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: GENERA I7NEWS. : j. . a quan ity or'. c tton wa con ouiiicu. uj uio i n mo tj. xi.u piat:orm rn Kaeigk, Tusd ty. :' rPl. ' ' I ; , --t. . -i ne case 01 mciwee agams Blackwell, which was to'haye been heard last week at Salisdury, was continued. . , : s .... Rev. J. P. Barrett has accepted a call to the Christain Chnrch in Raleigh. Last .Thursday morning, the iai was unloeked hy sone one unknown to theofficers of the law and a younfir white man. named Bob Skeens. charg ed with burglary, was -turned ou and has not been caught yei -The manner of his getting out and disap pearance look a little mysterious. Alamance GUaner. Bob Hill, a well known young law yer of Atlanta, a son of. Hon. D. P Hill shot and killed hi3 brother Tony Hill, on Friday Nov 26th. and then shot himself, as the Coronor'.- J ury decided. They were togather in a room both drunk- Superior Court convenes here on the 15th inst, Judge Connor pre siding. A methodist female seminary is to be built at Lexington. Aneffro woman was convicted at - Louisburg week befora last of having murdered her child and was senten ced to be hanged on the 17th of J anu ary. .Prof. J. A. W.Thompson, of Oak Dale Academy, will m ove his flour ishing school to Siler,on the C F. & Y. V. R' R, on account of securing railrord facilities, better houses. &c Mr. Joseph S. Worth, formerly of Greens boro.Jbnt late of New Garden, has removed to his plantation which he recently purchased from Postmas ter W. C.Denny. The largest tree in California is 450 feet high, and the trunk is 138 feet in ircumference. It is called The Father of the Forest.' The furniture in the Governor's mansion will all be made, of native wood and the contract for it will be given to a North . Carolina factory, Mrs Nellie Jones' aged ninety eight years, said to be the oldest mem ber of the Woman's Christian Tem perance Union in the United States, died at Smyrna, Del., on the 8th. j A correspondent of the Richmond Dispatch, at Wytheville, Ya., says that representatives of the Cape fear & Yadkin Y?lley Pailroad Company are investigating largely in coal fields in Tazewell county, Ya., to reach which thev will have to extend the road through the Wytheville section. M. R. Gregory, Esq., one of the State Senators elect from the First district died last week. The Governor has ordered a special election for. January 6tb 1887 to fill the vacancy. The Methodist Protestant Confer ence convened at Enfield on 1st inst. The Grand Lodge of coloredMas ter Masons meets in Durham, Dec ember 14th. The address will be delivered by G. W. White, of New Berne. " Prohibition Bibles1 111 IS CrtlU. (UC Atlanta, Ga. having a large sale in They are discribed as" a very smart imitation of a book which incloses a bottle of very mean whiskey. By touching a apring at one end the other opens, and the neck of the bot tle bobs up serenely. They cost $1 each. A man could walk up a church aisle with one nndervhis arm without being suspected of anything but deep piety. The Annual Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church met at Enfield, N. C, yesterday, Dec. 1st. A t Laurinburg a negro named Thom as MeeMns, laid a wager that he could drink over a quart of whiskey in a half hour. fie succeeded but too well, for in the time he drank the quart and a pint more. His was a short-lived vic'ory, however, for a few hours later he died. The Richmond and Danville Rail road company has made proposals to North Carolina railroad company for a lenewal of the lease of the latter road, Three Hungaiians, John Cbbba lack John Werner and Andrew Kos ko who were lying in a drunken stu por upon the track of the Delaware, Lackawann a ' and Western raili oad near Pittston Pa, last week, were strnck by a passenger train and killed Ten tier sons have been indicted in Sioux City for the murder of Rev, Mr. Haddock. .. ; President Gray says the C. F. & Y. V, Railroad will be" completed to t. Airy within twelve n onths.; A colord man full of whisky lost his equilibrium and fell off the plat fcrm of a car fifty feet into thd river at Tarboro last week. The body has not been found, and nothing na8 been heard of the man, ' v Southernor - M r. J ohn J. Christopher, one of the oldest and most higly esteemed citizens of Raleigh fell Sunday m rn mg and broke his left arm near the shoulder joint. j-.si xnursaay morning tne jan was unlocked by some one unk nown to the officers of the law and a young white man, named Fob Skeens, charg ed with burglary, was.turnedout and his not been caught yt The man per of his getting out and disappear ance look a litt'e mysterious. Col. A. B. Andrews has been . re elected President of the Western N. C.Railroad. . BOARD; OF AGRICULTURE. At a meeting of tin board held yes terday morning, the subject of the report to be submitted to the Gener al Assembly was considered. The proposit;on of Mr. R. Stan hope Pu len to donate a site for the location of the Industrial School was accepted. The resignation of Mr. P M.Wilson as secretary of the Department of Ag ricultiire was accepted and the fol- owing resolution adopthd: "Resolved, That in accepting the resignation by Mr. P. M. Wilson, of his office of secretary of the Depart ment of Agricultute. the board takes pleasure in putting on record their high appreciation of his extraordina ry faithfulness in the performance of his duties, of their esteem for him personally and officially and their sincere regret at losing his services Mr. T. K. Bruner of Salisbury was unanimously e'ected acting secretary until the January meeting of the board., Tuesday, January 4th, was appoin ted for a special meeting of the board to adopt the report to be submitted to the Legislature. Evening Visitor Gkeeitsboko Frc hibiti n Club The Central Prohibition club of Guilford county, at their meeting o Dec. 3rd, passed the following resolu tion.; Resolved, That we hold public meetings on the first Friday night of each month at the Hall of the W- C. T. U., at 7o'clock, p. m., in the in terest of all phases of temperance work. : Good addresses are expected. The public cordially invited. K. A change of scedule is announced for Sunday morning. No tears. The Ch( ctav nation had the pro hibitory liquor la thirty years be foee Maine, and it was in their con stitution thirty years bef re Kansas had it. It is enforced fairlf well, par ticularly as the United States inter cours laws prohibit the introduction of intoxicat ng liquors into -he nati n Thanks to the publisher, Mr. Levi Branson, for a copy of the Star edition of Branson's N C. Agricultural Almanac. This is the 20th year of publication. It is wor thy of a place ' ia every househo d Price 10 cents. The depot and warehouse of the Atlantic and Nerth Carolina railroad at forehead Cily, togethea with sev eral cais, were burned Tuseday even ing- . Th re will be a musical and liter ary: entertainment at the Greensboro Female Col'ege to night. Dr. Griffith has moved his office to the old Wilson & Shober Bank, up stairs, whera he will be pleased to serve his friends and all in want of dental work. Washington, N. C. had a $15,000 fire a week ago today Mr. Short, one of its most interesting citizens had his dry kiln burned, together with 500,000 feet of lumber. Congress convened last Monday. The State Legislature meets on the first Wednesday in January. The roof of York and Wadsworth's warehouse, . Concord, N.f. C. fell in last Monday morning, smashing wag ons. buggies, machinery &c The snow did it. . ; Govenor Lee has granted Cluveriu s a respite until the 14th of january next. i Mr. B. Davidson fell over some timbers at Gibsonville last Friday morning and bruised - himself very badly. He was about getting on the early morning train whi h reaches that point about 5 o' clock, on his wav to the Methodist Protestant Conference at Enfield. Mr. Edmund E. Richardson of Reidsvilleand Miss Jessie L. Gray, dmiorhW of Mr. Juliu s A. Gray, of D " - this city, were married Wednesday afternoon last ; Ceremony by Dr J Henrv Smith. Pittsboro will celebrate ' on the 29th instant, the completion of the j railroad to that place. When times arf, hard and mntiAvl rrw n .:-.-A rPntlflRSlv v Rnm fiino l,'! we must have; such, for instance, clothing, hats, shoes, dress goods &c wnat every ; one wants to know "uclcuo van uuj xic mu guuuo xur two hundred and twenty-five thous the money. Now.G. Will ArmfieldL m.. . J .. - keeps all such goods, and offers them at Drices to suit the times. Give him a call, and see if he does not meet your wants to a TV rnTTT)T'nnn rrkTkrnTT . --w-. " . "f..;:!: ALMANAC FOR 1887. We have received from James H Ennis, Publisher. Raleigh. N. Tuener's North Carolinft Almanon. for 1887 which we see is its fiftieth year of publication First published in 1838 by H.iD. Turner, Bookseller, Raleigh. It has been continued since his death by the present publisher, Price, sinele conv 10 cents. Per dozen, 75 1 cents iwstnaid. and $5.75 per express, or freight, with mer- chants card on back, and showbills and circulars, free of cost. ' Address J. 1H. Ennis, Pub , Ral ei?h N. C ; Any verse interpreted from Jsalah, to V - r,- . . . ... for 25 cents. J- B. Curtin, Greensboro. "ALIVE AND STILL KICKING.' We are not "dead" cr 'busted.' nor in end d -ing any Fuch a thing. If we are a corpse, we are the live lesc corpse yon ever saw, and are oe'lins onr ehars of the groceries sold in thin market i Anticipating a large demand for Christ mat goods, we are prepared for the same, AYing in stock, and to arrive: 60 BOXES RAISINS, 200 DOZEN CANNED OYSTERS, 100 TOMATOES, CORN,Ui and Slocum. Generals O. A PEACHES, $c, 75 BOXES PLAIN CRA CKERS ancLancy CAKES, 30 BOXES CHEESE, looo OOCOANUTS, 2000 tbs.FRENCH CANDY 10,000 BV-STICK CANDY. currants, prunes, orarg a. lemons, toy candy, fire crackers. c; powder, shot.lw caps, a d a full l n of staple groc-nas sugar, coffee, ba-onrhird: floor; meal: mo- asses; saH, leather, &o. bend in your l- C - i- 1 11 "I 11 I be carefully ani promptly attended to . VV11I keep full stocks ready .for any and all demands Thanking one and all (or thir Kind and liberal patronage, We are respectfully, HOUSTON 4- BRO, THE COFFEE HOUSE Hjnst returned from a most even tfu -AND- Free Readillfi: Room On West Market street, under tht auspiceHoftbe W. C. T. -D. in open every dy, except , bandajt, and lunch served at all hours. Person? having leisure moments can ppend mem pi afantiy in tne xveaamgl xj., euiwr ui we isurisuun iuvucuiv R om, where all the latest leading I astronomical papers: articles throw- Papers and Periodicals will be found. 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