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EVENING VISITOR. vol. 5 no. 28. RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1881. PRICE 2d WilliainWoollcott WH0LE3A.LE DEALER VS DRY GOODS, Clothing.Notions HATS, BOOTS AND SHOES, MILLINERY GOODS, AO., I, And Manufacturer off PANTS, SHIRTS nd DRAWERS, 8 Wilmington and 15 Hargett street, Raleigh, JV. C SEASONABLE GOODS REFRIGERATORS, WATER COOLERS. PEERLESS ICE i" CREAM FREEZERS, THE BEST IN THE WORLD,f,FISHIKG TACKLE, ALL KINDS, LARGEST STOCK IN RALEIGH, FLY F.ANS, FLY TRAPS. WE GUARANTEE SAT ISFACTION. CALL AND SEE US. BEST GOODS! LOWEST PRICES'. SQUARE -DEALING . THOS.H. B1UGGS & SONS BSIGGS BUILDING, RALEIGH, N. . Evening Visitor. largest city circulation. WM, M. UTLEY, Editor. Arrival and Departure of Trains- RALEIGH & GASTON RAILROAp. Leave. Arrive. Raleigh, 8 40 A M Raleighy 1 35 p m Weldon, 3 15 pm Weldon,12 55 p m RALEIGH & AUGUSTA AIR LINE. Leave. Arrive. Raleigh, 7 45 p M Hamlet, 2 30' A m Raleigh; 8 30 A M Hamlet, 1 45 a m THE MAILS CLOSE. R fe G, 8 A. M. N C (eastern), 1 10 p. M. N 0 (western), 3 20 P M R & A A L (Chatham),' 7 10 p M ARRIVE AND OPEN FOR DELIVERY. R & A A L (Chatham), 8pmNC ('western) 2 30 p M N C (eastern) 4 30 p m R & G, 8 30 p m Advertisements To-day. J. A. Bragassa Oranges. W. C. fe A. B. Stronach --Coffees, fec. Mrs. Aley Gill Administratrix. Yeargan, Petty & Co. Specials. CITYVISIT8. Not an item could jbe gathered from the Mayor's office this morn ing. Vegetables . plentiful and ' of superior quality in market this morning- Hon. A. S. Merrimon will deliver the annual address at Rutherford College to morrow. A drummers license was issued this morning to C. H. ' Brenaman & Co., of .Baltimore. Two of our hardware clerks went out fishing yesterday and caught 75 of the finny tribe. Mr. and Mrs. John H. Boner, of Washington, D. Ci, are in the city, the guests of R. W. Smith, Esq. The State Convention of the Young Men's Christian Association - will be held in Btatesville on the 16th of next June. An important meeting of the Raleigh light Infantry will be held to" night. Eyery member ordered ; to be present. - Hon. Z, B. Vance arrived in ' the "city this morning by; the R. fc A.,L. R. R. and' took rooms at the Yarboro ' House. ; He was called ( on by. many , of our leading citizens. Market dull. Middling cotton 9 7 8. Mr. E. A. Johnson was some bet ter to day. The Raleigh Academy of Medicine meets to morrow night. New buildings are a s rrAl n cr up in every direction in the city, Fishing' is the order of the day among both adults and the young. The graves of the Union soldiers will be decorated on the 30th in stant. Mr. John Spelman will resume the publication of the State Journal in a few. days. The early closing of the stores goes into effect on Wednesday, June the 1st, and we are pleased to learn that nearly all the merchants signed the petition. J. S. Long, Deputy Sheriff of Person county brought Monroe Stanfield, colored, to the penitentiary to day. He is in for 15 years for incendiarism. The forage market may be quoted as follows to day : Fodder, $1.50 per hundred; oats, $1.35, old hay, $1.00; new, 60 to 75 cents; shucks, $1.00; straw, 5 to 60 cents. J. E. Dickens, Sheriff of Halifax ccunty brought Govan Ransom and Pam Shearin, both colored, to the penitentiary to day. They are sen tenced one year each for larceny. The First and Second Presbyte rian churches went on their annual pic nic to day to the Cotton Place out on Newbern Avenue, and no doubt had a nice time. Quite a large crowd were in attendance. We were pleased to meet Col. Walter Clark on the streets this morning. He has just returned from a two weeks trip to Florida, where ho has been on legal busi ness. The revised version of the Bible was on sale at' Messrs. Alfred Wil liams & Cos., book store to day. The prices range from 25 ' cents to $2, and we learn the sales were very large. Be sure you go to hear f&e boy orator, J. Harry Shanon, at Tucker Hall Friday night. It is for the benefit of the Ladies' Memorial Assc ciation. and we bespeak for them a good house. Our young friend, W. B. Hood has opened a stock of groceries, in thelstore formerly occupied by Mr. F. B. Hill, and will be pleased to have his friends and the public generally give mm a call. J. H. Miller, Esq., left this morn ing for Mooreheal City, to make preparations to open his bar and bil Hard room there on the first of June next, when the hotel will be open forjthe reception of boarders Mr.' W. W, Briggs and family left on Saturday - morning last for Taunton, Mass., to make that place their future home. It is a great pity that there are not a sufficient num ber ot factories here t give our me chanics employment, to keep them from having to go to other States to seek work. There will be a meeting of the Wake County Prohibition Executive Committe" in the rooms of the State i Executive ' Committee to morrow at ; 5 o'clock p. m. All the members are , iequested to attend, as there is im- portant business to transact. VV. J. Peele, Chairman. A gentleman in this city of un doubted veracity, vouches for the truth of the following : He discover ed one of his chickens the other day, running over the yard, ; with his mouth wide Open and head thrown baek, as if in great pain. He chased tho chicken and caught it, and on examination, found a piece of cooked beef an inch long and a half inch thick, fastened to ; the roof of its mouth. ' He cut it off and the chicken went its way, apparently as well as ever. The young men will hold a prayer meeting at the Swain 8 tree t ' Baptist church to night. Regular meeting of Manteo Lodge, I.O.O.F., to night. Every member requested to bo present." Let every member of the Royal Arcanum be present at their meeting to night. Business of importance to be transacted. Regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen to night. We suppose the policemen for the ensuing six months will be elected. We are glad to hear that the Rev. W. 8. Black has found his watch, which was advertised in this paper a few days ago. Mr. Huske, one of the gentlemanly salesmen in Mr. James T. Moore's Hardware store, is confined to his room from sickness The farmers in the southwestern part of the county are very much behind in their crops on account of the dry weather. The First Baptist Sunday School will have their pic nic at Faison's farm on Thursday next, instead of Wednesday, as was announced in our yesterday's issue. See notice of administrator's sale in this issue. The entire stock of wines, liquors, etc., belonging to the late Z. W. Gill, will be sold at auc tion on the 15th of June next. The last Legislature passed an act reducing the salary of Keeper of Weights and Measures from $200 to $100 and gave the office to Col. J. McL. Turner, vice Mr. P. McGowan. Mr. J. A. Bragassa, the popular confectioner, makes an unusual at tractive announcement to day. Our readers are requested to read it, and then give him a call. Julia Ana Allen, an insane colored woman, who has-been confined in the county jail here for several weeks, was taken to the colored Insane Asylum at Goldsboro yesterday af ternoon. A musicale, by the ladies of Christ Church Aid Society, will be held at the residence of Mr. Charles, E. Johnson, Hillsboro street, on Wed nesday evening, the 25th, at 8:30 o'clock. The public are invited to attend. Messrs. W C & A B Stronach, dealers iu heavy and fancy groceries and also leaders in coffee roasting present an unuspl attraciive bill of fare in this issue. They have every thing any one wants in the grocery line. Their fresh corned shad are very fine and palatable. It is use less to eunumerate. Our friends are requested to read their advertisement and then give them a call. A special meeting of the Woman s Christian Temperance Union, of Raleigh, will be held to-morrow (Wednesday) afternoon at the Sun dajr School Room of the First Bap tist church, at 5 J o'clock. All friends of temperance are mo.st earnestly re quested to be present, as it is desired to amend the constitution, so as to meet the necessities of the present in our own city Mrs. W. S. Black, Recording Secretary. Filth in the Streets. Complaint is made by some of the people residing on upper Fayetteville street about people throwing slops and other filth into the gutters, there; by making a stench which is almost unbearable. They also complain of trash being swept into the gutters and allowed to remain there for a whole week. Now we would suggest that barrels be sit along the streets for pec pie to put their gar bage in, and then send a cart around early each morning and have it haul ed away. " This course is pursued in nearly all large cities, the whole year round, and could be easly done in this city. We hope those in authority will give this matter immediate, at tention. . Pic-Nic and Excursion. The Salisbury Street Baptist Sun day school will have their annual pic nic at raisons farm on lhursday, the 2Cth. A limited number of tick eta will be sold at the hardware store of T. II. Briggs & Sons. The cars will leave Raleigh am' Gaston depot at nine o'clock. 1 Decoration Day. Subscriptions, and very liberal ones, are being made to erect a hand some speakers' stand and summer house at the national cemetery. The building will be put up by the 30th inst., Decoration Day, and will oc cupy a position just south of the flagstaff. The cemetery is now beau tiful and there are great uuinlnjis of visitors. On the 30th George E. Tinker, Esq., of Newbern, will de liver the address, and Col. A. W. Shaffer, of this city, will read an original poem, and Rev.' E. D. Ma son, of Raleigh, acting as chaplain. There will be no parade of ex-Union soldrers. Services will commence promptly at five o'clock. Raleigh Markets in May, 1863. From the Raleigh Progress of May 14, 1863, we glean the following. It may interest some of our readers: Green apples were scarce and sold at $15 a bushel; bacon $1 a pound; beef 60 cents; beans $6 a bushel; but ter $1 50 a pound; tallow candles $2 a piece, adamantine $4, and sperm $6; corn, per barrel, $25; chickens $1 75; family flour, per barrel, $40; fodder, per hundred, $7; hay, per . hundred, $6; molasses, per gallon, $10; meal, per. bushel, $5 50; pork, per hundred; $50; sweet potatoes, per bushel, $4 50; Irish $5; salt,per saoc, $17 50; sugar, brown, per pouurl, $1 40, coffee $1 50 and loaf none; wheat, per bushel, $.r; lard 1 per pound. In the Fayetteville market we find cotton, quoted at 40 cents per pound; coffee none; cow peas $5 per bushel, and white $7; bacon 80 and 90 cents; butter $2 75; eggs 65 cents; totton yarns $10 per bunch. The same paper has the following war news: The retaliation resolutions adopted by Congress provides that every commissioned officer who shall com mand negroes for military service against the Confederate States, or aid tuem in any military enterprise in saio service, shall, if captured, be put to death; aud negroes, when captured in arms against the Confederate States, shall be delivered to State au thorities to be dealt with according to present future laws of the State. Official Advertising. We have beeu requested to publish the following act in relation to official advertising. Cat it out and paste it up for future reference: The General Assembly of North Carolina do euact: Section 1. Tht notices of every sale of real estate, made by order of any court, or sale under execution, shall be published once a week for four weeks immedi ately preceding such sale in a news paper ( if there be) published in the county wherein such sale is to be made: Provided, That the cost of such publication shall not, in any case, exceed three dollars, to be taxed as other costs in such proceedings or action. Sec. 2. That the notices, required by section 45, cha'pter 45, of Battle's Revisal, Bhall be published once a week for four weeks in a newspaper (if any there be) published in the county: Provided, That the costs thereof shall not, in any case, exceed two dollars. Sec. 3. That the annual statement of county .commissioners, required by section 13, of chapter 27, Battle's Revisal, shall be published in a news paper if any there be) published in the county: Provided, That the costs of the same shall not exceed a half cent a word. s Sec. 4. That the annual report of the county finance committee shall be ; published in a newspaper (if any there ' be) published in the county: Piovi- ded, That the cost of the sime shall not exceed a half cent a word. - Sec. 5. That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act be, and. the same art hereby repealed. Sec. 6. That this act shall be in force from and after the first day of March, 1881. Ratified this the eleventh day of March, A. D. 1881. The Press, published at Hie :ory has the fallowing item of a Ute Raleig'.ite: Mr. M. W. Soiroll, of Raleigh is stopping in Hickory a few days awaitiug the arrival of his wife, who will accompany iiim oa a trip througli our lovely mountain country, tla will trivet through Watauga, Ah and Alleg'sany coun ties fr the purpose of selecting a stock farm, upon which he intends raising the Angora goat, so noted for the fineness of its wool. This goat is raised with success in Georgia and Kentucky, and Mr. Sorrcll thinks that it ctin be raised with equal suc cess in our State. Be has with him to fine specimens of the wool pro duced by this goat; one taken from the animal in Georgia, the other brought from Europe. Mr. orrell is an intelligent young man, and w hope he may secure a suitable farm, where success will atrend his efforts in tins new enterprise. Sensible Man. Jos. Jarrett, of Breckeniidge, Ky., fouud that his wife had eloped with a neighbor and carried of a few thousand dollars of his securities, so he pursued and over hauled them at Stephenport, took away his valuables, and, for fear the elopers would return on finding them selves penniless, gave them $100 with which to continue their journey for life, liberty and the pursuit of happi ness. An Assorted cw, jt Black grounds, ih french petwle.-, one yard wide. Very fine fabric, and fast colors. A great bargain. Alsndoxk colored, lawns, at Yeargan. Pettv it Co. GREAT OFFERINGS ! ! ! WONDERFUL! ! 1 We have just received 15,000 Yards PRTNTED LAWNS, one yard wide, perfect colors. Warranted Fast, at per yard. 20,000 YARDS UNION LAWNS, Fast Colors, and Perfect GooJj, at only 6 l-4c. per yard. Superb Lines of ROMAN STUIPED SU.iAH SILKS, OMBRE STRIPED RIBBONS. Fouler Kid Gloves, The Genuine Foster Kid Gloves five hooks in all ihe new shades and blacks. W. H. & R. S. TUCKER. The North Oarolina Sate Board of Education has recommended ELLSWORTHS REVERSIBLE COPYING, BOOKS, TO BE USED IN THE PUBLIC S JHOOLS OF THE STATE It is the Best System, because: 1. It is complete in only four books. 2. Only half dek space is occupied. 3. Each leaf lies perfectly flat. 4. A hinged blotter covers each page. 5. Each book contains all the tetters of both alphabets. 6. The sy stem is rapidly progressive. " 7. The copies are clear, correct, con- ' cise and instructive. 8. Results are ease of movement and a good handwriting. tOTPublishers' Solo Agents for North Carolina. r. Send fob Introduction Prices; ALFRED WILLIAMS & CO., . Booksellers, &c RALEIGH, N. C. 1
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