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DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHPOBT AHD BBUHS7ICK COUHTY.
VOL. 1. Xo. 51.
SOUTHPOKT, X. C, THURSDAY. FKBRUAUY 12. 1801.
lltIC'K FIVKCKXTH
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Guthrie & Ruark,
IeaItiH In
DRY GOODS
and NOTIONS,
HATS and GAPS.
HOOTS AND SHOES,
We are also
H EAD QUART ERS
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For Choice Family Supplies"
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We are offering this week:
EARLY JUNE PEAS.
BROWN BREAD,
SUGAR CORN,
LUNCH TONGUE,
OKRA and TOMATOES,
CUSTARD PUMPKIN,
SUCCOTASH,
GRAHAM FLOUR,
GRANULATED MEAL,
SHREDDED OATS, 1
PURE OLIVE OIL,
AUNT SARAH'S CATSUP.
And those excellent roasted Coffees i
MOM A.J A and
TIIURBERSXo. 34.
STOVES,
STOVES,
With or without fixtures, at less
than city prices.
.imnniiV i' T t t i." !
I l 1 1 it 1 1 , cv i j ; IHY .
AS A
XTIIir VIUll tnnnmiVll
11 Ei If 1 EiiliL IflVEiEi I I lili
We offer yon Low Prices.
, Large Ib'Hvy mforters only
Large Heavy Rlankets, only
Iirg Ileavv Rlankets, letter
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St ripi'd Dress -Flannel : "
worth .'J0c our price 2"c.
Plaid Dress Flannel
worth .'We our prict 2"c.
Plaiil Drrss Flannel, all wool j
worth .)0c our price tOc. j
lliey TwilhI Flannel
worth 20c our price 15c.
All Wool Scarlet Shirts
Wirth $1.'2." our price 1
Cents Laundried Shirts
worth SL2.i our piice $1
Cents I'nlaundried Shirts
worth .00 our price 7."cv
Other Goods at as Low Price?
For Cash.
DREW ifc DAVIS,
REAL ESTATE
tit . .r. r TriJ?
are OHenng a lew jJUlimng
JjOIS OOlkOZ iel. at IrOm 3IZu
aud unward to those who will
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build Suitable houses.
These Lots are welf located and!clause in tho Kiniey tariff bill
good title will be given.
WEEKS & SIIITH..
(Virner Hoe and Mtwre Stnvt,
HA.N'Kl.NS '& MITCIII-LI
r'aUnt in
1 (iKNKHAL JIKRCHANDISK.
aUo a larg fctoek of
Cii?iirs,Tobaco,SiiulT, A
i
Orders Ri-ceived
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For Fresh Meats
Poultry, Eggs
WEEKLY NEWS SUMHABY.
HAPPENINGS IN THIS COUHT&Y
AND IN EUROPE.
Wednesday. Feb. 4.
Terrific storm reported as raging in
North era Xcbraskaand South DakoU
The thermometer at Dead wood regis
tered 20 degree below zero, at lead
City, 30 below; at Galena, 40 below.
A cable from Oporto, Portugal,
states that one hundred persons were
killed and two hundred injured in the
j recent re vol I, of the garrison against
the Government.
The grand jury at Chattanooga,
iTenn., brought in an indictment Mon
j day against Judge Warder, City At-
torney of Chattanooga, who shot and
; killed hi daughter's husband Jan. 18th
j last.
A dispatch from Scottdalo,, Pa., says i
that 10,000 coke operators of that re
, gion will cease work Monday. They
I refuse to agree to the proiosed reduc-
Hon in wages of 10 per cent.
The estate of Xiiiin Bros. & Wilks,
.' consisting of fifty-three thousand acres
: of land, was sold vesterdav at Colorado
( Texas, for 71,000.
Thursday, Eeb. 5.
I The . report has just reached San
Francisco of a severe earthquake
I which took place in Java, on Dec. I'ith
'I wt''vc persons were killed and many
m-L U u,JimJ'
Fhe immense build in'irs of the Ilccla
j Iron Works, in Brooklyn, N. Y.. were 1
j almost entirely destroyed by fireTues-
day night. This is their second fire
within two vears. The loss ,is said to ;
! be about $'2.i 0,000. Otner
i about 8100,000.
firms lose
c. . , . r ,
: Seventeen miners lost their lives at
fT o i t
Jumesville, I a., vesterdav, m a liecii-
liar
manner.
Tlie mine
they were
lirectlv le-
: working in was
ituated
neuth an old mine which haa-U-eii
abandoned and filled with water. Thi
' boil v of water was liberated bv
the
'.Trillin.r ,,f i Ui. tl.riil. n nHIar
!..,.,, - I i
i niiiliiur flu hftii' iniii't miff i I'invniriir
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cvrrvman 111 ll.
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wrr iBi kill ivi!itliiv i rm rfki I irnin
the Western states for Tuesday. Points
ftl'00 ' m Rhni3 aiu Indiana report the ther-
i ool,noinetor ranI5 roni Z('ro to i- (UV
rees Ik'Iow. A terrifie blizzard is
i L'. W. Tn.l in..
iugiiig at i uit 4i iu-, iim., unit ai
Monticello, III. .St.
lMrts from "20 to
zero.
Paul,
Minn., re
25 degrees
bel ow
Friday, Feb. 6. -
The strike of the London, Eng.,
dock laborers has re commenced on
account of some legal action having
lxen taken by ship-owners.
The First Arkansas Vadey Rank,
at Wichita, Kan., has suspended with
liabilities stated to Ik? $125,000 and
assets morerthan double that amount.
The Dutch steamship, Rotterdam.
Rotterdam arrived at New York yes
terday. Her officers, report having
encountered very heavy gales.
Gendarmes charged on a crowd at
Rarcelona, Spam, yesterday ami fired
into the people, injuring many of them !
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An agreement has been signed byj
ecreiar- niaire, tor tne i.niteii iaiiVrovisionh&s cxi sent out. The
JHM'reta isiaire, tor the I'lutcnl states
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ruuiwi inio wvttii un.- i w
jcountnes according to the reciprocity
Satarday. Eeb. 7.
Dun & Cotnjtany's
R. (i.
trade
j review for the past wwk says business
continues to exceed that of la?t year
lanl i in cliracter more healthy and
! conservative than usual. Tho money
1 markets are everywhere ea.v. Fadutvs
j for the week, 201 against 2C5 for tne
icorrejK.nding week lat year.
! Tlie Pullman Car Works at St.
Louis, Mo., togHlier with eleven cars
and several .mall dwelling houst'ss
were entirely destroyed by fire on
Thursday night. Loss $250,000.
About 400 men are thrown out of
employment.
The mayor of Palest ice, Texas, has
been brought to task by a mass meet
ing of citizens of that town for his
assault on Re. Sam Jones.
Church & Company's ioda factory
at Brooklyn, X. Y., was badly dam
aged by fire Thursday night. The
Ortn manufactures bi-carbonate of soda
and other chemicals. The loss on ma
chinery and stock will be $200,000; f
insurance, 8135,000.
Twenty -two wood cutters were over
taken by an avalanche on the moun
tain side near the village of Rueatti,
Switzerland. Three of the bod tot
have been recovered.
Sunday, Feb. 8.
Six men were killed, Friday at Giles
saw mill, in Tatnall county, Georgia.
Ranks in New York now hold $20,
242.G7G in excess of requirements of
23 per cent. rule.
Jas. I. Phelan died at Nassau, New
Providence, Jan. 30th, of consumption
He was member of Congress from the
Memphis district of Tennessee.
Major W. A. "YiIliam3, a prominent
citizen of Greenville, S. C, was shot
and instantly killed bv J- R. Williams
yesterday morning in a quarrel over a
game of cards.
. , f j
rive men belonging to a gang of:
stone-blasters, employed on the New
York and Xew Haven railroad
were terribly injure,! Friday by .!,
exnlosion of somedvnamite which thev
, . , . 4,
nau piaeeo on a Lo,u 10 ua ouu
monoay, reo. .
It is reported at the Citv of Mexico
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that a secret alliance has been signed
a;!. wuaimn. aim . , iu o ui
i against Sa'u Salvador.
j Helena, Alabama was struck by a
i cvclone this afternoon, blowing down
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teleiraia iolc5, railroad station and
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other buildings and injuring several!
persons. !
Mr. Pond. Hem v M. StaiiWs inana-
ger, has announced in Clevelanvl, ().,
uiui ..mi. .aiin-v ud uttiULU iu Bic
Af . w i i....i...i .:
Ull tW fflfU, which llO Iia.S TtiCV
uvea
' from theemwned head?of Kurixand
! inc ci i iini nuuisui mini itdiiu
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wii-... to wvii. i.m , umn . uu-
,.n;,L.. mm, ....i.... t i... :f...
The value of the gifts is!
estimated to be $500,000.
The total population of Florida is
given by the Ojiisus Rureau as
:?9 1,422.
John C. Matthew., a clerk in the
fliee of tins I5irmincham Railroad
Supply Company was sandbagged and
robled in that office on Saturday night
by two men who then robbed the safe
of $780.
.1. IT. McCulIough, first vico-presi-
vient ot tne i ennsyivania uaiiroau i o.,
dielat his home in Allegheny ( ity,
Penn., yesterday. He was one of the
foremost railroad managers in the
country. His estate is estimated to be
worth $14,000,000.
G. Hotchkiss, agent of the United
States Express Co., at Charleston, W.
Va., disappeared aljout a week ago.
His safe was blown open yesterday and
his accounts found to be short.
Tuesday, Feb. 10.
A ternole blizzinl has oeen riging
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in yoming, the vorst in four years,
No west-Kmnd train reached Chey-
enno on 5?nn,lay. A. relief train with
lasimau aim incovtnana nyer were
J1 ,CK ",ny mu,-s
mins easi oi
hevcnne
Tlie exiectel strike In the Councils
ville cke region nr as inaugurated yfs
tenlay. Miner to the numler of 10,
000 have refused to c to w.rk. It
is expc-ctel that 0,000 coke drawer
f wjj qtlit wor-: aay tj,U wik.
v bin now j f ho l7 s
ate appropriating $10,000 to ularpe
the public building at Riisningham, j
Alabama. i
A geteral meeting of the holers of i
the Cons'rvative lart througliout
Ureat Rritain, has Uen .umtnoceJ by
Lord Salisbury and will take place
early in March. It is exjiecte! that
tint question of Parliament's dissolution
will then be decided ujion.
Tue SocratvET Iaunci: $1 a year.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
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GATHERED BT THE "LEADER'S
SPEQAL CORILESPONDENT.
Washington. D. C, February 9-
mt w - , i
i ne iirazit reciprocity treaty appears j
to be the most popular thing the ad-1
ministration has yet done; it will un-l
ouestionablv nlarre our markets and
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inai. is jum wuai iuo ruuiun ik-ws.
The committee that investigated the !
charges against Commissioner Haumj
has made two reports, which art sub- j
stantially the same that were un -
officially made before the late Con-j
gressional election. j
The members of the National Far -
mers' Alliance Legislative Council,
called on the Coinage committee and
through President Polk, requesU-d'Jthe
committee to report the lill at an :irly
day to the House.
lhere was quite a sharp debate in
the House on Saturdav over a ir!onl
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amendment to the Sundry Civil appro-
priation bill, regulating the expenses
of the World's Fair Cominission.
There is a feel in r that tin manv fancv
salaries are leing paid. !
; It is now said that it cost the West-1
I em Union Telegraph Company in the
..e.gnoornoou ot iuu.uuu 10 kiu .ur -
Wns postal tele-raih scheme
...:!. I l. . 1 -.nt. nan t. . I'll ! -
j in the Uon ani, tjiat g.-.d.ooo in cash
j Wj1S attributed were it would do the
,mt gowl wjtl rilc Uilys, ,l,e
I a: ,i
1 U4l.liUlll.LU H II 1 il HVl'.IH UU IIK
-juouiri ouw.g tt . pumuinu i n a
national reputation. I (Mil Hot vouch
i for this, but it came to rne from a
j source that I have always found re-j Stato
I ;..u0 i' ' , ...
iirtvu. i IW'ilaniv. to drain Lvon swampr
j The work of the lslU(:v Legislative m iVIer eoimtv.
, CoiUKMl WUS HlOStlV IirelKlTatorV, It
preittraior, u
I PI"imei au imuiac couimui-
j consisting of President Polk, A. K
Cole, of Michigan, and I. S. Hall, of !
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l.Marvland, whicli it gave tull authority t
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to act for tlie entire council in all
legislative matters: it investigated the j
charges against Frank Mellrajh.' of I
Kansas and W. S. McAllister, of Mis-
i sissintn. ami exonerates ikiui tentK
. t ' . ..
i Mum- it jilsn annomtiH II U v..r
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of ortI (-anIina. manager of
ii
; bureau to be located at Washington
, .
for the co lection and
lis inmation
of Alliance literature.
Senator Stewart and therpniuiiHMit
friends of free coinage are still conli-
dent, notwithstanding the apparent
setback ui ven by a vote f I.; Ito 127 !
in the House sustaining a "division of;.
the Sicker against attaching the fne j
coinage bill as a rider to an appnpria-j
tion bill, which had Ikvii attempted by ,
Representative Rland, that' the House
will pass the free coinage bill, if the
Coimnitteo on Coinage will give it an
; oprnnnity todo so. The session
of!
) tMat committet? have
been very lively
oi late, ami at the last meeting tiepre-
pentatives Rland and Rariine left tlu
rcHini in disgust, saying that it was
J apiareiit to them that the majority of
; the committee had fully determined to
j keep the bill in committee until it-will
too late for the House to at upm
; the same.
j Most eople have wondered hiw in
the world a unanimous rejort was" ob-
j tained from the Senate Committee on
Foreign Affairs in favor of the guar-
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jantiving of $200,000,000 of bonds to
the Nicaragua Canal Com jnv bv : the
United SUUs and the wondering wa
hncreased by a speech in fa vol of the
; iui male by nator Morgan, m wmcn
i sa,a "f" - " t,,c "M
' uvt saia tnai one ot the nn mat
1
actuate.1 theconiraitti-e was. that with
- j out the Covernment guaranty- ihean,j JJbrary A-t!ion, thin! j
- j C4mpany wouhl have to it Iwiid : reaMijn;,. j
j at sucn a discount tnat the t anal
i wouhl cost at leat 200.0m.OfMj,whil'
f with tho (Government guaranty- they
could be fold at par. Hd schema
j for tlat w jtna what i, i 1-ing wurkcl
I - mwumic wuii,umc 111 '" '
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wuK-u is aui uwwr ui ii- .--um- aim
the rwa of them mon ibn lialf-a
docn are ex -officers of Uth !Iou
and Senate, and it ha 1h ii workul
o quietly that Ue job has only ju-4
been found out. It i tatel. and
jairently with truth, that more titan
two thirds of tlie Senate have j4dgvd
their votes lor toe Dili. au tin? juooy
tau. who are prominent in lh pohri
cal tanics, re now ln-inK in d.uiu
pledges from members of tlw Uott,
the (JKNKUAL ASSKHBLY.j
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A UUiuiMeai What Our Itrpi
I entatl Arr loiu.
1 SKXATK.
I The folio ing ?iu parsed the St nat I
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minng tne weeK-, j bcen fa ings T70Tlld
To iuooj-purato the State A'olunteerj f .
Firemen Association, jw-d myxmmI respectfully OSJC fOT A COXltin
and third iwdinrr inilllM ftf trii irr In iri
' t - t. r:.:r vt...i.l
hi inc-trjjrait- mc uiwii im iik
of New lierne, passed thirtl ridding.
To amend ec. .75. of the Code, I
concerning entries of vacant lands, I
jkisxh! third reading. j
Rill for the relief .f Nurthatnptonj
county pas nil third trading.
j Rtolutionsof thanks u Col. W. I..
i Saumicn for the Valuable Mrvi'ces 1
j rendered the Sfate in' editing the!
Colonial Retnls; adopter! by a nsiug i
vote.
To change the -manner of electing
l the May of the Lily of W iiimngton.
tiassel third nadin'- i
, i - - - .
To extend' the time for registration
of dentists, iiasscd s-con'd reading,
i The bill for the istablihing of a ;
Railnatl ( 'oimin.-sion. luts-nl thjnl
reading.
Ull.lJ INTiMM n.
Allen of Hladen, to reguiate the jwiy '
j f ttKiclir ill -puhlic clioul
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Mr, lU'llamy, one for and oin against
the prohibition of the sale 'of liquor in
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; Jr Mlm, . . w,
. i . s
; Messellger, Raleigh . News Observer
aiJ ou.r J
pap
pullishing th
lKatlon of the
ovster irrounds of the
j M lU-llumv . to inroriH.rHl,. tin t
; Western & Southern RailwavCom-
tKiny
HOl'SK OF ItKI'll'KNTATIVKS.
The following bills and reMliitioiis
were presented by Mr. Hickman, from
Brunswick:
From citizens of Columbus county.
: ..-bi,r for ;l .t-.ti.u,l a.,,r,,lr..lin., frtr
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I a canal there.
From the tncrcluuil f RruuswMk
j comity against tin purchase tax.
i To issue Itonds to build a new jail
! in Rr.inswiek county.
The following bills and reMilutions ;
j tassedet'ond
and
third readings in
the HoitS4!.
To allow a fnv ferrv a. ns Cape
Kt.ar .U)ll nnnHwirk riJer.-, juisscmI its.
tljr,j reHJjjn,r
T UII1.n,'i c,ap. -4. fin, I.iws ISS9.
1 .KlSJS4., tJ,jr,i itMlin-
j TocomiM-nsate judgaud canvasr
of v.tu,n m stanlv and CaUarra-
! Tl illcorw,raU? tlie i,niv Water '
p4)W.r an,j iw Ci tljirtl
f rfiuliti". '
! To jnrorpora,p t,e Charlotte Cham.
hof ('ommerce. mformallv tiawl !
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'pt amend the charter of the town
,f Xew lme. jassl thin! n-ading.
i 1 amend sf. 21H of the i in :
n.iatjlin fo t. w.rviee of summons.
j ji third n-ading. j
j To incorpora'e the Ft Carolina!
? jn,j
1 l-inu a,,u V '
j tjjirf reading.
I To amend G' of the Code in
j rr.u,i,m tthm Tmsuf the Univcr.
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j,. w lhirij n,iin
j To protect the water -uptv
of
riMhL.m i..l ti.ir.l wMi;r. i
OMa tl.M rulii,
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- S T..intvrrrat.lheCliirh,ltIjhrrv
j Tojay witnw in ctttiHwr cm j
ivi
j To wrorj-jrate the KntfrTri Iind
aM, Unwttnt ( V., of Cam
; nHint v. fal iwimI and thi
I third iral-
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itfT- ?
iojnicrxl therharlerol Hie .MLinlir
j Wm JUilway thinl j
reading. !
J naj ,mfHling-c I2l; of t
Ut alluw cl rki rf tin STkr irt
f to adjudicat paf-r for r-jt4rti.rt.
to whk-h he mav l a irtv, 1
.ki jtJin " !
! Tu 'mvi, fwr lU' ,m,i! f
'"'''!' of Uuf.t punir, Mil j
f al thinj rmUng,
The undersigned wish here-
by to express their thnnfca to
the citizen of Southport and
icinity, for the patronage
giYen them since they have
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Jjjuy
We. have in Stock a OOd
linC of r s
Dlt-Y CiOODS.
GltOCEKIESL
mid NOTIONS.
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1AIXTS
OIL
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i BOSHEE. ST. GEORGE U C0M
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(OMK AXI SEE US
WF. ARK
HEADQUARTERS
FOR
China Ware,
Tin Ware,
Hardware,
Cutlery,
Lamps, ete.
RACKET STORE.
Dry (ioimIs,
Fancy (oimIk,
Notions, ete.
Call on I'm iiml Have .11 our v.
t.j.. WEscorr,
READ FRIENDS!
Business at the Drug Store
has been as usual-very ood
through the Holidays, all of
which, I bow thankfully to
my friends and patrons. And
as we now begin the New
Year let us begin right and
keep straight and end the
year 1891. better morally,
physically and financially. I
will continue to carry a com
plete assortment of Fancy and
Toilet Articles. A full line of
Fresh Drugs and all the
Standard Proprietary Medi
cines and hope to have your
continued patronage.
I U pec! fully,
I). I. WATKOX, Drui:slt.
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IiiHt Received
a larg utork of
FINE CLOTHING
HATS AMI CAPS.
j RflOXl Ri HOFQ
Which will be sold at the Lowest
Prices at ny store.
JOSEPH .4. DELIi,
PKALEft IN
CHOICE GHOCEHIKS,
and a full Iijwj
( KJAIIS . AND TOBACn
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