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srrni Visitoi VOL. 2-NO. 50. RALEIGU. N. C. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1879. PRICE ONE CENT, ennig Evening Yisitor. WM. U. UTLE7. Local Editor. Weaver Bros, , " Headquarters for croduce of ever kind. Daily receipts. Office East end market, Wilming- " ton street. Retail store East Hargett street de2-lm BUY YOUR CHRISTMAS Lams, flour breakfast strip, lard, mo lasses, syrup, clieese, butter, eggs, candy and anything else that you need from W. B. Mann & Co. " Then when you get through smoke one of their .nice cigars and that will put a smile on your countenance that will last for six months. ' ' decl7 lw Christmas is booming. Go to church to morro'w. lake the little ones happy mext week. Carry your children to Sunday 'School to morrow. " Mr. Bragassa's i8 the place to get your Christmas t;o):s. -i , AH the churches will . be , open .for "divine worship to morrow. It won't cost you anything to go to Sunday School in the morn ing... . fyrfi return our thanks to Hon. Jos? St vls to? public " docu ments, "i -.-,- . ' ' - Yon can find what you want.by consulting our advertising col xmns. Richmond belted meal, fresh ground; 'two car loads just arrived. Seed oats, r spring and, winter, low for cash at 'Christophers & Sorrell. - Wo think our stock of soft and stiff hats the prettiest styles to be found in the city. D. S. Waitt -&Bbo. del5 6t See the change in the adver tisement of Mr. M. D. Edwards. A young friend of ours sent a lady a box of powdered - goose feet. - . "Y '- . ; ; -' Mr. Henly of Chatham county, has put one of his patent buckets in jthe well at the capitol. ' 1 That is a beautiful sign, put up by1 Mri Pomp Bryan . for Mr. O'Neill, opposite the post office. The newest and handsomest scarfs, bows'tand neckties f the season. Also, linen hilars and cuffs, just oporied at D. S. Waitt & Bros.. L? You Want a fine carriage or buggy, don't fail to drop into and see Mr. Alfred Upchurch on jargett street. He hasa large 'and complete stock 01 nome made worK to which he invites the attention of the public. " Give him a call, and patron ize home manufacturers. nol7-6t . .B. M, Hayes, -Esq., who was stationed here in 1866, arrived in the city last night. He is : on .business connected with the gov erfiment. .. " .. U We return H our : thanks to Messrs. Fescud, Lee & . Co., for ' ithe cigars, Ck, rsent, ras as, Christ- i mas present. 'They tnave a plenty . . i . '.', . i i. s moro i me same Kinu, wiucu iy:wiu eeli yery .cheap. 1 Mr. J. A. Norm, a prominent farmer of this comity, was in tho j city to day j Rev. T. W. Smith will enter on tho duties of his station at Person St. M, E. Church to mor row morning. New England Organs and Wa ters' Bianos. J. L. Stone, Agt. If thk hells rung for acci dents, as they do for fires, every man in tho town would run for a General Accident Policy in the Travellers. Yet TEN accidents happen to one fire. The Place. Did yon know it ? That Jno. W. Cole, south side of the market is the place to get your Christmas jewelry. He lias" any lilting from an elegant parlor ehck to a small child's gold ring, which he will sell at prices that can't e duplicated. Examine Ins stock before pnreh0 asing'else'JifMe. Messrs. Pesciui, Lee & Co., have their soda fountain in full operation. They also keep any thing in the drug line yon may desire. Their stock of cigars and tobacco can't be- excelled. Ther tfre one of the most relia- bio. firms' smd clever gentlemen in the city to-deal with. It our friends want cigars, tobacco, toil et soaDS. Derfumerv or anything l ' ft. w in that line they should not for- et this firm.' Go to see them. Wm. P.- Wetherell, Dec. 19-tf. Agent. "Best " Scotch whiskev at M. Oransman's. - Mr. J. M. Rosenbaum's is the place to purchase your Christmas suits of ready-made clothing, lie nas a beau tiful stock from which to select from, and besides he is constantly receiving new ancl, fashionable goods. Go to see him. Messrs. Stronach & Belo are receiving daily consignments of 1 w turkeys, chickens, apples, chest nuts, butter, white and 6tock peas, white and mixed beans, flour, meal, corn, oats, hay and all oth er kinds df country produce. They are also auctioneers and Darties having anything to sell at auction would do well to call and see them at their store on Wil mington Street a few doors south of Martin Street. , George T. Stronach, Esq., has made a present of a couple of quarters , of beef to the poor of Kaleigh. That is just like George. Let us emulate his ex ample by helping our poor during Christmas week. Those pples that Mr. 'W. A. Gattis is daily receiving, are the very things to put in your childrens stocking Thev are anlendid eat ing apples and will be greatly enjoyed bv the little ones. Hena ana get a Dar reL l!, .-i . ... D. H. Browder still lives to dye, and clean all kinds of ladies and gents garments in the latest and most improved styles. Kid gloves and slipper cleaning a .a specialty. Morgan street, west of Presbyterian Church, dec.15 There will ' be another great shooting for turkeys at Lincke's Hall to night at 8 oclock. Some extra fine old gobblers will be present and. accompany the lucky shots home to serve as Christmas dinners. iThe best 'and largest assortment of wines, liquor, &c, at A. W. Fraps1 - ' 4 . At Edenton St. Church to mor row, Dr. L. S. Bmkhfcfd will preach at 11 a. m. and Itcv. Dan iol Culbreth will preach at 7 p.. m. Tim young man who is cold and has no miey to buy himself an overcoat is trying to figure out how much he has j.paid for cooling drinks during the 6um mer. The sum total makes him shiver. Persons who care to live and the fact they do live shows that they care to cannot be too watch fill of the beginning of pneumo nia, which is one of the most in sidious and formidable foes of human existence, ivl. Rosenbaum, near the capitol, has just received in addition to his well selected stock, white and colored bed blanket", white twilled flannel, red twilled flannel, large lot of balmoral skirt, ladies, gentlemen and childrens undershirts, ladies satchels and trunks, canton flannel, trimming, lace and neck ruffling cheap as ever. We ask an in spection of our assortment. Respect fully, M. Kosenbaum. 23-6t Tho most convenient hall and best pool and carom tables at A. W. Fraps. Newly corned pork at Johnson & Wiggs'. It's cheaper than clear rib sides. de6-3t Baptist Fair. The great at TRACTION FOR CHRISTMAS WEEK. The preparations already made and the active work of the ladies insure the Fair and Festival to be held at Metropolitan Hall next week agrand success. The hand some Wax Doll to be "given Id the girl receiving the highest num her of votes, at 10- cents, and on exhibition at Pesciid, Lee & Co.'s is attracting the admiration of the little folks. An elegant silver mounted Toilet Set will be given to the la dy receiving the highest number of votes at 10 cents. On exhi bition at Simpson's Drug tore. The worthy object deserves the support and patronage of all our citizens and we earnestly hope it will be lavishly given. Pins of large opal beads are a favor ite hair ornament. ' ' All bodioos, save high ones, are still ornamented with bouquets. .Bodices are now very long in the waist, with usually five seams. There is a flurry in the ruober trade. Prices have bounded up rapidly. Jjet mature give a young man cheek and all other things will be added unto him. Dark colored evening dresses are again decked with white lace in de signs." " The last time a man goes into a gray yard he does not laugh at the style of the tombstones. Belding's Silk and Williamatic spool cotton. J. L. Stone, Agt. Always fresh beer on tap at A. W. Fraps. Little things are often important. What would a forty cent cigar amount to if you had no match? It is hard to " decide which is the mors pestilential the young bore who is forever bragging what he is go ing to do or the old bore who is eter nally bragging what he has done. : " When you see a young man i gor geous apparel walking about the street with his arms hanging in curves from his body like the wings of an overheat ed turkey on a summer's day. it isn't because he is in pain. It is because he hasn't been, "abroad." Butteriok's Patterns. A $1, 500 stock on hand at J. L. Stone's. Jost think of it, boys. Christmas only four days off, and Jerry Thomas will be around trying to wrestle with some of you. They who have plenty may rest and be tnankful, (Think of God's children with noth- at all,) Now should sweet charity's river be drank full, (Think of the stream that is bitter as gall.) In order to accommcMlate their friends, that they make tbeir purchases for the holidays, W. H. & R. S Tuck er will keep open their place of busi ness at night until 9 o clock. We saw a picture of to day yssttr day standing at the corner of the Citi zens' National Bank. It was a six year old boy with. a. six inch cigar in his mouth. A negro man came aloDg and the little grown up young man moth er's only darlingwas heard to ex claim: "Say, Cuffee, give us a match, willyrr?" Good Cows will imprve'by the ju dicious use of ship stuff. Prime Tim othy, Fodder, &c , all of 'nhioh can be had cheap for cash at Christophers & Sorrell. , del6-6t Soveral barrels Southampton apple brandy for sale cheap at A, W. Fraps, wholesale depart ment. decl-6t Won't the Mayor of Raleigh do the same thing? The Portsmouth Times says the members of the police force of that city have been instructed by the Mayor, to put a stop to all blow ing of tin horns and such kindred noises, until Christmas eve. Preachers do not "marry" couples now, but "marrifles" them. This is the latest. General Kingsbury, of the Wilming ton star, is after the Misters again. We stand on his platform, though. There has been plenty of snow in Michigan the past four week. There was plenty of it here once, but all of it was scooped in and will be found on some of the cakes at the Fair next week. FittE Stock can be kept so bV a lib eral supply of good feed, such as com , oats, prime timothy, fodder, &o. Six car loads just received, which will be sold low either in quantities or by re tail, at Christophers & Sorrell. Holiday pictorial books,albums, hymnals and prayer booka,Shake- speare, lennyeon, moore ana other poetical works. Now is the time to lay m Santa I lans pres ents Call at L. Branson s book0 store. dcl5 6t A well known East Davie street man tuck his head out of a window a few nights ago and signalled for a police man. The officer came, and was told to go around to rear and capture a burglar who was even then trying to get m the house. He went, and found the servant girl building the fire a little earlier than usual. When a well known chiropodist en tered the hotel, the other morning, it was a mean trick in a boot black to siag out: "Set tho corn curing hero comes." "' ! Finch's Golden Wedding whis key at M. Grauswian's. del5-6t Furniture and Toys. I am now receiving one of the finest lots ot furniture ever brought to this city, and I am Belling them at the very lowest figure. I have also a nice lot of toys the very thing for Christmas presents which 1 am selling very low. Give me a call and be convinced. Jno. T. Mokriss, corner Fayetteville and Davie Streets. no26-tf A band in a town in Michigan has been invited to select a spot for prac tice in the dim recesses of the virgin forest, or behind some far distant hill, where they may. molest - or make none afraid with the soul searching strains of their alleged music. This shows th goo 1 farmer. A sub stantial farmer of Shelby county, Mo., cut -his fall wheat in the early part of the season, realizing sixteen bushels per acre. He then put in a crop of tobacco, and raised on the same ground cne thousand six hundred pouads. Mr. J. L. Stone's average sales of New Home Sewing Machines are over one hundred per month ; office and show-rooms No. 18, Fayetteville St., Raleigh, N. C. tf. i A novel pen wiper. The Cleveland Press says that years ago a vagrant cat came to the Central station which has since become a portly feline, loaded down with the honor of having exter minated all the ' rats about the station. Having no more active service to do, she curls herself upon the desks of the clerks and lends her fur to the use of a pen wiper, going from desk to desk as sh is needed. Mr. tphen Henly, of Chatham coumy, is agent of the State at largo for the new pump which hai been re cently put up in the capital square. The pump works admirably in every, respect, and gives entire satisfaction. It is certainly a great improvement on the old fashioned ooncerus, and is sold at moderate prices. The business boom throughout the eouatry is rapidly increasing in siao ana has reaohed Kaleigh. We would rather hav such booms, than all the political "bummerangs" in the land. Let the people devote more tune to business and less to politics. ' It pavs much better. The finest Holland Gin at M, Grausmaji's, , ... f. Messrs. Teararan. Pettv k Go. aska special attention to a frosh invmVA f black goods, specially alapaccaa and cashmeres a certain number sold bv this house alone. Seven marr wie licenses issiwl nn tn oue o'clock. Opossum aud wild turkev at Joseph's to-night. A htlO SUnft?r onI A turn Inlinr ami u half cold piece criven awav at 11 oV.lonk w L at the Higgs House to-night. ' Come one come all. ' Can the man who taarrtad th TTn. tetter's Bitters girl be called abitter(s) man .' i ar ooro ooutnerner. Uertainly, if he catches the Hcs-tetter. STATE NEWS' Cameron had a stabbing affray the other day. No one hurt. Mr. T. E. White and Miss Claudia Bland, of San ford, are married. The Charlotte Democrat is the most sensible and reliable paper in North Carolina. Loner live it. Mr. T. B. Douthit slaughtered a hoir recently and found a small nail imbed ded in its snout. . Winston Sentinel. Harper, of the Kinston Journal, gets up a good paper. The Journal is like old wine, gets better. We like his independence. Six thousand five hundred bales of cotton has been shipped rom Kinston this season over the A. & N. C. Rail road, saye the Journal. lhehog cho era is raging in the neighborhood of Fivo Forks, Stokes county. Several farmers have lost nearly all their stock recently. Also TT?i i n -r .i i on jjick creeit, in tne nopweii neign borhood, this county. Slem Press. Mr. Joseph P. Caldwell aud Mr. J. L. Bhambers, for a longtime Assistants in the Editorial Department of the Charlotte Observer, have made arrange ments W purchase thftStatesville .Land mark, "and after the' Tirst of January will engage in the publication of that paper. , A little negro boy, about four yean old, was badly bitten on the cheek by a vicious horse a few days ago. , Dr. Young "rendered the proper I faecHcal treatment and received for his pay 'a tirade ot abuse from the negro mother. The doctor will be slow, m answering such calls in the future. Oxford Free Lance. The Moore Index tells of a maa of vim. Dr. W. r. Wilcox, twenty years ago, fell from a scaffolding andinjur- ea nis spinal column, lie cannot stand nor walk; since the accident he has been Register of Deeds, school teacher and engaged in other business. He is now 50 years old and is worth fine property. .I'm sitting on the stile, Mary; I sob and smile and sneeze; 'Twill only be a while, Mary, I think, until I freeze. - ' .s. The ulster ooat I used to wear Has vanished like a dream;.. We ate it up, I do declare,', '. In chocolate ice cream.' .Elizabety City Faloon., 1 j 1 ' V-"''V 4 A cotton gin and fifteen 'bales of I cotton unrod at , Weldon Thursday, with a small building belonging t6Hh& Rrilroad Company. .)!)
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