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6 ri ily Vol. 3. No. f)l. NEWBEKN, N; C.J TUESDAY MORNING, MAECH 21, 1876 Price 2 cts KTut jija i ' - 1 I .... LOCAL AOT) STATE SQUIBS'. . " .Smoke Watkins' Heart's Ease. Fresh Garden Seed "at Berry's. Middling cotton Saturday 11 cents unchanged.. - A friend at our elbow last night suejest- ecl that the "Dottom had dropped out. was a little damp last night, it's a fact Mayor's Court, Ilis honor, the .Mayer, had several cases of minor importance before him yesterday. SCISSORIJICTUMS. A good ' Twaparties were found guilty of violating ! necessity knows no law. lawyer is not a necessity,, for Another lot fine sugar-cured Hams ruqeived at Blank c Ulfich's. It iue tTreeusboro rainoi tmnKs tnat ac cording to the old Dutch signs, there! -will be an abundance.of fruit this Summer. Milk Biscuit, Butter ' Crackers, Lemon Biscuit, Fancy Crackers and Ginger Snaps all fresh at C. E Slover's. - ; Several tramps "were arrested in Jiocky ; Mount last Tuesday morning,, and put to work on the -streets. They Were d'r.unk when arrested. , , Hoofing, Guttering, tin and sheet ironwork done in first-class order, at short notice, by experienced work-men, at B. L. Cmu-chill's, Middle Street, . ' Our Wilmington exchanges give extended accounts of a gale in that city on Frlda'. Hoofs were torn from houses, the streets were filled with clouds of dnst and jsand nnd the schooner Nellio - Treaty narrowly fcsAed shipwrecks , As if to help ont the, perfect deluge of waters coming from abov yesterday; oar rivers, under an unusually high tide, over flowed many of the wharves in this city. Wo learn that the waters were so high in -sbine instances that small bouts drifted up on the thoroughfares. Seed I the ordinance in reference to fast driving on the Streets, but as the ordinance was i ' ..... , probably violated innocently, the Mayor j discharged the suprits with a reprimand. Our carters will do well to remember this ordinance in future, or, owing to the bad need, of funds by the citv.j the matter may be brought to their attention when it will be too late for them, to excuse themselves, with less than an X or a V. just The' .jting of; a bee carries conviction It makes a man a bee-leaver). at Dangerous. On Hancock Street, between Broad and j New, the ends of j several planks project I from the fence in a very dangerous manner. j . - ! We learn that on Sunday night last several ; ladies were parsing this place,' on their way ! to church, when ono of; the party was j struck in tha face by the end of one of these planks and so seriously injured that ; she had to return home. Our city author I ities should look into this matter' and have r the danger removed. Tlie "Wildman Troupe. I We have received a letter from Mr. Hatch, i the gentlemanly agent of the Wildman j troupe which infornjs us hat the Company is now filling engagements ih Indiana, and is setting the hoosier& wild in that State. with it. once. '-. ' '1 Said a dry goods dealer: "Of course we lose money on every inece of these goods, but my dear madam, we sell such enor mous quantifies of them." : I . . "Are you guilty or not guilty ?" asked a judge of a prisoner the other day.' "An sure now," said Pat, 'what are you put there for but to find it out?" r i- "Make the vagabond earn his meals' says the Philadelphia American of the tramp. Bless your heart, , friend, you don't know the character of the animal. He'd rather go hungry any time. j "Tie-backs" would seem alter all to j be no new fashion, but simply an old fashion revived. Hesiod, who wrote twenty-seven hundred years ago, said: ''Let no ifair woman tempt thy sliding mind with gar ments gathered in a knot behind." j When a man empties'the pockets of his coht preparatory to laying it out for re pairs, there's nothing that imakes his con science get upon his hind legs quicker than A Remarlcbl Discovery l Floridm. , We learn the Indian mound on Murphy's Island was opened, or rather entered, by a party a few days agol This mound is oua of the largest on the river, and h3 excited more than ordinary interest among our scientific Tisitors. But Colonel Hart, pro prietor of the island upon v?hich th mound stands, heretofore persisted in liis refusal to have his relic of past , ages dis turbed. On Wednesday, however, it wa resolved to inspect thoroughly this monu ment of prehistoric age. A . party from the Putnam, with others, took steamer for the island, where they arrived in good time. It was agreed tol open the mound at " its base. After mating a breach , of 33'' feet, they discovered & hard wall made of coquina or shell rock. This F wall was cemented, and was ornamented with various figures of warriors with-. bows and arrows, and va rious reptiles. After much difficulty a breach was 'made in the wall, and by the light of a torch, 'several of the party en tered; much surprised, they found them selves within a vault eight feet high with a ! roomtwelve by Jafteen feet long with armed' warriors encased in niches, all in a, state of petrification.;! ; This is certainly a moat wonderful discovery, and has produced a most profound sensation. In view i of this 18 selling me iiuusier aiu xu. tuu. ou1U3. mail two moutbs ago. ' R TT 1Tnllard. who .took I tb part of Archjle: ; feMSpSVnnhea last 5 j played in this city, died and was buried in Lexington, troupe is doln Hatch Ky. Mr. rr it rri-vn1 ilineinpts fcr" o""" ... nest into Illinois aud from there to California!, i Will again visit ! ou their next tour. I says the Will go probably Newber.u' the sight of the letter his wife gave him to important ciiscoverjr, coionei ixars uas I Uoned a guard to prevent parties. ,maKing 1- U ) away with theew waderfai - objects. Mur- a account of a Dhv Island will no $ 3oubt, " become tb people present, and some of the old ones hopped around as though I the gout and rheumatism were things unknown. ; band was tip-top, and they Used up of la-jer in oiling their liddle-sticks." The There is a man in the city who wnnts i evervbodv to have a "Calico Dress," so if - -. you will just go down to W. F. 'Roun tree's The Washington i7 sirs that j Mr. Benbeu Allen, residing at the head of Puugo river, in that county, killed a" vry large bear at one of" his hog-p3ns a few nights since, by striking him across the back with arT'axe. ' The-Morgaiiion Blade says:. List Friday night Aden Wiseman Sheriff of Mitchell county, acting as U. S: Deputy Marshal and accompained by two men, undertook to arrest Sim Barrier, Isaac Barrier J and John Barrier, charged with illegal distill ivr.' The Barriers were in their stil house in the Jonas Kidge section of Burke county. When the sheriff and posse reached the house a. gun .was presented through the door; Sheriff Wiseman seized the gun aad received a flesh wound in the back.. Eight or ten shots were fired by the two parties. One shot struck Jim Barrier in the breast, killing him instantly. The other two sur rendered and were carried to j il at B-irk-ersville. . Give xtH tt Call. The Oyster Saloon three doors below the Eagle House keeps consttutJy on hand the finest oysters the market affords, on half shell or prepared to suit the most fastidious. Lunch furnished at all hours, day or night Sardines, Lobsters, Ham and Bologne. This Saloon having been recently refitted, (he manager solicits a share of the public patronage.- The Bar is well, stocked with the best' Liquors and Cigars. Private apartments for those who do not desire to come in contact with the bar. . U'arnins; to Lavers. i A rather' interesting story is told of a, j baxom young woman, whose honesty of purpose js luny equauea oy ner iniysicjai ability, to reent an imposition even though i the offender be her lover. The young man in question bore a rather. doubtful chatac- ter to the outside world aud was never sus ! pected of being a tetotaler by the young lady herself, although affirming that he i never drank. All was apparently working fto the entire satisfaction of Cupid himself, j until one night he asked his fair Dulciua- to "turn down the light. fits a taller can- you will find one qT the largest assortments of calicoes and Saiem Jeans in the market. Ererypne ,-jto i- Urci. ttTe a Calico A Slilit Mistake tli at .can't Hurt Any. j Accidents will happen; one happened fn ; i -vnt vesterdav'a paper bv lilacinc some other " merchan'ts Dame iu'place of mine. As every j 1 Pect to Peur on "J morning h man is aware that L am the one 'who wants j lin.e of Prints, handsome and good, efery lady to have a new Calico Dress, j"1 the jyery latest; styles, something that they have come, . and they certainly are j will suit everyone, - young . and old, and handsome, and I want every one to know can be worn at an vj season of the vear. "A in the mean time that my name is : ; Jos. Marks, and I keep : I ' Next to the Postofhce. Ties in all Ihe Send for sam- ; ' The very Plaee. ' : E. Havens desires to inform the citizens of Newbern that he is prepared to do all kinds of work in a first-class Boot and Shoe maker's line. Fine, or common Boots oi die, you daih fool ! yoti re drunk, you can't j Shoes put up in the rhost , workmanlike beautiful stock of 'Ladies' I new styles. J ujt received. I pies at '.' ': - . ' ' .. Jos. Marks, next door to PostoiEcu deceive me any longer ! i him by the left ear -and door. . ' I And she took led him to ' the ; MarrletJ, 'U- . ;' ): At the residence of the bride's parents in j Padlock, Suwannee County, Fla. . Feb . ' i 18th. 187G, by the Rev. Wm. Hugh, Mr. j ! Thomas H. Joxpus, formerly of Swi't Creek, j j Craven co., N. C, and Rachel Axn Luc'rx- . I da. dauchfer'of Thomas Hurst, Esq., of i I Padlock. manner and warranted to give satisfaction Repairing neatly and. expeditously exei cuted. All classes very low for cash. ; Imported, . j Per schooner Melvin, one Puncheon Bum from Kingston Jamaica. ; ' Dail Bros. AtentiOMl. How to makd lean stock fat ; (Vde Howard have no w on hand at their kGrist Mill 5,000'pounds Shorts and 500 bushel Wheat Bran, Go-and buy cheap and feed ; wen. . :.i..,---' , How to make good bread: Go to Wade &. Howard's Grist Mill and buy Flour made ! from new Wheat : They have also a large j quantity of Seconds, which they will sell cheap. - - ': ' - Just .JK.ece.ived. : ! At Hughes' popular Variety Store, &n ! other lot of Wilson's famous, cooked coru j ed Beef ; Ferris unrivaled sugar-cured I Ha !Gi ; pound ' assortment of .wood and willow ware crock- j ery, glass and china ware and many other j articles too numerous to mention. Middle j Street opposite S. Barjgert's bakery. Corned Beet, 1 SMALL HAMS. SHOULDERS AND i . I i s Breakfast Strips (SUGAR-CUBED. ) AngmtFlowtr. The most miserable beings in the world ; are those suffering from Dyspepsia and '.Liver Complaint. . More than severity-five per cent of the i people in the United States are afflicted with 1 these two diseases and their effect such as Graham 'Flour, Cooking Prunes j Sour Stomach, Sick Headache, Habitual I Costiveness, Palpitation of the Heart.Heait burn, Water-b,ra8b, gnawing and burning t the pit ot the. btomacn, leiiow Coated Tongue and disagreeable l the mouth; coming up of food af- Ttmr. Z."V -.m, ! Store of E. Berry or J. L. Watkins and get W . H. HOIiLISTERS, ' a 75 cent bottle of 'Green's August Flower . , . - j ' or a sample bottle for It) cents.. Try it. Two South Front Street. I doses willrelieT you, Celery, SaltJApple I Jelly, iras Shoalders ftd smoked Boef; choice 1 Canned Qood Italian Maccaronii ! gf i-ns It Edg Batter; C Sugar 10 cents peri L. ' -Tj-T fcawwrt V UA Skm, Cc und; also) constantly on hand a large j lllO leOS, I V " Jf1!?;
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