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VOLUM XI.
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA,' SUNDAY, JUNE 20. 1880.
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THE CONVENTION" OF THE BE
PUBLICANS OF THE STATE OF
NORTH CAROLINA, WILL MEET
INTtiE CIlX UlV UALMUll,
, ,
THE SEVENTH DAY OF JULY,
1830, FOR THE PURPOSE O Y NO 1
INATING TWO ELECTORS AT
LARGE, AND STATE OFFICERS.
BY ORDER OF STATE EX ECU-
TTIVE COMMITTEE;
GKNKUAL COMMKNTd.
The nomination of Guv. Jarvis for
h-elction bythe Democrats was a
forf gone conclusion to those who knew
that he held the machiuery ofthe party.
He was not -only nominated himself,
but he took along under, the same ar-
rapirement the nomination of Lieut.
, a t
Gov. Robinson, Col. W..L. Saunders
for Secretary ot fet ate, ur. worm ior
Treasurer, and Thof, S.. Kenan lor
Atturney (Teneral. Gov. Jarvis is the
Samuel J.-Ti'den of North Carolina,
and there iaa provincial GramercyPark I
at Raleijih. 1 '
It i Kuffictentlv stranse.abat aLer it
I.'hr been an oooti secret for more than
lur. rnira lfll flnv JPVmftlir WHS trO-
i i j J i u - r
lubited by hi pbysiciaEB from being
..fLuUrJal rnnvminn. aii
iIioua 1 arkorillaf IMPS fthOlllil KlLVn bfifill
IIIVOU SPiVVM-u,"'-"" v . 3
extant as to makinc him the Democratic
candidate fjr the Presidency, -j
Uncle Samuel Ti'den has been con
sulting lately at Gramcrcy Park, with
" T- C3....I.A- rnn1n1l",'Umi'lk'1ir .TDOl
.KIT. GJilTJVi;! IVtlUUUIIj UlllllU M VVJ-,
(ol cipher ragrancc), Levenett Salton-
fctall of Boston, et als. as to his chances
iit Cincinnati. Be has sent circulars
all over the country asking certain
cunning questions, such as, Vis he (S.
J. T.) ntt to-day the tjMrcPresident?"
and asking finally if the Cincinnati
Jon vent ion wjiot bound to make repa-
' ratiwu to Uncle Sammy by nominating
.
'hi tn again.
Gen Gaf field was serenaded at Wash
ingtonH'y the Veteran Club Wednesday
xl. in
nrniilMif lull I IHUPIW I 111 rt I.I lirilHV I
General, made the welcoming speech,
to wliich Gen. Garfield replied. Then
"addresses were made by Hon. Geo. M.
Robeson, Gen. Williams of Wisconsin,
Geu. Logan aud others. It was an im
ntenre crowd and the enthusiasm was
unbounded.
GVn. Garfield said to-night to a f riend
tliul be should make no reply to the
.barges brought ajiaiust him; that he
fully replied some years ago, and
I i:ii if ii tripnd thOUPUt it ntcessarv
Ur Hpi ak they could u?e
had to say.;
It is thought tLat the vote of North
Caroliua at 'Cincinnati will be 18 for
l'.jyard and 2 for Horatio Seymour,
Prof, II. M. Taut oiDartraouth Col
lege has received the appointment oi
Prolessor of Astronomy in the Univcr
tity of Tokio, in Japan. ;
The Reiublicans of Indiana have
nominated a state ticket which they
intend to elect. Their ticket isy Hon.
Albert G. Porter for Governor; Thos.
Hanua for Lieut. GovernoT; R. S. Hill
lor Treusurei; and Judge D. P. Bald
win for Attorney General, lion. John
C. JNew is chairman of. the State Re-
nublicau Committee.
Senator Vance married at Louisville
w.ioc.i. lU rMonr nf tho
w -j .i t i'i a t
bridy mother, Mrs. l lorence b. MarT
tu. The ceremony was performed by
Rt. iRev. Bifcbop McClokey of the
Catholic Church. The party will spend
the summer at the White Sulphur
. .1
SpriDgs.
Gen' GarfiflM h Irft fur bin hom
in Mentor Ohio
in Mentor, Ohio , (
There was a gplendid , ratification
meetiojT of the Gnrfilf1 nru Arthnr
. " .
,t cooper 1-sUiuteJ.ft
CoDgress adjourned on the 16th inst
without day. It has been a very flatu-
' lent body, of the do-nothing order. It,
last hcurs were languid; with the sins
of its inefficient maiority, and it may
almost be said that it 'died and made
rt el
. b
HThe Democratic National Convention
assemb.es in Cincinnati this week,
New Fnglniidi New York and Pennsyl-
v.iiiin.1 Mi ni mnHllv to farnr. Uncle
bauiut l Tiliien, but the. real difficulty
jmhih ti b to agree on the most avail
able man. Mr. Nordhoff, the Herald
special, ;w ho is apt to be well posted,
suvi that it i the purpose of the Tilden
men to muster more than a third of the
convention, and thus dictate the nomi
nation. But be doubts if he can con
tnl 200 delegates. It will, without
doubt be a mixed up body at first.
OUGAMZ VT1UN OF A GARFIELD
A D A iitii u ir CLUB
WjLMr.vcTON, N. C. June 20, 1880
'Mr. Editor; The Republicans of
the city of Wilmington met last night
in man im tine to organize a Centra
GainVJd y tu) Arthur Club. The meet
ing wus rallid to order by Mr, Geo. W.
Price, jr. , -Upon, motion Mr. Duncan
Holmes vas made temporary chairman
anrTM. W.:!T Branch tem orar v sec-
rotirv TIjo tomnnraru rli iirmnn nlerrt.
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came forward and before taking the
chair declared hU alb giance "to the
old National Republican party, the
party of justice, pue rogresa and
honor."-. 1
Upon a otion a commiiUe-on perma
nent organization was appoiuted by the
chair. The committee having retired,
Co'. (J. L- Alabson was called, and in
hin usual happy manner addressed the
enthusiastic assemblage; Mr. II. h
Scott was tiext called and responded in
a glowi' g speech, after which the com
mittee on permanent orcanizition came
forward aiiu made 'he following report:
Fur Pj;ident, II. E. Scott; Vicc-
Presideois, M; W. Hi Branch, Daniel
Howard,; II. B. Green, Sol. Nixon,
Lewis Bryant and Robert Kennedy.
secretary, w. n. uowe, sr.
Assistant
feecretary, y . K. Price.
The President of the club was then
escorted to the chair amid deafening
cheers., Upon taking the' chair he
thanked the club for the honor con-
erred in a warm and hearty address
Upon motion which was agreed to
ment that the club repair to the house
r
of giving that gentleman a serenade m
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uariy.aiier wniuu
the meeting
i jourucd subject to the call of thePresi-
dent. . W, H. Howe, Secretary,
W. Iw Price, Ass't. !
lt'EPUBL'luAN BXECUTlVfci COM-
MIITTEE.
Rooms REr, Exl Committee,
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New Hanover County
June, 19th 18S0
Puri'iautjto.ihe'call, the Republican
Executive Committee for the county of
New Hanover met a ; 2 o'clock. P. M.,
of the above date.
Gen. S. H. Manning, .the chairman
of the committee, stated the object of
I 4U..HiMA4 (mm TT i m 4 Arm r -P n a n i
luc.UiLa"1S' "V" ? "'" na
man having exnired with this meet in er.
-
onmotion of L; Ej Rice Gen. Man
ning was reflected Chairman.
On motion'J. E. Sampson wai elect
de Secietary.
On motion it was
Rczohcd; That the
following persons
be and they are hereby appointed from
New Hanover County, as delegates to
the State Convention of the Republi
can party which meets in Raleigh, July
7th, 1880. And it is further
Bcsolvcd, ThatUhef hrst four pn the
followine list, namely. H E Scott of
VjW J- enr lunusuii', uuscpu kj.uju-
Fpurtn W'ardand George L Mabson of
. r 1 m .1" '1
the F irst Ward arc hereby authorized
and empowered to cast the vote of New
all qnv-stions. j
PELEQATTS TO THE STATE CONVEN-
. TION. ' "
H E Scott, Cape FearTownship.
Joseph E Sampson, Third Ward.
L E Rice, Fourth Ward,
oeorge L Mabson, Firrt WiTd.f ,
FIRST WARD! ' 1 "1
W1I II:we, Sr, D O Davis, II
Brewinjrton, E Nichols, S)l H Nixon,
Stephen Bullard, G P. Rourk, James
P Spaun, John JJ JNixon, Mcuras
Byrd, Sol W Nash, Thomas Newkirk,
J 0 Siith, Robert Sweat, Charles P
Gever. Simon A Richardson, Jeffrey
Williams, Abram Mosely, David Nix
on, W P Canaday, Uwen Bnrney, A A
t-w lt. T O T T? 1 TK
Dudley. J S W Eagles, Josh Tucker,
E A Dudley, John EvangelisUSamuei
Reid, Jacob Johnson John Q Nixon,
fe5rd lloward, Josri Meares, James
Batria. Thomas M l Simons, Jame A
Lowery, Josh Galley, Robert Phinney,
J W Bryant, a J bterling, Mills , Uon
ia.'
Beverlv
Wriffht. Bryant Holmes, Aaron Kel
lev. H Lomax, James McNeill. Sol
Austin, John II Brown, ward P
Snckr James L Tucker. W J Kelloee.
E McBride, Duncan yHplmes, Hezekiah
Reid. Tom Brown, Henry i.ucas, ueo
I ur nr.. nunMil' M TTall Phot
b8S$L
James W Galley, Bichard Holmes,
Fred Andrews, Ed Van Dross, Henry
W2,!Kg!i YT?
bon'rn John sugg9, Back Wright, W H
Cotton, Alex Price, - Ed a Ganse,
Elish Cause, Cary Boy ken, Charles H
Htrouds. xnomas xfcODinson, uwen
Mathis. Wm W Waddell, Lewis Free
man. Edward Stills, Cato Sneed, Zack
Koonce, J m otatcner, xrauit aum-
son, Lewis Nixon, Tiiornas Rivers,
Lewis Hollingsworth, BuTrell Amy,
James H V o ve WilUain"- Owwau, pato
Waddell, Thom-'s I5oil.
' " SIX'OSi) V A IID.
S Van.Amrinsce. Georee H Jackson.
J C Scott. S H Manning, James Addi
son, James AGreeln, Georg-s Lee, Paul
McKnight, Saml Sterline, Thomas E
Scott, Robt U Phinney, E H McQuigg.
Balaam Fuller, Jr, Harding Johnson,
Weks Corbett, C E Jevenes, E J Pen
ny packer, C , P Locky, E R Brink,
Charles R Mallett, Daniel Howard,
George E Berden, B G Bates, Ed Lucas,
C R Mallett, Jr, W H Scott. Vm Sul
livan, Robert Washington, Washington
McNeill, George W Robinspn, Joseph
H Noff, J B Worth, U O'Connor. R
WObadwick, g A A Poppe, R C
Myers, Geo Myers, J C Myers.
THIRD WARD.
Edward Davis, James D Dry, Allen
Evan, Alexandria Hostler, Christo
pher Hamilton, Richard Lewis, F O
Sadgwar, 8 R Simmons, Jjhn Wil
liams, David J Deal, John E Taylor.
F-W Foster. James Wilson. David
Bowen. Guy DavM, David Jones, . Wm
K Price, Henry Taylor, Win J Stewart,
BD Morrell, James Anderson, Ste
phen Bowen, Charles A Freman,
Joshua Hamilton, Henry King, Jasper
Owens, N G Sampson, James Sullivan,
John A Whiteman, Isham Young,
J oseph C Abbott, John W Beery,
Stephen Bellamy, John A 'Hargrave,
James H. Lane, Uenj Roam, Prince
Smith, Thomas M . Gardner.
FOUBTA WARD.
Bartemus Bernard, Thomas Byrd. J
Lewis Bryant, Thomas Byrd? Calvin
Blount, Wm Burr, Geo W Belts, John
W Bryant James II Cutler, Win - T
Cntlar, Lewis II Davis?, Jackson 'U
Davis. Silas fc Dean, Robt -D' Davis,
Sarol B Foy, John Gibson, Wash Howe,
Johnson Hooper, H li Walker, H A
Burr, Edward Kidder, George Chad-
bourne, James J I Chadbourue, Wm J
Joh nso n , Ch as J ac k so n , Philip La r
rington Benj Leboo, Joseph John G
Norwood, John C Norwood, Jubn
Owens, George W Price, ,i.Jr, Josh P
Payne, Murphy McNiell, Saml G Jen
kius, Alonz Simmon, David Sadgv
war, Sr, Wright Stanley, L A Hart.
" ' - FIFTH WAK !."' "
Thomas Allen", Edward By rd, Alfred
Cowan, John
I Davis. H. B Green,
James P Green, Valentine Howe, John
H Howe, J C
Hill, Joseph Jon A H
Martin, E D.
ewlett, LJenj Merrick,
Thomas P Reetf, G W Sheridan, Moses
Grainger, Sr, Richard Jones, W B
ill, Preston Spriggs, Josh ill, John
W Foliey, Frank Bryant, Duke Davis,
en ry Green, Anthony owe, Jr, Par
is James, Anthony Peden, C W . Avaur,
Nelson Benton, James K Davis: iec-
tor Davis John J Geyer, 7iram JIxu-
kins, Anthony owe, Sr, Washington
ffnwfl W A Jordan. G T Littleton
John W Moore, B Fill yaw, Lewis
Le Grande, Wesley owe, Moses
Grainger, Jr, David Williams, Johu
White, Chas Ward, John Waddell.
Solomon Moton, Wm Ellerby, W
Banks, G B Farsend. Andrew Till,
Alfred owe, saac Lilly, Gabe Reaves,
John Sheriuan, Win Jones, George
Leonard, James Harriss, Win war
ren, Joseph J Cutlar, Abram Jone?,
Peter Lewi, Henry nill, Elias Camp
bell, James 6Tiark, Edward Clark,
Fred Clark, Saml Ciark, Wm Purnell,.
Frank Herring, W ii Moore, Minso
nill, Kenyon Byrd, Thosras Reed,
James Winfield; Richard Jones,
Alex Newton, Godfrey Willis, ir., Jas
Banks, alifax Leonard, andover
Johnson, Wm Buchanan, Joseph D
Sampson, Alex Sampson, W B -'all,
York Moore, James, Jones, Jas Rich'
ardson; Thomas Meeks, Isaac W King
Z Boon John Phillips, George Hooper.
CAPE FEAR TOWNSHIP.
C Tate, Thos'Zarrell, Trimus Ag-
cock, T ill, J Q Adams, Randall
Jordan, I3eu Armstrong, iawaru j ones,
Bizzeli Ned Cameron, Wnght Dickson,
Cicero DicksDn, Wm Fonville, Jerre
Fonville. oily Grady, Geo Grady,
Prince Nixon, John Newkirk, Samuel
Peebles, Ed Sharples3, J A Sharple33,
Abram Sharple3s, r rank loomer, Chas
Toomer, Chas Thomas, Emanuel
Williams, Geo Williams, Isaac wnson,
SfL;Uyh M Ths
1 T lJnr..T J I.'- nil it V n 1
rro t n MTvspitr J T.-Mosfiiv. Av-
JUVVlVi V . w , j v J J J
i i t s. x- T' : l
wood JNewKiric, james ixewKirK, rjssicK.
Newkirk. S C Nixcn, Andrew iNixon,
John Pleasants, Samuel Register, E T
Simmons. P D Sharpless, Boston Spell-
man, Robert. Thomas, Emanuel lues-
dale, Blackweil W'.lliams, Murphy
Ward, Luke Grady,, amuei uurney,
Cass ill, Edward Jones, ienry Jones,
Rev Geo G McGhee. ' .
HARNETT TOWNSHIP.
Henry Akins, Anthony St George, Jo
seph Pickett, Baston, Thos French, Ed
DMcCabe; PGreen.Alex Galloway,
W W Humphrey, Joseph Higbsmith,
Owen Jones. John Highsmith, Henry
Miller. Jason Loftin, James Kichard
sou, Jordan inixon, u campauu,
T . i IT 1 O
Iasiah St, George, J ohn ura pDeu,
White. Samuel Erinett, John A
Ho t. Harkle3S James, nenry uiay,
John Green, John Moore, Prince
Swain. James A Hewlett, A R Black,
Mordacia J?ov. Wm uavis, Manic
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Loftin Sam Hines, Lewis Nixon, Jordan L
Temon John Nixon, Sim Peden, Lewis
n,.r .mvid Tftin. Church Hines.
"rs . . t-i- t
Nelson Davis. George Williams. Isaac
a ww MnsP F.vans.
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'..!. LJ ni Muni OV I It I .fjWrPV.
Hpnnr Mart. Thomas Moore. Andrew
Spencer, Joseph Wright, Wm Winters,
Jesse Brown, Nelson Davis, Albert
Evans, Tom Green. Laniei nines, jonn
Loltin, jonn iucnm, virgu iu.uxc,
TTAnrv Hill. Alex Stedman, Georso
Williams. Gilbert Whitfield, J H Dor
sett. Sunday Wallace, Burrell Sidber-
ry, Harry Shadwick, Thomas Howe
MASONnono township. -
Elijah Hewlett, Joseph Smith, John
Waddell .Wm H WaddelL John Hew
lett. Get rge Hewlett, John J Hewlett,
t-i.i mi
Wm Pratt Emanuel Rhodes,' Thomas
Uampbell, John Yinea, Halifax Leo
nard, Wm McLaurih. J WD Waddell,
Joseph iS ' VaddeII, Caion Baker,
Richard Smith. Henry Jone, Richard
King, John G Wagner, O II Robinson,
Alonzo Hewlett, Joseph P Walton.
federalJ point TOWireniP.
B W Wade, Solomon 'Bowen, Henry
G Davis, ; Wm H yilliams. Henry
Davis, R Bruce Freeman," Nelson
Hankins, Anthony HaWes, Cttfiy San
ders, Lewis . Waao; . Stephen Keys,1
Joseph Davis, Thomas A Davis,-Wm
Turley, Joseph J Atwood, Cmtar Black
ledge, Chas W Davis, Frankr Farrior,
Joseph Harriss, Charles Hill, Henry
Houston, John Witchell, Elijah Moore,
Wm McNeill, Lott Boutherland,
Charles James, Clay m6n: Moore, Jesse
E Lowe Brewster Faison;
THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. '
Resolved, That the following persons
be and they are hereby appointed from
New Hanover county as delegates to
the congressional contention ol this
3d congressional district,, when called,
and it is resolved further that E. B.
Brink of ward 2d, G."W. Price. Jr., of
ward 4th, E. J. Tehnypaclrer of ward
2nd, and Jos. C. Hill of ward 5th, are
hereby authorized and . empowered to
cast the vote of : New Hanover county
in said convention, on all questions and
oO others to be appointed by the chafr
man as alternates f ' '
ALTERNATES TO CONGRESSIONALCON
VENTION.
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; FIRST WARD.
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Jas A Lowerv. W TL Howe. F W
Foster, H Reid, H Brewington, James
Lane, Thos Beck, W J, Kellogg, Dun
can llolmes, J li Brown, Wm Chad
bourn, Henry Price.
! SECOND WARD.. '
S II Manning,. W H Gerken, Geo E
Berden, J C Scott, Jos U Neff, Danlil
IiQwaHl,b:acy jV anAmange.
1 THIRD WARD.
Henry Taylor, Jno Harrrovc, T M
Gardner, N G Sampson, Jas Dry, J II
Whiteman, W K Price, h.d Davis.
FOURTH WARD.
J K Cutlar, L E Rice, Geo Chad
bourn, Lewis Bryant, J C Smith, Sol
Nixon, Wm Johnson, Rev W H Banki,
Jas Wilson, Jas H Chad bourn.
fifth ward.
I W Kiuff, H H Hankins, Richard
Jones, Geo W Howe, Anthony Howe,
Henry Green. W Avant, Wm Winfield,
Alfred Howe, W E Sellers, S T Potts.
CAPE FEAR TOWNSHIP.
Johu !F Garrell, Henry Thomas,
Richard Waters. ,
HARNETT TOWNSHIP.
I) C Davis, A R Black, John Holt.
Jas Pigott. I
MASON BORO TOWNSHIP.
Eiijah Hewlett, John G Wapnor. W
H Waddell, Wm McLaurin. i,
FEDERAL POINT TOWNSHIP.
Balaam Wade, Wm David, Lewis
Davis, Mr Hanks. "
O i motion; the committee adjourned
sul jct to the call of the chairman.
S. H. Manning, Chm'n..
J. Y. a mpson, Secretary.
The national line steamship Queen
Ancnoria on last cunaay aiiernoonm
a dense fog in longitude 67c42v and
latitude 40 3r. Their bows were ter
ribly crushed, but owing to lhe perfec
tion of their compartments
they did
not sink, but came back to New York
in safety. No lives lost but passengers
much frightened.
The German barque Cadelia ran into
an iceberg in latitude 45-50v carrying
away all her uead gear and rending her
bows asunder.
The collision between tie Sound
steamers Narragansett and Stonington
on Long Island Sound last Friday
week, by which' the, Narragansett; was
suuk in five minutes,losing at least fifty
iivea j3 yea -m QQZ detail in the
N,v York pape. I. W
calamity 0f which we scave the sub
I
i. o i .: ;
stance last ounuay morning.
CTT V ITE1VC.
i
Chew Jackson a Best Sweet Navy
Tobacco. ly
Tho days are now at their longest
and on Tuesday they will begin to
shorten.
A new colored church is being erect
ed next to the corner of E:gUth and
Castle streets. ;.
It is rumored that the little Steamer
Elizabeth will discontinue her trips to
" i . - .1
Smithville about the 1st of July.
The floating ; compress
has been
changed into a steam barse and ill
, n i t 1 '.i tv' .
nereauer do Known as. tue Lttvenpori.
Mr. J. W. Barnes baa ahibned a
rt . "
arKc auiouiit. oi yegeiauics iu;s season,
. fe &
to nortnern marKets.
City Treasurer, Capt. Henry Savage,
died in Wheeling, West Virginia, on
Mom3av iMt
Iron' bands have been placed around
that portion of the First Presbyterian
Church steeple in which the city clock
now rests,
List your taxes. The law. mak.es it a
mnsuemeanor it your taxes are not list-
ed. The time isfast drawing to a close.
,. It is' stated in some of the papers
that the.Western Union and tbc Amer
ican Telegraph; Companies are to be
consolidated.
A colored man. was drowned at
Smithville( Monday. He was bathing
in the river, and was seized with cramp,
it h supposed, r" . '
. The schedule of the Carolina Central
Railway has been changed so as to run
in close connection with trains on the
Raleigh &
Augusta Air Line road .
Mrs. Junius D Gardner of this city
has fallen heir to a handsome fortune
left by heij great-grandfather who died
in England in 1802.
Delegates to the Congressional Con
vention from New Hanover county are
unanimous for Wr P. Canaday for Con
gress, so we are requested to state.
The splendid iron tonic of Dr. Harter
of St. Louij, cures nearly all diseases
ofthe liver, such cs dyspepsia, general
debility, Want of vitality &c. For
sale by all druggists. :' ,
The residence of Mrs. Owens, a widow
lady, residing near the corner of Fifth
and Churjch streets has beeu visited
twice in the last week by burglars.
They were frightened off both times.
Honorary Degree.
lege in this state, has
-Trinity Col
conferred the
honorary
itle of Doctor jot Divinity
. Eiwiaj A.I Yates, ihe popu
of the Front Strset M.'E.
upon Rev
lar pastor
Church, in this cijy.
At tueiJast term ol the tupenor
Courts for New Hanover county, which
ended last! week, judgments, were had
in 62 cases : non-suits, o decrees 14 :
i 1 - '
cases continued, 102. , ,
A slight change in the schedule of
the through freight and accommodation
'the Wilmington & Weldon
and Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta
Railroads
goes into effect, on Monday.
Our uryg stores are now eupplied
with '.'Mait Bitters," the new Food
Medicine which has done so much good
and comes to us so highly recommend
ed. Try it. It may save you a heavy
doctors' bill.
4t
A Household Need.
A bookj on th,e Liver, its diseases and
their treatment ' cent free. Including
treatises upon Liver Complaints, Tor-
pid Liver, Jaundice, Biliousness,
Headache, Constipation, Dyspepsia,
Malaria, etc. Address Dr. Sanford, 1G2
i , ! it -r 1 n't . "XT " r a i
uroaaway.ixew lorKuuy, is. x.
4t
The enumerators of the census for
this city have completed their work,
and as sosn as the names enumerated
are transcribed thev will sit at the
nntirt ITLlsft for two dflVS fla rpnuirpd
rf ;i
bv law to correct the list, lhe dodu-
innnn
as It now appears is about 19,000.
A ourgi
lar tried to effect an entrance
into the j residence, of Mr. John Nei-
1
meyer on the corner of Sixth and
Orange itreets on Thursday , morning.
but were seen, and as they received a
warm reception will hardly go bacfe
again.
Second Assistant lEngineer C. F. An
gel, of the Revenue j Cutter Colfax, has.
been placed on waiting orders and Mr.
J. G. Hall, of Baltimore, assigned to
the place! on the Colfax vacated by Mr.
Angel. jMr. Hall has arrived and en
tered upon the discharge of his duties.
A cyclone, accompanied with a hail
storm, passed over a small 1 portion of
Pender county on last Friday. It orig
inated near South Washington, and
then passed down to Cyprus Creek, its
path being about five miles long and
, - - -
irom one-nait to mree-iouim oi u
-j , -
mile in Width; I '
A Sad Fatality-. We regret to
learn that the Hon. Alex. McCabe of
Edgecombe, a prominent white Repub-
lican, wis shot dead;ih a riot at Tarboro
on Thursday. A Mr. Dugg an, Register
of Deeds of Edsecoaabe is seriously
wounded. McCabe has been several
tprma a member of tbe legislature. We
have no! further particulars.
The wife of David Jones, a welL
known drayman of this city, has given
birth recentlv . to triplets. The first
wsa Tnrn Inst "Frirfav niht ' thfi -p.ertond
L' i - i i
"wr J 7
on
Saturday nignt ana me mira on
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survived. At last accounts the mother
and her child were doing very well.
The mother is about 35 j ears old and
has grown children.
The brig Dos Cunados has been pur
chased by Mr. E. G. Barker and Cant.
Fred. Small. ' She is now under the
American flag, with her name changed
to the Fred. B. Rice, She will hail
from .Wilmington, N. C. The brig is
now being refitted, and will go on the
ways next week for thorough repairs to
i her bottom, uapt. omau wiu cwn
I mand her,
MJa s o n ic News .The General
Grand Chapter! Royal Arch Masons
for the United States holds its next
triennial meeting in Detroit on the 25th
of August ensuing. ;
The Grand Encampment f Knights
Templar'will be held in Chicago, Au
gust I7th.
Messrs. H. H. Munson, W . R. Kenan
andaWr H. Chadbourn, oftlis city will
be in at
endance.
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; Beforo the adjournment of the last
term of the Superior Court, Solicitor
Galloway reported that, agreeably tp
the requirements of the law? he made
due inspection of the office of the Su
perior Court Clerk of the county of
New Hanover, and found Ihe Several
dockets kept with neatness , and accur
acy ,; and the Tarious papers and docu
ments filed with due regard to the pub
lic convenience.
Identified. Y o u n g Silver thorn,
the maniac who was picked up in this
city some weeks ago and who was sub
sequently sent to the insane department
of the poor house, turns out to -be a son
of ex-State Senator Silverthoxn, of Bel
videre, Warren county, New Jersey.
Senator Silverthoru has been notified
of his son's whereabouts and will
doubt come or send after him.
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The Race, A challenge race be.
tweta the yachts Restless and Ripple
was sailedlBver the Wrightsville course
on Thursday, a stiff breeze was blow
ing, and the yachts sailed under double
reefs. The Restless started at 4a and
lm and the Ripple at' 4h 4m and 10s.
The contest resulted in favor of the
Restless, which came in on the finish
at 5:53. ' ' ' 'Vs
Tanneries. Mr. W.H. M. Koch
has erected a tannery on Third, between
Wooster and Dawson streets. Mr. J.
W. Hewett, a tanner of many years ex
perience, is the superintendent, and
work is progressinjg finely. The leather
tanned is said to be . very fine, and
judges are much pleased with it. Mr.
Isaac Wells is erecting a tannery about
two hundred yards from- that built by
Mr. Koch. He expects to be ready for
work id the course of two weeks.
Another Attempt to Burglarize.
An attempt was made Tuesday morn
ing last, between 2 and 3 o'clock, to
burglarizs the dwelliDS of one of our
compositors, Mr. W. E. Sellers, on
ninth,, between Castle and Q'leen
streets. Mrs. Sellers, who happend to
be. awake at the time, saw the robber
and gave the alarm, when the would-be
thiefhnade good his escape. We are
requested to ask the gentleman to call
again and see Mr. Sellers, who promises
to give him a warmer reception the
second time than he received the firs!.
f'Tne local ministers conference and
camp-meeting will be held at Ruther
ford) College commencing July 21st.
The local conference i- u-v a delgated
body, consisting of two or more dele
gates from each Presiding Elder's dis
trict. Rev. J. W. Heptinstall is the
President and L. Branson Secretary.
The conference was permanently estabr
lished in 18G0, since which time it has
held regular meetihes, annually. It
represents the local ministers in this
state about 800 in number. This is a
body of energetic workers, peculiar to
Methodism. TVy do a large amount
of mission.-1 work vilhout expense to
the churth. Remember to attend the
local conference and camp-meeting at
Rutherford College, July 21st. ;
NOTICE. .
There will be a County Cijnyention
of the Republican party of Columbus
county, held at "WhiteviHe Court House
on th 3rd day of July, at 12 o'clock
m., or the purpose ef electing delegates
to the State and Congressional Conven
tions. Each Township Chairman will
holtl a Township Convention for the
purpose of appointing delegates to the
County Convention, prior to July 3rd.
J. . rAULt)ixG,
Chairman Rspublican Executive Com-
miltee.
RrtPPBLICAif D18TUICT CG;-
VENTION.
A Republican District Convention
for the Sixth Congressional District of
I x?wk rn.Ai:nn .iit v i
xun-u vaiuurtj. mm u uem m vcar
iotie. x. C. on- Thursday. Jiilv istb:
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1Qr iU3 purptw oi nominating canal
dates for Congress and Presidential
Elector for said district. (
The Chairmen of the different Coun
ty Committees are earnestly requested
to call County Conventions in their re
spective counties, so that delegates mny
be selected to the above named Con
vention. y-
By order of the Committee.
L. D. McAlpine,
Chairman of District Committee.
R. M. McDonald, Secretary.
i A woman in this city claims ' to be
110 jears old, and another 102 years.
: STATE NEWS.
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The arm.of Mr. John Bynum of Pitt,
was violently torn from his ; body ' by a
threshing machine. I
; Mr. Charles 'Monaghan of Fayette:
Tille, aged 20, died suddenly of what
the physicians termed neuralgia of the .
brain, which caused the bursting of
blood yessells. r ' i
Hon. John AGilmer has been nom
inated for Justice of the Superior Court
for the 5th district, and Gen. W. R.
Cox for the 4th district. Gen. Cex is
the judge who decided in favorf the
supremacy of. the United Stated law
oter the state law, so far as related to '
officer3of the United States. His nomi- '
nation is healthy. - ; t . - ,-
sDri Palemn John, of the Xorth Car'
oHnian , writing from Chicago says r :
Oen. Garfield is a great man and a ,
true man. In no sense is he a ;dark.
horse' for his public record is well
known. He was a braitj soldier during ,
the war, and he has teen one of the ,
strongest truest, 'noblest men in Con
gress for these eighteen years, He is a ."
true statesman ,jxnd one of the broadest
and most patriotic' men in this.tfatiod.
Garfield is a man of the people, and tlo r
people will eleci him. '
Here is the most icy coolnesd ol the
season. The Newbcrnian says that th,e
'Hon. C. C. Clark offered some resolu
tions to lease the Wilmington & .We!- '
don Road." This in -a railroad meet-
ing of the Atlantic & N.XJ. Railroad at
Newberne. . "
j Here is more levei-headedncls. The
Greenville Express is so overdome at
the defeat of the third-term aChicago,
that it cries aloud : .- V
Hurrah and thank God ! Hunah'and
thank God that the best thoughts ever
vouchsafed to statesmen concerning hu
.man government and the , freest and -best
and civil institutions eVer conceiv
ed by mortal men arc not yet over
thrown or- shaken. 'i
Th'ej.University has just conferred
the degree ofLLb, upon -Hon. W'.-N.
H. Smith, Chief Justice of' North Car-
olma, and also . upon Judge Dayicl
Schenck, 'of the Superior Court. The
degree of D). was conferred on Rev. 1
Ed. Rondmaler of Salem, Rev. Joseph
Atkins.on of-Raleigh, and Rev. Win. G.
Star of Richmond, Va. ' '
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The Democrats of the Cth Cougres-
sional District havei nominated 'Major .
Olem. Dowd, in place of Col. Steele. It -13
said that he was bornna Moare, aiid
that he is rich and cunrjiug. '
W JLU VXKiISEENMTS.
NOTICE.
ALL persons yisltlng "Vaceam;i.w Lake
on excursions, would do well to cull on
Henry McDowell for pleasure bouts ami
dinner. lie is always on hand.' -June
2i) tf. 1 - - , '
ESTAELISHE1) .
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Sol. BEAR & BROS,
18 & 20 EWiarket St,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Wi: HAVE JU3
OPENED,
AD
most
have on exhibition, lb
e largest and
complete stock of
CLOTHING
AND' FURNISHING
GOODS
South ofEaltijnorc.
Suits from $150 upwards.
100 Blue 'Middlesex Flannel Suits
at greatly reduced rices. .'
A FULL LINE OF ' ' ...
CHILDHENS' s ' '" . i
; BOYS' AND MENS' ' '
STRAW AND FELT HATS,
rrlecs to salt everybody.-
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Co m e O n e, C o m e A 1 1 ,
and examine our stock, and wo will-strive
hard to merit your patronage,' as. we nave
formerly done. . .
may 23m. . " 1
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