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VOL. 1-NO 37. ' NEW- BERNE, N. j THUBSDAif, SEPTEMBER 29 1881 TWO OENl'fl
DAILY NEWS.
NE W pEENEj N. C.
JONES, ONSLOW AND CAR
TKKET. THelr tireat Advantages and
Immense It csourtes.
Traveling Correspondent Raleigh Ob-
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As I descended into the lower and
level sectiopfi Iv had. hoped to see
things better, bnt all along through
Johnston, Wayne and Lenoir, while
indeed there were some appearance
of better props, .they were, terribly
damaged ? by the dry, hot weather,
and it was tiot until I reached' the
fertile and rich lands of Jones and
Onslow that there seemed to be a
living prospect , Here the cotton,
corn anij rice were -good, and as 1
approached j pld oceanTs shore they
were j splendid. The farmers of
most of Jones, Onslow and Carteret
were rejoicing in the abundance of
their crops and a plenty of rain.
How the recent gales - have affected
them I do not know. Soon I found
myself, so to speak, in the historic
old town of Swansboro, enjoying
the finest sea breeze I ever felt.
This town is near the mouth of
White Oak river, in Onslow coun
ty, right in (front of the inlet and
ocean. ; Here you can get as fine a
sea bteeze ; as anywhere on our
our coast. J This little town has a
good little harbor, and once enjoyed
a fine domestic and foreign trade.
It was no uncommon thing then to
eee doeens 'of ' ships r. hef e loading
with - crude turpentine, for there !
;was no turpentine, distilled here
then, and other naval stores and
lumber.' It was then the summer
rteort of the wealth and beauty of
fashion of Onslow, Jones and Car
teret.4 But, alas! how changed!
Its citizens of wealth and means are
gone. Its hotels and best buildings
are burnt, and all that is left of it
bears the sad marks of time and
neglect A few small stores,
gathering in a scanty living from a
sparsely settled neighborhood and
the families of fishermen and sea
faring men who make up the bulk
of its inhabitants, is the extent of
its trade. And it is the last place
now one would think of going for
pleasure.
All along from Raleigh here all
energies seem, bent upon cotton, but
hero I found another of North Car
olina's reat industries oue that in
the not distant future will astonish
even our own people, when its vast
capabilities and immense propor
tions have been fully developed, by
its natural resources and artificial
means and, the work ot time and
patience. I mean the fish interest
of the State. While in a thousand
i
ways our wants and necessities
have been providentially provided
for, there is do people on earth
more peculiarly blessed in this par-
ticular
than
ours. Already the
production is so gi-eat, if our fish
were consumed at home, we could
aupply every one with an abund
ance ofthe best in the .world, and
eo'ejieap that all could get them.
uuwjxuis ine immense increase
that artificial means will produce,
and it is hard to tell bow great
ben cht the world is yet to derive
from the fish that will be taken
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mvu our wafers, and tno accumu
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sons who ne vet visited this part of
the State have no conception, of thai
immense fishing waters with which
it abounds. The Gulf stream, rooS
ning all along our coast, just at the
proper distance from the shore.
spreading out its tropical beat ns it
goes along, tempering the water
and climate and making them a fit
habitation for these fishj? and pro-t
ducing other happy effects and ih
flnencettj is one of GodV blessings
specially bestowed upon! nst $Ltid m
contemplation of it ono is almost
lead to believe that the efforts of
nature rere wonder fully combined
in its conception a?icl grand results.
New Advertisements.-!-Attention is
railed to' the . following advertisements
new in this issue: I ,i
J. B. Yates One Thousand Laborers
Wanted, i " ' .
Personal.
Rev. E. if. Forbes, of Beaufort, was
in the city yesterdav. j
We noticed Mr. J. F.Cherry, of St on
wall, oh pur Ptreets yesterday. ;
CIirb. IT. Fowler, the principal mer
chant of
day.
Capt.
Stonewall, was id town jester
R. Pap, a prominent public
man and a leading farmer
in the ciiv yewerday.
pf Jones, w&a
Judge John A. Cuthber;
, of Mobile,
e represenlfjtl
died recently, aged 94. H
Georgia in Congress in 1820, eixtyone
years ago. j. ' .
Capt. J. W. Andrews, Engineer of the
Midland returned from Goldeboro yester
day where' he had been in connection
with thelextension of the' Midland Road.
Mr. R H. Winston, Jr., of Bertie,
mnde a very excellent speech at a meet
ins of the bar of Alleghany county,
Pennsylvania, on the occasion of the
President's death. 1
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Thomas McDonongh, with IX W.
Gla.'8 d Co., large paper and stationery
dealers of Baltimore, will return to New
Berne again about the lOih of Novem
ber with a beautiful line of ChrisUsas
goods. ' ; . ' ' '
Mr. arid Mrs. G Thompson and
baby daulghter, of Wifmtiigton, were in
the city yesterday, and in the afternoon
went down to Pamlico for a visit to their
ents, Dr. and Mrs Jj JP. RedUng.
Mr. Thompson contemplates removing
from Wilmington to Pamlico to engage
in agricultural pnrsuits- if
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Heavily Loaded. The Steamer Cou-
fentnta left for landings on the upper
Neuse, last evening, heatily loaded with
goods for; the most part purchased of our
wholesale merchants lierer f ? .?
Subscribe to the Weekly j Commercial
News 2 a year.
1 Inquiry. The colored people; qf New
Berne desire to know of; iMrii. aAbpott
what has become of vtheiptiti6ne7
signed for him. Was it ever acted upow
and returned to this city(j for approval
If so, to whom mdft eomct; They wish
to know.i Will Mr. Abuotll explain?
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Cotton Picking. The work of pick-
ins the cotton of this section of the State
is progressing rapidly; the weather has
been fine, and the cotton is unusually
forward Im opening. The? farmers aft
paiDg fifty ceats per hundred, and are
getting nearly as much
-want. I .
labor a they
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Th Miitland ; WoRK.-7-f Attention ' 8
called to the advertisement! of the Mid'
land Company for one thousaqd laborers.
The work now has a hundred "hands on
it and a mHe of (he track!
lias bfeen gra
ded. More tools; went up the read yet-
leruay, ana toe force is increasing joany.
It is calculated to tave the road ruoniner
into Smihfield by the first lof December:'
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The Weekly Commercial News is
mammoth eight page'eheet; , "
CocK Wajct. Mr. John Detrick
wishes to employ & good family cook.
"Paimtinc A. & )deri, the boot and
ctnJiker, ig havjasliisishop repainted.
It
AST.-rhe -schooner Ella B.
Hill r i Waving a hew maH stepped
WaT)e to R;5xi. A good no,
wH bf arefuj1y tfie4. Apply at this of
WfKfc t Niirfc-AJ jrertise. in th e
Weekly Corn mere! JTewe,
n DiciAY&DThe' carier Contentnea
Wi delaylert on heiQjyp;.p the Neuse,
jesiferflay ontif ;sti J oclock p. m . for
some ncary 'repaVs" to her boiler. "
tLow Water.: Water in the streams
of I Jones is repojifd very low. Capt.
Page, who operate, his; gins by water,
cam to the city yesterday, and took out
an engine to move ife; machinery
w STKAMERT.VYb'rk on tha new
Trent River Transportation Company
steamer is progresling rapidly. A por
tion of her machneryjwill arrive next
week, and she wiljt ready, to receive it.
CLKARlfC FOR J'OUNDATIO'JJ . Mr. K.
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G. Cutlett is clearing away the rubbish
of the old burnt fieri? building, prepara
tory to the erectioh.'of his new machine
shop-and foundry v;
r To Mercuants. Merchants and oth
ers who may wish 'cbpies of the Weekly
Commercial News for mailing to tf?eir
customers, or parties in special localities
ca!n get them done jap . in wrappers, on
application at thja.pfficej , ;
Sid WiNTEir. Collector White must
either provide a large w f 11 ex post d sign,
indicating where his office, w, or detail a
special deputy for duty in 'this oflBce to
attend to the reveuue businefcS which
cornea to at, ij $ -!.':
Painful AcciDSNT.Yeeterday while
wtorkpen mr lading, down a . platform
in front of the Cotton bxchatoge, a piece
-ofiheavy timber was dropped on the foot
of Mr. W.H. Oliver, and he was: so
painfully hurt as to require taking home
in
a vehicle.
Another Robbert. fhe residence of
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Mr, Levi Pipkin wan entered on Tuesday
nigbt and he was .robbed of . 0,, People
should not encourage burglary. j; peep
ing euch sums of money in their houses.
Where there are-safes and vaults there
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no excuse or I necessity for keeping
money exposed.)
PRocKijfriNite 2?th Annual Mket-
isg. We are i ndebted to F. C. Roberts,
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Esq., for a copy of. proceedings of the
27th annual meeting of the Atlantic and
North Carolina Railroad, from which we
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shall extract much matter of interest and
importance to the peop
of the State. 1 I
e of this portion
JWeekly Commercial News. -We5 ex
pect to print the Weekly Commercial
News fo tfay. j This will be 8iw. Jargest
aid handsomest paper in the : 3taer will
circulate throughout the counties east
bf, the Wilmington and Weidoo Railroad
and mailed to subscribers at $2 ai l year".
It is a good medium forj advertising.
Conterknce.1 The.4th Quarterly Con
fereaee of St. Andrew Chapel A. . .M!. E
ion Ch arch, Swill convene iri this city
Saturday, October 1st, 1881, at lO-o'clock
a m., at unapei. irniay night, .gener
al eUfise; Sunday at 9 o'clock ''a.' love
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feast; and at 2 o'clock p. nr. ; sacrament
of Iht Lord's Supper. Rev. H. C Ihil-
ifmf presiding elder. J - : ;
v IttviVAL MEBrtNG.-i-Theme will be a
fet ha) at the Baptist Churchy James
ChjfTdeT Hull Grimes, pastor, on the
third 8 uaday in October. Baptist minis
ters: and the members of all: churches
are fa-tfeed to be present. ; v .
Rev JoJin S. Johnson '.has made ar
rangettnts with tke "an road from Golds-
bOT0 n forehead ay for "tberaecorao-
odtHm of all who may vwfcb Uf attend
j and return the same day. '
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a jq.i'are from Goldsboro and Treturn $i.00 ;
ai'frotn Morehead and return:75 Cents. 7
E. City and Norfolk Railroad.
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CapU Hill, of the Ella R. Hill, just re
turned frbmElizabetfr City where he took
a cargo of J umber for the railroad, ays
the Elizabeth City and Norfolk Railroad
is making, rapid progress. A portion ci
the construction. force on the Edento nex-
ttnion tkSi crossed the sound aud head
quartered at Plymouth, to start up the
Roanoke. i ! :
Pa lico Products We saw in the
express omce jesirruay some 01 ine
finest specimens we ever saw of cotton,
corn, pearl mKlet, rice, jute and ' Japafi
peas, destined for the State Fair. The
coi , jutefand millet were grown by Dr.
D. H. Abbottfc of ' Vandemere, the rice
and cotton by S. B. Lane; ihe Japan
peas by Cart. J. S. LaneJ and the whole;
shipped by W. T. Caho, Eeq. j
Jonki, Onslow and Cartekt. The"
article we take, from the Raleigh Obser
ver, relative to these counties, was writ ¬
ten by a stranger in North CaroFina, a
gentlefhan from a foreign jState, and will
be read with interest and appreciation
in the localitiesjreferred jto, and else
where. We are glad to print lauch mat.
ter concerning our neighbors. It is their
line we fare constantly working upon
and in this way facts are brought oui
new, in many instances, to the people
most directly interested in the matters
written alout. !
BittIr if of Wait. Parties who may
desire to advertise in this paper should
not wait to be solicited. We have been so
conetant.y occupied in tne I omce, and
laboring under the disadvantage of havs
ing little use of our eyes, that we have
not been able to call to see the mer
chants. Bat they all know! wheref we
are, anf that we are funning this con
cern I for the purpose of making money
out of it, hot for pleasure or position . f
We haveToinuea every promise maae
tl e business public at the inception of
this enterprise, and have done our duty.
We ask the business men of New Berne
to do their duty toward the Commercial
News, i: they desire it to fill the measure
of usefulness to the community and this
commercial centre.
Although in point,' both of subscrip
tions and advertisements, the patronage
of the. paper has far excedeed bur ex
pectations, we are not satisfied'and shall
not be until we have made it one of the
largest dailies in the State and one of the
best papers at the South.
We contemplate an early enlargement
and other" imptpveraewtar" in the daily,
and we have the right fo expect the gen
eral co-operation of the commercial men
of the city. We invite that. ;
Arrival at the Hotel.
GASTON HOUSE S.! R. Street. -September
28, 1881.
G B Bryan,
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Baltimore
: Baltimore
Wilmington
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- City
Stonewall
L M Blakely Jr.
C J iVoorhees,
AJ.Dtfval),
MDKirke,
O G TborntMiort,
Mrs OG Thompson,
WMorrU,
Leipsteir DufiV,
Miss Emma Disosway,
C E Foy, i
Capt J S Lane,
Capt KB Page,
S. S. Carter, "
AvG Rives.
; Trenton
y Aurora
J B Galloway, Greenville
Wm E Brown, Washington
NJEW ADVERTISEMENTS
1,0 Lat)orers Wanted.
ONE THOUSAND LABORERS ARE
wanted to work on the North Caro
Una c Midland Railroad, at Goldsboro.
Apply to J. J, Robinsoo, at the work,
Goldsboro. v J. B. Y'ATES,
sep29tf General Maaager.
SEALED PROPOSALS FORmKl
erection of a two-story frame build
ing 60 feet lonjr and 30 feet wide, will ho
received by the School Committee of the
8th District, Craven county, up to 1st
day of October, 1881, at 12 ofciock. Plans
ana specifications can be had by apply
ing to the Secretary of said Committee.
E. II. 3EADOWS;
Ch'mu School Committee 5th Dist.
Jiew Bisrne, N. 6T. i sep20-td.
CITY XOTJCES,
Notice to SUi'ppera -SchooxMT
Melvin u now in New Yorlt. Will re
ceive Freight tip. to 8atrdsy noon. Oct.
1 st. .Dock Berth1 Kdvertisedin New York
JoUrnnl of Uothmerce. I- ' .
sept-24 5r. , Eriixtf Eltn.
Jewelrr. A beatitiful- and islesaa
sasortntent of Jewelry just purchased lm
New York, at Bellf, the jtfwekr. . Amy
article ever sold that is not as ws repre
seated cap be returned and tbe Cttjntf
will be refunded.
Oyster JSa looii.David BptigliL
Jarket Dock, tfelt to the Fartnet's Home,
desires to. inform the public that he baa
opened hfn dyhter Salpon.aftd it ffow pre
pared to serve the very best and freshest
oya'ets at all hotfr auif fn ever ityle.
Attentive, pwllte' and skilled Waiters.
General meals at al'. hours. . ,
iew Store apd New Goodjs.
J. FronlUs Ives ha opened hi new
stock of fall and winer goods in ha
elegant new Duffy building on lollvs:
street, and invites the public to an in
spection his large, varied and elegant
stock of dry " good-, ladies' dress gfoods.
shawls, cloaks, laces and etery raflety of
ladies' fancy! good; gentlemen fnrft
ishing goods, bats, c&ps, boots, shoes sad
every article" fu the line of general Aer
chandise adapted to the dry goods trade'
of this city and section.
Ladies' and gentlemens' fine shoes' st
specialtj'. . Prices and goods guars kea
to suit customers. :'.-
SPECIAL XOTA E&
LEINSTER DUFFY
Dealer fn
DRY GOOD0,
GROCERIES,
BOOTS, m&ES
HATS, CAPS
TO(CO;82ffCF';
1 ; ClGAR8itc
At Cheap JoliftV Ooriier,'
Middle and $& Pr. Bts.;
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ALEX. ZVfiiRV
Wholesale and Retail Dealer la'
CHOICE GROCEillfiADAftL-
: ME US SUPPLIES:- J CT
The best quality of Groceries gdraa-""
teud at the lowest cash prices;
&IL,T-EDGE: B UTTER
constantly kept on Ice During- the Sahi-"
mer Jonths.
Highest Oab Prices Paid' for all' kind.?
of Country Produce:
61 and 63 Broad St., New Berne, N. C.
augai-sm.
J.-3 TOLSGN & COI
Dry Goods, I
Roots 811003 &c.
Choice Family Groceries and Pro is-
ions of all kind8. Best gilt edge Butter;
Popu lar brands of- Cigars and' Tobacco.'-'
BOA D STREET, NEW ERE, if. CV
aur 13-3 m I
MIDDLE 8Tll7
NEWDBERfi, N, S;
Havana Cigaht
BEST LAGER BEBB
FINE BILLIARD T,toj5
Inoluding a New and Elegant1, lo-Ball'
Pool.Table. Also a-
Fine Shootlngc QfcJlery;
Everything in first clsai order. OaW
oaioon on me sanie-Bcaie id iue city,
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WINDLEY BROS
Wnolesalo Liquor? Doarrof? f
NEW BERNE, N. C.'" .''
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