North Carolina Newspapers

I 0 VOL, II--NO. 6. SUMMARY. ;,-r- of three to- one on Hansom, -against tit Id are being offered oh the senatorial ,i,it,:.t in KaleiIi. -The Senate had the i'Tii:uii.'' :i V an.il resolution under discussion -it a'hv.-f' MJ)ari Dign's Lieutenant has j,.,( r!-.l him and gone to Suakim. Irish .Aii-ti'-n- are still being made in county Dou , ,-:,!. rt-itaiK .e at one house was so, deter- !ninf'l that the officers had to desist. A r:.j s-.s train was blown from the track by a !,!ianl in - Hungary and three passengers I!. 'Pin. i.rvnn Mini.trv liave re- Mi,IH.,j Orders have been sent to county Ii..riHl lluI" Dublin Castle to effectively use i he M.Mier -in making evictions when there i- a:.v 'n-Uance. Judge Tree ojir Min-i-i.-r to St 1'etersburg presented li is credential- on Saturday. 'A young maVis killed ne.tr 1 avetteville, Tenn., while on the way k , . - - - t hi-wedding; a man who Vas his rival for the l;tdv' hand has been arrested On suspi , ; ,n. A riot in New Castle, W. J., lx- im t ii two Libor organizations' on Friday re- -lilted in the death of two and woundingof nianv others. Two flight trains collided on the Pittsburg arid Western railroad ; loth engineers fat all v. injured and the liremen li;i.Uv" hurt. On Saturday the Lloyd t earner Main struck ami sunk the British -teini r Montana nVar Baltimore; the chief j engineer of the latter was killed ; no one else 1 injured,- Adam Forepaugh lias been sued in th -urn of $10)000, as damages: for using I tin title "Wild West" by the proprietors oi ithe llullalo Hill' Wild West Show. -An engine, while lraw-ing a train, explodes near Cincinnati fatally injuring the fireman. K drain publishes a card in which he ,says ;Sulliv:mniust tight for the world charnpion- -hip 1 K1MTORIAL BRIEFS. , Tut: indications are that the inaug ural of Governor Fowle will rand affair. . he a 3 ' Tm:.many compliments andvkind l-wislu-s Tijk Plant has received ol 1 late from . the State press are highly i appreciatfd I. A iiKsi'urcTivE forest fire is raging I in Duplin county, this State.1 One 1 thousand acres of timber and fences I reported as already destroyed. i . : J H is gratifying to learn from the ! newspapers of the State that our 1 lainuTs ol'iiiost every section are m- 1 creasing- the aerenire of small cram I 'for the next crop. . 1 Tou:i:ty is said to be a cure for ilysprpsia. Most of us take the ined j u'ii"! a a preventive, but find that j like 'opium, ' it "reproduces t he pain we lake it to cure. ,s I it k Ar.s f- Olwrcer has been en jlargcl. '."Prosperity increascth' al jIlmi-s-" Wo sincerely ' hope this is j. itjie. cause of the increase in size o I i'ir friend the Xnc. Ob.rcer. ' I fin: estimated growth of the Unites ' latt s m population is placed at a Jmillion and a quarter a year.. At . tll,1 r;ue uie census next year should '.povv a population of (i2,500,(W v 1 '1-HK call for a North Carolina San Jitary Convention is a healthy sign. I i to he held in Raleigh in February . iand is to be composed o'f countyXsu 'jl'er.uitendents of health, doctors, ahd Jii' laet, every citizen interested in xjthe health of their communities - jKvt-ry town should be represented. I - in: N tv ( )rleans I'icayune says : '"it is ;H this time of . the season the icountry folks wi'sh somebody would ; piake good roads for them.": Mud Iroadji. f i ?nch as ours, are always very jgood when tnere is no mud, and jwhen they are mucldy they- cannot jhe'warked, 0 they are generally left fto tak care of thernpU-o Ai.i. TK flour 'milk in St T.noi 'ave shut down and about two hun jdred and fifty iUore in other sections - t, tIie, 'tt'will soon do likewise, jthis is by, -agreement in order to Plse the Price of flour. North Car Wma should not be dependent on Pese milk re shouldTaise suffi: f'ent wheat for home consumption. Mrs. Hahuison has been com pelled to employ a private secretary o meet the demands of li.er increas ing correspondence. We hoje this news causes no pang of jealously to he 'vfirst lady of the land." iiihv.ioyernor.oi .outn Carolina las caused a good deal of excitement in that State by vetoing a bill passed )V the Legislature?, which is the first nstance of that kind in eleven years. The veto power has never been re garded with favor -at the South Thk Philadelnhii . Timt.vi No senator returns from Indianaikdisi who does not mention the Presi i dent-elect's appreciation of Quay's services. It looks Very, much Hs Jf he junior Senator would be thejpo itical advisen of the ad ministration." Mr. Gladstone, "the grand old man, ' is now- in Ins eightieth year. Should the Liberals soon gain eon- rol of the government, he will mct probably again be Prime Minister. If so, he will be the oldest Prime Minister England has ever had, ex cept the great Lord Palme'rston, who died in office in his eighty-second year.- ; North Carolina brown stone of superior quality first became known in other States by reason of speci mens of it having been exhibited at the Atlanta Kx position in 1881. It is now largely used for building purposes in several States. A jsor folk (Va.) paper says that North Carolina is not only furnishing Nor folk with a desirable class of citizens and much valuable trade, but ,it is now also furnishing the material V . '"'. i which adorns its most imposing buildings' Our highly esteemed cotempo rary. the (oldsboro-bvu, one of the neatest pajiers in the State, that is energetic and persistent in its efforts to advance trie interests of the beau tiful "Gem City of the Plains,"! is sued a special edition yesterday, I containing, among other references to Goldsboro's advantages, the re cent (write-up of that city by the cor respondent of the New York World. The efforts of the Aran deserve lib-- - i era! recognition of a tangible char acter from the progressive people of that delightful little city. 1 TOWN TALK. "Cherry Ripe7' to-night. The Durham Water Co. now 117 consumers. nas are The County Commissioners in session to-day.- V The County Board of Edh a- tion held a meeting to-day The.Y. M. C. A. services, terday afternoon, were largely tended. A number of legislators ves- at- and office-seekers were, on the east-bound train to-day. The Stewards of Trinity Church are requested to meet at the Pas -study to-night or ? Durliam Lodiie No. 3-rJ, is on a boom. Work to-morrow nicht in . i . i i - i i "- the third degree. St. Andrew's Brotherhood will mee at the Hotel Claiborn. at :30 o'clock, to-night. Installation to-night , of the newly elected officers of Golden Link Lodge, No. Il l, 1. O. O- F. Outgoing: mails at the Dur mm postoflice. close as follows : For the east, at 1 1 :30 a. m.- for the. wesj, at' 5:20 p. nil; for Oxford, at f a. nil There are complaints that the mail is not distributed at our post oflice earh" enough in the morning to suit the convenience of inan.v of our business men. f The single centre! spring: bugy, elaimed to be the best made in j the country, is advertised in to-day's Plant. Call on Mr. It I. Rogers, agent, forarticulars. DURHAM, N. C, MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1889. . e are requested to announce that after to-morrow night a small iniation fee will be charged Those who join the Odd Fellows1 degree of Daughters of liebekah. A candy stew that was greatly enjoyed by the little folks was given Saturday afternoon, by Miss Jessie Lewellen. of the Graded School fac ulty, to , the pupils of her grade. ; Messrs. Camngton A: Thaxton have opened a family grocery in the Carrington building, corner Mangum andPeabody streets. Iook out for. their advertisemenf in Thk Plant of ! to-niorrow. , . The street car service is being i rui r i . 1 1 -M l . i ., iitiiiv ' I ii I 1 1 r ri i cars are promised. The fare! has been reduced to ! cents if as mani as ten tickets are purchased at one time. ' Service's were. , held yesterday morning, at 9:00 o'clock, at the resi dence of Mr. W. T OT3rien, by Father Boyle, of Pennsylvania. At the same place, at 3 o'clock, yester day afternoon, two children of Mr. C. J. O'Brien were baptized by Father Boyle. : . The Alliance, There is to be an Alliance meeting in town to-morrow and The Plant begs to welcome the members to our town and asks them to make them selves entirely at home among us. For Assistant Clerk. Mr, Walton Busbeeis a candidate for assistant to, the Chief Clerk of the Senate. Mr. Busbee is well qualified for the position and we hope that he will receive the appoint ment ' A, F. V A. 31. An important meeting of Durham Lodge,No.:i52,A. F.& A. M., will be held Tuesday night the 8th inst, at 7:30 o'clock. The usual postal card notices have been discontinued. - Jas. Southcate. Sec'y. Board 3Ieeting-. The Board of Directors of the Young Men's Christian Association meets to-morrow afternoon i at '3:30 a'clock. It being the first meeting of the year there is much business of importance to be transacted. Every member of the Boardris earnestly re quested to attend promptly. Before the Footlights. Cora Van Tassel, the popular ac tress, will open a two nights' engage ment at Stokes Hall to-night, at pop ular prices. Reserved seats, 30 cents ; general admission, 20 cents ; colored gallery, lOfcents. Seats may be secured at Vaughan's drug store. "Cherry Ripe" to night ; "Sweet Six- teen to-morrow night. County Commissioners. The greater part of to-day's ses sion of the County Commissioners was taken up. in allowing accounts. The following resolution was adopted, which, it is thought,, will I prove a greaj; saving to the county : "Ih'atan itemized account of alf jail fees be furnished to the Clerk of the Superior Court by the jailer, and that the same be charged in the bills of cost when made out by the Clerk." Applications for license to sell whiskey in the county, outside of Durham, will be considered to-morrow. The Y. 31. C. A. At the closing of yesterday even- ice's ser ices the topic havinjr been "God's Promises," the leader gave the following beautiful illustration of the "Unclaimed Promises: "An old and ragged Indian wan- dered into one of our estern settle ments, begging for food to keep him from starving. It was noticed that he wore around his neck a' small dirty pouch, suspended by a bright- colored ribbon. On being questioned, he said it was a charm given him in nis ypunger uays, anu, opening u, . - .i : .1 : : i displayed a faded and greasy paper, whichi proved to be a regular d is - charge from the Federal army, en- titling him to a pension for life, and signed by General ashington. Though "wearing his liame and j pledge which, presented at the right place, would have entitled him 'to -a plentiful support.he had been wan dering about, a starving ami lorfprn beggar. What a picture of the un claimed promises of God ! 1 Plant Photographs. Edward Hill, of sick Rev. Jl Ii: Mart n was on our ! streets to-day. Capt. .lack. AViirg n went down t he road t o da v UMr. W V. Fuller returned from Virginia on yesterday, ('apt. Penehan Cainei oh. of Staggs- ville, is in town to-dav. 3Ir.B. F.AVhitehurst has returned from aWisit; to Kinst n. 3Iiss '-.Staples, of Greensboro, ar rived to-dav on a -vih-it to her sister, Mrs.. W. , Fuller. Mr. .C. II. . Arniliejdyl'rivate Sec retary to i Gov. Scales, was on the east-bound train to-dav. 1 Masfter Willie Dowd, who has Ije'en confined at home by Sickness, is improving, we are glad to learn. Mr. Haywood Williams is carrying around a tied-up aw. Suffering with toothache, we a re sorry to say. Thomas J. Oldham, of Oaks, after entering two of his boys at Bing ham to-day, came to Durham on the noon train. . Mr. and Mrs. -John Word are the happy possessors their worldly estate, man arrived Saturd of an heir to The fine young ay night. Rev. G.jP. Bostick left this morn ing for Richmond to attend a meet ing of the Foreign B Dard of Missions of the Southern Baptist Church. Mr.' Robert Lee Strowd, one of the stirring, rising men of Chapel Hill, was in town to-day We regret to learn from Mr. Strowd that the con dition of Dr. Mangum does not bet ter: very fast Col. Writ A. Albright will be an applicant 'for postmaster under Har rison. The Plant thinks that a more courtly andbbliging postmaster, with Republican proclivities, than Col. Albright will be bard to find. Mr. .John W. Petty, of Archdale, arrived to-day to tae charge of the Durham Shuttle an I Bobbin Mills.. Mr. PettyVpraetica experience will be .of great value to the Mills and we predictjthat success will result IVo!in hislmdnagcnient ! I ' M t . '" j Mr. Kcnipner, Irani whom the "kempiiei corner" tojok its name, is in j town td-day. Mr. Kcnipner' is now a resident of Oxford. .We. are (initc sorry to hear of the death of Mrs. Kennmer, whicli occurred some lour or live 'weeks .since. Mr. Ri ll Walker's! renorts of the Asheville market in the Durham Plant, says the SouOiern Tobacco Journal, of Danville, are models of what a tobacco reportshould be. He is one of the best posied tobacco men j in the trade and the argest buyer on t his market; Mr. R. IL Wright, of Lynchburg, gave his Durham friends the pleas ure of a 1 hand-shake to day. Mr. Wright is here to assist in the com pletion of the- preparations for start ing up the Shuttle and Bobbin Mills He proposes soon to go upon a two years trip across the water and dur- ing his absence will visit Egypt, China. Japan and other foreign lands. Mr. W. G. Burkhead went .down to; lialeigh 6n the noon train. The Proh ibition ist will be lissued from Ral eigh this week. Mr! Burkhead is a high Christian clever gentleman of character He has made a leedon of warm personal friends .while living 1 at Durham, and we hate to have to give -him up. e commend him to the Raleigh publia(to whom he is no stranger) most cordially. Dur ham will alwavs have a warm wet come fori him when he chooses to i re urn. I I). L. A: S. Co. The Durham Land and Security Co. advertises valuable property for Sale in tUlS flSSUe Ot HIE PLANXT. This Company makes a specialty of ! collecting accounts and rents, and as i U '.Hi!. !i j. j a reeonimenuaiion ior u in mis par j ticular we will say that when the . ecifetary, Mr. It get,. money out of a Rogers, can't delinquent the j account may be marked 'no good" and filed among the "archives of gravitv. e saw a fellow, this morn- ing, jiying arouna worse man a cat shot in the foot to pay Mr. Rogers a little bill. I Bob will eet there everv timeifhe' has half a showing. n you have! anv accounts to collect, i try; him. A GoodShowinir. layti, is right! Attention is directed to the state ; ment of the condition of the Fidelity '; c i ti.j. ri ' i.:, .i. savings aim i niM buiiijuuv, wiiiun appears in the advertising columns of The Plant. We learn that-the Board of Directors of this bank, be sides declaring a semi-annual -dividend of 3 per cent., have carried 4 per cent, to the reserve . fund. Continued success to you. gentle men. - . - ; Capti-tT. S. Lofkharf, The SonfJtni Tobacco IonrnuL Danville, pays the following, com pliment to one of our esteemed townsmen : ''Capt. J. S. Lockhart returned to Durham this week from an ex tended Northern tour. A busier man than Capt. Lockhart and; one more universally liked is hard to find. - He is a leader in the tobacco trade of Durham, and perhaps does more to infiuehce trade there than any one else. Would that North Carolina had more such men. Capt. Lockhart well deserves jto be Gov ernor of the Old North State." The Poor Ye Have Always With Yr ... I - Oil. We received the. following letter this afternoon : "I am a lone widow and no one.to help me. I haven't got anything to eat nor no fire wood. Lain hun gry and "Cold, and my health wih not allow me to get out to or hor- row. I am"")2 years old and at a loss to know what to do. Let me. have a little money to get tie some thing to eat." . The' Plant -will receive any dona tion in cash or kind and lieerfullv see that such .donations reach this poor widow7 promptly. Take Warning:. We are informed t hat a young man of Goldsboro,who started life without means, but who, by industry ami fru gality had succeeded m laying some thing bv for a rainy day, has lost all that he possessed by patronizing the alluring1 bucket shon. Let the vouhir men of Durham take warning and shun as they would a poisonous viper, the demoralizing bucket shop and all other, forms .of jraniblinjr. If you do not lt)se inane: by contact with such tilings there is great danger that you will lose vour good character, which is of far greater value than money. For the sake of the good name of the community, for the sake of your par ents am all others that you hold dear, for your own sake, young man, we beg you to beware-of al kinds ,of ambling1 dens Durham County Bihle Society. i i Quite ! a respectable assemblage gathered at Trinity Church yester day afternoon,at 3 o'clocko celebrate the anniversary of the Durham Comity Bible Society. Th District agent, Kev. Mr. Law, was present and addressed the meeting. lbf Society was re-organized on a In different from the past, and The 1 V i - - Plant believes very wisely so , V -- .- annual dues of one dollar per capita. The address of Rev. Mr. Law was very go()d and very much to the point; Tin: I'lant believes that in Mr. Law the lamented Dr. Wily, finds a most worthy successor. Mr. Law is a gentleman of commanding appearance, a j leasant and- impres sive speaker and a j ears t loroughly in love with hir work, and is un- doubtedly the right man in tlie right place. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year : i President, Jujian S.Car'r. Vice-Presidents, Rev. II. T. Dar- . nail, Rev. ii. P. Bostick, P.ev. Dr. j E. A. Yates, Rev. W. it Oliver, Rev. It F. Bumpass, Rev. L. LJ Jolmson. treasurer, Gey. . W atts, Secretary, Rev. T. .J. Gattis. .VvWtr'nnimittnn .Inrnointl, ate, Trinitv. Church ; Jt T. Hower- ton Firt Banti-t Chure i : R. G. . Lea, Presbyterian Church; Blackwell Baptist Church to be supplied ; Capt. Y. Ballard, Main Street Methodist; W. II. Branson, Cari Church. The denositorv for f he Society will j hereaftei- le at 4 lie store of Rev. T. t j (iattii Just Arrivetl. Choice 'gilt edge" butter, ! all cream 1 flake and la, crackers corn- ! hill rt1 ri v-inst Xk I- tcz rM nnl tzid f rl aTiNaa hill and njc-nac cakes, granulate! and cofl'ee sugars, no and Mornaja cofieesJ extra tine yegetablesi etc, West .Son $5.00 PER ANNUM. Special Mention. Miss Ednorah Naliar, a talented Boston Star elocutionist and dra matic reader, who created such a genuine sensation in Durham last January, when Proll Price gave a r concert here iu Strikes Hall, will give an entertainmeit to-night, at the Union Bethel A. M. E. Church. She. will be supported by Miss ,lamr E. Thomas, an accomplished piamsL ami Prof. C. E. Alston, a celebiJtetl cornet ist. I Miss Nahar will reail the "Cliariot Race,'' from Ben Hur , Aux Italiens )y Blllwer, A:e. AO. Thk Plant iqws whereof it speaks when "It -ays that there is a rich treat in store, or certainly Miss Nahar has few I equals as a reader and an elocution- J st, and her stage manners are per-, ect. : -, : liss Ednorah Nahar received a I great amount of applause, amTieri; rendition ot the curse scene Irom L?ah, the Forsaken,' was as fine bit" of acting aswe have seen." Char- lode Chronicle. i , . 'Her rendition' of the 'Chariot llace,' from IJcn Hur, Van hardly be overiraisel. She has a fine' voice, an earnest and oxpressrvo face." Jloston Pilot. ; ' - . ' i Like aii Intrepid GejfVral. With uncovered hea :e stand be- foi"(; the -sparkling' Gplosloro Arrjv and extend sincere-thanks for the fol lowing kind and complimentary ex-, oressions : 4 'Thk Di rham Daily Plant has just1 entered upon its second scmi-annuaf volume, and at the same time it merges the Durham Daihj lUxorder. Thk Plant is the best printed paper in t lie State, and is aniohg the new siest. It is clean in jappcijrance and it advocates clean principles with ability and effectiveness. Jt is doing a great work for Durham. Nothing did more to hold .Durham 'in the middle of the road' during; her recent financial crash than the prompt and constant and manly encouragement of heivpeople by. The Pla,nt. Like an intrepid general who rallies his startled forces arid -wrestles victory from . the very clutches of defeat, so did Thk Plant, with real heroism, stand by its people in the 'hour of . their great vicissitude, so that not for a moment did the town losef its business credit or patronage in the estimation of the public or the mar kets of the World. The .Plant will live long; "and -prosper, because it de serves to-do so and because the Dur ham people appreciate its worth to the town. The 'Arynn congratulates it heartily." BUSINESS NOTICES. After the show to-night go to KaufmanV Ovster Cafe for oysters 'stewed, fried or on'the half-shell. - Have You a Piano? ' Messrs. iWni. Knabe Co., of Haltitnor, will have a I'iano-tuner in town this week and orders for tuning can be - left at the ' Scliool of Music, corner Main and Church j street. Albums atid other holiday uo(U at a re duction of lift v iter cent, of our former prices. West & Son. For Oysters . ; (io to Kaufman'.- Cafe., in the Durham Bakerv. ) Oividencl! The Ikard of Directors of the Fidelity Saving and Trust Coriinany have declarel a semi-annual tlividend of '.I jer cent, on the capital stock of the ( orapany, payable Jan uary j J. F. iSLAUOHTKR, Jr Cabhier. January oth, IHsO. '.' For Hent! . The Driver Hotel is for rent. Apply to - : ' H u res Maky, Agent. Store For Kent ! The store on Main 6treet, recently occupied by Drs. Hmith V Roberta, is for rent. Apply at store of, Iurhara Furniture MTCo. I . John R. Proctor. HO Cents a Quart i Is the price charged for oysters at sKauf manV Cafe, in Durham Bakery. i ATTENTION. The Durham Lanand Secority Co. Lunomt of th? moat valuable Real tat In town aud in Kat Durham nd Went Durham for al". JT-TIk j iuke a is.-ialt j of rolltcting account and rents. j- They abs rent, buy and tll for other on com? minion. Office: Srond floor Wright buiWing, corner Main and Corcoran trert. janT-tf . ' B. I. ROGERS, Sec y. 1 - R. I. Rogers fell the best and euiest riding Bug gy luanuiactared in America, known "The Single Centre Spring." Spring warranted for two year. AIao, bntfgy parta of all kinda. S-Othce: Second floor of Wright building, cornf-r Main and Corcoran uti-e. . jn7-tf It. I. BOOERS. L 1 -f s u ii r f