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Wednesday, jcly;27,u8S7T -j-W'ork' on the new eohrt .house ii;tS;(onimoncdl. j- -' ' ) -Travel over the Xortli Carolina railroad is immense at present. 1 -f's are glad to learn' that our friend Dr. G. WYWhitst-tt, will not muve to Greensboro, as reported in the Mning Xetrs. :5 i -si- l'. Cole it Son made-: an as-H-iiment on the 17th inst.ito Mr. V Mallard, with Y. T. Ulaekell as a preferred creditor:' t I Copious showers during the past week have served to make the at- TLiosphere decidedly inqird pleasant than it was a week ago. 1 4An interesting account of a pic nic at Mt. Zion,l.y " YounTar-Heel," uiisj received too late for. -this issue hut will appear next week. i' -j-THe receipts of the North Caro lina U. K. niust he enormous, judg ing from the large amount' of freight that passes over the road daily. . Services at the .barracks of the HaRation Army will .be ! (jonduetetl to-mght by two Durham comrades. The; public are cordially invited. -District Conference for Durham district convenes at ML Tabor to-dak Kevj. Dr. Black presiding.! A large delegation from Durham Will attend: ---Special attention is tallied to tile advertisement of C, C: Taylor in this issue. ; ; This is a reliable l.firni, arid ourf readers can dept ml ; on what he says. y -f-, '-! The Reidsvirie Light! Infantry andj tlie llornetsNest Rifles of Char l''tte, passed through" Durham' Sat. urdjiy and Monday oii their way 'home from Morehead. - ' I - A second survey of the Durhain andj Lynchburg railroad jh as been completed. As soon as another suir yeyjis made the route will be decided on and the work pushed ti coin pie- ti,. . 1 j -()ur people are beginning to ask themselves" how we managed to get ;i!oi!ig without the street -,-caits as long as we did. They are a great con vnjience and, so far, -a paying instif tutibn.i ' . 1 ! f Thelarge reel forkhe Dij k lilackj nail Host: company arrived' last Satf -unlay morning. It is .handsomely nickled-plated, and is said to be thel hne;st in the State. It carries 1,HH t t of hose. i'f . J - 1 ii k 1'i.axt calls special atten tion to the advertisement) of the! Mt tjhodist Female Seminary in this issue. The advantages, of this most excellent school Are second! to none; in t hie State. j . j - - At a special meeting of the D. L. I. last night, 'the -application of theiDuntam Cornet Jsand ipr mem-: ber$hip was received., ;Thjs excel-! lent band will hereafter be known as the ID. L. I. Band. 1 -4-Thk Plant offers to . ita. readers in this week's 'issue another valuable and! interesting 'letter from Dr. T. W. Harris. Every one should read it. We will try to get the Doctor to let us hear from him again on the same . subject, j -i -i-The dime 'party given by the Ladies' Aid Society of -the Durham circuit at the Globe warehouse, last Thursday night, was "both pleasant aiiij profitable. All of the delicacies were served. "Owing to the -ain the crowd ' was small. Total -receipts, SioliKJ. ' -f-The excursion of the Presbyte rian Sunday school to lijingham School yesterday was a grandsuccess. Everybody that went reports a good dinner, lots of fun andJ a big time generall'. The train ,was crowded, hut that fact did not prevent the crowd from enjoying itself thorough ly, botlTgoingand coming. --VFohnnie Van Noppen was bitten "on he linger by a dog yesterday af ternoon about ( o'clock audi at 7:30 o'clock" the justly celebrate mad stoie o-f Mr. Alex. Walker was ap- " plied to the bite and adherejd until 11 ( 'clock, when it fell oil", cjirrying with if all the poison injected into the flesh by the dog. It is notiknown whether the animal was rabid or not, but Johnnie, wishing to; be on' the safe side, had the stone applied, and consequently he feels considerably easier m nana. ' - The social gathering at the res idence of Mrs. T. (J. Cozart list Fri- day night, complimentary to Miss inie Jones, of .'New IJerne, was a ided success. It was a cav as- 1 seinblage of beautiful voungi ladies am gallant bovs who enjoyed them selves thoroughly, and none left with out a deep feel in" of thankfulness to the eharminjr hostess who had con tributed so much to the pleasure of the! occasion, and without carrying with them the memory-of an eyen- ing well spent and heartily erjjoyed. Thirty-seven buzzards we're seen grajvely inspecting the back jlots of some of the .residents 'on line street one dav this week. It womld be wise if those whose business it is to do iso would emulate the bxaniiple of these denizens ot the j, air. ! bince writinsr the above we have been in forined that close examination of thej above mentioned premises dis closed the tact that there- were.no dead bodies of animals in thelvicin- ity and that the vultures were at tracted by the stench1, arising from the filthy lots and hog-pens I" i A Test of the Water World. A few minutes after 12 o'clock, last Friday, the Dick BLacknall Jlose company tfas called out, by the fire alarm, to test tne water: worKs, out the test did not begin until 2 o clock. With ! a few hydrants tunnmg, a pressure of GO, 80, and eveh 10Q pounds, failed to reach within 30 feet of the height required Uythe contract. At 4:30 o'clock, witn ten streams running, 40 pounds ot pres sure seemed to be all the power that could be obtained. Six:streams were then cut off to enable tlte. water com pany to raise steam, which was soon done; and the ten streanis wereagain ! turned on, but the gauge still'regis istered 40 pounds. Mr. Ellis thought that something was wrong wih the engine at the works, and the test -closed. The defect will be remedied and another test given atan early day. It re(iuires Go pounds pressure to give the ten streams required;, and the water works should be able to give that amount and hold it. astTime. The east-bound train Sunday left urn am behind time. Tt D un sve S reach ed T'-irir v,-,.. i. ,1 . I " J j "UllCtO, tU Lit tne engineer seemed to realize that tact. U e passed Asbury, six miles trom Ralemh. at 2 n. m imi at 9-r: m. we were in the city of oaks? lee Factory. At an fcarly day Durham will have I ICe factorv. A Cnmnnn,, torrned and work to build a factory in commence at once. Col. W T lackwell. E. V, Hnrl-nm- t w Llackwell are the stockhohlers. The capacity of the faetnrv will 1 to ')i iL U pounds of ice per day. A Sad AreilMit . On July HJth. Mr. Saunders Trir- w ard, a I vounff man of ('hiitlmm county, while feedi of Rev. M. S. Ferrell got his left arm caugm in tne teeth, and was so ter- oiy mangled that amputation was necessary. I)rs. Hines. of Pal ork and Cotton, of M formed the operation. Mr.j Harward is uoing; as well as could be ex pected. Tobacco! business. The combined sales of leaf t.oh at the warehouses-amounted to 230,- b pounds. Smokikur tobacco shiim'ed. 17.43'.) pounds, Worth -S.",7474.02. : Cigarettes, 10,0'J7,200, worth S33, 20.7G. j ( . ; . - Chewing tobacco : 1,875 pounds, alued at .")7o. Revenue receints for the week S7.- 080.83. I AVareliouse Trasli. Reams wA.rehou.se sold last week 0G3G8 pounds of leaf tobacco for 81O,00.".3 an average ot 811.40. Louis A. all grade for all rr Malone averaged S3G.07 for G. W. P rooks averaged iles, S38.G2, and W. J. An derson took lanrest lcheck. $475.01). Banneif warehouse sold last week 133.70S pounds leaf tobacco. J T - C in i ' 1 1 -1 , IiOng, of 'erson, took largest check. 8 1,551. &S J and W. R-'lJhilock. of Dur ham county, made best average, One of the Good Inflects. Prohibition has done one thing that is most beneficial to the resi dents of MeMannen street. The motley crowd that used to crowd the Carrington corner of Saturday evenings lias been transformed into a busy, bbstling throng intent on ourcbasinfi-the neces!:iri( of lifo nnd then retiring to their homes to make preparations for spending the Sab bath day in a way almost unknown to them before the adv ent of prohi bition, anil those who are compelled to use that thoroughfare can now do so in a! much more satisfactory manner than when they were com pelled to tise the middle of the street as a jxithway. The Churches Sunday. At Trinity church there was no service ' Sunday on account of the indisposition of the pastor, Rev. W. S. Creasy. At the Presbyterian church Rev. Mr. Allison occupied the pulpit both morning and evening. At the Baptist church the pastor, Rev. C. Dttrham, preached two unu sually interesting sermons. At St. Philips church Rev. Mr. George conducted the usual Sunday services. At Carr church Rev. Mr. Hall oc cupied the 'pulpit bpth morning and, evening, j "' , At Mainjstreet church the pulpit was occupied by- evangelist F. L. Smith, lljs hearers pronounce his sermons veiy interesting. The Storm. The severe storm on the 19th inst., caused considerable alarm to many of our citizens. The clouds were heavily charged with electricity and the shocks ;were terrific. Rain and hail fell in j torrents, and the wind blew in a most threatening manner. Several houses ". were shaken and trees and fences were blown down. The steeple of Trinity Methodist church, and the smoke-stack of the Blackwell Durham Co-Operative To bacco Company were struck, but sus tained no injury. The residence of Mr. S. R. Carrington, and the prize houses of Messrs. R. G. Lea, T. Pinnix it Co. J. S. Lockhart, B. L. Dukj and R. C. Burton were dam aged. The electric light wires were melted in eight places. A tree in Dr. Battle's yard was shivered by a bolt. North and northwest of Durham the tobacco crops were seriously injured. Thought SujrjErested by an Inci dent. ! We were in Philadelphia a few years ago and, having business with ice-President Arey, took the occa sion, through the courtesy of Mr. Arey, to visit Girard College and go through its various departments. jThere were then eight hundred and thirty-five orphan boys between the ages of six years and sixteen years at school there, and all of them be ing fed and j clothed and educated from the income of the magnificent benefaction of that great and phi anthropic man, Stephen Girard, whose memory is to-day as dear to every Philadelphian as that of Wil liam Penn. '-While walking through the buildings, at the front entrance of one of them, Mr. Arey pointed out to us the marble statue of Girard, and as we gazed upon the cold and lifeless image,the Vice-President gave Us a brief outline history of the in stitution, and in the course of his narrative remarked, that "nearly eVery single line in Stephen Girard 's Will cost a law,.erfee" But to-day, the old philanthopist's will having passed the muster of the courts, in lines and letters illuminated and made permanent by the throbs of haritaMe emotions, stands, as it will forever, the greatest monument to his mamory. We would like to be able to pene trate the misty darkness of futurity for a moment, and gazing upon the magnificent public school buildings of Durham a' hundred years hence, hear some little orphan inquire of nis teacher, wrho was that "Little Billy" of whom The Plant wrote in 188?. And we would like to hear that teacher's reply. And we would like to see the monument erected to his memory I for withholding the school fund and Tailing to post at the court hciuse door his nwntMy statements of receipts and disburse ments as County Treasurer. The PlantN Sick List. Mr. A. I). Mosely is improving. Mrs. B. N sick. Mrs. Paul Duke continues wry Ellis is reported quite sick. J. S. Wall it very sick with typhbid fever. Mr. W. B. Ferrell has two cl: dren sick with fever. the condition ot .Mr. A. 1. lVon is somewhat improved. Mrs. T. B. Lyon, who has been iek with fever, is improving. We regret o learn that Mr. R L. Henry is qui on Pine stree e sick at his residence Dr. C. E. 13 radsher, of Roxboroi is sick at the re sidence of his grand- mother, Mrs. Susan J. Hopkins. We regret tb learn that Sirs. James Ransom, whr is visiting her parents in Raleigh, i phoid fever. critically ill with "Little lJilN " Once More. Score anotlier for "Little Bill Judge Gilmer has decided, as we are informed, tha t obedience to the w nt of mandamus Bssued to "Little Billy," to compel payment ot the school fund, cannot at this stage of the suit be enforced by attachment for con- tern jit. Wei however much we re- gret the delq y incident to this tle- cision, we halve no unkind word for the court for making it, assuming as we do, that it is the honest judgment of a competent court. We must submit to the law as the courts rle- clare it, and appealed to t asks that the low since Little Billy' ic law, The Plant only courts mete to him the same strict measure ot impartial iair- ness by calling him to account for dereliction of duty as a public officer, wnicn we pq inted out in our 1 ist week s issue Now, come up to the scratch, "Little Billy." No dodgihg. YV by haye you and your Deputy mot kept atfd pu jhshed those certifjed itemized receipts and statements of disbursement p as the law required? The taxpayers, whose school monies are in your.h nds, want you to com- ply with the requirements of law ended to regulate the which are in duties of youi office, and if there' is any strength in this same law the grand jury ihave the power to make you feel it. Since you and your Deputy seem mxious for lawsuits-it would not perhaps be a bad idea to lave plenty ot them, and while about it audit all round. If "Big Deputy" manently stop, and square accounts "Little Billy" and his think they can rxf- preak up, smash, arid annihilate the cause ot public, free, common school, or graded school edli- cation in Durl am by their course in locking up and withholding the pub lic money, they are very greatly mis- taken. If any man, or set of men, efeat the popular will undertake to c on this subject "they reckon without ineir nosi. nnout attempting 10 prophesy, it' is enough to recall th!e facts of history. When or where dijd it ever occur t lat the popular will upon any sub ect, in accord with a healthy and correct moral sentiment, suffered permanent defeat. A way will be found and a remedy will be provided to give effect to the will of freemen. It may not be to-day ; but it will come al the same. Personal Paragraphs. Rev. Dr. W. B. Black was in town yesterday. Mrs. II. II. Markham left for Wind ton last Saturday Mrs. J. T. Pir nix is spending som 3 time in Ashevil.le. Miss Addie Riddick returned from Fayetteville last Monday. Mrs. Jas. Dike and daughter ari; visiting relatives in Loston Dr. C. E. Brallsher, of Roxboro, is visiting relatives m our city. Mrs. J. N. Atvvater left last week for a visit to her father at Monroe. Miss Lena Harden left this even ing to visit relatives in Burlington Miss rari'nie lHirkhead, ot Win ston, is visiting relatives in the city Mr. John Noel, of Person county spent a few days in Durham this week. Miss Georgia Palmer, of Pittsboro is visiting the family of Mr. J. II Proctor. Z. Wr. Whitehead, editor of the Greensboro iV yesterday. Messrs. W.a II Thompson and at Morehead. Miss Eula Wi young lady of Miss Lula Lyon. wL was in Durham Halliburton, E. Albert Kramer are; tkins, a fascinating Orange, is visiting r ,, of Reidsville, spent A. Bailey, Esq Sunday and M bnday in this city visiting relatives Mrs A. A. Anderson, of Greens boro, is visiting her son, Capt. S. C. Anderson, of thi$ city Mr. Frank II. Piedmont leaves to day to become agent of the R. & D railroad at Goldsboro. Messrs. J. S. Carr and J. S. Lock hart left with their families for More head on Saturday last. Mr. E. II. Osmbnd, with the Black well Durham Cq-Operative Tobacco Company, is in the city. T. E. Whitakeir, ye local of the Recorder, returnel home yesterday from the press convention. Miss Julia Crews has returned from her visit to Oxford, much to the delight of her ma ny friends. Miss Pattie Henderson, an accom plished young lady of Pelham, is visiting her cousin, Miss Sallie Hen derson. Miss Nina Brown, of Greensboro, who has been visi ting the family of Mr. J. M. Whittdd, returned home Saturday. Mr. G. W. Poythress, one of the most successful tobacco farmers of Orange, was in The Plant office yesterday. Mr. J. A. Long, of Roxboro, a di rector of the Lynchburg & Durham R. R., paid The Plant office a pleas ant visit last week. Mis3 Fannie J ones, a beautiful arid accomplished young lady of New VBerne, is vL siting Misses Nan nie andiHallie Wralker. Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Sergeant, of Greensboro, wrho lave been vkiting their daughter, Mrs. W. H. Branson, returned home Saturday, i Mr. J. B. White ker, Jr., a former Durhamite but r ow of Goldsboro, passed Durham ht Saturday on his way home from the press conven tion. Miss Phereba T laxton and Mrs. C. M. Herndon, acconinanied by Ethel and Charley Herpdon, are visiting their father, Dr. tr. j. Thaxton, of Person. A Painful Accident. Elder T. Y. Monk hdd the riiisfor- tune to meet with quite a serious ac cident last Sunday. After the morn ing services at the Primitive Baptist church, he started in jhis buggy to the residence of Capt. V. A. Lea, and when near Five Poinps his horse took fright and ran away, throwing him out between the shafts and wheel, dragging him one hundred yards with his head downward. Drs. At- ,water and Johnson were called in, and found him to be severely cut and bruised, but no bpnes broken. The buggy was very mujch damaged. Mr. Monk is rapidly improving. A Retrospect of Durham. We do not expect nor intend in this article to express anything new or strange to that portion of our community nated "old which mabe denomi- citizens, or Durham cities, is settlers" now, "like other towns and betrinnint: to have the ' old and "new comers." But we appeal to thq memory of our oldest citizens, who have seen Durham from its infancy tc the present time and watched her pro gress from month to month and year to year, to corroborate the truth of what we are going tq write. We saw Durham in 18G5 a little way station of almost no commercial importance, and a few years after that we saw a small n umber of en- terprisiii2 men without capital take hold of the public afl; tirs together with their own respective private business, and to-day w e see a thriv- ing, pusning, progressiv e city which attracts daily new acquisitions of capital and population from other places which formerly commanded more inducements and better facili ties, till now we ourselves have ad vantages and propects of which all our citizens, new and old, feel justly proud. Now, what has contributed-more than any other one thing, or it might be safely said all other things, to bring about this resub? The an swer is contained in a single sen tence, "The Unity ok the People." In the early days of Durham before modern inventions and improve ments were introduced to aid manu facturing enterprise, w len skilled Jabor was in little demand and the rudest appliances were made to do what skill now accomplishes, the pioneers, so to speak, of Durham were a wn'( on whateve tended to the general good. To say they had no differences among theihselves Would not express the tiuth. They did sometimes have dinerences, and some of them errave in their character How did tney settle them: itiey then had no lawyers, and even the machinery necessary for a law suit was wanting. They had no time nor money either to waste in useless legal contention. They made mutual concessions to each other and every man was wil ling to yield something of his own individual opinion to promote the good of all. What was the result ? jrhey spent their time, their money, their ener gy, their brains, their muscle, and every power of i their vigorous man hood to promote and develop the latent resources of the ph.ee, and the sheep-walks around the old "depot station" have been succeeded by paved streets and what is to-day the city of Durham. In a population now of over seven thousand (7,000), and daily increas ing, perfect harmony is not to be ex pected. "Many men of many minds" is undoubtedly true, but that does not alter the verity of the motto, "In union there is strength," and we as a people, mindful as we should be at all times of what it lu.s done for us, ought not to forget this. Would you "old settlers" desire to see Dur ham continue to advance in pros perity and do you new citizens want the same? Then don't forget the lesson taught by experience and cul tivate Unity Ours is not a finished city by any means, and when it is there will be time enough then to sit down in the shade, cross our legs and whittle sticks while w e devise a plan to advance bad-ward: her it is much easier to Remem- ear down than to build up, and it requires al wavs more effort to climb than it does to fall. Are we unite formerly in the management of our public affairs r Do our people pull together as they did then ? If not, why not? More About Typhoid Fever. The subject of typhoid fever is not exhausted nor is the fever ex hausted. Having, in a previous com munication, said something of the causes of this disease, I propose in this article to give some cases illus- f trating the agency of polluted water and infected air in communicating this disease. I shall then ask the indulgence of your readers while I TURN ON THE LIGHT, by giving some statistics of, the num ber of deaths occurring in the city of Durham. I have stated that the special pois on of typhoid lever may blood by the mouth, with or water : or by the nose, enter the the food' with the out the air we breathe. Leaving question of food, which is oj f second- ary importance, there are sources of infection : Polluted water, Infected air. left two Below are some reports ta ken from eminent authorities, show ing the aaencv ot bad water in cqmmuni- catine tvDhoid fever. "The water-supply pipes bf O ver- Darwen were leaky, and pie soil through which they passed, was soaked atone spot by the sewerage of a particular house. JNo harm re sulted till a young lady, suffering from typhoid fever, was brought to this house from a distance. Within three weeks of her arrival ease broke out, and . fifteen the dis- buridred persons were attacked. At Numely, a number of houses receiv ed i their water-supply from a foul brook con taminated by the leakage or a cess pool of one of the houses, but no fpvpr showed itself till a mam ill with typhoid fever came from a distance to this house. In about (fourteen pays an outbreak of typhoid fever Jtook place in all the houses.'f From ! British Medical Journal. I "Volz cites an epidemic inja vil age of Germany some years ago, in Hvhich, in the course of three weeks, (fifty-two persons residing on One of the principle streets were attacked by the disease. It was jfound, upon investigation, that they! all got their water from one well, wljich was pol luted by the discharges! of the first patient." I ' i A. Pasteur reports an epedemic caused by the contamination of a well in the same wayf and which ceased as soon as the drinking water' was changed. A similar attack is reported 'as oc curring at a farm-house near Phila delphia. There had beep no typhoid fever there till a young jrirl, who had been visiting the city, vas attacked with the disease. Three! weeks after wards other members of the family, and some neighbors wIo used water from the well, took thedisease. Up on investigation it was found that the waste water from the house was thrown into a gutter ihich ran by the well, and the well Was found to be polluted by the water which had been used to wash the soiled clothes of the patient. 4 Numerous other cases could be cited, giving equally dirdct testimony to the agency of pollufed water in communicating the disease. The following case, taken from Murchison, shows the agency of foul air in communicating the disease: "About Easter, 1848, a formidable outbreak of fever occurred in the Westminster school and the Abbey cloisters, and for some; days there was a panic in the neig lborhood re specting the ' Westminster fever.' No case of fever, had occurred in the Abbey cloisters for thrie years, and there was no evidence df its having been imported. ' Withii little more than eleven days it affected thirty six persons, all of the better class, and in three instances it Jproved fatal. Shortly before its first j appearance, there occurred two or three days of leeuliarh hot weather ,sm. a disagreea ble stench, so powerful fis to produce nausea, was complainejd of in the houses in question. If was found that the disease followed very ex actly in its course the line of a foul arid neglected private ewer, or im mense cess-pool, in whijeh fecal mat ter had been accumulating for years without any exit, and! into which the contents of severaj small cess pools had been' pumped immedi ately before the outbreak of fever. This cess-pool communicated In direct openings- with the drains of all the house ' in hich it (the disease) occurred ; the! only excep tion was that of several hoys, who lived in a house at a little distance, but who were in; the habit of play ing every day in a y4rd in which there were several gully-holes open ing into the foul drain. F A large number of similar cases, equally strong; could be cited, but your space would not allow, and I fear to trespass on the patienc of your readers. j IS DURHAM A HKALTY TOWN. It will not suffice for iis to sit down and fold our arms and' boast com placently of the healthfulness and other excellent things of our town. I presume that all who really have her good at heart desire to know the bottom facts. I am making this in quiry solely with reference to ty phoid fever. This disease is ipt in digenous to any soil or country. If, then, Durham is found peculiarly afflicted in this way it is not due to location nor to the character of soil or climate. Indeed this disease is quite impartial in its favors. It vis its the highest mountain tops, nor does it forget the dwellers by the sea. It makes its home in the man sions of the rich and the hovels of the poor. It seks out the quiet country home and passes not the thrifty village nor the dusty, crowded city. f What number of deaths from this disease should we expect in a town of the size of Durham ?1 Dr. J. W. Jones, thej able and ef ficient president of thej North Caro lina Board of Health, has issued an address in which he cites some sta tistics on this subject, which are well worthy of attention. He gives the average number of deaths an nually from this disease, in the great cities of Europe, at about o for 10,000 inhabitants. , It is about the same in the United States. These figures do not appear too low; Now what are the figures for Durham ? The records of the cemetery give for one year from July 1st, 188p, to July 1st, 1887, 5 deaths from typhoid fever, in a population of 7,000. This does not seem so large ; but it must be said that those buried in the "Pot ter's Field" are not counted in this number. In this latter list are 12 deaths from this disease, and there is no record of the negroes at all ! 17 deaths, then, in one year, and ne groes not counted ! I; don't know what the colored population is, but it is more than 2,000. Suppose we put it at this figure, we have 34 deaths in Durham from typhoid fe ver in one year, from July 1st, 188G, to July 1st, 1887. Let its see how it was the year before, from July 1st, 1885, to July 1st, 1886 The record gives ten deaths, those buried in "Potter's Field" not counted. There appears at least to have been' some improvement during the last year. If you object that sqme of these deaths occurred outsidb of the cor porate limits, I answer this is true, but the 7,000 includes all the sub urbs, the wooden mills, cotton mills and all around. These facts are so full of meaning that they need no comment. They tell their own sad story Is anybody to blame about it ? Is there no rem edy? I feel that I ought not to prolong this article. Possibly s I may, in a. future communicatiori, undertake the disagreeable duty of pointing out some of the sources of the pollution of the water and the atmosphere. T. W. Harris. Thousands of women bless the day on which Dr. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription" was made known to them. In all those derangements causing backache, dragging-down sensations, nervous and general de bility, it is a sovereign jremedy. Its soothing and healing properties ren der it of the utmost value to ladies suffering from "internal fever," con gestion, inflammation, or ulceration. By druggists. Wilmington Star: That horrible murder of a boy by a N6rth Carolina Treacher and teacher turns out to. e a regular Munchausen yarn all through. Atwater. Born to Mrs. J. X. Atwater, of Durham, in Charlotte, a boy. Clark. Born to Mrs. J. L. Clark, Thurs day night, July 14, a baby girl. , Hartshorn. Born to Mrs. Ilartshorn, Sunday night, July 17, three children; a girl and two boys. They are reported as healthy children, and are doing well. Whitakek. Born to Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Whitaker, Tuesday morning, July 26, a girl. Branson. On July 20th, Helen, in fant daughter of Mr. ami Mrs. W. H. Bran son, near Durham. Nichols. Willie D. Nichols, son of Lu aco and Millie Nichols, died at his father's residence, near Durham, July .'id, 18S7, aged 21 years. We trust Willie was ready for his Saviour's call. He said, "Jesus loved me once, loved me twice, and loves me still," and sang"Happy Mothersover Yonder;"and while his mother was kneeling by his' bedside she heard him say, "my Jesus," and then he looked up and smiled and passed away. Farewell, Willie, we bid thee, Thy face we will never more see : Tnist we will meet on Canaan's happy shore, Where siekness and sorrow are no more. We expert when life is over, We will in joy reunite With all the dear departed, . Who have reached the land of light. Yes, oh, yes, we hone to see thee In the Klory land nlxve, And shout with thee in ecstare y, And teust on endless love. M. E. Greene. Ilig-sbee. Thursday night, July 21st, Carrie, daughter of Mr. T. J. Kigslee, of ty phoid fever ; age 'J years COMMERCIAL. PRODUCE MARKET. SUGAR 6 8 COFFEE ?1& 25 MEAT 'J'4g U'a N. C. HAMS H (0 15 " SIDES. 10 LARD 9 10 W. I.AHD 8 '2(o 10 CO US 70 $ 15 MEAL 2 bu. ; $140 (ml 45 OATS m f0 (j fi5 FLOUR 50 (ml OU HA V 70 gtl 10 EOOS..... 10 (o CHICKENS 15 (q 30 BEESWAX 15 g IS WHEAT.. 70 90 SALT, t Sack 1 00 (al 65 KEROSENE OIL 20 BU ITER 25 30 CHEESE .' 15 fg 20 FODDER... 100 (iul 15 MOLASSES, enba 35 40 N. O 60 (4 60 SYRUP i.. 35 ( 40 TOBACCO MARKETS. DURHAM. SMOKERS : Common 4- $ 3 00 5 00 Medium to Good 5 00(j 7 00 Good to Fine 8 01 14 00 Fine and Fancy 14 00(a)16 00 FILLERS : Common Dark 1 OO 3 00 Medium to Good 3 00($ 7 OO Good to Fine 7 00(012 00 Extra 12 O015 00 CUTTERS:--Common 11 00g15 00 Medium .. 15 00(mlS 00 Good to Fine 16 00(o.20 00 Fine to Fancy 20 0O(27 60 WRAPPERS : Common to Medium.. 14 00(022 00 Medium to Good 22 0035 00 Good to Fine 35 00fii50 00 Fine to Fancy 50 00 75 00 Oiir market is active and prices are well maintained. Weekly receipts were smaller than usual last week. Good demand on this market for wrappers, colory smokers and fillers. RejKirted by Mr. W. B. Boyd. Warrexton, N. C, July 26.-Our market is active and prices are advancing. Our weekly, receipts last week were larger than usual. Brights are high on this market, and there is a good demand, for wrappers, cutters, smokers and tillers. Growing crop very much improved by late rains. BUSINESS NOTICES. Ice cold soda and minearal waters on draught at 1'. W. Vaughan's drugstore. Go to the Racket Grocery and buy Perfec tion flour, guaranteed to be first-class, only :5.2.-) per sack. W. K. T. 15. W. H. Trmtor. Turnip Seed. Large stock and great va riety. .Southern Prize, 50 cents a pound. K. Bi.AcKNAfcL & Son, City Drug Store. Kedniond A Proctor Bros, carry a com plete line of heavy and fancy groceries, such as canned goods, of all kinds; Va. and N. C. hanis, in fact, everything that is kept in a first class grocery store, all at lowest prices. For first-class groceries and provisions go to Freeland's. J5uist's fresh Turnip Seeds. If you want good and reliable turnip seeds go to P. W. Vaughan's drug store. He has just received a large stock. At the Racket Grocery you can buy good green tea for :") cents per -pound, also sugar and coflee at the very lowest prices. W. K. T. B. ' W. H. Proctor. Hutch ins & Shepherd is the place to get your fresh meats. They always keep the very best that can be found. Redmond & Proctor Bros, keep always in stock all grades of Patapsco, Jsorth Carolina and Virginia flours, at the lowest price. The Racket Grocery receives daily fresh supplies of heavy and. fancy groceries, also fruits and confectioneries. Call and be con vinced of the fact that W. K.T.B. is no hum bug, and can be had at the very lowest mar ket price. Yours, Ac, W. H. Proctor. For the best teas, coffees and sugar, at the lowest price, call at Redmond & Proctor Bros. A full line of snuff and tobacco always on hand at the Racket Grocery. W. K. T." B. W. H. Proctor. For the best brands of tobaccos, snuff and cigars, at the lowest prices, call on Redmond & Proctor Bros and strips, always on hand at the . Racket Grocery. . K. l. u, . VV. 11. 1'roctor. When you want anvthing in the grocery line be sure you call on Redmond & 1'roctor Bros. HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE. On Monday, August 21th, 1HS7, at 12 o'clock, M., at the corner of Main and Church streets, ("Kemp ner corner") we will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, the following real prop erty on Main street in Durham, to-wit : The old "Moring Lot" adjoining "Kempner corner" and the county jail lot. containing one-twentieth of an acre, the same being the place recently occu pied by C. F. Price as a store. This sale will be made under the power of sale in the mortgage from said C. F. Price to J. S. Carr, dated Decem ber 27th, 1886, registered in book No. 8, pages 298, 299 and 300 in the oflice of the Register of Deeds for Durham county: and also under tie mortgage fr,om said C. F. Price to ti. C. Farthing, dated 15th of April 1887, registered hi book No. U, pages 119 and 120. G.l.irTHIKO.h109- FARM FOR SALE. 209 1-2 ACRES, Lving in Durham county, three miles west of Dur ham, between the countv road and railroad. The farm is in fine condition. Forty acres cleared, the remainder is welljliinbered w ith pine, oak, .fcc. Soil adapted to COTTON, CORN, TOBACCO AND SMALL GRAIN. Fine Bottbm and Up Land. Two good houses that were built in 1S79. Terma reasonable. For further articulars apply to W. J. PICKETT, Durham, N. C, METHODIST FEMALE SEMINARY, WILL OXE3ST FIRST MOM III SEPTEMBER, 1887. MISS M. E. CARTER, Principal, MRS. T. G. COZART, Assistant. MUSICAL DEPARTMENT WILL BE WELL ' PROVIDED FOR. TERMS, SESSION Primary Course, Intermediate " Collegiate Music, . Board can be obtained in Private Families from $12.50 to $15.00 per Month, including Lights and Fuel. For further information apply to . lion rl of Trustees. T. IB. -T-A-XjE, Secretary ami Treasurer. TOBACCO FLUBS. I HAVE JUST RECEIVED A LARGE LOT OF SHEET TROISJ", AND AM NOW PREPARED TO FURNISH ANY AND ALL KINDS OF TOBACCO FLUES. Seventeen Years Experience will Guarantee Satisfaction. I also make tte HARDWICKE & WELLS PATENT HEAT REGULATOR for curing Tobacco YELLOW. Give nie a call. Prices as low as the lowest. C. C. TAYLOE, Main Street, DURHAM, N. C. SHOES 1 . Zeigler's Fine Shoes and Slippers for LADIES, MISSES, CHILDREN AND INFANTS. BAY STATE FOU Ladies, Misses, Children, REISER'S & BOYDEN'S ' Sewed Shoes Tor I HAVE A SURPLUS OF CERTAIN SIZES WHICH CAN BE HAD AT GREATLY AGRICULTURAL REAPERS, MOWERS, RAKES, DLES AND SCYTHES, GRASS SCYTHES AND SNATHES, DIXIE & CLIMAX PLOWS, IRON AGE AND DIXIE CULTIVATORS, IRON AGE HARROWS AND WEEDING HOES. GOODS AT LOWEST PRICES. Yours truly, JOHN L MARKHAM, DURHAM, N. C. w. t . BLACKWELL. Pres t. THE BANK OF DURHAM IHAIIVr STREET, (BETWEEN J. L. MARKHAM AND SAM LEHMAN'S.) As Ready as Ever to Serve the Pule. W. W. FULLER; Attorney and Counselor at Law DUKHAM, N. C. BYRON A. PUGIN, ARCHITECT, DURHAM, N. C. SAD WARNING? "Bill jsimpleton" tied his cow to a post with a long rope, anl when he went to milk her at night, she wasidead. Hail he bought one of the "Ellis" Cattle Girazers, of Ellis Cattle Grazer Co., Cedar Grove, Orange county, N. C, his cow would now be fat aid giving lots of milk. SALE OIF1 VALUABLE MILL PROPERTY. We wijl sell, without reserve, at public auction, on Friday, August 5th, 1KX7, on the premises, that valuable patent process Flouring and Grist Mill, situated In the town of Mebane, Alamance county, N. C.,-on the North Carolina Railroad, within one hundred; feet of the railroad track, and side track running'out to the mill for convenience of loading and unloading cars. The property was built a few vAarjs ago at a cost of over J15,Wi0, and has had sjvekul valuable improvements added since, and ff now in first-class running order, and situ ated in one of the finest wheat growing section of the Stite.andcan command a tine custom trade as well is do an unlimited amount of merchant work. Terms feasy, and will be made known on day ot sale. I MEBANE MILL CO. Mebanje, N. C, July 20, 18S7. NOTICE. NORTH CAROLINA, ) SUPERIOR COURT. Durham County. June 11th, 1W7. H. H. SIMS, Plaintiff, vi. A. JR. TUCKER, et als, Defendant. To A. R. Tucker and M. A. Tucker, his wife, D. 8. Laws;J The heirs at law of J. W. Iaws, to-wit : John Sims Laws, A. Laws, C. Laws and K. Uws, J. Lash and wife, L. I. Lash, G. L. Laws, James M. Springer and C. H. Springer and D. S. Laws, gardian of John Sims I-aws: You are, hereby no tified to be and appear at the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Durham county, on Satur day, the 3(rth day of July, 1HX7, and answer or de mur to the complaint herein- The purpose of this action is (to secure a division of the lands of the late Mary. Ray, situated in Durham and Person counties, (adjoining the lands of Pressly Bowling, William JJowung ana mnera. oigncu, D. C. MANGUM, C. S. C. Strudwick & Boone, r Attorneys, OF 20 WEEKS: $10.00 12.50 15.00 17.50 X SHOES! SHOES! FINE SHOES Men, Youths and Boys. 1 Hand-mads and Machine: Men and Boys, REDUCED PRICES. IMPLEMENTS! FEED CUTTERS, GRAIN CRA P. A. WILEY, Cash'r. J. M. CLARK, Contractor and Builder, IDnrtLa-ro., 2T- O-, Does all kinds of Wood and Brick work. Prices reasonable. j aAll work guaranteed. WHITAKER THE INIMITABLE. 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