OtTR I1EGISI1ATTJBE .
Raleigh, March 2. Senate:
Amendment to strike out tax
on nurseries; wav , last ; also,
amendment to exempt from tax
brandy made fruit was adopted.
HOUSE.-Bills passed third
reading. f
To charter High Point, and al
low " it to: subscribe to capital
stock of High Point & Randleman
To regulate municipal elections
in cities and towns
The bill relating fo the, univer
sity (reducing its appropriation
from $20,000 to $12,500) was
tabled on motion of Mr. Shaw.
Bill to amend the divorce law
was tabled. ..
The house concurred in the Sen
ate amendmens to the bill regu
lating the sale of seed cotton.
THE INSANE ASYLUMS.
The special order was take n
up5 being a bill to make appropri
tionsto the insane asylums. This
created much discussion. The
part of the bill allowing $38,000
to build new wings to the Raleigh
asylum was stricken out. The
amount appropriated to the Wes
tern, asylum ' was reduced from
$90,000 for 1887 to $65,000 and
trom $80,000 for 1888 to $60,000.
The bill'as thus amended passed
its second and third readings.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Woodite is a neV' material, said
to be non-inflammable,impervious
to water and as elastic as rubber.
Charles Johnson, of Griffin, Ga.,
says that he has a cat that turned
from jet black to gray from grief
at being separated from its chil
dren, to whom it vas greatly at
tached, x . . ., , i
'Mrs. Logan has selected the;
centre of the circle at the north',
end of South' Park, Chicago, for-
the burial olace of herself andTYe
fW T ncran and the site for thel"' n trains 52 and 53. Pullman Buffet
Lren. .UOgan, ana tne Site lor tne sieener Monttromerv and Wash ntrtnn
monument .to Gen. Logan.
The success of cultivating tea
at the Government's farm at Sum
merville, S. C, is a great success.
Senator Butler writes to the
Charleston fiews & Courier that it
is equal to the best and of the
highest grade. : .
Uncle Tommy Sterett, of Harris
ilton, O., who has just celebra
ted his 77th birthday, is nowlivirig
happily with his fifth wife. ,By
his first wife he had eightee'n
children; by his second, one';
by the third, five, and by the fifth,
one, making just ; twenty-five , in
au. y K 1 . , v
Some night fishermen near
East Liverpool, Ohio, were con
siderably astonished recently at
the tremendous bite they-, sot.
TKey hauled away, however, aniJ
withj much difficultv landed a
snnnn fish seven feet and a half
long, with' a spoon bill over .three
feet long. ; -
There will be displayed at the
Americah exhibition in' London
next May a house, forty-two by
fifty f eet,of which the foundations,
timbers; flooring, every thinly irir
deed, including the chimneys, will
be made of straw., ;The house is
now being built in . Philadelphia.
tid bits:
Family jar,s often grow, out of
family jugs v - ; V -
Much adieu about nothing.
The parting of society girls.
The ; tree of deepest root is
fround least willing: to ; quit the
gound. ' t v5-? y
What kind of - robbery,., is
not dangerous? A safe , robbery,
of course. , '
Although ii6t : much1 'talked
u) V51 !3 n"
every DQdys tongue. fr v U
Isn t it - paradoxical that the
best way to keep a young lady's
affections is to return them ?
An eight year old hen died in
Iowa; the other day. Her final
words were: ; "At last I shall
i,D T , latest article, is on
.Books that have influenced me."
Gladstone is English, you kn ow.
a ?an do no wrong; but if it
were an American politician, now,
he would write on 'Pocket-books
that have influenced me."
RICHMOND AND ; DANVILLE
'ROAD.
RAIL-
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
TRAINS RUN BY MERIDIAN TIME.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH
Dec. 19th, 188G.
No. 50.
Daily.
12 15 ut
3 50 am
G 45 a m
9 00 am
' 1 45 p m
4 05 pm
7t5 pm
No. 52.
Daily.
3 A0 pm
5.42' pm
800 p m
Leave New York . ......
Leave Philadelphia
Leave Baltimore. ......
Leave "Washington
Leave Charlottesville.
Leave Lynchburg
Leave Danville
11 00pm
o UU a m I
5 15 am
8 05 am
2 30 a m
5 00 pm
Leave Richmond. . .
. . . 1 30 p m
Leave Goldsboro
Leave Raleigh; t..
Leave Durham
Leave High Point.
Leave Salisbury,. ......
Leave Charlotte. . .
Leave Spartanburg
Leave G reenville ......
Arrive Atlanta
11 50 am
4 35 pm
5 42 pm
9 37 pm
1100 pm
11 45 pm
1 39 am
10 1G am
1123 am
100 pm
12 45 nm
3 33 am
4 55 an?
334 pm
4 48 pm
11 40 am
10 40 pm
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
'Dec. 19 th 1886:
Arrive Charlotte. ......
Salisbury ......
" High Point ....
' Greensboro
No. 51.
Daily.
5 05 am
G 41am
No. 53.
Daily'.
6 25 pm
8 01pm
9 08 pm
9 47 pm
4 45 am
6 50 am
7 54 am
8 22 , m
Durham.., ....i
, Raleigh . ......
' Goldsboro ......
Arrive Danville
' Richmond. ......
Arrive Lynchburg ....
" Charlottesville . . .
" Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia.
-New York..
12 41am
1 50 am;
4 40 am 11 20 am
iu iuma u pm
J 45pm; b 40 am
1 uo pm z uu am
3 30pm 4 10 am
8 23 pm 8 30 am
11 25 pm 10 30 am
a uuam i a pm
620 pm
Sunday.
3 20 pm
Daily except
N
W JST. C. RAILHOxYD.
GoiKO south No. 50. No. 52. a m
Lv. Salem ,-6 40 pm 6 30
; , GOIKO NOKTH No' 51 .
ja. Salem ll 28 nm " i2
V: SLEEPING CAR SERVICE.
On trains 50 and 51, Pullman Buffet
.Sleeper between Atlanta and Yew York,
New Orleans and Washington via Dan-
Aiken and Washington, via Danville.
. .. 1 . ; z. j o
On trains 52 and 53 Pullman Sleeper
between Richmond'and Greensboro, and
Greensboro and Goldsboro.
for rates and mtormation apply to
any Agent of the Company or to
SOL HAAS, T. M.
. M Jas; L.TAYLOR,
' Gen. Pass. Agent, :
. Washington, D. C
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About six months ago I liad a severe
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me of sleep and rest. I hail used
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I have used Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
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Windsor, Province of Ontario. '
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Inventors and 'patentees and all hav
ing business-with the U. S. Patent 01
nce are invited to communicate with me
with confident-reliance upon my fidelity
to .their interests.
- New inventions patented. Old inven,
tions lrnprrjyed; and; rejected applica-
ons reved. Caveats filed. Trade-
marts registered.
Moderate charges. Send model or
sketch for Irec report as to patentability.
Preliminary information cheerfully
furnished.
A. S. YANTIS,
Solicitor of American and Foreicrn Pat-
ents. 816 F Street N. W Washington,
WILMINGTON & WELDON RAIL
ROAD COMPANY.
- yp. ttju
CONDENSED SCHEDULE,
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
Nov. 14. '86-
No. 48 i
Daily.
3 I5pm
No. 40
Daily.
5 33 pm
No. 4 2
Daily.
1 10 am
Lv Wcldon..
Ar Rocky Mt
233pm
Ar Tarboro.
4 50 p m
1 1 30 pm
Lv Tarboro.
Ar Wilson..
4 05 p m 6 58 p m
3 07 3 m
Lv Wilson . .
4 15 P m
5 40 p m
Ar Sclma...
Ar Fantpv
8 32 P m
Lv Goldsboro1
4 54 P m
7 40 p m
3 58 a ni
Lv Magnolia 00 p m!
3 38 p m 5 18 a m
Lv Burgaw.-.j7 oopm.... 6 13 a m
Ar Wilming.7 50 p m'9 55 p mj 00 a m
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
No. 45 I No. 47 I No., 43
Daily. Daily. Daily.'
Lv Wilming.
1 1 40 pm
8 50 a m 8 52 p m
9 34 a m'9 50 pm
Lv Burgavv
Lv Magnolb
12 52 am
155am
1023 am,io42 pm
11 35 am 11 58 am
Ar Goldsbor.
Lv Fayettev.
Ar Selma. ..
Ar Wilson.. .
Lv Wilson . .
7 00 a m
9 5a a m
11 25 am!
2 32 a m
1225 pm 12 51 am
1 00 p m i 27 a m
Ar Ro'kyMt
Ar Tarboro.
4 50 P ni .-.
Lv Tarboro .
11 30 am!
Ar Weldon. .
4 05 a m!2 15 p m,2 45 a m
-Trains on Scotland Neck Branch Road
leaves Halifax lor Scotland Neck at 3 00
p m. Returningleaves Scotland Neck
at 9 30 a m., daily except Sunday.
I rains leaves Tarboro, N. C, via
Albemarl & Raleigh, R R, daily, except
bunday, 6pm.; bunday 5 p m.; arrive
wuiiamston, in. l.., a iopm, and 6 40
p m. Returning leaves Williamston. N
C. Daily except Sunday. 800am, Sun
day.o 50 a m, arrive Tarboro, N . C,
10 05 a m, and 11 30 a m.
Trains on Midland N. C. Branch
leaves .Goldsboro, N C, daily except
Sunday, 5 30 p m.; arrive Smithfield, N.
C, 700 pm. Returning leaves Smith-
held, N. C, 7 30 a m., arrive Goldsboro,
N.C. oooam.
Southbound train on Wilson & Fayet-
tevnie urancn is ino. 50. JNortnwara is
11 1 .
No. 51.
Trains No. 40 South will stop only at
Wilson, Goldsboro and Magnolia.
Trains No 47 makes close connection
at Weldon for all points North daily.
All rail via Kicnmona, ana aauy ex
cept Sunday via Bay Line.
Trams make close connection lor all
points North via Richmond and Wash
ington.
All trains run solid between Wilming
ton and Washington, and have Pullman
Palace Sleepers attached.
JOHN F. DIVINE,
General Sup't
J. R. KENLY, Sup't Transportation
T. M. EMERSON, Gen'l Pass. Agent
CAROLINA CENTRAL RAILROAD
VCOMPANY.
Office of Superintendent, )
Wilmington, N. C, Sept. 19, 1886.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
On and alter this date, the following
Schedule will be operated on this Rail
road. '
PASSENGER, MAIL AND EXPRESS
TRAIN. Daily Except Sunday.
J Leave Wilmington at. .7.40 p.m
No. 1 V Leave Raleighat 700 pm
) Arrive at Charlotte. . . .6 55 am
) Leave Charlotte at. .. .S 45 pm
No. 2 v Arrive at Raleigh at. . .9 00 am
J Arrive at Wilmington. 7 45 a m
Local Freigh Pass. Car Attached.
Leave Charlotte at.. 7 40 a m
Arrive at Laurinburg at 5 45 p m
Leave Laurinburg at.1. 615am
Arrive at Charlotte at.. 4 40 p m
Leave Wilmington at 6 25 am
Arrive at Laurinburg at. . . . . .4 25 p m
Leave Laurinburg at.... 5 15 am
Arrive at Wilmington at 8 35 p m
, Local Freight between Wilmington
and Laurinburg Tri-Weekly leaving
Wilmington on Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays. l,eave Laurinburg on
"Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Passenger Trains stop" at regular
Stations only, and Points designated in
the Company's Time JTable.
Shelby Division, Passenger, Mail.
Express and Freight.
Daily except Sunday.
L,eave .nanoue 7 35 a ra
No. 3 Shelby.. ...... 1 1. 10 a m
Arrive Ellenboro....i2 00 m
i Leave Ellenboro 1225 pm
No. 4 " Leave Shelby. ,135 p m
Arrive ChajIciUe., . . , .5 25 pm
. Trains. Io, 1 "and 3 make close con
nection at Hamlet with R. & A. Trains
to and from Raleigh.
Through Sleeping Cars buween Wil
mington and Charlotte and Raleigh and
Charlotte. .
Take -Train No. 1 for Statesville.
Stations Western N. C. R. R., Asheville,
and points West.
Also, tor Spartanburg, Greenville,
Athens. Atlanta and all points South
west. .
L. C.JONES,
Superintendent.
J w. Llarie. oen. passenger Agent.
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VT1IE2? IX WANT OF .
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for the JZoyal St. John Srtrin?
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machine running lacl-vard or fonrard.
Warrented five years.
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