passed between them this
time; that Britt rode up to Powell, dis
mounted and shot him down.
The other murder reported is, that
Lester Norment shot and killed a man
by the name of Robertson, near Alfords
ville; both are white men. It is said it
resulted from whiskey drinking.
Fire on Front Street.
- Friday afternoon, about 3 o'clock, fire
was discovered in the, .basement of
Messrs. Brown & Roddick's store on
North Front street. An alarm was
turned in by Police Officer Howell, who
saw smoke issuing from the grating on
the sidewalk. As soon as the hose reels
arrived a stream was thrown into the
basement through the grating; but the
Chief of the Fire Department arriving,
had the stream cut off, and upon forcing
his way into the basement found the fire
to be in a lot of loose paper which was
probably ignited by a fire-cracker falling
through the grating. The fire was
speedily extinguished; the damage was
slight.
Christmas Entertainment.
A pleasant entertainment was given at
Bladen Street M. E. Church Friday
evening last, under the direction of Mr,
T. G. Darden, Superintendent of the
Sunday School of the Church. Recita
tions were given and singing by the chil
dren, and after the close of the pro
gramme a number of pretty presents
were distributed among the scholars by
the Superintendent.
The Beceivership.
Mr. W. S. O'B. Robinson, whose ap
pointment as Receiver for the First
National Bank has been announced, is
expected here Wednesday. The amount
of his bond has been fixed at $35,000.
Mr. Alden. the Examiner, will remain
here two or three days to give Mr. Rob
inson the benefit of his experience, and
will then leave for his home in Pennsyl
vania.
DIED,
MORSE At Greenville Sound, December 24th,
C. C. MORSE, in the 68th year ot his age.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
OPEKA HOUSE.
Thursday, December 31st.
Grand Concert.
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
Clee, Banjo and Mandolin Clubs
AT 8 P. M.
Do not fall to Bear these greatest of all Colltgo
Clubs. into we th - aecZ7
BATES OF ADVBBTISINtl.
One Square One Day. 1 Ofl
" " Two Days 1 TS
" " Three Days , 2 50
" " Four Days 3 00
" " Five Days ; 3 50
" ta One Week 4 00
" Two Weeks 6 50
" Three Waeks t 8 60
" " One Month 10 00
" " Two Months 18 00
" Three Months. 2i 00
" Six Months.... 40 OC
" One Year CO Of
t3T Contract Advertisements taken at prcporticr
ately low rates.
" Ten lines solid Nonpareil type make one square.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
$40,000 i
WORTH OF
DryGoods
WILL BE OFFERED TO THE
Trading Public
DURING THE NEXT
30 Days,
Prior to Taking an Inventory of
Our Stock.
fill Be Mafle in All Departments'
ON SEASONABLE MERCHANDISE.
M.M.Kaiz&Son,
CASH HOUSE.
DRY GOODS,
116 Ifarket St., "Wilmington, K". C.
dec 27 tf
We Have Just What
YOU WANT TN
Horse CloOuoji. Bniiies, Harness
TRUNKS AND BAGS.
BEST GOODS, LOWEST PRICES.
H. L. FENNELL,
THE HORSK MILLINER,
dec 7 tf 14 & 16 South Front St
HonseMil and Kitelien Furniture
For Sale at Auction.
ON WEDNESDAY NEXT, 30th INSTANT,
at 1C.30 o'clock a. m.. we will sell at the reri-
dence situated upon the west side of Second Street,
one door north of Nun Street, at present occupied by
jnr. c. Kicnaras, ail ot tne tiu u a JL1U JL.JJ ANU
KITCHEN FURNITURE contained therein.
Articles can be seen on Wednesday, 29th inst., be
tween the hours of 1 and 4 p. m.
CRONLY & MORRIS,
Auctioneers.
dec 27 It
COAL! COAL!!
December Arrivals.
gCHOONER R. S. GRAHAM 4S8 Tons.
" "W. F. GREEN 372
KATE GIFFORD 545
EMILY F. NORTHAM 526 -
ARVESTA
714
Tot a 2,645 "
Also in stock full supplv Pocahontas and Tennessee
'Lump COAL. These Coals are of best free burning
White and Ked Ash kinds, and will be sold at the low
est market prices for CASH.
Long-winded buyers not wanted oa any rates. The
above is respectfully submitted for good cold weather
dec 27 tf J. A. SPRINGER.
R. !. HARRIS,
Mertater an! CaMnet Mater,
Corner Second and Princess Street.
FURNITURE REPAIRED, CLEANED
AND TARNISHED.
Undertaking a Specialty.
Orders from Country promptly attended to.
Satisfaction guaranteed. Residence over btore.
octlltf.
OPEN ALL DAY
SUNDAY, DEC. 27, '01,
ROB'T R. BELLAMY. Drngpt,
dec 27 It N. W. Cor. Front and Market Sts.
ALMANACS FOR 1992.
rpURNER'S,
..... BLUME'S
ad BRANSON'S.
NEW YEAR PRESENTS ANt)"fcARDS at
dec27tf YATES' BOOK STORE.
Boy Wanted.
SMART BOY (NOT TOO SMART) lb
wanted to feed Ruling Machine and Job Presses.
Call at the
a208t
STAR OFFICE.
REDUCTIONS
can.