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i T'TFOh' wvv W TIT1 W TT i .dlLltLd , V v Lr1 I i f II a 11 Vol. Ill, Raleigh, N. C, Thursday, December 11th, 1873. No. 2 WEEKLY ERA. Wm. 31. BROWN, - - Manager Kates of Subscription. Weekly Ono year, In advance, Six months, Three months, Bates of Advertising. $2 00 1 00 50 1 m. 2 m'sJ3 m's. 6m's.ll2m's 1 Squ'c $ 3 00 $ 5 00 $ 7 00 10 00 $16 00 16 00 26 00 24 00 35 00 28 00 40 00 32 00 45 00 35 001 50 00 50 00! 80 00 80 001150 00 2 do 3 do 4 do 5 do i Col'n. i do 1 do 5 00 7 00 9 00 12 00 12 00 15 00 15 00 17 00 18 00 20 00, 30 00, 9 00 10 00 12 00 20 00 30 00, 16 00 18 00 25 00 40 00 50 001 :rr Transient advertising one dollar per square for the first and fiftt cents lor each subsequent insertion. WANTED TO U2ASE. For a term of three or live years premises suitable for a Priutintr office, situated on Favetteville Street. Apply to The "Era." 24 tf FOR KENT, In the old Standard Building on Fayetteville Street, four rooms upstairs and ono down stairs. Apply to T. F. LEE. Raleigh, Dec. lltli, 1873. tf THE WEEK. A Bad State op Things. Our city for the past week or so has been infested by a gang of robbers Who for audacity sur passes any ever known in these parts. The house of Joseph W. Watson.Esq. was recently entered and robbed of clothing and other articles. A few nights alter, the house of a widow , lady named JoneS, the mother of Wesley Jones, a. printer of this ityf was entered - in the dead of night and robbed of about $12, in nyra'r,waibhl'atid chain and a suit of clothes. This was done without disturbing the family. 'After the robbery the ras- - cal3 sat on the door steps and made a meal of food they had taken from the house. On the same night the house of Jas. Burt, was entered and robbed of sundry articles of clothing. During their visit to the house of Mr. Burt, a pistol was taken from under his head by one of the rob bers. A little daughter of Mr. Burt, happened to wake up . and gave the alarm, where upon Mr. Burt pursued them causiag them to drop a trunk they had taken. Of late hardly a night passed that we do not hear of some such outra ges as the above occuring in the corporate limits. This is a serious matter for our people to look to. What are the city authorities doing to ferret out and bring to justice these midnight marauders. We certainly ought to expect that the police force of the city should at least be competent to protect innocent citizens houses from being broken into and their lives and property jeopardized. Where are the night watches? What are they doing when these great outrages are beingperpetrated with perfect impunity under their very noses. It is timo an indignant people should rise up and demand such protection from their servants as to render their wives and little ones safe from the attacks of robbers and cut-throats. . If there are not enough police on duty, put more on. A little extra pay would not be objected to by our Tnnle if thereby they could rest in security. The city 1 flu... nn, n oifx nntTinv!ti5 ought in justice to our people see Wo would to this matter at once narrpt to the Mavor that a reward c, of a few hundred dollars might of- fret the canture of the scoundrels. I M. A. Bledsoe, Ksq., who was ex pected to address tho Grnngc Con- j vention at Wilson, was compelled , to decline 011 account of ?ickness in j his family. ' ; Serious Affair in Haywood f County. We regret to learn that on Monday the 1st.. Dr. Edwards of Haywood county was shot and mortally wounded by Jas. Welch, Esq. The difficulty arose out of a dispute about a fence. It seems that Dr. Edward's father and Mr. Welch had been involved in a law suit for several years. On this oc casion Dr. Edwards was in the act of removing the fence when Mr. Welch came up and forbid its re moval. Dr. E. disregarded the command, whereupon Welch went off, got a gun and fired upon him, the shot taking effect in the abdo men, nr. jawaras died 011 Tues day morning the 2nd inst., at about 2 o'clock. Mr. Welch is we learn the brother of W. P. Welch, Sena tor from Haywood, Transylvania and Henderson counties. The af fair is deeply regreted in their sec tion of the State. Acknowledgement. We are under obligations to our friend Dr. R. B. Ellis, the gentlemanly and energetic Steward of the Deaf and Dumb and Blind Institution for two bran new brooms with which to rid our office of dirt, cobwebs, &c. These brooms were manufac tured at the Asylum by some of the scholars and they are as good as can be found anywhere in the State or out of it. We shall have much to say hereafter in regard to the management of this Institution. It is sufficient to say at present that its affairs are managed in a mariner that reflects great -credit upon all connected with their administra tion. . ' t- -" : ' Serious Accident. On Friday last Mr. Bryant Syles, a miller in the employ of Clement Richardson in JoljiLstqnjunty, was seriously injured by fallmV agaih's't' the saw while in motion. One of his legs was so badly lacerated that ampu tation was found necessary. Drs. Dedinan and Vick were called in and performed the operation in a creditable and scientific manner. Wo learn that Mr. Bryant at last accounts was doing as well as the circumstances of the case admitted. New Post Offices. The Post Office Department has established an office at Pin Hook Depot and another at "Gastonia" both on the Air Line Railroad in Gaston coun ty. The name of "Kings Moun tain" office has been changed to "Kings Mountain Station." Crowd ers Mountain has been changed to "Wooten's Station." The Berger Family. The Berger Family of Swiss Bell Ring ers are announced to perform at Tucker Hall in Raleigh on Satur day, Monday and Thuesday, Dec. 13th, 15th and 16th. The reputa tion ofjthis company is wide spread, and they are considered by all who have witnesssed their extraordinary performances to surpass anything of the kind now before the public. One feature of their entertainment consists in a young ladie's cornet band which discourses the newest, most chase and elegant selections of music. During each evening the renowned eccentric vocalist and hu morist Col. Smith Russell will as sume many of his mirth-provoking characters. He is pronounced by many to be the most effective prac titioner for the blues now living. We do hope that Raleigh will turn out in force to welcome this troupe. The press all over the country agree in pronouncing thorn a crreat ifpnGQ nnri whfih PVPrvhod v ssit mu3t be so. Upwards of eighty Sheriffs have thus far settled with tho . State Treasurer. House breaking is on the' de-crease-thauks to somebody. Oysters. Oysters are said to be at the high est state of perfection when from five to seven years old. A reg ular Oysterman can tell the age by counting the layers that overlap each other and indicates a years growth. To judge from thesizeand thinkness of some shells it may be supposed that there are Oysters sev enty years old. We are not the originator of the above. We got the most of it from the Wilmington Journal. All we know of Oysters is that when they are stewed, scol- lopped or even raw they are good, and we can swallow as many as the next man. Theodore Joseph lives at the corner of Hargett and Salis bury streets and as he keeps as good as anybody else we just dare some friend to ask us around. Supreme Court. The Supreme Court of North Carolina will meet in Raleigh on the first Monday in January next. For the information J of Attorneys and others having bus iness before the Court we notice the following as tho order in which cases will be taken up : 1st week 1st and 2d Districts. 2d 3d 4th 5th Gth 4th 3d 8th tt 5th 7th 9th 10th 6th tt tt tt tt tt tt 10th " 12th " tt it it Judge Cloud recently killed bear weighing 400 pounds. a The barri of Dr. : Gray, thirty miles from Newbern has been burnt. Loss $1,000. Rich gravel exists in.the Brindle town gold mines in Burke county, averaging 25 pennyweights to the hands employed. , ' ; .t North. Carolina produced in 1872, 144,431 bales of trittOli,; 11,150,087 pounds -of tobacco and 29,758,400 bushels of corn.' We had the pleasure of seeing in our office a few. days since Seth M. Carpenter, Esq., Associate editor of the Republic- Courier of New Berne. . ' . . . . Wyman is in Portsmouth, Va., heading this way. ' The tobacco exhibited jby Prof. Kerr at the Vienna Exhibition and which took the premium was raised in Madison county, N. C. The Purest and Sweetest Cod Liver Oil is Hazard & Caswell's, made on the sea shor, from fresh, selected livers , by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York. It is absolutely pure and sweet. Patients who have once taken it it to all others. Physicians have decided it superior to any tf the other oils in market. w r- c t v. J. W. Hodges OJsq. of Johnson county, died at his residence on the 6th inst. Pick-pockets are doing a thriv ing business in Wilmington this week. The Southern Home complains of the great amount of gambling carried on in Charlotte during the late Fair. A bill has been introduced in the Legislature to enable the Carolina Central Road to build a branch from Lincolntonto Hickory Station. Dr. Joseph H. Hall, of Salisbury, died suddenly in that city on Sat urday morning last. He was an old and highly respected citizen, On aud after, ,1st January next, ! the fee for registered letters will j be reduced from.' fifteen to eight cents. .... Bov. Dr. Jiio. E. Edwards of V Inrima'i will deliver ins ceieDrateu lecture, 4iCiioice ol'a Wife," in this city on .Thursday, Dec. J&tji. -n .ti .13 We publish as a matter of i nterest to our readers the following list of contributions to the Orphan Asylum at Oxford; N. C, for the month of November, 1873. In Cash. Paid $91 75, St John's Lodge No 1. Paid $83 05, Baptist Church in Ralegh. 31 10, Sabbath School of Taberna cle church, Henderson circuit. 29 00, citizens of Warren ton. 25 00 each, Cole3ville Lodge No 278, and Forestville Lodge No 282. 20 00 each, Industrial Lodge No 212, and Tuscarora Lodge No 122. 19 15, collection at Chowan Fe male Institute. 15 00 each, Siloam Lodge No 178, Mt Energy Lodge No 140, Orr Lodge No 104, and citizens of Mt Pleasant, Cabarrus county. 12 00, Townsville Lodge No 182. 11 00, members of VVm R Davie Lodge No 37. 10 50, ladies of Greensboro, by W S Moore. 10 00 each, Mill Creek Lodge No 125, Eureka Lodge No 283, W A Broungh & Watson, N J., and Sel lers fc Bros, Pha. 6 00, Rev A W Mangun, collected. 5 10, Proceeds of Concert at Golds boro, by Tremaine Brothers. 4 00 each, Rev Wm Brunt, Dil lon, Ellett & Co., Va.; Rev James Evarts, T Ii De Veaux, ! The Or phan's Friend," Greenville, A C McAllister, A TStrader, J WPerry W S Primrose, and Gen RF Hoke. 3 50, Prof Delk, collected. 2 00, F M'Kirkpatrick. : i 2 OOrjV Sl Taylor, J B Foushee. and HH Burke V J,. i: 2S each, Iary .T Wilson, Mag gie T Wilson, Emma, W Wilson and Bessie W-Wilsoni - - ' 1 00 each, WE Sutton, MAMunn, WD Perkinson Eddie Paschall, J R'Wood, citizeaslelttarW Shaw and Persis Rankin. 50 cents " -A- Stranger." 25 cents, " Cash." . , . In Kind. . i, 4 Bibles, flour, 6 quarters beef, 1 bushot sweet potatoes and 1 bushel corn, Adoniram Lodge, No 149. Collected by1 committee of same, 1 bed quilt -each from Miss- Rebecca "BeasIeyMrs Fanny Thomas, Mrs Amanda Ragsdale, and Miss Carrie Watkins. 2 bushels , Insh, potatoes, R Lewis, and 2 bbls. flour, S. Y. Ragsdale. 1 13 Comforts, 3 dresses, 2 cloaks, 1 box assorted articles, soap, salt, &c, 1 piece domestic, several lots of prints, 1 cloak, 6 prs. shoes, 1 cloak pattern, 1 pair pants, 2 woolen shirts, underclothing, dresses, 2 suits, &c, c, a valuable box. Citizens of Greensboro. 10 Comforts, 16 yds domestics, 9 1 pairs shoes, ana 1 ooys jacKet. 2 Bolts sheeting, 35 yards prints, 1 pair blankets, 9 yards flannel, 3 boy's hats, 2 pairs shoes, 4 pairs woolen stockings. Citizens of Mon roe. 6 Feather bolsters, 1 comfort, 2 blankets, 2 shirts, 5 yards calico, and 1 bbl flour, Mrs I H Davis. 12 Pairs gloves, 17 combs, 1 lot assorted buttons, fish hooks, 4 doz pairs woolen stockings, 6 pairs socks, J Y Landis, from friends in New York. 7 Comforts, 1 bed spread, 1 sheet and 1 calfskin for shoes, Miss M B Allen, from friends. 3 Pairs blankets, R H Graves. 4 Undergarments, Mrs M A Mitch ell. 3 Pairs stockings, Miss J A Miner. 1 Pair socks, MissMollieParham. 1 Doz flannel hoods and 3 sailor hats, Mrs Isaac CEttinger. Bed clothes and boys and -'els clothing, Mrs A C Harris. 1 lb knitting cotton, a Friend, 5 Bbbls apples, James B Daniel, 1 Bus sweet potatoes, and lot of cabbages, T. J. Horner. ' 1 lot sweet potatoes, Rev J A Stradley. 1 lot Irish Potatoes,Capt A Landis. Cabbages and peas, A F Hester. 1 Lot of window glass, T D Craw ford & Co. Asheville. We are much gratifi ed to learn that this beautiful moun tain town is rapidly improving. New buildings are rapidly going up in every direction in and around the place, and the Pioneer thinks that when the Rail Road is finished, the western metrop olis will be behind none in the State in point of population, bus iness and beauty. We heartily wish our mountain I friends success. They have the pret- tiest country on the face of the globe, and it only needs a little energy to cause them to compare favorably in every respect with the people of any section of this or any other State; ' ' 1 v . ' ; , W. W. PEEBLES, ATTORNEY AT LAW. .. Jackson, North Carolina. Practices in all the Courts of North ampton, Halifax, Bertie and Hertford counties ; in tne supreme Court of North Carolina, and In Courts. the Federal 25 2m Statement of the Franklin Fire condition of the Insurance Com thc Secretary of pany made to State on the Zlst day of December y 1872. ' ' - i The name of the Company is tho Franklin Fire Insurance Company. It is located in . the ; city, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The amount of its capital . stock is , 1 , The amount of its capital stock paid up is The amount of its accumu latioror reserve fund is ; $400,000 400,00 ) 2,963,671 10 'ASSETS. ,1 i 1 Cash, on haml godOu-bank, $151,108 42 221,792 72 C,-,000 00 In hands 01 agents auu transit;- - - . Real estate unincumbered, , $5,000 U. S: bonds ' 1881's, o,4 31 40,000 U.S. bolld31.r-rt 10-40' ff, , 43,600-00 5,000 Penn. State bonds 5-10'S 5 5il50 00 10.000 American , Steamship ? Co's . bonds, .8,000 00 10,000 Alabama State bonds, , 6,900 00 5,000 city of Pitts- burg, 7's O.050 00 Loans on bond and mort gage, being first liens on unincumbered real estate 74,4Si !!' worth double amount loaned, Debts otherwise secured, All other securities, Interest due and accrued, 131,619 0J 85,522 00 .44,463 4a $3t363,671 10 Total, LIABILITIES. Amount due to banks and other creditors, Losses adjusted and due, Losses unadjusted, Dividends declared and not paid. All cUier claims against the Co. . Amount necessary to rein sure outstanding risks, '96,879 125,821 SO 239,600 00 12,939 t 1 20 873,131 17 Total. ?1,348,49 22 Tho greatest amouni in sured in any one risk, State of Pennsylvania, 1 Countv of Philadelphia. . J ' ' . 9 25000 0J ss. Alfred G. Baker President, and Theodore M. Keger Secretary, of the Franklin Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsyl vania, being duly affirmed, depose and say, that the foregoing is a full, true and correct statement of tho affairs of said company ; that the safd Insurance Com pany is the bona hde owner of at least one hundred thousand dollars of actual cash assets, invested in stock of at least par value, or in bond or mortgage of real estate worth double the amount for which the same is mortgaged, and that they are the above described officers of said Insurance Company. ' ALFRED G. BAKER, President. Theo. M. Reqer, Secretarj'. Subscribed and affimed to before n: -f this 2d day of December. 1873. . EDWARD S. HARLAN, Notary Public. . . I Uil. C. ECCLES, ' Proprietor, CENTRAL HOTEL, CELVRLOTTE, S. C. March 7, 1873. : ; 17 t:
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