Vol. 3. No. 20.
NEWBEKN, N. GM TUESDAY HOMING, FEBRUARY 1, 1876
Price 2 cte
LOCAL AND STATE SQUIBS.
Com sold yesterday at 52 J to 55 cents. ' i
r i Go to Berry's Drug Store for every thing
you need.
Lint cotton sold yesterday at 8 to 111, as
to grade. Seed cotton 2 to 3 cents.
Afresh supply of Mountain Butter at
C.E. Slover's. - -
. Mr. ;Theor ,N. Ramsey, Grand Temper
ance Xectnrer of the State, was "in our city
on Sunday. '
Cotton , Bagging and Ties at Gates &
Foy's, Middle Street - . '
, Mr. Lattimore Ilalstead, of Elizabeth
City, "was knocked down, run over and
mortally injured last week.
Corn sold' Saturday at "524 cents per
bushel by thecargo.
AVe learn the Newborn Greys are having
) their uniforms made, and will parade' on
" the 22nd inst.
Sheet-iron,' tin andxsopper work repaired
by first-class workmen at B. L. Churchill's.
. Mr. Garner is in Tarboro making ar
rangements to reissue the Greenville
JJracon, which was burned the other day.
50 bbls. fresh cakes and crackers just re
ceived by Gates & Foy, Middle Street.
Several crafts have been delayed at
Hatteras, owing to the low tide,' but the
The Musical Treat.
The name and musical talent of 'Blind
Tom" has long been heard of by our citi
zens, but never before the present; have
they been privileged to attend one of , his
performances, and we doubt not that on
Friday and Saturday nights the Theatre
will be crowded from to ? to bottom. This
blind man's wonderful talent is a gift,
which was manifested when he was quite
a boy. From his hjietory we learn that
while a servant in his piaster's house; the
ladies of the house had been playing a
difficult piece of music jn the piano after
which they retired to another parfcof the
building, taking the sheet of. music with
them. In a few momentjs, they heard some
one playing on the piafro, and remarked
that it was the same piece of music just
played by themselves; thinking it was visi
tors, they were surprised to find that not
only the identical" music just practised I
them, and the notes of Which were ifi their
possessibnV was being piayed, but that one
or, two mistakes were made in exactly the
same place that errors had been made
by themselves. Repairing to the parlor,
they found "Blind Tom" at the piano, and
subsequently found thai Tom could imme
diately play any piece without missing a
note, after hearing' it played even by a
professor. j
Tile. Haw River Tnurcd v
will propably rise mo tide sufficiently to
send them bounding on their way. . . .
Saddles, Bridles, Buggy and Cart Har
ness, Haimes, Traces, fcc., constantly on
hand at Cutler & Gates. '
The regular Quarterly Meeting of the
Ladies' Memorial Association will; be held
at the residence of Mrs. Daves, this (Tues
day) afternoon Feb. 1st, 1876. at ifo'clock.
. All the members are invited to attend.
Edenton, Ji C, was the second town to
; eend up , V fedntribntion to the JLee" Mon-
njnent? fund.i Hernando, Miss, being the
firsts '' - , ,'
. ; w We call the attention of our readers to
,an advertisement inanother column of one
,of our leading dry goods merchants, W. F.
Roun tree, who ia now selling good,B at hard
.'times rSrieesv i k ' j
"We were shown a few days ago a curi
, osity in the egg lino. A small egg about
, half the common size was broken, and
within fit anoth i egg with, 1 a f perfectly
formed shell, so hard that it had to be bro-
, ken open.B tEach jegg had the usual white
andyoMj. jrul auy,ona beat on r, eggs ?
an-
The Washington Ebdi roeiets to
- noiince the death of rMr. Jlichard&tick, of
that county, on last Friday. He had been
to Swift t3refe lantl returning ! home in a
buggy, Jell cJotTandTus suppxsedpwas in
BtantJMlled; CWhab found, iktjvm lying
I on his face dead, with a bruise on his fore
ihead. Hjf A ' '. ?a:"pY i ''
M. W.iH. Sumrell desires to inform the
npblic and his patrons generally that he has
moved into. Stall No. 4, People's Market,
, known asKne'Powera Stall,' where he will
Tkeep on baad the best Beef -and Fork the
jmarket afforos, and fine Sausages prepared
iby. ,Mrsy SuirixelL ,TThnkful,vfor r:past
;iaVorsi he hopes to tecAhki a libowl sbar
tpfjatronaje.uithe future. . 4
A Pleasant Fact.
An agreeable announcemeni to amuse
ment lovers is contained in the fact that
Signor Blitz is Coming to Newborn. Not only
the world-famed man of mystery himself
but all his little army of trained birds and
all hik paraphrenalia of magic are on the
road to Newbern.i His entertainment will
be given Wednesday evening at the Theatre
and a; taking feature of it will be the gift
of a fine oil chromo to every one in the
audience and a distribution of other val
uable gifts besides: Read the advertise
ment for farther particulars. . ;
lowing dying declaration of Mr. Adolphu
Moore of the firm ofHcjlt & Moore,' Haw
River, Alamance Co. jwho was1 recently'
killed by Geo. W. Swepson, of Haw Rivr:
Dr. B, F. Mebane was with Mr. Moore
till he died. He was satisfied from the first
the Wound was mortal, r The bullet weif
through Mr. Moore's left arm into his chest J
uunniiu auu imuu'iH
Brlng ont Another Horse.
The horses of Newbern seem to sympa
thize; with and take compassion on Local
reporters while a dearth of items exist. On
Saturday another fiery, steed became ob
streperous whil being harnessed in his
sltable and dashing out among hurrying
pedestrians J and busy teams made things
quite lively for a time. On this occasion
as on most of the occasions recently, where
our blooded but bloodless stock have at
tempted to furnish a startling newspaper
item, a signal failure has. cccurred. Fortu
nately for them, and Unfortunately for
reporters, pedestrians wlere lively enough
to escape even a scratch. However,
One team was run into by our cavort
ing steed of Saturday and a pair of shafts
broken. ' L-. : '
Election of Officers.'
At a regular meeting of Metropolitan
Lodge, No. 200, L O. G. T., held Monday
through the .spinal
both lunes.Ii- 1
Dr. Mebane asked Mr
thing happened? . J
Mr. Moore replied
Moore
how the
"I sbad been out
birdina that evening and cominc by Mr.
Swepson, I said: "There is the man now;U
but I passed on by Swepson s house, wneuT
I heard Swepsen say, "what do you want?
I tprned and replied : "Come out into the
road and I'll tell you what I want; I do ript
intend to shobt at you in your own house
or yard. At that Swepson fired, I xe
repeat between Swepsonrs first and second
shotf "X do not want tjo shoot you in your
own house, but come but into the road
and I will shoot with (you or fight your
I was looking towards the factory and ut
thesame- time watching! SwepebnM and
when he fired the second time I fell. I
1.1
did not present my gun towards him, f T.
might have'had my arm a little up but I
do not think I did." ! To the -auestiipji
asked by his: rotjnsel, f Did yoti intend f
draw Lout Swepio4.i ud shoot him when
you Were' bunting i- the eld Mround his
house ?", tjM Moore, teplied ;. "I , had "no
idea'6f shooting him." ' This declaration
was made the morning after he . t received
the wound and repeated a'few honrs before
he died. . ' , , j
At Hughes' popular variety store yon can
get a very fine article ' of Fulton Mar.ket
Cooked Corned Beef put up in two fb cans
expressly for family use also Wilson's fam
ous Apple Butter,. Attmmore's Mince Meat,
very fine Sugar Cured stnoked Beef, choice
Gilt-edge Butter., and everything usually
kept in family groceries embracing a large
variety of Wood & Willow Ware, Crockery
Glass and China Ware, Corner Broad and
Middle'treetiJ. O' -
evening Jan. 31, 1870, the following officer
were electeHl for the ensuing term :
W. CT.-J. L, Palmer.
AV. V. T. Miss. N. A. Sterling.
f W, Sect. F. A- Hatchv r '
VWR. G Hargett ' -
,1 wr ireas. wtw-.J&xKjowx. , ;'.,.
W. Chap. Monroe Powers.- . , , f .
W. Mars. d E. rI.nE'dward. - r ,;
I. G. Mfg. IL'JSS Edwards. ' r
- O. O. Willie Faison. j ,
P. W. C. T.-Vm. G. Hall. - .
W. R.- S.-Miss Florence Cooki ?.
! W. L. S.--Miss Bettie Fisher. '
W. A. M. Miss Henrietta Willis. -j h
W. A. S. Miss Mattio Powers.
Josh! Billings is coming this' way. on Jifs
great Southern tour. Curibstry 'to see-' and
hear the greatest tjf American ' Humorists
and a general hearty appreciation of bis
writing unite tcr?draw big- houses" 1 for Lim.'
It k said an effort is being made to entice
him to stop oner night, in "Newbern. -'It is
to be hoped it will success. ' j ' ''
E E Meadows & Oo.
Wholesalejfe Betail Drnggists,
; Pure, Cod Liver Oil 1 .
Gor. Pollok &: Middle Streets,
'New -Bern N. 0.
! Ahead of Time.
I It has never been Known that a fresh
Water terrapin should lay her eggs before '
the month of may or J une, but be it re
corded that on the 19th of January, 1870, a
terrapin at Myrtle Grove Sound, left her
nest, containing eight fresh j laid eggs:
which was seen' by 'Gray Burriss, who took
tie eggs from the nest, captured the ter
rapin, ate the same, and found it in excel
lnt order. These facts are reliably vouch!
eiifor, and considered to be consequent
upon the unusually warm weather ' with
vhich we have been favored this winter of
tie centennial year. Some say it is an
aagury of continued mildness, while others
t ink it only an incident of leap year in tbo
lrrapin calender. Star, .
v New Berne Theatre I
yednesday Eve. Fet. 2nd.
First Appearanco in Tive Years
ij of the Original tmd Onfy
feroNOK- BLITZ
The Veteran Magician and
VENTRILOQUIST
: With his Grand I
:AndVonderful : : - i
TROUPE TRAINED CANARY BIRDS
- Every man woman and child attending
the opening night will positively receive
free of charge an ( . . , "M ;
Elegant Oil Chromo!
, ,r . ; . ilso elegant acid '
selected from the following list to be
' Chajnber et TaIned"at $45.; ;: '
' . V GrWcks, Silver TViaich,
Crockfcry. Ware, Glass TVare , ct;tlt
'.. j oif Darrcl and. Bags i of: Hour, ,.
Albtxty Groceries, Toilets, Kotkm8, Ac,
Adraisien 35eis. 'Beserved Seats-DO cts. ;
ChiHreii ocder 13 years 25 cU.t."J '
r neservod Seatt at AVatonV-tWttg Btdre."
" tfoorn openat V: : MyutcTies at
A
The WoHflerfnl flnsicai Prcdigy .
FRIDAY A?JD SATURDAY,
Fchth and 5th.
r
Fresh Garden Seeds, including Peas,
Beans, Beet, Cabbage, Onion Sets, fcc. &c.,
, For. sale by. F. S. DUFFY & CO.,
,CA8HDxI7G Sxoee,
Middle St., sign of Eagle and Mortar. 1
.lift
j ft
MATINEE
For the Accommodation of Fomlics
Saturday; at ; 2 P. M.
Tickets atDr. Walking Drug Store.