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Per Week.
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VOL. LV.-NO. 66.
WILMINGTON, N. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1894.
WHOLE NO. 8,612
Coats
-AND-
Capes.
They must go. Not many left, bat
what we have we will sell AT COST
all during
The: Holidays.
Ladies' Coats worth $25.00, will be
sold this week at the remarkably low
price ot of $16.60.
Coats worth $15 we will give them
to you at $11: $12 Coats for $8.50.
$10 Coats for $6. $8 Coats $5.50.
Beautiful
Ashtrican For Gapes.
Worth $20, for $16.
Mack Cloth Capes that were $16.50
aad $15 will be sold this week at $12.
Light Weight Capes
In colors, less than Cost.
Now is the time tor
yon to strike, for it is
an opportunity seldom
offered, and it rests en
tirely with you whether
or not you take advant
age of it.
A. D.BROWN,
Successor to Brown fit Roddick,
Ne. 9 North Front Street.
dec lllUf
Davis & Zoeller
BARGAIN
DAY
TO-MORROW!
D: ess Goods a specialty. Laces and
Dress Trimmings, Corsets, Umbrel
las, Hosiery and Gents' Furnishings,
Carpets, Mattings, Trunks, Bags and
Valises, Curtains, Curtain Poles and
House Furnishings, Generally.
We have a Dressmaking Depart
ment, in which special attention is
given to Wedding Trousseau.
Davis Zoeller's,
The Tireless Toilers for Trade in
The Dry Goods Line.
New Building, Corner Front and Princess Streets.
dec t tl
BANKRUPT SALE
of .
Having purchased ten cases of
Undershirts & Drawers
At the Bankrupt Sale of
Stern & Co. of New York,
AT
50 Cents on the Dollar,
We will give you
The best bargains
Ever offered
In Wilmington.
Shirts and Drawers
Regular price $2.50 each,
Our price $1.50,
Regnlar price $2.00 each.
Our price $1.25
Regular price $1.50 each, j
Our price $1
Regular price $1.00 each,
Our price 50 cents.
t3T"Would call your
attention to our
Stock of HATS.
Just received 30 doz., far below
former prices.
J3F Anything you purchase of us
if you are not pleased come and get
your money back.
S. H. FISHBLATE,
KING CLOTHIER.
dec :tf
Christmas Noise,
KA BOXES
F I K ECR AC K ERS, SB BOXES
w mixca nuti, iou boxes Candy, 25 barrels Ap
ples, 25 bags Cocoaauts, 200 ban Peanuts, 700 bags
Sa t to save all Broods.
barrels Ap-
save all goods.
W. B. COOPER,
wnoiesaie rocer and Commission Merchant,
UNDERWEAR
. ... SB6 North Water Street,
dec 16 tf DAW Wilmington, N. C.
OUTLINES.
Proceedings in Congress yesterday
interesting debate on the Nicaragua Ca
nal bill; a bill passed authorizing the
construction of a bridge across Con
tentnea creek, N. C; in the House the
Army Appropriation bill was passed;
also, the Urgency Deficiency bill for the
Government Printing Office. Jno.
McBnde elected President of the Feder
ation of Labor, with headquarters at In
dianapolis. A murder near Fred
ericksburg, Virginia. Death of the
novelist Louis Stevenson. Seeley,
the defaulting cashier of the National
Shoe and Leather Bank, pleads guilty to
making false entries and abstracting
funds. A bread and coal war in
Port Huron, Mich. bread at two cents
a loaf. A bill concerning fire in
surance companies passed by the lower
House of the South Carolina Legislature.
Two murderers hanged in Tennes
see for killing a station agent.
The dead pugilist funeral of Andy
Bowen, who was killed at New Orleans
by George Lavigne. Southern Rail
way employes ask a restoration of wages,
and favor a strike if their demands are
not complied with. Assault by a
negro on a white girl in Arkansas a
posse with dogs in pursuit of the brute.
Withdrawals of gold for shipment
to Europe. Bonds of the Charlotte,
Columbia & Augusta Railroad. A
negro highwayman in New Jersey.
President Cleveland shooting ducks in
South Carolina waters; the New Eng
land Society of Charleston invite the
President and party to their annual ban
quet. Fatal affray in Virginia
Charles Buffalow, a noted desperado,
killed by C. J. Updike at Pocahontas.
Bicycle race a six days' contest
started in Philadelphia yesterday.
Cotton spots and futures.
Chicago grain and provision market.
New York markets: Money on call
was easy, ranging from 12 per cent.,
with last loan at 2 per cent., and closing
offered at 2 per cent.; cotton dull and
easy; middling gulf 6 cents; mid
dling uplands 5 cents; Southern
flour dull and weak; common to lair
extra 2.108.00; good to choice do.
$3.103.50; wheat moderately active
and easier; No. 2 red in store and at ele
vator 59 cents; afloat 60 cents; corn
quiet and easier; No. 2 at elevator 55
cents; spirits turpentine doll but steady
at 27&Q273 cents; rosin quiet and firm
strained common to good $1 351 40.
It is said that Senator Call, of
Florida, doesn't like the newspaper
reporter, and, judging from what we
read sometimes, the newspaper re
porter reciprocates.
If the White Cap organization of
Georgia has as many reputable and
distinguished gentlemen belonging
to it as it is alleged to have it must
be a pretty respectable institution.
The prospective divorce suit of
Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt will not ma
terialize. She and W. K. have shook
and made up, which is better than
entertaining the scandal-hungry mob.
A French physician has invented a
machine for curing the headache. It
is a helmet provided with electrical
contrivances which produce drowsi
ness, sleep, and the headache is gone.
Li Hung Chang is said to have
sent a "secret report to Pekm that
he can't prevent the Taps from
pouncing on Fekin. It seems to
have taken Li a long time to discover
what everybody who has kept posted
on the war already knew.
The Indian as a soldier has proved
a failure. No more are to be enlisted
in the army, and those in are to be
weeded out, as fast as practicable.
It is not a well settled fact whether
having proved a failure as a private
soldier in the U. S. army is to the
credit or discredit of the red man.
A lover ot trees imparts the infor
mation that the electric lights in
towns and cities are damaging and
will eventually destroy the trees.
They keep the trees awake, he says,
and deprive them of the rest they
need. No complaint has yet been
made that the lights have this effect
on the town and city policeman.
The Sultan of Turkey is progres
sive in some respects. He has estab
lished 50,000 schools for boys and
girls in his empire, but he will never
reach the top rung of educational
progress while he taboos that great
popular educator, the American
newspaper. If he- read them regu
larly himself, he would learn much
about his own business that he
doesn't know.
An exchange tries to comfort the
cotton planter by telling htm that
when flour was eleven dollars a bar
rel and cotton thirteen cents a pound
a pound of cotton would buy only
two and one fourth pounds of flour,
while now a pound of five cent cot
ton will buy two and one-half pounds
of flour. But what does a cotton
Dlanter want to buy flour for? He
w . - -
should make his own flour.
Some men are born to luck, and
and there were others born for what
nobody could ever tell. But Charles
Evans who twenty-two years ago
bought a piece of sea side property
at Atlantic Citv for 89.000 was one
of the born-to-luck kind. Since
then the sea has added so much to
his purchase that he has sold $100,
000 worth of lots and still has prop
erty left worth twenty times as much
as the piece he bought.
Chicago is going to build an Au
ditorium which will seat 12,000
people, and is claimed to be the
largest in the world. Ah Audito
rium that can take in 12,000 pairs of
Chicago feet must be very large.
The Birmingham, Ala., Daily Tri
bnne, the Kolb organ, has busted.
And so has Kolb. But what does a
man with as much mouth as Kolb
want an organ for?
A thin parchment has been invented
for the protection of the backs of
books. But what is wanted is some
sort of a contrivance to bring the
lent book back.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
D. L. Gore Cheese, coffee.
Taylor's BAZAAR-Santa Claus.
M ASONic-Meeting Wilmington Lodge
E . Van L aer Pianos for the holidays.
LOCAL DOTS.
Items of Interest Gathered Here
and There and Briefly Noted.
Local forecast: Fair; cooler.
Two police officers were dis
missed yesterday for misconduct.
A large dog was run over aud
killed by a street car on Front near Mul
berry street yesterday afternoon.
The Hibernian Benevolent So
ciety will give a grand ball and sociable
next Wednesday night at Hibernian
Hall. .
The Legislature will have about
50 Democrats, 60 Republicans and 60
Populists. There will be but very little
variation from these figures.
Remember that you are not re
quired to pay a dollar on the Encyclo
pedia Britannica, advertised in the Star,
until the entire set of 25 volumes is de
livered. The Standard Oil Company has
ordered a (private) fire alarm box to be
put at the entrance of their premises on
Nutt and Brunswick streets. It will be
numbered 123.
If you wish to make some good
friend a Christmas present that he or she
will appreciate, read the announcement
of the Encyclopedia Britannica in this
paper, and see how cheaply you can
get it.
Mr. Jno. W. Bolles is here from
Lynchburg, Va., and will spend Christ
mas with relatives in this city. He will
leave shortly for Hong Kong, China, to
be resident agent there of the Standard
Oil Company.
Read the announcement of the
Encyclopedia Britannica in another
column. The entire 25 volumes of this
(treat work may be bad on payment of
$5.00 cash and 5.00 per month for seven
months. This is $40,00 for the com
plete work, payable in instalments.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
Pertinent Paragraphs Pertaining Princi
pally to People and Pointedly Printed.
Mr. W. T. Freeman is in East
ern North Carolina on business.
Mr. E. Smith.of Fayettevtlle,was
among the visitors in the city yester
day.
Mr. J. A. Baldwin, wife and
three children, of Whiteville, are in the
city.
Mr. H. C. Ranck, operator for
the Carolina Central R. R., is on the
sick list.
Mr. N. E. Edgerton, of Selma,
N. C. agent for the A. C. L., is in the
city on a visit.
Mr. H. McClammy has returned
from a two weeks' visit to Washington
City and New York.
Captain G. G. Lynch, of Flor
ence, b. C train master tor tne A. c u
at that place. Is in the city.
Messrs. R. B. Gammon, of
Washington, and Geo. W. Taylor,
of Jacksonville, are in the city.
Capts. W. H. Gannon and E. E,
Groom, of Charleston, b. c, u. b. in
spectors of steam boilers and hulls, are
in the city.
Messrs. H. Bowden, Warsaw;
H. Grimes, Jr., Kenansville; J. B. Carr.
Sumter: R. F. Hinton, Jacksonville; A.
T. Currie, Faison; C. G. Smith, South-
port; W. O. Kiddick, Wake Forest; C.
W.JDavis, Dillon; J. H. Fulton, N. C.
W. H. Butters, Hub. were among the ar
rivals in the city yesterday.
BY RIVER AND RAIL.
Beoeipta of Naval Stores and Cotton
Yesterday.
Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta R
R. 853 bales cotton, 82 casks spirits
turpentine, 803 bbls. rosin, 51 bbls tar,
8 bbls crude turpentine.
Wilmington & Weldon R. R. 1,187
bales cotton, 11 casks sptrits turpentine,
4 bbls crude turpentine'
Carolina Central R. R. 731 bales cot
ton. 4 casks spirits turpentine, 77
bbls rosin, 5 bbls crude turpentine.
C. F. & Y. V. R. R. 147 bales cotton,
22 casks spirits turpentine, 174 bbls
rosin, 16 bbls tar.
Stmr Frank Sessoms 1 bale cotton,
175 bbls rosin, 97 bbls tar.
Schr Samuel 6 bales cotton, 136 bbls
rosin, 64 bbls tar, 26 bbls crude turpen
tine.
Flats 80 bbls tar, 4 bbls crude tur
pentine.
Total receipts Cotton, 2.874 bales ;
spirits turpentine, 69 casks; rosin. 865
bbls; tar, 267 bbls.; crude turpentine, 47
bbls. a.
Bay So Other.
All "persons are hereby cautioned
against buying copies of the Star of
fered for sale on the streets unless, in
every case, the words "For Transient
Sale" are stamped on the margin of the
paper, bbouia any newsooy or earner
offer for sale a copy of the Star not so
stamped, be sbonld be promptly reported
at this office.
FIFTH STREET M. E. CHURCH.
Its Official Board Express Appreciation of
Labors ot Eev. L. I. Nash, Late Pastor
of the Church.
The Official Board of Fifth Street M.
E. Church South, Wilmington, N. C, in
meeting assembled this the 16th day ot
December, 1894, recognizing the faithful
and efficient services rendered this charge
by our late pastor, the Rev. L. L. Nash, -
D. D during the three years of his pas
torate, desire to express their apprecia
tion by resolving,
First That this Board heartily ex
tend its thanks to Rey. L. L. Nash, D.
D for the untiring energy he has dis
played in endeavoring to relieve this
Church from the financial embarrass
ment in which it has been placed.
Through his efforts the debtl has
been reduced one-halt and the present
debt so adjusted as to relieve the Church
from immediate pressure if due diligence
is observed by the congregation and its
friends.
Second That while by the laws ot the
Church we are to sever our official rela
tions, we trust that bis future will be
bright and useful, and that he may win
many souls to the Master in his new field
of labor, and we heartily commend him
to his new charge as an energetic worker
for the Church and the salvation of
souls.
Third That we are gratified to know
that in his new field he will receive bet
ter things in a wordly point of view than
we have been able to give him, ana
which we firmly believe b: deserves.
The Official Board, after the meeting
of the Board of Stewards last night,
took the Doctor by storm and presented
him with a handsome gold-headed cane,
on which was inscribed, "Rev. L. L.
Nash, D. D. From the Official Board
of Fifth Street M. E. Church South,
December, 1894." The presentation
speech was made by Mr. B. F. King,
chairman of the Board of Stewards, and
was happily and feelingly responded to
by Dr. Nash.
A number of ladies were present, and
altogether it was a very happy occasion.
Audit and Finance.
The Board of Audit and Finance met
yesterday in regular session. All the
members of the Board were present.
Mr. R. J. Jones, chairman, presided.
Bill of B. F. Turlington, $12.19, for
expenses incurred in erecting a fish stall
at Fourth street market, that the Board
of Aldermen allowed and atterwards or
dered removed, was disapproved.
The Board also disapproved bill of M,
Bellamy & Son ($50.00) for legal services
as attorneys for Aldermen Harriss and
Northrop, in a case tried at the Crimi
nal Court, in which defendants with the
Mayor and other members of the Board
of Aldermen were indicted for failing to
keep Fourth street in repair and good
condition.
Bill of H. McClammy for $25.00,
for services as attorney in the
case of W. B. Savage, indicted for as
sault and battery (while in discharge of
his duty), was referred to the Board of
Aldermen with inquiry as to the facts in
the case, and why the suit was not de
fended by the city attorney.
Bills were approved as follows: For
current expenses, $886.68; sinking fund,
$1,412.60.
President Cleveland and Parry.
The light-house tender Amaria came
into this port last Saturday, and left yes
terday morning lor Georgetown, S. C.
It was rumored that she came here to
meet President Cleveland, and that she
departed for Georgetown, to meet him
there, for a duck hunting expedition.
Dispatches received here yesterday,
however, said that President Cleveland,
Captain R. D. Evans and Dr. O'Reilly,
of Washington, D. G, in a private car, ar
rived at Lane's, S. C en route for
Georgetown, in the morning, reached
Georgetown at 6.15 a. m., and immedi
ately upon arrival there boarded the
light-house tender Wistaria and went
to the marshes hunting
Kuolint Sentral Skeddule
A new schedule will go into effect on
the Carolina Central next Sunday. A
mail and passenger train will be put on.
leaving here at 8.45 p. m., and arriving
here at 12.30 p. m. Connection will be
made both ways at Hamlet for Raleigh,
Charlotte and Atlanta. There will be
no change in the night train now leav
ing here at 7.30. There will be no pas
senger service on the local trains,
THE WEATHER.
U. S. DEP'T OF AGRICULTURE,
Weather Bureau,
Wilmington, N. C. Dec. 18
Meteorological data for twenty-four
hours ending at 8 p. m. last night:
Maximum temperature 09 : mini
mum temperature 57.
Rainfall for tbe day, 0. Rain
fall for the month up to date 0.53
inches.
FORECASTS FOR TO-DAY.
For Virginia and North Carolina, fair;
cooler in eastern portions; northeast
winds.
For South Carolina, cooler; northwest
winds, becoming northeast.
ALL FOR ONE DOLLAR.
Twenty-Flve Choice Hovels lor One Cou
pon and One Dollar Note the Authors.
Examine this list ot standard novels.
You can get the 95 books for one cou
pon and One Dollar, and they will be
sent post-paid to any address. See an
nouncement in another column for cou
pon and complete list of books.
THESE 25 FOR ONX DOLLAR.
No. 51 A Rogue's Life; By Wilkie Collins.
No. 80 Treasure Island; By Robert L Stevenson.
No. 48 The Red Hill Tragedy; By Emma DIM
South worth. .
No. 44 In Durance Vile; By "The Duchess."
No. 43 Meeting Her Fata: By Miss M E Braddon.
No. 42 Hickory Hall; By Emma DEN South worth
No. 40 The heiress of Hilldrop; By Charlotte M
Braeme, author of '-Dora T home.''
No. S5 Grandfather's Chair; By Nathaniel Haw
thorne.
No. 33 The Surgeon's Daughter; by Sir Walter
acott.
No. 81 No Thoroughfare; By Charles Dickens and
Wilkie Collins.
No. 29 The Wandering Heir; By Charles Reade.
No. 27 Tbe Squire's Darling;
By Chorlotte M
No. 23 The Siege of Granada
By Sir E Bulwer
Lytton.
No. 22 The Sea King; by Captain Marryat.
No. 80 Mr Gilfil's Love Story, By Geo Eliot.
No 19 The Armorer of Tyre; By Sylv Cobb, Jr.
No. 17 Reck Ruin, or The Daughter of the Island,
By Mrs Ann S Stephens.
No. 18 A Study in Scarlet; By A Conan Doyle.
Ne. 14 Nurse Revels Mistake: By FlorenceWarden
No. 13 The Black Tulip ; by Alexander Dumas.
No, 11 Tbe Belle of Lynn, or The Miller's Daugh
ter; By Charlotte M Braeme, author of Dora Thorne.
No. 9 The Black Dwarf; By Sir Walter Scott,
No. 6 The Corsican Brothers; By Alex Dumas.
No. 4 King Solomon's Mines; By H Rider Haggard
No. 1 Tas Scarlet Letter: By Nathan '1 Hawthorns
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
Contracts for Furnishing Supplies Award
ed Applications for Liquor Lioense
TJ-ranted.
The Board of County Commissioners
met yesterday in adjourned session.
Present: Commissioners Bagg (chair
man), Pearce, Montford and Worth.
Mr. Jno. W. Perdew was nominated
for standard keeper, and elected without
opposition.
Bids for furnishing supplies etc., were
opened.
The contract for filling medical pre
scriptions for the county poor was
awarded to George L. Harmon, for two
years at 10 )4 cents for each prescription.
Bids for furnishing coffins and burial
for dead paupers were received as fol
lows: W. E. Yopp. $2.10; Thos.
Rivera, $2.00; E. D. Green, $2.15; D. C.
Evans, $3.09. There was some infor
mality about Rivera's bid that prevented
its acceptance, and the contract was
awarded to Evans, he being the next
lowest bidder.
Bids for maintenance of tbe county
poor and keep of prisoners in the county
house of correction were received as fol
lows:
S. H. Terry, 22 cents each, per day;
C. J. Miller, 22 cents; M. G. Chad wick,
22J cents. The vote was: Terry, 3;
Chadwick. 1. Mr. Terry was thereupon
awarded the contract.
Mr. D. J. Fergus appeared before the
Board and asked for the building of a
bridge over Purvine's Creek on the Ma-
sonboro road, as recommended by tbe
Board of Magistrates, and on motion
the petition was granted.
Licenses to sell liquor were granted,
as follows:
To Sol Bear & Co, 18 Market street,
(wholesale and retail); D Stelges, 602
Castle; Jno M Brewer, 301 S Front; Carl
Mugge. 201 Princess; A C Wessell, 134
Market; J H Runges. 501 N Fourth; D
N Chadwick, 15 Market; H T Duls, 715
Chestnut; Jno H Kuck, 6 N Water
Chas Richter, 1022 N Fourth; G W Lin
der, South Front; J D Stelges, 8 North
Water; M F Croom & Co, 102 North
Water; M F Croom & Co. corner Mul
berry and Walnut; T J Gore, 22 South
Water; I B Rhodes, corner Second and
Princess; M Rathjen, cor Sixth & Swann;
J W H Fuchs. 130 South Front; H F
Haar, 108 South Front; L Vollers, 26
and 28 South Front; C F VonKampen,
600 South Seventh and 501 South
Fourth; F B Rice, 525 South Front;
Henry Haar. 202 North Seventh; D
Doescber, 301 Harnett; Purcell House,
North Front; Martin O'Brien, 10 Red
Cross; Chas Schnibben, corner Market
and Water; T E Wallace, South Front;
Martin Schnibben, 502 North Sixth;
Sternberger & Co. 119 Princess street
(wholesale and retail); J W Duls. 114
South Front: F Richter, 402 Nutt; H
J Bnrnett, Stokeley's bar, Wrightsville;
Norwood & Kelly, 9 Market; B Bellois,
126 Market; T G Oldenbuttel, 920 Mar
ket; F W Ortmann, 17 North Second;
Jas Berg, 1120 North Seventh; Jurgen
Haar, corner Front and Mulberry; Jno
M Ma viand. North Front; Geo H Heyer,
802 North Fourth, Louts Weil. Camp
bell street; N B Rankin, 110 North
Front; Gieschen Bros, Atlantic Cafe; J G
L Gieschen, 22 South Front street,
Bonitz House; M A Jones & Co,
Eleventh and Market.
The Board ordered that the Register
of Deeds issue license to all old dealers
who wish license renewed, provided ap
plication is in proper shape.
BOOT AND SHOE TRADE-
Manufacturers Very Hopeful Retailers
Confident of a Large Spring Trade.
A letter from Lynn, in the Boston
Advertiser, says that the boot and shoe
manufacturers are feeling very hopeful
and already have evidences ot an im
provement in business. "All indica
tions point toward a heavy trade in
cheap goods and fair in medium." The
salesman of one concern wrote from St.
Louis: "Collections are much better
than could be expected and the market
shows a decided improvement. Mer
chants are not buying for very long
ahead, but 1 believe we can look for
safe and brisk business after the holi
days are over." A letter from
Cincinnati said: .The jobbers are
confident of a large Spring
trade." The correspondent of the
Advertiser says that within a month
nearly a quarter of a million dollars has
been added to the shoe manufacturing
plants in Lynn. A manufacturer ot
morocco machinery stated that he had
many orders ahead, and that he had
placed in factories during the present
year nearly three times as many glazing
and rolling machines as he did in 1893,
Advances in the cost of leather have
been met by the manufacturers by low
ering the grade of their goods, but it is
said that the end in this direction has
been reached, and the manufacturers
will insist on getting from three to five
cents a pair for shoes more than they
have been getting, and they are propos
ing to reform the ioose practice of trade
discounts; their customers have been
paying about when they pleased, and
the manufacturers are plucking up
courage to remind the trade that thirty
days does not mean forty-five or sixty.
Early Morning Fires.
Fire broke out about 4.15 a. m. Sun
day in a small frame building corner of
Eleventh and Market streets, occupied
as a store by W. A. Jones, and owned by
Henry Wenzenson. There was insurance
on building for $250 and on stock for
the same amount, which will fully cover
the loss.
About half past 4 o'clock yesterday
morning an alarm was sent in from No.
16, corner of Sixth and Brunswick
streets, for a fire in a frame building on
Brunswick between Sixth and Seventh
streets, owned and occupied by John
Kelly, colored. The loss is estimated at
$800 on building and $200 on furniture,
with insurance of $500 on house and
$500 on lurnure.
City Court.
' S. H. Bell,
drunk and down, fined
$10.00.
Frank Taylor,
colored, disorderly,
fined $5 00.
Ella Jenkins, colored,
down, fined $5.00.
drunk and
Alice Sampson, colored, disorderly,
fined $5.00.
BROWNIES IN FAIRYLAND.
A Pleasing Entertainment at the Y. II. C. A.
Auditoiiiim That wil be Repeated To
Bitht. "The Brownies in Fairyland," a musi
cal entertainment, composed by Palmer
Cox, was given under the auspices of the
Y. M. C. A. last night in the Y. M. C. A.
Auditorium. There was a good crowd
of tbe parents and friends of tbe quaint
characters in attendance and their bright
sayings, fine acting and good singing
were a delight to all who were present.
The personal representations of each of
the Brownies, in their peculiar individ
uality, was more than could be expected
from snch young children. The dresses
of the "Fair Queen" and her band were
exquisite, and th e singing was melodious
It is one of the best amatuer entertain
ments ever witnessed here. Too much
praise cannot be given the ladies who
have had the instruction of the
children.
Mrs. Roger Moore, Messrs Walter
Shoemaker and Ed. Munson were tbe
pianists lor the night.
The management of the Brownies and
general make up of the boys was in
charge of Mr. W. E. Bruere.
The entertainment will be given again
to-night, and all who failed to attend
last night should not miss the last op
portunity of seeing these odd figures
acting and singing. There will be an or
chestra to-night to iurnish music be
tween acts.
Tbe cast of characters last nignt was
as follows:
Prince Aldebaran, ruler of the Brownie
Band, Russell Foster; Cholly Buttoc-
niere, the Brownie dude, Willie Martin;
Chauncey Quoter, familiar with tbe
poets, Harry Smallbones; Major Telloff,
ot the Brownie War Office, Alex Mc-
Clure; Patrolman Moveon, the Brownie
police force, Neill McLauriu; Billy Tuck-
about, the sailor, Horace Emerson;
Tuttt and rrutti, the Brownie twins,
Walter Mclntire and Harry West; Uncle
Sam, of tbe land of the free, Alvis Bow
den; John Bull, from "Lunnon," Reston
Stevenson; Donald McCraggie, from tbe
Highlands, David Clark; Dennis
O'Rourke, from Killarney, Willie Wat
ters; Wagner von Strauss, a musical pro
duct of the Rhine, Edwin Moore; Prof.
KatchkofT, a Russian ex-Nihil:st.
nan w eDD; Atraia-ot-ine-uay, an
Indian chief, Joe Watters; Fur-
ranskins, an Eskimo, Joe Smith;
Wah Sing, in the Laundry Business,
Stevenson Brown; Beetle, Wasp, Hornet,
Leaders of the Enemy, E. T. Hancock,
George Robertson, Fred Hasbagen;
yueen flora, (joddess of the t lowers,
Beth Daggett; loddlekins, Tippytoes,
Queen's Attendants, Edith Craft, Alice
Uratt; Aesthetics, with a love tor the
beautiful, Ida Brown; Sunshine, Dew-
drop, Starlight, Zephyr, Rose Leaf,
Hyacinth, Eglantine. Morning Glory,
Columbine, Heartsease, Golden Rod,
Buttercup, Rosebud, Ladies in Waiting
to the Queen, Florrie Grant, Thalia
LeGrand, Irene Peterson, Alice Small-
bones, Nora Angel, Sally Bell Jackson,
Blanche Chadbourn, Enda Toomer,
Muriel Craft, Mildred Davis; extra
Brownies and Fairies, Eugenia Fore,
Cornie Fore, Ethel Hopkins, Harry
Alderman, Ray Sneed, Lois Toomer.
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Thev are known throughout America,
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The catalogue of this house for the
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Carolina Central Directors.
The Board of Directors of the Caro-
ina Central Railroad held a meeting in
Baltimore last Saturday.
Mr. R. C. Hoffman was elected Presi
dent, Mr. E. St. John Vice President,
and Capt. John H. Sharp Secretary and
Treasurer.
Mr. D. A. Tompkins, of Charlotte,
and Mr. G. D. Fisher, of Baltimore, were
elected Directors to fill vacancies.
Mr. W. W. Chamberlain, of Norfolk,
was elected a Director of the Wilming
ton Railway Bridge Company on behalf
of the Carolina Central.
A Novel for roar Cents.
For four to five cents each you can
get novels by Charles Reade, A. Conan
Doyle, Rider Haggard, Miss Mulock,
Miss Braddon, Wilkie Collins, Robert L.
Stevenson, Alex. Dumas, Mrs. Henry
Wood, Mrs. Southworth, Emerson Ben
nett, Nathaniel Hawthorne, W. M.
Thackeray, Charles Dickens, Captain
Marryat, Jules Verne and many others.
These books can be obtained through
the star. Read announcement in an
other column.
THE MAILS.
Oa and after Sunday. Nov. 18. 1894. the stalls at
the Wilmington, N. C, Postoffice, wil: close and be
ready for delivery as loUows:
CLOSE.
For Mt. Airy and way stations C F Y V
Railroad 5:30 a i
For Sonthport 8:30am
" Saturdays 1.00 p m
For Shallote (Brunswick Co.). Tuesdays and
and Fridays 5.30,a m
For Wrightsville (except Sunday) 1:15 p m
For North and way stations W ft W R R. 8:00 a m
For Cape Fear River Tuesdays aad Fridays 1:00 p m
orboutn via aramssat wi:son, leaving
here train 40 W & W Railraad, 5:30 p ra
For South aad way stations W C ft A R R 2:80 p m
For North, Magnolia, Golds bory, W:!vn. ... 5 SO p m
For Charlotte ft stations (J C K K, ex Sunday b:UU am
For poults between Charlotte and Hamlet s nd
Weldon and Hamlet, acdCronly, Maxton ft
Laurinbure. 8 30 o m
For Newbern and stations W., N. & N.R. R
except Sncday. f .00 a m
For .'acksonville, N C, except Sunday, 2.00 p m
MAILS READY FOR DELIVERY (WHEN THE
TRAINS ARX ON TIME).
From Mt. Airy aad points CF & Y V R R 8:30 p. m
From Charlotte and points C C R R 5.30 p m
From South and points W, C ft A R R 12.00 m
From landings Cape River, Tuesday, Friday 8.00 a m
From North Magnolia. Goldsboro and Wil
son 'Shoofly. , , . . .11.00 a m
From South W ft W train No. 41 11.00 a m
From Sonthport 640 n i
" " Saturday s 11.00 a m
From Shallotie and Brunswick Co Monday
and Thursday. ..... , 7.00 pm
From Wrightsville 6:15 pm
From North aad way stations W & W R Rt 7.09 p m
From Newbern and stations w in ft N K K
except Sunday, 8.00 p I
From Charlotte . Leariabnnr. Maxton and
Cronly, 8.4S a. m
From Jacksonville, N. C. :O0 PS
Average time consumed in delivery of Special De-
ftaWaai lgttera. 12 minutes.
GEO. L. MORTON
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THE COTTON OUTLOOK.
The Statistical Position Latham, Alexan
der & Co. Look for an Advance In
Prtcee.
The following circular (omitting de
tails) from Messrs. Latham. Alexander
& Co., leading cotton commission mer
chants of New York, will be read with
interest:
New York, Dec. 15, 1894.
The total visible supply of cotton in
the world is 90,355 bales more than last
year, 121,593 bales more than in '92 and
40,085 bales less than in '91.
The stock in U .led States ports is
60,978 bales more nan last year. 138,517
bales more thin in '92 and 8 967 mOre
than in '91.
The amount ol c ,iton that has come
into sight of this gear's crnp is 1.212 963
bales more than 1
more than in '92 &
than in '91.
.ear, 1,637,278 bales
80 631 bales more
-verage decline in
-ut cents per
, 'Ketout.oed in New
Middling Uplands
b . i contracts on No-
Since Sept. 1st, i
cotton has been
pound. The lowest
York was 5 9 16 lo
and 5.23 for Nover
vember 12th.
The price of coit' i m now 228 cents
cheaper than last l.-ar and 4.15 cents
cheaper tban in '92 1 r March contracts.
The many causes that have combined
during the last year t produce the
heavy decline in con n from an already
low level compared wuh previous prices,
may be briefly summarized as follows:
First ot all, the lorn and profitless dis
cussion of tbe Tanfi question by tbe last
Congress produced such widespread un
certainty and general discouragement in
all branches of business, that all values,
both of manufactured products and raw
materials, depreciated greatly. Cotton
felt this depressing influence as did
wheat and other cereal;.
Secondly, the cotton crop of last year
exceeded general expectations, and since
September 1st of the present year large
estimates of the current crop have been
almost universally made, and tbe rapid
movement of the crop lrom plantatiocs
to the ports has tended to confirm these
estimates.
In addition to these adverse factors in
tbe case, speculation has been absolutely
lifeless, and this fact alone would have
been enough to make the price of cot
ton sag.
However, as is always the result of
extreme depreciation or buoyancy in
values, the pendulum has swung too far.
Ihe price ot cotton has declined even
beyond what the unfavorable conditions
and depreciating influences have war
ranted. It is impossible to make cotton
of no value. It does not deteriorate
with age, nor go out of fashion the
whole world uses it, and there is no
substitute tor it. It is now below the
cost of production, and that anomaly is
bound- to correct itself.
At present the statistical position of
cotton is by no means unfavorable, and
even though the currer.t crop should
prove as great as the largest estimates
claim it will be, consumption is increas
ing every day and the coming demand
will in all probability be fully equal to
the abundant supply.
All trade conditions are decidedly bet
ter to-day than they were a year ago, and
vet cotton is 2m "cents a pound lower than
then. Therefore, we do not think it
unreasonable nor unconservative to pre
dict a material advance in prices within
the next few months. It is always safer
to buy tban sell a commodity when its
ruling price is less than it costs to make
it. Yours truly.
Latham. A exander & Co.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Wilmiigtoii Lodge Mo. 319, A. F.& A.M.
"DRETHRKN Yon are -ummoned
attend the
this Lodge
XJ Regular monthly cumniu- icaiiun of
this (Tuesday ) evening at 7.8 J o clock
officers. By order of W. M .
for election of
dec 18 tf H .G FENNELL, Secretary
Cheese. Cheese.
75 boxes CHEESE.
75 Bags COFFEE.
20 Bags C C. NUTS
100 Bbls. SUGAR.
20 Boxes Mix NUTS.
75 Boxes FIRE-CRACKERS.
200 bags SHOT.
Also, Caps, Powder, Crackers, Siap, Matches, &c.
D. L. GORE,
120, 123 and 124 North Water street
dec 18 D&W tf
PIANOS
FOR THE
Holidays.
For the next two weeks the very
lowest prices on all of our different
makes of Pianos. We have some
exquisite instruments just received.
Cabinet Organs.
The latest designs and the very
best makes at your own price.
Have your Pianos properly tuned
for the Holidays by our Mr,
maker.
Shoe-
E. VAN LAER,
dec 18 tf th sa to 402 & 404 N. Fourth St.
Christmas Presents
AT THE
BROOKLYN
STORE,
CASH
JlMder&Co
Next Fourth Street Bridge.
The largest stock and lowest prices
ever offered.
TOYS, TOYS, TOYS,
Cali and examine onr
1 eent Counter,
5 cents Counter,
10 cents Counter,
5 cents Counter.
Extra large Dolls 19 and 25, , Climbing Monkeys 25c,
Doll Carriages, Tables, Wag ns. C uairs, ftc , 25 cents.
Beautiful line of Cups and Saucers, Vaces, Mugs,
Dressing Cases, Silk Haadk r h efs, Table Covers,
Work Boxes, Fancy Bas.ets. ftc , ftc
What is better for a Christmas Present than a nir-
pair of Shoes or Slippers, a brautiful Dress or Cloak,
a stylish Hat or Silk Umbrella, a nice :uit of Clothes
or Overcoat .
Special low prices in all departments.
Respectfully,
J. H. Rehder & Co.,
dec IS tt Fourth Street Bridgt.
Will be open every night untii 9
o'clock, and everything must be
sold, so come early and make your
selections.
Everything Must Go,
Before the
First of January
Prices marvellously low, so don't
delay, but come to
Taylor's Bazaar.
No
connection, with
any other
store.
Presents for Old and Young.
118 Market Street,
Wilmington, N. C.
dec 13 tf
-CASH-
Closing Ont Stock at
COST
Preparatory to taking inventory
January 1st. 1895.
Note the Following Facts, to Last
' TWO WEEKS:
Fancy Columbus California 3
pound Peaches 25c, former price 35c.
Fancy California Bartltt 3 pound
Pairs 25c, former price 35c.
P ancy heavy syrup California Apri
cots 25c, former price 35c.
Odd job lots Can Goods dirt cheap.
Currants, wholesale, at 3Jc, retail
at 5c per pound; other Fruits in pro
portion. Fancy Imported Sardines 12-c.
This will surprise you, best 1 pound
Corn Beef 10c a can.
The best loose Olives in America
for 35ci
t
i
Justl please try 1 pound of our
own Rbasted Laguayra Coffee and
be convinced that you must have it
always.
DON'T FORGET THAT ELE
GANT 25c BUTTER.
Dozier & Lee,
Corner Front and Mulberry Sts.,
dec 16 tf Wilmington, N. C.
Toys, Toys, Toys.
Good morning Mr. Santa Claus.
would like to know how many
thousand happy hearts you have
made this morning. The little ones
are all happy with their nice lot of
pretty presents. Santa has made his
headquarters at the
Big Backet Store,
where there is to be found the largest
variety of TOYS of any house in the
city; it is a matter of impossibility to
describe the kinds, styles and quanti
ties. We have large Wood Toys,
Tables, Chairs, Cradles, Beds, Pianos,
rurniture, Horses in wood and skin
covered, Wagons, and Carts of every
description. Saw Horses, Drums,
Horns, Bellows, Toys, Engines,
Boats, sail and steam; Cabinets of
every kind, Shaving Sets, Manicure
Sets, Work Boxes, Fancy Vases and
Bottles and everything that your
heart may wish for in the Toy line.
We respectfully ask all parties that
want Toys or any kind of goods to
come to the Racket Store on Front
stroet, opposite the Market House,
and save a large proportion of your
money.
BRADDY & GAYLORD, Prop's,
JP. S. We have 1,000 Dolls of all
kinds and descriptions from lc to
$5.00 each.
dectttf
Schr. Catawamteak.
I AM NOW RECEIVING FROM THE ABOVE
earned vessel a cargo of very superior
Coal, Coal,
Which wili be followed in a few days by the Schooners
'Anna V. Lawson" sad the "Zimri Walling for d."
Far bottom prices aad for strictly first class COALS
tend your orders to the same old stand.
J. A. SPRINGER.
dec lg tf
FOB SALE. '
OLD NEWSPAPERS, IN ANY QUANTITY
mitable for Wrapping purposes, for sale: 20 cents
par hundred. alpSl tf STAR OFFICE