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&Qaaranteed Bona-FIde, Every-Dayfc V 1- i TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION; . Circulation UrfefjThao That EMM TAM, s Of Any Other Dally News paper Published in Wllmlnjten. One Year, by Mail, $5.00. 2.60 X Slx Months, - . Three Months, " 1.26 J Two Months, 1.00 XOLDEST DAILY RW8P4PEB DeUvrd to 8ubcrlber In tlic V " IN THE STATU. ..." g VOL. LXIV.-NO. 23. I City mt 45 Cent per BIOBtlu WILMINGTON, N. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1899 WHOLE NO. 9,881 1 .1 LOCAL DOTS. THE SUPERIOR COURT TO ELECT OFFICERS TO-NIGHT OUTLINES. Gen. Lawton has been recalled from his expedition to Manila; he gives as his opinion that it willj require 100,000 I P., will hold an important meeting at The Bteameis Driver and Frank Sessoms from Fayette ville arrived yes terday morning and returned in the afternoon. Clarendon Lodge No: 2, K. of April Term Was Convened Yes terday, E. W. xTimberlake, 1 Judge Presiding. A. W. Cycle Club Determined to Con " stract a Race Track The Club's New Home.. THE TOUR OF THE PAINT AND POWDER CLUB. a - ... mi am ili a Philinnm an TTirx lent earthquakes in Greece Saturday; many houses collapsed - -(Jen. Fitz Lee issues the last general order to his command, the Seventh Army Corps. A Washington, D.' Cj., dispatch says that the cruiser Ralqigh will go to Wilmington, N. C. ; after that she will rj.. 1 1 A a -mm us naii to-mgnv. Members are ur gently requested to attend. . ' ; . Wilmington Lodge No. 139, A. F. & A. M., holds its regular weekly communication to-night in SL John's Hall. Visiting brethren welcome. The Stab is requested to sav SEVERAL CASES CONTINUED. One Judgment and a Decree Entered Yes terday Three Trial Cases for To dayRecess to 9.30 O'clock . - This Morning. ; H.4 tk L 1 . iri .o to Charleston S. C.J to be presentat V"'" given By rheConfederateVeterL're-unionhe 6 Tllo to-morrow (Wednes- cruiser paraded in New I Sunday, escorted by a fleet of excur ' sion steamers and tugs. W. A. Sassamon, a travelling salesman, re turned to his boardingjhouse in Char lotte, N. C, sick; it was found that he had smallpox; the house and its in mates have been quarantined. Serious election Hots An expedition will be Carolina from Princeton mae observations on eclipse. Report XeV York markets: was steady at 4J6 per cent, the last loan being at 5 per n Spain. seut to North in 1900 to- the sun's total of yesterday's Money on call cent ; cotton easy, closing firm, No. 2 red steady, middling uplands 6 5-16c; flour was neglected and steadier; wheat spot 824 c ; corn spot firm, No. 2 43442c ; rosin firm; spirits turpentine steady at ! ! EATHEB R next week. Justice E. B. Clowe has de cided to close his magistrate's office, re cently opened on Second street, and will take a position this morning in the car building department of the A. C. L. shops. The Austrian barque Uras, Capt. Pasquan, and the Norwegian barque Auldhild, Capt. . Aronsen, ar rived yesterday to Messrs. Heide & Co., the Uras from Marseilles, and the Auldhild from Northampton ; both in ballast. -" - NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. N. F. Parker-Furniture. Lecture "Christian Science.'' Bobbitt Drug Co. Rheumacide. Masonic-alee tingWilmington Lodge EP0RT. U. 3 Dap'r 03- AaaiouLToas ' Weather Bureau, Wilmington, N. Cj., April 17. ) Temperature: 8 A.M. J52 deg. ; 8 P.M., 53 deg. ; maximum, 63 deg. ; minuaum, 46 deg. ; mean, 53 deg. Riinfall for the day, .0; rainfall since 1st of the month up to date, 1.41. Stage of water in the river at Fay - etteviile at 8 A. M., 9 feet. F03K0AST FOK to-DAY. . Washington, April 17. For North Carolina Showers and warmer Tues day fresh southwesterly winds; partly cloudy Wednesday. BUSINESS LOCALS. Dominion Co. Agents wanted. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Port Aimftn&c April 18. rfun Rises ...... 5.25 A. M. (Sun Sets . .V . . -; 6.34 P. M. JavY Length 13H. 09 M. k--digh Water at Southport 1.53 A. M. High Water, Wilmington 5.23 A. M. Yale j. is modest. It wants only -$5,510,000, while thai Chicago Uni versity wants $9,000,000. There is something hoggish about Chicago anyway. ' ' There is one town ihip in Michi gan where bicyclists i ire prohibited by law from riding on the public thoroughfares. When they want to . take a spin they have to take to the woods or some other township. i The fame of the Colored soldier ca3 spread, even to Mawaii. A re porfc that a colored garrison was to be sent to Honolulu called forth a' meeting of the citizens and a vigor ously phrased protekt against the visitation. - Th ai also ere are some pri gigantic tree3 which still defy the winds, their fromi 4,000 to 6,000 years. There is one. iu Mexico which circumference, and is 5,000 years old. itty venerable ages ranging is 117 feet in paid to be over Ojeneral Ludlow, 1: Military Govern or of Havana, has hac. a statue of Queen Isabella which stood in one of he parks taken do w n and put in the morgue. As royalty is dead in Cpba the morgue is a very proper place for this relic of Isabella. Some of the Mississippi river steamboat captains are accommodat ing fellows. One of them recently tied up his boat for frro- hours while the clerk went ashoi e to hunt up a cow to have her mi ked for a sick passenger. That Cap. has the milk ol human kindness ir him. (Chief Justice Chambers of Samoa, 13 a native of Columbus, Ga. He waa formerly a law partner of Secre tary of the Navy, Herbert, and was appointed to his present position by President Cleveland, j who had pre viously appointed him a commis sioner to settle some land disputes. Mr. W. J. Rouse, af Kinston, is here on business. . Mr. P. A. Daniels, of Golds boro. is in the city on business! Mr. W. E. Jone3, , of Greens boro, is registered at The Orton. Mr. W. E. Collins, of Harrells ville, spent last night in the city. Mr. W. H. CoUins, of Wallace, was a visitor in the city yesterday. Mr. J. H. Shrene, of Washing ton, D. C, was in the city yesterday.' ' A. G. Ricaud, Esq., of New York, is in the city on professional business: , ' Mr. W. C. Marshall, of Berta, Pender county. Was a visitor to the city yesterday. Capt. J. W. Fry, of Greens boro, and Capt. W. E. Kyle, of Fay etteville, are registered at The Orton. Lieuts. E. E. Stanley and R. W. Horn, of the United States army spent several hours in the city yes terday. Mr. J. W. Jenkins, represent ing Messrs. P. H. Hanes & Co., of Winston, is spending several days in the city. He is at The Orton. Mr. . George Davis, formerly of Wilmington, an expert machinist in the railroad shops at Richmond, Va., is in the city visiting his mother. Mr. S. Vance Scott, of Moore county, a clever travelling saleman representing several well known fur- -niture manufacturing establishments of this and other States, is in the city for severaL-days. , The Vote Required. In answer to several inquiries the Stab will state that it will require a majority of the qualified voters (which means the registered voters) of New Nanover countv to carry the bond issue. That is to say, the advocates of the bonds must actually poll a majority of ..the vote. It is' diff erenite with those who oppose - the bonds. They may vote or they may not vote and the effect is the same. A vote not cast is just as good as a vote cast against the bonds. Many voters are under the impression that a majority of the votes actually polled would be sufficient to authorize the bond issue. This is a mistake. In Magisterial Circles. i Alex Davis, colored, was arraignea, in Justice McGowan's court yesterday morning on a warrant sent over by George Price, J. P., charging defen dant with the embezzlement of $2 f ronr D. W.-Teachey, also colored. Justice McGowan decided there was not prob able cause and Davis was released. Justice Fowler tried Lushelly Lewis and Simon Washington, negroes who live in "Brooklyn," also yesterday for disorderly conduct. The offences where nt. ao-crravated and the defendants' were -dismissed upon payment; of costs. -, The April term of the New Hanover Superior Court was convened yester day morning by Judge E. W. Timber-: lake, the court officers being Rodolph Duffy, Esq., solicitor; Col. Jno. D. Taylor, clerk, and Mr. Walter G. Mac Rae, high sheriff . The jury for this, the first week of the term, is as fol lows: D. H. Penton, Jordan Nixon J. W. Strickland, J. H. Hewlett, F, W. Mohr, G. W. Penny, H. C. Wright, Jno. J. Forest, J. G. W. Tienkeo, J. A. Bran jer and L. Chap man. - "" 1 j- Quite a number of cases set for trial for different days of the : term were continued, the position of others ,on tne calendar was cnanged, and one judgment and an order for sale were entered. The judgment was for the plaintiff in the sum of $400 in the case of J. M. Mai pass vs. the Farmer's Mutual Fire Insurance Co., and the order for sale of property was in the case of J. D. Bellamy vs. W A. Howe. Yesterday's calendar was disposed of as follows. 1 1 American Exchange National Bank vsj.J. Davis, receiver, and National Bank vs. J. Davis, receiver, set I for trial on Wednesday; Saxaphaw Lum ber Co. vs. Aberdeen Lumber Co. and Saxaphaw LumberJCo. - vs. W. W. Mills, set for trial on Wednesday. I. Meares et aL, receiver, vs. W.! G. Whitehead and I. Meares et al.,! re ceiver, vs. W. A. Whitehead & Son, set for trial on Wednesday. j The following cases were continued until the next term of the Court. 1 . , MellaH. Hullen vs. City of Wil mington ; Roberts and Hoge vs. G. T. Bland; W. E. Worth & Co. vs. T. J. Ferguson & Co. ; W. A. Farris vs. T. J. Furguson; J. L. Boatwright & Co.; vs. T. J. Ferguson & Co. ; S. W. San-j ders & Co. vs. T. J. Ferguson & Co. ; Giles Cannon vs. T- J. Ferguson & Co. : .A G. Ricaud. receiver, vs. W. H. Chadbourn et al. ; J. R. Turrentme vs. City of Wilmington; Sterling Cycle Works vs. M. P. Taylor, Jr. et al.; Armour Packing Gov vs. Iredell Meares; R. W. Hicks vs. J, R. Turreni tine & Co. ; W. B. Blade vs. Trustees of Shiloh Baptist Church; Lloyd C. McCoy vs. Carolina Central R. R. Co.! The j case of Price McDuffie vs.! Powers', Gibbs & Co. was set for trial on next Monday, and that of Virginia Carolina Chemical Co. vs. J. P, Ker ven for trial on Friday of this week. The following cases are on the trial calendar for to-day: J. R. Stross, Esq.,1 vs. City of Wilmington; The Butter wick Pub. Co. vs. C. W. Polvogt Co. j and Monarch Cycle Manufacturing Co.1 vs. M. P. Taylor, Jr., & Co. I There was no afternoon session of the court yesterday. Recess was taken until 9.30 o'clock this morning. j To-night at 8 o'clock a very im portant meeting of the L. A. W. Club will be held in their rooms over Yoppand Helm's bicycle store. It is at this meeting that final and effective action is to be taken in the matter of the organization of a stock company for the building of a race track. The boys are now confident of success. As previously reported the site ; for the proposed track is near the second toll house on the shell road. Plans are being laid now to have a first-class relay race here very soon. It is expected that a team from New born will racS against an L. A. W. team of this city. The matter of races for the coining season wilkalso be dis cussed and plans formulated to-night. Officers for the ensuing six months' terms will be elected tonight. The present officers are: 1 k President J. A. Piatt.. - Vice President Henry J . McMillan, Jr. ''- '"" .V . " I , Secretary and Treasurer Hardy Le Gwin.. I' - Captain of Racing Team R. G. Ran kin,' Jr. . :: s -iv . !, i: ) The club is now cozilv quartered on Market street, between Second and Third, having moved from Second street. The new rooms are nicely fin ished in the club's colors, white and blue, , and are quite neatly furnished. Played In Newbern Last Night Were Entertained by Craven Social Club. , Ooldsboro Tonight ! RALEIGH'S, BUDGET. AN 1MpRMPTU N- Led by Mr. M. C. Elliott in Hibernian ' Hall Ust Night Those Who Participated, . NEW. ADVERTISEMENTS. The Smallpox Situation There - . Continues to Grow More Serious. The Wilmington Paint and Powder Club is now making a tour of the State, playing their superb - double bill performance, "Comedy and Tragedy" and "The Merry Maid." They left the city, according to pre arrangement, at 2.25 P. -M. yesterday, for Newbern, where they played last' night.' After the play the club was delightfully en tertained by the Craven Social7 Club, From Newbern they will go to Golds -boro and play there to-night. " As previously announced the club "I is accompanied by Mrs. Geo. P. Cotch ett, 'as chaperone. Mr. S. A. Schloss was to have made the tour as manager, but pressing business engagements keeps him at home and Mr. Henry J. Gerken is with the club as manager in his stead. ! The members of the club who appear on the stage are Miss Hattie Taylor Miss Anhie Lee, Miss Nessie Cotchett, Miss Eliza McPherson, Mr James Cowan, Mr.' W. F. Robertson, Mr. Thos. H. Wright,. Mr. Walker Vick and Mr. James Cotchett. THE WORK OF VACCINATION. Cases at Monroe and - Other Points Bel ' " lamy Dockery Contest Another v; Blunder in the Revenue Act. Naval Reserves' Cruise. ; CAROLINA COOPERAGE COMPANY. ROADS AND ROAD BUILDING. Prof. Holmes, State Geologist, Discussed Matter With Business Men Yesterday. Prof. J. A. Holmes, the State geolo gist, who came down from Chapel Hill Saturday, spent most of the day yes terday in looking over available ma terial in the immediate neighborhood of Wilmington that can; be used for road construction in the event the voters of the county decide in favor of the bond issue of $50,000, an election upon which is to be held the first Tues day in May. T Yesterday afternoon-at 4 o'clock he met with a number of the business men of the city at thV Produce Ex change rooms and informally dis cussed the result of his investigations and the matter of road building in general. Prof.' Holmes is an interest ing talker and his wide experience in road construction in this and adjoin ing States, has given him almost a na tional reputation. j ! Yesterday morning he visited the artesian well being drilled at Hilton by the Clarendon Water Works Co., and made geological examinations of the stratas of earth and rock, through which the well is being sunk.' He also took the temperature of the earth and rock at the bottom of the Well, which has now reached a depth of about 1,165 feet SHIPMENTS OP STRAWBERRIES. Judge Purneii Yesterday Declared It Bank- rupt in Response to Petitioners, j Iredell Meares, Esq , one of the counsel for J. E. Tyner in his case against the Carolina Cooperage Co., received a telegram from Raleigh yes terday stating that Judge Purnell had granted the petition of certain creditors asking that the defendant : corporation be declared bankrupt. Brooke G. Empie and Franklin McNeill,! Esqs., associated counsel with Mr. Meares in the case, who are in Raleigh in the in terest of their client, gave noticejof an appeal to the United States! Circuit Court of Appeals which convenes at Richmond, Va., in May. j ! 1 It will be remembered that Mr. Tyjier, at the last session of New Hanover Superior . Court, wa3 given damages to the amount of $2,000 against the Cooperage Company and an execution was issued forthwith, placing the property "of the Cooperage Co., in the hands of the sheriff for the settlement of the claim allowed by the court. Later, other creditors than Mr. Tyner entered a petition for. the bankruptcy of the company, and counsel for the plaintiff ' fought it, claiming a priority of claim and therefore a full settlement by virtue of the execution. j Depositions' of a large number of witnesses, including the manager and some of the stockholders of the com pany, were taken touching the sbl fencyof the company before Geo. H. Howell, Notary Public, all of which were submitted to Judge Purnell yes terday, upon which he based his deci sion that the company is insolvent. AN EXODUS OF NEGROES. j MONDAY'S MUNICIPAL COURT. Mayor Pro-Tern. Springer Meted Out Jus tice to City Offenders Yesterday. George Bell, Joe Southerland, Wm. Moore, j Edward Long, Sidney Arnold and Jaines Gray, white tramps, more commonly called "hoboes," were be-) fore Mayor pro tem Springer yesterday charged with vagrancy. They were arrested Sunday night in a vacant house near corner Tenth and Grace streets j by Policemen Harriss and Woolard, and were let off by the Mayor on promise to leave town at once, which they did, Policeman Win-r ner having bedn detailed to give them an escort to the city limits. j Other cases tried yesterday were: Burt Green, colored, drunkenness and disorderly conduct; thirty days on the streets or $15 fine and costs. Boston Spelding, colored, assault on Policeman Tony Swain ; twenty days on the streets or $10 and costs. Wm! Stewart, colored, drunkenness and disorderly jonduct ; let off with costs. King David Bell, colored, same of fence; same punishment. . Several Crates Shipped From Wilmington and Points on W. & W. Yesterday. Mr. J. H. Bostick writes the Stab that four crates of strawberries were shipped from Willard, in Pender county, ryesterday the first of the season from that point. Mr. H. D. Beery, local representa tive at Warsaw of the Biglow Fruit Ohio, also writing Co., Cleveland, yesterday, says: "The first strawberries to leave this section for Cleveland,; Ohio, were shipped by express by ; J. C. Jones, Rocky Point, Saturday, April 15th two crates, which were sold this morn ing at 40 cents per quart. Our aspara gus market this morning is from $3. 50 to $4.50, according to quality. Lettuce not wanted in our market." Mr. W. A. Riach, who gathered probably the first strawberries in East ern North Carolina, 'shipped two crates from his farm near the city yes terday to Lord 8c Spencer, of Boston. POLICE COMMITTEE IN SESSION. More Than a Hundred Left Wilmington Yesterday for Northern Cities. I Over a hundred negroes including women and children left yesterday via the A. C. L. trains for Norfolk and northern cities, including New York and Boston. Most of them went via Newbern on the afternoon train yes terday and two special cars were at tached to the regular , passenger train for their accommodation. Others left on the various trains in the morning for points north, prefer- ing to take the trip by rail rather than by water. " For some months the negroes have been saving a portion of their wages for the purpose of leaving the city, and yesterday a large instalment took their departure. It is understood that there are 'several other parties in process of formation, with the 'same end in view, and these are expected to materialize within the next few weeks. Special Star Porrespondence.1 Raleigh, N. C.April 17. The . smallpox Situation, here con tinues to grow worse. Though, so far vaccination has been voluntary, so many people have' refused to permit it that Mayor Powell said this morning he thought compulsory vaccination would have to be resorted to. So far the work !of vaccination has been done by two physicians. Drs. McGeachy and Buff aloe. But the proportion of un vaccinated population is so' great that they have made very slow progress. . Today1 two other physicians were -employed to help them, and it is very likely that a fifth one will be employed in a few days. Saturday two t Raleigh negroes, brakemen on the. Seaboard Air Line, were found to have smallpox in Mon roe making three negroes that have gone from here to that town with the disease in a week; In part payment for this Anson county to-day sent us one case Allen Bennett, a Seaboard brakeman. He went voluntarily to the pest house; . One of the suspects, Elbert Evans, ran away Saturday night. . The super intendent of health went to his house, examined him, told him he had small- gx and ordered the pest house wagon, ut as soon as the! superintendent left and before the wagon could arrive the negro had disappeared and no trace of him has been found, though his house has been twice searched. The two families that livedwith him fourteen persons have been vaccinated and quarantined. . s Judge MacRae has moved his family here from Fayetteville. They will in future make Raleigh their home. Bellamy 'Dockery Contest. The Bellamy-Dockery contest is to be transferred to Raleigh this week. Wednesday morning at ten o'clock de positions in behalf of the contestant, Oliver H. Dockery, will be taken here. The examination may continue several days. . j . The witnesses summoned here are largely exiles, who were banished from Wilmington! during the riot last Fall. -- I The case of Bryan vs. Patrick, for the presidency of the Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad j was heard this af ternoon at Tarboro by Judge Hoke at Chambers. Mr. EVM. Simmons rep resented Bryan and Judge MacRae ap peared for Patrick. No matter how the case is decided, it will be appealed to the Supreme Court. That tribunal will be asked to advance the case on the docket and decide it at this session. Special Star Telegram.' . . The Revenue Act Another mistake was discovered to day in the revenue act In the first part of the clause imposing a franchise tax on dispensaries, it says this tax shall be paid "annually- to the State Treasury." ThenJ at the end of the clause, it prescribes that "it shall be the duty of all managers of dispensaries to pay to the county treasurer, for the benefit of the school fund of the county, all the taxis herein imposed on uch dispensaries, j Naval Reserves' Cruise. It has been decided that one hun dred of the Naval Reserves will take a cruise in May on the Prairie. The rest will make their practice cruise in A delightful impromptu german was given in Hibernian Hall last night led by. Mr. M. C. Elliott The; partici pants were: v.. , r Mr. J. M. Stevenson with Miss Sue McQueen; Mr. Thos. W. Davis with Miss Anna Peck; Mr. Champ McD. Davis with. Miss Hodges, ;i of Wil son; Mr. Jno. C. James with Miss Lucy Latham; Mr. Geo. E. Crow with Miss Mary. Calder; Mr. Jno. Peschau with Miss Marie Pes chau; Mr. Chas. Haigh with Miss Marion Mallett, of Taylorsville; Mr. Edwin Metts with Miss Nash, of Portsmouth; Mr. Willie Crow with Miss Eunice West; Mr. Almond El liott with Miss Lamb, of Norfolk; Mr. Ed tsrown with Miss Armstrong; Mr. Robert Nash with Miss Jeanie Peck; Mr. George James with Miss Octavia Boatwright ; Mr. Michael Schenck with Miss Mary Jennings Bellamy; Mr. Nash DeRosset with Miss Margaret Hoyt, of Washington; 'Mr. Willie Moore with Miss Harden, of South Carolina. i Stags Mr. Milton Elliott, Mr, Joe Bid good and Mr. Howell Fry; -- ; . ... . -.!-.. fMerf r Lv For any kind of GOOD SHOES Call on Us. We can generally enlt even the moat fastidi ous customer. 1 Be sore and see the "JENNE8S MILLKK"- mt ". S3. SO Be sore ana see the DUTTENHOFERS at 1 S.00 Be sure and see the DUTTENHOFERS - I at 3.50 Be snre and see the DUTTENHOFERS i at .2.00 These are the BEST SHOES HADE, at the prices, for Ladles1 wear. i i - The w. L. Douglass Gent's Fine Shoes are Beauties." Try them also. i t Fresh supplies constantly arriv tag. MERCER & EVANS. apr 16 tf ! II S All 1 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ST. JOHN'S HALL, Aprr 18, 189J. Wilmington Lodge No. 319, A. f. & A; M. JJEGULAR MONTHLY COMMUNICATION this (Tuesday) evening at 8 o'clock. THAT BLOWS 110 GOOD Visiting brethren we apr 18 it icome. i THOS. F. BAGLEY, Secretary. N. P. PARKER, ' Furniture and Furniture Novelties, No. 17 South Front Street. That my "Special Bargains" are genuine and real, hundreds of satisfied customers will affirm. ? This week only FIFTEEN SIDEBOARDS AT FACTORY COST. Terms one-half i cash, bal ance May 15th. Open Mondays and Thursdays till 8.30 P. M. apr 18 tf . " LECTURE i EDWARD HAMMOND, O. S. D - of Baltimore. ? On CHRISTIAN SCIENCE, WHAT IT IS AND .! WHAT IT DOES. f AT THE OPERA HOUSE, Thursday Night, April 80, 8 o clock, : .1 PUBLIC INVITED. To any competitor who. In order to palm off Inferior Flour tells a buyer that his is,' just as good" as a competitors he thereby ownsup his is second best. It is pretty hard to get blood out of 'a Turnip, so is It hard to get nice Flour from poor wheat.. I J The brands we offer are "Stock's Best Patent;" a a a a US. If r a Iwanrlt. and having Btood up against everything for ten years is stlU unequaled, as it Is made from the highest quality of wheat, and highest cost of wheat. i ' Try it just once, i VOLLERS & hashagen; aprietf Sole Agents apr 18 St ADMISSION FREE. MULLETS! MULLETS! 75 barrels Mullets, I 100 barrels Sugar, 1 150 bags Coffee. jl 1700 barrels Flour. 1800 kegs Nails. f 300 boxes Soap. f . 500 boxes Lye. And quantities of other Groceries. GET MY PRICES. f Heavy and Fancy Groceries. X Y ? ? V V V Y 5! D. L. GORE, apr 8tf WHOLESALE GROCER, Wilmington, N. C. July on the Hornet. 4 BY RIVER AND RAIL. New Arrivalsf Daily in Staple and Fancy . Groceries and Provisions. . we can interest the trade In Sugar, Coffee, Flour, Salt, Molasses, &c. GET OUR PRICES BEFORE BUYING. HALL & PEARSALL, aprlltf Nutt and Mulberry streets. We have just received a large and select stock, which we offer to the trade at close figures: Flour, Salt, Molasses, Coffee, Tobacco, Snuff, Bacon, Lard, Soaps, Meal, Rice, Bagging, Ties, Nails, nvntArR. Poaches. Cakes. Cheese. Corn Cigarettes, Tomatoes, etc. In fact, jA I - Y Everything kept in a $ First-class Grocery Store. i , WRITEIFOB I QUOTATIONS. WILLIAMS BROS., - - Wholesale Grocers and uuiiuiiiaoiuii hici uiinn.o. fe!8tf PEACH CREAM. Lemon Orange Pineapple Sherbet, MEETS IN WlLflJINQTON JUNE 24TH. AN EARLV MORNING FIRE. The I Women in Illinois wearing feathers and theij- hats may get tjrouble, for the passed a law imposin S ?l F A . mt To io on any person who persist in stuffed birds on themselves in egislatnre has a fine of from who shall have in his or her possession, Qr offer -' for sale any feathers, skins of birds, or parts of birds, to be nsed in mil. linery or for any similar pnrpose. Mayor Waddell Retarned. CoL and Mrs. A. M. Waddell re turned yesterday from Goose Creek Church, near Charleston, wnere as nreviously noted they went to attend special anniversary services. They spent several hours in Charleston on their return trip, and among oiner places of interest visited the splendid new auditorium being erected espec ially for the Confederate reunion to be held there in May. The New York .St '.n rises to re mark that "althongt the actual hos tilities of our war wi ;h Spain lasted about a hundred c ays, the van quished nation was ( eprived of pos sessions comprising more than 160,- 000 square miles andl containing up ward of ten million Considering the fact 120,000,000 for a lot aha couldn't hold it isVt quite appar ent where the deprivation comes in. human beings." that Spain got of islands that Yacht Incomsr. A snecial disDatch to the Star from Southport reports the arrival there of the schooner yacht Ingomar of the New York Yacht Club, from Tampa, Fla , bound to New York, and wait ing favorable winds. Be sure and visit Rehder's this week. "Fruit of the Loom" bleaching, 5ic: yard-wide "Sea Island," 3c; Menand Boys' suits, $1.98 and upwards; water glasses, OO OWiU , aaj- wuw dale" cambric, 8Jc. This . week at Rehder's. ; . ; .' T , Residence of Mr. C. C. Blake Dam- aged Sunday Morninf." The residence of Mr. C. C. Blake, No. 819 Princess street, was badly damaged by fire yesterday morning. The alarm was turned in from box 35, at 2:48 A. M. The Fre Depart ment made a very prompt response but the fire had made such headway hfore discovery that fully $200 damage was done before the flames were extinguished. I The building is owned by the heirs of the late W. Q. Fowler and the loss is covered by insurance with com panies represented by J. J. Fowler, Esq. Considerable damage was aone to Mr. Blake's furniture. He has in surance with Dr. W. W. Harriss. Lonsdale Cambric, 9c; Long Cloth, 12c; this week at The C. W. Poivogt Co.'s It is their Bargain Week. j Snendvour cash and save money this week at The C. W. Polvogt Co.'s It is their Bargain Week. t Contract Awarded to Messrs. A. David & Co. for Furnishing Police Uniforms. : Aldermen Taylor, Worth andHanby, composing the city police committee, met in the Mayor's office -yesterday afternoon and awarded the contract ! for furnishing the police with uni forms to Messrs. A. David & Co., it having appeared that their bid of $11.75 per suit was the lowest among the lot of eleven bids received for this purpose. Most of the proposals were from Wilmington firms, the single ex ception being oner from a Baltimore clothing house. The men will have, their measures taken at once and Messrs. David & Co. will fill the con tract at the earliest possible time. ' - It was also decided to have the style of the uniform, sack coat, square cut; privates to wear cork helmet, re gulation style and weight. - Will Lecture Thursday Ni.ht Edward Hammond, C. S- D., of Baltimore, is expected to come here within the next day or two and will deliver a lecture in the Opera House on Thursday night, at 8 o'clock, on the subject of -4 'Christian . Science, What It Is nd What It Does." A cordial invitation is extended, the general public to hear the lecture. As will be seen from the advertisement elsewhere in the Star, admission will be free. Remember that The C. W. Polrogt Co. are having their Bargain Week. Call this week. Extra help employed, Terms cash. I Bargains in every, department at The CT W. Polvogt Co.'s c It is their Bargain Week.. .; ; ' : T L A busy store-The C. W. Polvogt Co.'s It is their Bargain Week. Terms cash. - t. Extra help employed to wait on the rush at The C. W, Polvogt Co.'s It is their Bargain Week. i:::-rs.i& Episcopal Convention of East Carolina Dio cese in St. James' Church. Bishop Watson, with the concur rence of the Standing Committee,-' has decided that the annual convention of the East Carolina Episcopal Diocese will meet in this city with St James' Church Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, June 25th, 26th, 27th and 28th, instead of at Kinston, N. C. as previously arranged. t This change is made on account of the reported prevalence of smallpox in Kinston, and as sixty days' notice is required to be given, the committee and Bishop Watson thought it best to announce the convention to be held here. The event will bring quite a num ber of ministers and laymen to the city, as the diocese comprises a large district and is one of the most impor tant conventions of the church. Negro Emigrant Stole Money. A telegram authorizing the arrest of Jim Ruffin, a negro painter who left with the party of negroes yesterday afternoon was sent by Chief of Police Paraele, yesterday to Newbern authorities at the instance of Hannah Jenkins, a colored cook, living at No. 106 Walnut street, who claims that before leaving Ruffin stole from her house money to the amount of about. $7 and a silver watch. , T As yet Chief Parmele has no noti fication of the arrest of the negro, i Messrs. J. H. Render & Co.'s store was so crowded yesterday , that many, customers v could not be waited upon. ''j:i-:f p?f:- Receipts of Naval Stores and Cotton Yesterday. W. & W. Railroad 7 bales cotton, 4 barrels crude turpentine. W., C. & A. Railroad 44 bales cot ton, 8 casks spirits! turpentine, 65 bar rels rosin, 19 barrels tar. A. & Y. Railroad 14 barrels rosin. W. & N. Railroad 22 bales cotton, 10 casks spirits turpentine. Steamer Driver 24 casks spirits tur pentine, 27 barrels; rosin, 94 barrels tar, 6 barrels crude turpentine. Steamer Frank Bessoms 140 barrels rosin, 29 barrels tar. i Hpecers .b'lat 37 Barrels tar. i Total Cotton, 73 bales.; spirits tur pentine, 42 casks; rosin, 232 barrels; tar, 193 barrels, M0 barrels crude tur pentine.' , I"- QOVERNOR WILL REMAIN IN ti. C. 98. Yanila Cream Chocolate Cream, Bisque Cream. -1 1 The above figures tell a remarkable story; they represent almost exactly the percentage of CURBS made by,; Take Your Choice. Let us Have your uraers. inn PALACE BAKERY, Has No Idea of Going to New York to Prac- . - . tl Law. ;- V The Raleigh Poht of Sunday says : ,"The statement that Governor Russell 'intends to locate in New York and en gage in the practice of law is untrue. This information eomes from reliable authority; 1 "The Governor will not resigD, neither will he leave the State.'" the wonderf nl new constitutional cure for RHEUMATISM. The other two per cent, were not curable, or failed to take medi cine according to directions. Thousands have been cured. In view of the fact that many physicians think that rheuma- i t iMH.Vi. nnl .i mnBt Mmulfaa falLlt must be true that RHEUMACIDE Is the greatest medical discovery of the aire, particulars anu lemmiuiutuB - ui NO. 119 aprl4tf - MARKET STREET. many well known people sent iee to au applicants. Manufactured THE BOBBITT DRUG! CO., Raleigh, N. C. Sold wholesale and retail in Wilmington by R. R. BELLAMY. ! By Druggists generally at II .00 per bottle, apr IS ly - tuth s . I The Congressional Contest. Further evidence in rebuttal will be taken by contestant in the Congres sional election contest case before No tary W. M. Kelly, at Rockingham, beginning at 10 o'clock A. M., on Fri day, April 21st. The witnesses for examinatidn are George E. Flow, of Monroe ; ex-Sherifjf A. M. Long, Clau dius Dockery, Esq., of Rockingham, and Capt. W. L Everett, Clerk of the The Unrchison National Bank. ' Capital 5200.000. t II. c. RIcQ.VEEN, President. . JT. V. OBAINGEB Cashier. HOTT'S VINEGAR. 25X barrel. Mott'a Vinegar. 85 barrels XXX -Vinegar. 10 kegs Fish Roe. 240 bales Best Hay, 670 bushels Corn. 175 bushels Oats.. 800 bushels Meal. 25 cases Smoked Shoulders 50 boxes D. S. Sides. 23 . boxes Plates, 75' eases Pure Lard. U 68 eases Compound Lard. - W. B. COOPER, t wholesale Grocer. i apr9tf Wilmington. M.J izoc r Ask any Good Housekeeper WHAT THEY KNOW ABOUT Corneau's I Bed Bug Interceptic And they wul ten 'you Just what we have been telling you for years. THAT IT IB THE BEST THUftt or its una tney ever uoou. r I 20c JAS. D. MUTT, Druggist. apr 6tf This Bank offers to the business public unsurpassed - 5 T' 1 J A - I A A sapenor uoun ot i auaimonu couuiy. I TaCIUIIBS in BVCry Oepanmeni. mi tt i 1ttt IatitiATI Accuracy, Safety and polite mtJ UillUU&J VJUlUOi. anemion guaranietsu. Foreign Exchange : bought Springfield Hams 12 1-2 cents. The Sunday Afternoon Service. A very interesting meeting was con ducted by Mr. B. A. Jones at the Y. M. C. A. Sunday afternoon.- Mr. Jones broueht favorably before the young men Young Men." the service was . a solo by Mrs: C. G. Woody, who sang ; "Ashamed - of Jesus." : Mrs. W. L. Latta also par ticipated in the musical programme. and sold. "The Opportunities of A delightful feature of . DIRECTORS: Few days only. T M DiMICRSON. A. 8. WILLIAMS, J. A. BPBIKOKl,., J. C. STEVENSON, Aw B. NICEOLB. K. H. MUROHISON. R. W. WALLACE. : FRED KIDDER, N. B. RANKIN. SiS301' W. H. BPRUNT. : maiau - Good heavy . Horse for sale.' s. w. aprlltf SANDEBS. v;v.s.-vi.. ,1 1