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THE JOUR N A L. Kinston, IV. G. THTTBSDAY, AUG. 21, 18797 Thermometer K cml for the Week ending August 20 Thursday Friday, Saturday Sunday - Monday, Tuesday, ....... Wednesday......... 10 X. M. 80 $4 3 r. m. ....... M 4 . M S2 f 79 82 78 ..-.-..... 4 New crop Turnip SfeeJs, all kinds, at Hembt Duns. Wo. Banter's public stables will probably cause a new departure in Kin strn trade. , We . noticed on Saturday they were filled with horaee from every section of the country, and it is reason ablj certain that that the grocery trade. at leust will be carred ou near where I he carts and beggies sre stopped. The New Berne merchants recognize this fact and free stables are abundantly provided all over the city. - La Grange Items. Mess rs. S. L Woo ten" A Bro. ,bsve realized from 20 acres of land cultivated in toUcco last year $2100. Their crop averaged betweeu 22 and, 25 cenU per poupd. r i Mr. R. C. Croom rcpoiTs that Mr. Leti Hill Las a twenty sere field of cot ton that will average 400 lb, of lint to the acre. Mr. Hill 1ms not used sny fertilizer, ha nver bonght bat Xhrc sacss, ana regretted that. I passed Jno. W. Ronse, from near La Orange went down in Jones c-uuty last week to through bis crop in June and found it ony a iraci oi lancj inn son. tie is rery nice. Mr. Hill, iudrinR from his Kiuston High Schxl opens next Monday. Joe Lafsiter's mare'MaudM won the best trotting pure at Raleigh last Thursday- Time 2:51. The Snpreme Court holds that an overseer cannot claim the bent-fits of the Lien Law. That it is designed ex clusively for mechanics and laborer. II. C. Parrott launched his new fiat The Whale" on Monday. It is 85x17 feet nod is built for freighting his brick from the yard to town. ' Jackou White is the champion "coo' hunter in the -Wheat Swamp couutry. He has capttin d eighieeu in the lat to weeks.' The Basket Picnic at W. F. Loftiu a mill on the 28th pronators to be r grand affair. There will Ikj a platform 30x40; for the dancers and a good band of mu-1 sic in attendance. ' .. " i. Ir is thought by, some of our. best farmers that the corn crop of this year in this and the counties of Jones and Onflow will be much inexcess of the crop raised last year. We hope so. Mr. a. F.' Bennett, from Morehead C:ty, proposes to et-tablisb a wholesale and retail fish und oyster trade hrre in Kiuston. He says about 250,000 water melons were shipped from Morehead this season. negotiating with Sheriff Smith for the Smith mill and plantation. He says the crops in Jones w?re so much better than uear La Orange that he had good mind to go right .back home and cut his whole crop up -it was so sorry. He thinks they must have made a sorry crop in Jones last year, since fie could not buy a peck of corn in Trenton to feed his horse with. The gin house of Tbeophilus Grims- ley of Greene county was struck by lightning Jast week, and burnt up. No insurance. The &cit ntific American tells of a Yankee who alleges that he can locate jthe spot where lightning will strike by means of a persimmon or ap ple tree twig which will always point downward at such places. The people of Greene might'seud for hiraand give him a trial. Lightning has been strik ing frequently in that section this sum mer. I i 1 ! . ' The Monday morning 8t.rra of wind and rain was exceedingly revere, in Kinston u number of trees were uproot ed and one building in process of erec tion the Good Samaritans Lodge was .demolished.1" In the country the damage to co u und cottou will proba bly te very large. The heavily laden cotton stalks were, in 'lumbers of cases blown prostrate, and the boll.s will rot before maturing. Altogether this storm iu Eastern Carolina is he -heaviest felt for a long period of years, , ; appearance, is physically unable to per form much manual labor; yet he has jince the war been buying land and in creasing his farm property. What say our able-bodied farmers, who are bur. dened with debt and mortgage on their homestead, to this? We have, also, in our community two juuug weu, wuo commenced me in 1874 on rented laud with a mother and nine children to snpport. In Jan. 1878, having accumulated $250. in cash, they borrowed $250. more and longbt 80 acres of land for $800., makiug a $500 cash payment. Last Octobsr t icy ver Mr. F. S. Ernnl from Craved brought lis ou the 15th the first ripe scupper uong grapes of the season. He owns a couple of largo arbors .which ripen about two weeks earlier than his neigh bors. J. W. liurkitt, of Woodiugton town ship, says he has n growing stalk of corn which measures seven inches iu circumference. Ho has promised to 1 nut it down and bring it over as .a it gets its growth. Dr. Pelh tier exhibited on Sunday a lot of fresh apple blossoms. The tree bore fruit early in the season and is now covtrtd with the. second crop of blooms. Mr. Nick Hunter also has a tree in full bloom for the second crop. Bust is becoming quite common in the cottou fields of thin couuty,,an4 the prospect now is that the crop wlibe short. Somo farmers report thtir crops havo it on lands where it was never seen before I The Nut SAcM says the strni in' New Berne od Moudav mornine was the' most severe one that had visited the city for many years. It is estimated that at least 200 shade trees in the city were blown down. Miss Jeunie Hooker and brother ' John Hooker of Greeno couuey return ed from Beaufort on last Saturday. The pleasure seekers from Greene have pat ronized Beaufort very liberally this season. We desire our readers to carefully read the Philadelphia Sewing Machine Company's advertisement found in our oolumus, aud send for a circular if you wish to buy the best Sewing Machine evtr made, as is claimed by the com pany. The flue-sheet in Parrotts boiler is completely burnt out. Some person on Sunday turned out all the water . from the boiler, aud the fireman start ed a hugo fire ou Monday morniug without first noticing to see if there. was auy water in the boiler. The dam age is very serious. . Mr. R. H. ltouutree says we didn't quits cxptess his idea last week in ref erence to the low price of cotton this Fall, ne don't profess to have any uennit opinion as to how prices will rule only fears low figures will k vail. He says it is'idlo for ol to -try to foretell the cotton markt-t. It seems to delight in taking a departure from all fixsd rules and figures. Two of the County Commissioners of -Jones, Benj.i Brock and J. N. Fos cue, wr re in town last week. They have not vet laid" the tax for the present year. The assessors had not completed the footing np of the total valuation, and they were unable to say definitely what per cent woultUbe necessary to raine the tax. The tax will probably be near C6c. The valuation of real es tate in t be -county has been considera bly reduced. Mr. Brock is very much opposed to thc.present road law says soon, -f fjja jn0 QUj iKSUe in the neit I campaign he would vote against any man advocating the measure. Longevity. The oldest living couple iu this county, and perhaps in the State, is to b found iu the persons of Moses Whitfield and his wife Hamiah, ! (colored). Moses clasms to have been born in August of the year 1761, " and that he is now 118 years of ago, and that Ibis wife is 14 years his junior, and consequently 104 years old. This N old couple are now living on the land of J. F. Parrott, about two miles from this place, with their yonngest son Claibore, who has reached the respect able age of 65 years. It.is needless to' say this old couple" have led an abste mious life and are exceedingly anxious to get off to Kansas to commence life anew. &ic transit gloria mttndi. B. W. Canady and Johu CunniogLam are preparing to gin cotton for the pub lic on Bon V Hill. We Sre glad to ste Dr. B. H. Lewis will deliver a public address at the Court House ou Friday night Aug. 2Uth, on a veiy interesting educational topic. e call attention to it in this issno in order to suggest that we c nght to establish a regular se ries of lectures for our people during the winter. The town is rather too small to attract theatrical troupes, and wo might by a weekly address from some oftfMir citizens or from visitors. oiler both entertainment and a good deal of solid instruction. . We suggest to the Knights of Honor, who have already shown public spirit enougo to establish an excellent circu lating library, that they take the mat ter in hand and provide a free public address for the town on one night in each week during the winter. Let the several physicians here in town be in vited to deliver addresses on Hyciene or any kindred subject; the lawyers re quested to lecture ou the evils of going to Ihw, aud. how to avoid such a calam ity; and our successful merchants may tell how they acquired property . and never charged more than 25 per cent. If they will set the ball in motion there need be no lack of speakers for when everything else fails, they can send for some one of the aspirants for Guberna torial honors, and the winter will be passed before that list is exhausted. paid back the $250. with interest, and had left supplies enough to make this years ciop. What cauour young men, who inher.ted or married farms aud supplies to legiirwith and are now iu bondage to some comaiissiou merchant, say to this? Oau vhey with these facts say that farming will nbtpa? I have been favored with a copy of the Memorial address onthe life and char acter ot Hex. v. M. Wingste, D. D. late President of Wake F.-rest College, delivered last emmenceraent by-Rev. F. H. Ivy of Goidsboro. Jt is well woith any oneV perusal. Ou the first page he draws a nice distinct. ou be tweeu admiration, esteem, jreverence, and love. Permit me to quote the par agraph. It is this: 1 stautl here to day among the wise and eloqueut of the laud, to honor the memory of this departed great man of on. I am but the mouth-piece of this occasiou, to voice your thought and feeling, my brethren, in declariug that he was great and wise and strong and we admired him; that he as true, and faithful, and noble and we esteemed him; that he was meek, and pure, and consecrated . and we leveienced him and that he was amiable, aud gentle, and good - and we loved him. To show you what a beautifulcompar ison ne ma sea, x win quote tins: it is good to contemplate the coming into the world and the life and character of a truly great man. If "ypu trace the mightiest river to its source, you may have to ascend among the everlasting hills; but in tracking a great soul, you must rise to God. The ocean may sem to be far distant, yet it is the real pa rent of that river which lises among the central mountains and true to its native source, tiie river fiuds its wav through many lauds, blessing and fer tilizing them as it flows, to its great original. So with a great soul: we can not help, seeing that it comes from Gop and that if it fulfill his course, among men for their uplifting, accord ing to the Divine will, it returns to Goid who gave it. i will not trespass on your space by quoting any more. The address is full of eautiful thoughts, couched iu ele gaut lauguoge. It can be had by en closing a couple of turee-ceut postage stamps to the author. For lb Kiastoa' Journal. Preochinjr at Lane's Chapel. Lane's Chapel is in Craven county on the Neune road about one mile . from Moarley'a creek, which is tb dividing line between Craven and Lenir. Oo Sunday the 10th inst.. Rev, VL C Be man (Methodist) began a protracted meeting. He preached ou Sunday and Sunday night t a large congregation ind ech day since. Ou Tuesday uigbt Rev. D. W. Potter joioed in the meeting assisting in praying and sing ing. The meeting has grown very warm aud the members are very fervrnt in thrir prayers; the Spirit is with them. There is mure interest manifested than baa ever been known at this place. To day (Saturday) there are fourteen con verts and thirteen penitents. On Wed neday Rev. Mr Beaman. announced that hi text for Friday would b The value of the Immortal Soul, and on Sunday "The loss of the Soul;- accord ingly on yesterday he preached from Mark viii. 36: "For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain thehole world, aud lose his own sonl? which I think was one of the best sermons 1 listened to. t Mr. Beaman is a young and hand some man, only lacking in one thing he has no wife. He bids fair to become one of the ablest ministers of the M. E. chureh. I will close for to day by sta ting that I have not joined yet. Preaching again at night. The Di vine spirit was with us. The front seats were filled with penitents and seven more were converted. Here I will state that we are greatly in need of a larger house, the one we have was built after the war when a sm tll one was sufficient. The church at this place was burned during the war. , Sunday morning, owing to the rain, it was late before the congregation as sembled. Notwithstanding the rain the house was crowded. Rev. Mr. Beaman pontpoued the sermon previously an nounced and, assisted by Rev. Mr. Por ter, baptized by pouring, and received eighteen into the church. Among them were W. B. Pearce and wile, J. W. Kil oatrick and wife, H. C. Davis, James Brown, J. L. West, S. A. West, Rosa Cox. W. W. West; T. L. West, Henry Pittmsn, C. A. Pittmau, J. W. Stewart and others. Mr. Beamau then preach ed, a short and instructive sermon from Matthew xx. 4:, instructing th$ new converts in their patba of duty through life. Preaching again at night. About tweuty , penitents and seven converts nuking in all twenty-five that have giv en themselves to Christ. The meeting may coutinue another week. It was dark getting home last night after preaching. Mr. Joseph Kinsey's mule walked into a ditch by Ihe roadsfde and there staid with the bupgy bottom np and the mule on his ide kicking things to pieces till wo Could send off and get a lamp and some wet matches. It was about dark enough for a black cat to look light. We event ually got the buggy and mnle out. Mr. W. H. West's mule ran away but it was too aunt lor mm io see now to ao mucn damage, i We have have had a storm of preach- in and this morniuc (Mondavi ve had v--o o x J r a storm of rain aud wind; it has 'laid down cottou, corn and fences. I have a piece of late swamp corn that I think h. s. A FRESH AND WELL SELECTED stock f mwm tSLS rJ i r FOR A SHORT TIME. OAII EARL AT ffllllflffl i t n P. HASKITT. LEVI J. MOORE. HasMtt & Moor, , COST. . ARE NOT SJiLLINix AT -"-9 BUT V12R.Y IOW DOWN EVEN m TO THE GREAT CLOSING OUT SALE ! Jones County Items. Sheriff Worley had about 7,500 acres of laud sold ou the first Monday tor taxes. There were about thirty differ em tracts ana witn two or three ex ceptions, alt bid in for thfc State. No is damaged one half. THE BALANCE OF THE STOCK OF Ml jt. -; U. C 01- i ' - - ' HAS BEEN REMOVED TO THE STORE OF i 1 Where they will be sold regardless of cost until closed , out. BY ORDER OF THE ASSIGNEE ;) UltY G001S, CLOTHING, II ATS, GUOCK1UC8 & II &11DY7ABC, AT AND BELOW in:i. STROUD. In Trrnt township, on Wetlnenday August 13, Sarah A. wife of Irey Stroud, &t-d about SO years; The rrim reaper. Death, ha arain stretched out bis ruthlK arms and borne away another heaf from the human harvest. The messenger summoned a kindred spirit from earthly care ( and trouble to a life of immortality. . I Mrs. Stroud was a faithful wife, a lorinr I mother, a kind .neighbor, and though she has gone to a better land, her gain Is a great loss to her many friends left on earth. She learea a be reaved husband and five infant children to en counter the chill winds of earthly trouble. Let .-ii. .I Gi,:rr ; i mem learn 10 lnuuiw mrnunpte ua ut io doubt the Sheriff, in the goodness of J to mdenr themselves to the community, hoping to be united with the army of the resurrected at the final Grand Assize of the quick and the dead. Her soul has now taken iu night - To mansions of glory above. To mingle with angels of light. And dwell in the Kingdom of Loe. . NOR T II E II N COST ! t - tST CALL EABLY AND SECTJP.E BARGAINS. CONTINTJE HU r A SHOBT TIME. THE 8 ALB CT1LX iy24f The Supreme pouri afiirms the decis- .i. . ineyare pairooizing uorae imluntry j ion of the Court below in the case of in using Nelson's Ps, a Lenoir conn- W. J. Clarke E. W. Catpeuter from ty invention. If they wpu'd get their i Ciaven. This throw Jnir-Urki, rnt of Court; for the present, on the Clerk ship. - 7 U engine from New Berne it would be another move in the right direction. We see that E. O. Cuthbert and the 'firm of Crabtree & G., are both build ing engines for home use, and the workmanship is spoken of very highly by competent judges. Manufacturing should be encouraged bv ever mean I .. Jo oar power. The New Berne Democrat says that Hon. l. G. Fowle has telegraphed to Mr, Thos. J. Latham that the case be tween him (LithanV and D. N. Kilburn in rvgaid to the omee of Treasurer of Craven coaaty had been decided in fa vor of Latham. his heart, thought it would, be a favor to these parties to indulge them as long as possible ut is it really a fa vor to indulge a man at a time when everbody is handling a little money and then sell him out right iu the dryest time of the year for money?! We hope the Sheriff will think of this when the next taxi bst is placed in his hands. We hd a seven st rm aud rain on Monday morning trees were blown down and the com and cotton were laid flat to the ground. Mr. A. L. Swinsou of Wayne couuty, who was employed by the special Com missioners, to survey the new road through the pocosin left the Whitty place on Friday the 6th inst., with John Whaly and Asa Harreil as chain bearers to survey the road around to Tar landing. They reached Taj land ing on Monday, aud ou Wednesday started through lue pocosin to the V bit ty place.. After getting iu three or four miles on Wednesday it began to rain so thy returned to the Onslow aide for thai nrgh. Next morning thinking they could easily make the trip through to Jones that day ttiey took ouly one meal along, but by the middle of the day they found tuey Uau miscalculated as m the time it would take them to come through. Tbey made only about one mils from twelve o'clock till nig hL - Here without, re?, trefehmeuts they stopped for the night. Friday morning they aroj" early and began making their way for Jones coun ty. About dark ou Friday e.veniu& they came oat to the V nitty field not . l a. . r ' New York Ilarket. Cotton Quiet at 1UH Moxet Quiet at 5(&7 Per cen. Splbits of Tubpkxtixe 26 J cents. KINSTON MARKET. i - i CO ERECTED WE.ZXXT BY -i i . F. G. Griffin, General Merchant. TOP FROM z : : 11 1 H0IIE HADE o ;gies AT Oincinnati XriceKl .Bug ii ii OPEU ii 4 Every vehicle warranted for 112 l months. Sold for Cash or apprurrd psper. - jj Our Shop is in condition to do all kinds of repairing st low rates, which we respectfully solicit, from our citi- jj sens. :j !j HAY & BRO., j in Front of BanhuU new brick Store. DOLLAU8. ;! laomj . ji TO t : r-i i : FRO If GO TO lOO DOLLAR mistfiog the atartiog point more than fifty yards. , COTTON No sales. Batrging. 13 eta. Ties..... 2.50 BACON, N. C, Sets. Hams,. ;.. 9 eta. (X R. Sides,... 7cts. PORK, 1 i New Mess $13.00 Old Mess L. $11.40 SALT, J $1.30 LtME.. ................. $1.25$1.50 COBN, . J. ... s 75 ctv PEAS (Stock) . . ;. .6560 cts. FODDER,.!-... - - - - 75 cts. LARD, ! ; . Couutre....... J 0 Northern,. J 10 MEAL. .. .P. ..180 cts. .WHEAT, U. 75 FLOUR. t bbL. ......!:.. $5 OOaOO SYRUP. . 40 cts, MOLASSES, (Cub-)..i 50 cts. EGGS. .1. .......10 & cts. BUTTE K,... ..i...2022i ct. BEESWAX. . ....... J........ 20 eta. SWEET POTATOES. V bus. CHICKENS, in demand sty. . .102 20 j a w n ime jsr Who has once uwd the PEOPLE 3IACHIXB wUl prefer it over all otb. era, and" AG ENTS selllns it Cd It just whit tbe PKOPLC wat, It makes the shnttle lock stitcb, resj essi ly, does the widest range of wcri, r- J vr ods tb bobbins withnnt raczir.; tba works of the machine. Write for tits- . j : nnfei;:uz::ja. Philadelphia, Va. aogtl-iOt yii
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