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The Index,
Mnrfreesboro, N. C.
FKIDAY.
NOV....ll
1867
Fire new cases of yellow fe
ver and two deaths were report
ed from Tampa yesterday. Five
have beep discharged from the
hospital and twenty-six cases
-are now under treatment.
The State of New York, in
spite of the defection of what is
known as the labor vote, elects
the Democratic ticket by a ma
jority of at least 15.000. New
York remains immovable inline
as a Democratic State
Wilmington (N. C.) Stan The
effect -of the victories in New
York and Virginia will be felt
all over the country. North
Carolina will remain in the
.Democratic column, the "solid
outh" will remain unbroken,
t And peace and prosperity will be
assured to the country for at
Jeast four years more.
Louis Lingg, the bomb maker
Anarchist, ended his life yester
day by means of a fulminating
case. He had the case in his
mouth; and lit it with a candle,
which was burning in his cell
he explosion was the first
warning that the jail people had.
T,he guard seeing hi in with the
candle in his hand supposed that
)iq was lighting a cigar.
Before Tuesday's election
unset Cox said; "If the Dem
V, Ir
up will go President Cleveland
and Governor Hill, and we shall
have to look for a new man."
As the Empire State Democrats
swept everything before them,
the "new man" will not have to
be found. The success of the
party in 1888, with Cleveland
at the helm, is virtually assured.
The result of the political
contest Tuesday in Maryland,
Virginia and New York wherv
the fight was hottest and the is
sues at stake were most impor
tantis a 'sienal triumph for
jthe national administration and
.for the party which it repre
sents. It means that the peo
ple appreciate the reforms in
federal affairs initiated by Pres
ident Cleveland, and assures his
re-nomination and re-election
in 1888.
Eighteen years ago, when the
air brake was tried, it required
eighteen seconds to apply it to
a train 2,000 feet long. Four
years later the time was reduced
four seconds. Kecent experi
ments with the air brake on
freight trains sNow that it can
be applied to every car in a
train of that length running at
the rate of forty miles an hour,
and that this train can be stop
ped within 500 feet, or oue
fourth of its own length, and all
this without any serious jolting.
iWhile petitious were being
presented to the Governor of
Illinois to spare the lives of the
condemned Anarchists, one of
Jhps'e uiiser.ible men, with I he
connivance, if not the assistance
of at least one of the others,
was preparing for a wholesale
jnafcsacrc hy blowing up the
Chieggo jail with dynamite.
This circnutstancev proves that,
prayers for mercy were mispla
r '1, and that even their impend
iwfui fate cannot subdue
x::sUncts.
S.W. Grimes,
PIIO TO URA P II Eft
AND DEALT R IN
FURNITURE. SKWIXG
MACHINES, CAKFETING, -OIL
CLOTHS. WINDOW
CURTAINS, .PICTURE
FRAMES, BRACKETS, &C.
FURNITURE NEATLY REPAIRED
AND UPIIOLSTERED. MAT
TRESSES OF ALL KINDS AND
SIZES MADE TO ORDER
AND ON HAND.
CST ALSO KEEP FIRE CLAY CHIM
NEY PIPE, i
To
Tim
ado.
o- o o
Wo call the attention of our friends
and patrona to our new and select
stock of
DRY GOODS, i
DRESS GOODS.
NOTIONS. HOSIERY,
CORSETS. GLOVES,
AND ALL KINDS OF FURNISHING
GOODS. SHOES, HATS, &C.
READY MADE C LOT II J Hi G A
SPECIALTY.
( VAUGHAN
MURFREKSBORO. N. C.
THE PliACE TO GET
Drugs. Medicines. Paints
I Oils &Ch
! AT THE
Lowest Prices -
! IS AT
E. F. LAWRENCE'S CO'S
t
MURFREESBORO, N. C.
Perfumery, Stationary, Fancy Soaps.
Brushes! Toilet Waters
and Cigars.
r-ST0CK KEPT COMPLETE BY FREQUENT
ARRIVALS I
V
(SUCCESSOR TO DR. J. T. LEWTER.)
MURFF.EESBORO, N. C.
DEALER IN
.1
MEDICINES,
PAINTS. OILS,
VARNISHES, i DYE-STUFFS, FINE
TOILET SOAPS, PERFUMERY,
TO I LET j ARTICLES, &c.
LETTER PAPER, PENS, INKS,
T ENVELOPS,
GLASS, PUTTY, CARBON OIL,
LAMPS, J CHIMNEYS, &c.
iSFAlso a Kflcct Ftrck of Notion. Mil
linery Goods, Ribbons, Lace, Kmbroidej
Shir s. Collars, bcails. Straw Hate, and
Jewtlrv. ;" ::.;
MURFREESBORO, - - N. C
DEALER IN
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS. AND
GROCERIES.
HARDWARE j AND GLASSWARE
A SPECIALTY.
Just received a nice line r-f Dr' Goods
from Baltimoiv, which will be sold cheap
for cash. Give me a call.
j -
Earn dso running a mail lino from this
place to Wintoii,: N. C. three tfuie a week
Monds, Wednesday? and Fridays, 'and
wiil take passengers tl rough for ONE
DOLLAR each- .
j J. A. BCYETT.
Bookseller, and Stationer-
POST-OFFICE BUILDING,
MURFREESBORO, NC.
Bhilr's Keystone Writing Paper' in
packets at 10c, 5c. and 3-2, is the cheap
est, nicest, antl most economical paper in
the world. j :
"'Keystone inks, pens, and pencils con
tain all of the qualities desired in a good
article and are simply elegant. Try them!
A full stock ot these and other lines of
stationary always on hand.
Manufacture! 'a Agent for WO V EN
WIRE FENCING.
gt31aKubbcr Stamps o' all kind:?, ranging
in prices from. 25i cents to $15, furnished
at short notice f Orders solicited.
The Cosmopolitan
The handsomest, most entertaining, low pric
illustrated family magazine in the world.
($2.50 per year, with a $2.25 premium
free.) Sixty-four i beautifully printed pacs in
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and foreign writers, such as Julian Hawthorne,
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Lathrop, Louise Chandler Moulton, J. Mac
donald Oxley, EUa Wheeler Wilcox, H. H.
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Alphonse Daudet. Paul Hevse, Count
Tolstoi, Jh. Dostoivsky, William West all and
many others. Aso entertaining JUV1SN IL.1S
and invaluable HOUSEHOLD departments.
One or more illustrated articles and several full
page engravings in every number.
A Shannon Letter and
Bill Pile or a Shannon
Sheet-Music Binder
Free to every ,
Subscriber.
fhese premiums sell
everywhere for $2.35
each. The File is the most
perfect device ever invent
ed for the preservation and
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of all letters, bills, etc.
Any paper can be referred
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A3E2TT3 EI3 COOSSXSSrs PAD.
Schlicht & Field Co., Rochester, N.Y.
of t-n of tiieL f rMnds.will
t rrth rr je-wel r y, but rood s th t rt,t i 1 far &. ait
i" n rf!ini oCTtr. a Xnrtuns to you. Fntif vrtion ur
LAWRENCE
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Coticerniiig' the Point Lace,'
and "Orange BSossom59 brands
of flour which we are handling,
we give the following correspond
ence by the manufacturers and
consumers:
Read what the manufacturers say:
HAMILTON, OHIO, Sept. 15tl, 1887.
Mess. E. F. Rice & Co., ' j
MurlYeusboro, N. C.
GentIjEMEN: Please accept our thanks lor your handsome order, and we wast
you to guarantee our 'Point Lace" Hour. to your most particular trade in every
respect. You can't guarantee it too high to please us. We will uphold all the
good tilings ytu can say about it. We warrant every barrel or' the "Point Lace'
and Oraue lllossom" brands ot flour to give entire satisfaction in every partic
ular, and if it does uot, -re v ill refund you your money.
- j Yours ve i v trulv
j AXDEKbOX & SHAFFER.
This is what the
Como. N. C., Oct. 1st 'J-7.
Mess. E. F. Rice & Co.,
Tear Sirs: IJay used the grades of
flour Orange Blossom and Poinc Lnc
bought of you, I can without hesitation,
say Ine.y are excellent.! Best, I have eve'
used for the price. ' G. A. Brett.
i lurfreesboro, X. C.
K. F "Rice & Co: The barrel of Orange
Blossom flour wh cli I have used has given
mc t-ntire satisfaction. ; S. J. Ilolloinon.
Woouhind.N. C.
E. F. Rice & Co: I hivo been using
your Orange 'Blossom flour and can say
that I pronounce it a No 1 flour and don't
want any better. ; Blake Bryant.
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Murfrcesboro, N. (J.
E. F. Rice & o; I have uTed the Or
ange Blossom hramV of flour for some
mouths past and am pleaded with it.
- Joseph T. YYeede.
Como. X. ;C.
E. F. Rice & Co: -I lave used about
eight barrels of you. Orange Blosso-n flour
this iear. anl do not hesitate to say that
it is the best flour for the money that I
ever used. My wife likes it well.
S- D. Winborne.
Murfieesboro. N. C. r
vE. F. Rice & Co: I have used one bar
rel of your Orange ; Blossom flour and
don't want any belter, and shall continue
to use it as long as I can get it. I doirt
think there is any better flour.
King Nelson.
; St. Johns, N. C.
E. F. Rice & Co- I ; lmve been using
your Orange Blosom flour fori sometime
and don't want any better. I
J. B. Sumner.
Poteen si. N. C.
E " F. Rice it Co: I"hnv u.ed several
barrels of the Orange Blossom ; flour and
have no hesitation in pionounemg it a
No I flour. T. I. Lassiter.
; Mmfreesboro, N. C.
E F. Rice & Co: I: have used three
barrels of 3-our Orange Blossom flour ar.d
pronouj'.ce it to the public to be No 1.
When in need fcball procure more of the
same if possible. . T. C Carter.
Mmfreesboro. N. C,.
E. F. Rice & Co: I have .been using
the Orange Blossom flour and find it just
as good as I want. i P. A. Johnson.
Murfieesboro, N. C.
E. F. Rice 4 Co: Give me the Orange
Blossom fl. ur again. I think it the best
for tl. money that I ever used.'
, W. T.B.itton.
T
BPANDIES. LIQUORS, WHISKIES, WINKS, BEER, ALE,
And every tbiDt of the kind thai may be wanted.
We make it a business to buy such goods as suit our
trade. Parties buying i he cheap grades of oods cannot
expect to get goods of the best - quality." We keep all
grades from the lowest to the highest. Jfe claim to have
advantage over our would be competitors. Because we buy
largely and from first hands, and pay CASH for our goods,
vvhon business will justify our doing so.
E. P. RICE k CO.
AND RIETAJIIL
SBORO. N. C.
consumers say:
Murfreosl)oro. N. C.
E. F. I vice x Co: h;iv been i using tht
Point Laoi Hum: mul lin it to be a JSo I
article, ami tor much h;s pi ice than a N
1 flour is so. d for. i II. C Mal Ircy.
! Pot.'.ca:i N. C.
E. F. Rice & Co: My flour is out, and
I have be n using the Orange Blossom
brand, am-P find it a -first clas.. flour.- I
shall contimi'! to use it as long ai- 1 can
get it, and it holds up to the same stan
dard. J. A. Martin.
Murfreesboi o, N. C.
E. F. Rice & Co: I am using a ban 1
of your Point Lace fl air and liud it to bp
entirely satisfactory. G. V. Grimes.
Kirby, N. C.
E. F. Rice & Co: The Orange Blossom
flour that I Lave been getting of yoji is su
perior to ar.y that I have ever bought fos
1 he price. . 1 hope you will continue to
keep the same flour as I don't want any
better. W J Liles.
. Mm freesboro, N. C
E. F. Rice & Co: The Orange Blossom
flour that I bought of you has given dm feet
! satisfaction in all respects. I consider h
a ISo 1 article ; VVm. S. Nelson.
i Creekyille. N. C.
E. F. Rice & do: I have used on barrel
of your Orange Blossom fl ur and don't
want any better. I consider it a No 1
article. J. A. Davis.
Murfieesboro. N. C.
E. F. Rice & Co: I pronounce your
Orange Blossom flour the best that I ever
bought for the price. It is a lirst class
flour.- W. D. Deans.
Como, N. C.
E. F. Rice & Co: The Orange Blossom
flour, ot which I have used several barrels
has given pel fee' satisfaction, and I have
no hesitation in pronouncing it a No 3
article. - Tyrone Spiers,
Muifieesboio, N. C.
E. F. Rice & Co: I have used one
barrel of your Orange Blcsso..i flour and
can say that it is the best flour that I ever
bought in the town of MurJ'reesboio.
11. B. Brjant.
Murfreesboio, N. C.
E. F, Rice & Co: I i.ave used live bar
rels ot the Orange Blossom floui, and
pronounce it a number one article. I
don't want any betUr. Ellis Warren.
Murfreesboio, N C.
I have bourht sevei-al barrels of Onnicn
Blossom our from E. F. Rice & Co., and
flud'il. to be first class. : B. F. Chitty.
Kitb-, N C.
E. F. Rice & Co: I have bought one
barrel of yur Orange i Blossom flour and
myself and wife are highly phased with it.
Dock Stevens.
El S
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maw
WOODLAND, W. C.
Harrell, Edwards Co.
We announce to the fcblic Ibat sre liavfi the largest and most
complete stock of
General Merchandise
ever brought to Woodland, which we guarantee to sell al BOTTOM
PRICES.
We have jnst reclvert our FALL and WINTER Stock consisting or
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS. HATS. BOOTS and SHOES. READY MADE
CLOTHING, GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. HARDWARE. IT s'
WARE. and
(Groceries.
Ccmc direct lo oar store before buying and we will please you both in
goods and prices.
Oighest market price paid for
COTTON in bales.
IIAliRELL, EDWARDS & CO-.
Woodland. N 0.
New Millinery Goods, .
I have Just returned from the NORTH where I employed M199 Stevens
an axperienced irimmer anaVdressuiaker. and purchased a well selected
C
Fall stock of Millinery, Wress
Goods and
EMBRACING ALL THE LATEST NOVELTIES
I will be pleased to have the public call and examine rnj- stock'of goods.
-WHOLESALE
dealer ::
Heavy and
MURFREESBORO,
tine family flour a snec'falfy.
My stock is-larger, find my facilities for handling Flenvy Gio
. crries are better than ever before. T keep on hand
a full stock of the best goods in the line, such a3
FLOUR MEAT, LA HI) SUr,AR.
AND COFFEE,. CON!- EOT! : N E li I ES, TEAS
WAItNKR'S.SAFK YEAST. TOiiACCOr SNUFF
AND i, JGAES.
I keep nothing but the best grade goods, and sell them as cheap
as 1 hey can be fold on this market.
' Sept 16th SG
I 2Aiv.l-!fl :
COTTON FACTORS AND
Commission Merchants,
NORFOLK. VA.
Wc offer for sale Arrow Ties at $1 30 per hundle
" ' ' 5? Ihs -Bagging (Ludlow make) nt 7c per yard
'Z .80
i 2 j)c
And other brands eold at leas price.
CF- COTTON SOLD FOR PER CENT. COMMISSION.
fSept 9th 1SS7
THE
PARLOR
EWELL, Proprietor
.MURFREESBORO, N, C.
Leading Saloon For Fine Liquors. Mixed Drinks.
Lager Beer, Fine Cigars, and Family
Groceries.
FIRES, FIRES
Annually destroy many dwelling and
they are caused not go often by iiiueniia
rism as they -e sparks fallino- on a dry
wooden roof Formerly the difference In
the cose of wood and tin was so great that,
many. felt that they could not attbrd the
latter. Now this reat inequality does
uot exist.
A TIN ROOF COSTS BUT
LITTLE MORE
THAN A SHINGLE ONE.
So there Is no excuse for losing one's house
from sparks falling; on the roof. -Now
is the season for
GUTTERING and TINNING
and now is lh time that you can have it
done
VERY CHLAPLY, DY
M. JB IT $ .VS9
Mtirfreeslxro, N. C ,
PEALEB
STOVFS, TINWARE, SHEET IROX
WAB!u &c. Repairing a specialty.
H1W
AND RETAIL-
anry Groceries
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N. C
SALOON
W. F. NICHOLSON,
Wholeeale and Retail Dealer in
Staple and Fancy G-roceries
MURFREESBORO, N. C.
Makes a specialty of MEAT, FLOUR
SUGARS, and COFFEES.
I pay cash and sell for cash as low
as the market affords.
Cad and examine my goods and I will
give you a bargain.
1
,4 . ,
j A FARM FOR SALE.
I offer for sale a desirable farm contain
ing J50 acres, situated in Kirby township,
Northampton county, and in three quar
ters of a mile of the R. & T. R Railroad.
About one third' is cleared and well fenc
ed. Has a lot of good pine timber and
some origami growth. The water Is good
Has a good framed house, and it ia in a
healthy community near churches and
schools. A splendid one horse farm. Any
oi,e desiring to see the land or know the
teims can apply to W. II. Maddrcy on an
adjoining farm, or to
J. A. Maddrey,
Murfree?borof X. C.
1 1
We haven't got the R-uIma.l Jlt
wo have h BOAT thr c times a 1
I have been able by tha: mean. t-. ,1".
a large and well selected
STOCK OF
FALL AND WINTER f;uoI(,
an J this Is what I w.vit t,
attention to to-diy.
U a l i c O C ,
I am selling all calicoes at i; ,Vn.
yanl.
BLEA Clis a s
have advanced in jiriee, hut my iii.,
ihe saice as they wen- before t!st ;i h
The celebrated -Fruit of the 1 .u'
only 10c a yartl.
COTTON CLOTHS,
CAM TON FLANNELS.
l'LAll) DOMES l i!
The al.o have advanced in j i , .
1 am still s-ellfng them at old !.. . ..
P ANT O OODS
CASSLMEHES AND KI :l;si;vs.
My stock was never larger in r 1. 1(
ever had belter styles.
RED AND WHITE PLASM'
DRESS GOODS.
My lino of dress goods is eo.np'etc,
bracing al 1st. les and varying in j ;
from 9e to i UO per yard.
NOTIONS.
Hoots and Shoe
i v imk in 1 11 f 1 i r x 1 1 1 1 1 t 1
larger than usual this f ill. In fri I
1; 1.. ni . 1 1 .1 r : ' 1
hum: utii jiw,iwi 1 win mi a 1 ,1 . 1 ' r
sell von cheaner than o i can hus r
' m,
whe.e.
II A T S A N I) C A V S
I can show you ;.' U- .; s I ;;
t'S
St St vies in both Swi ;: :f." -.
1 i: .
BOYS AND M
OYERCO ATS.
Ueadytnacc Clothing is Kometlnn,: 1
I make a 'specialty of, and vcu ill iiu.
greatly to your advantage to examine
stock before bu. ing.
GENTLEMEN'S
FURNISHING GOODS
' LADIES'
CLOAKS AND SHAWLS.
I have ft pomnlcti' !in .f I.uJU -, w ,
comprising
JACKETS, NEW-MARKETS
and SHOUT WKM
BLANKETS AND QU1LI-.
CROCKERY,
GLAiSSWAllE
WOOD AND
WILLOWU.Al;
Well, I won't mention anything el-
but will just say that whenever y n :
.n inn iicn.'vll . Ironf in :i i.
V VS
I 1 Hi - it-
I 1111 ( 1 til.
i no n U
I
class store, call on
U. VAUGHAN, JK..
Main St-. Murfrcesboro K- -