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r VOL. 1-NO. 42. NEW BERNE, N. 0., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1881 TWO CENTS iv - i LATEST NEWS. Reports are rife of a revolution in Cos tn Rica. 4 German ship Hugo burned in the South Pacific. During September 2.702,649 pounds of tobacco were cold in Danville at an aver age of 8 1 7.36 per hundred pound. Two soldiers and several citizens killed by Indians in Arizona; four companies of caWarywere fighting , them near-Fert Grant. A strike of draymen and cotton press laborers took place in Charleston, S. C; eaterdaj; employers are disposed to grant concessions, aud no disturbance is apprehended. A Paris dispatch snys that President Grevy in tlve event of the overthrow of Premier Ferry will send (or Gambetta and give him the fullest latitude ia'Torm- ing a cabinet. The case of Guiteau was brought be fore the craod jury of the District of Columbia yesterday; witnesses were ex amined and the further consideration of he case postponed until to-dav. A piece of a boat with name "City of Merida ' was washed ashore at H at t eras Frioay night; the agents of the steamship at New York have no news of the vessel nrd no fears for her safety; she is not due it Vera Cruz until Thursday, el New York markets: "Money 46 per ent. and l-32c per diem; cotton dull at a lll(all2ic: southern flour scarce and V V. S V trung at $6 57 50; wheat, ungrade spring l 25l 40: corn Jc higher, ungraded C876i; rosin firm at $2 5Q (jtfiL 55; spirits turpentine dull at 53c. Kowlev Acknowledges tlie Authorship. Utica, N. Y., October ,4. -Henry J Rowley, o: this city, acknowledges the .authornhip of the threatening letter to J). II. Johnson, of New York, in which ex-Senator Conkling's name was men t'onfd. He says he did not threaten to put .abullet through Mr. Conkling; that was a New York sensation and a stu tendous farce But he thinks that the - , . world ' would be better oft' without Conkling. The letter was not intended t'er publication. People here laugh at Rowley and consider him a harmless 4,crank," The Steamship City of Merida. , New Orleans, Oct. 4. The steamer Hudson reports passing the steamer City oi Merida at 7:30 a. tn., on Sunday, 25tl f September she was all right and making about eight knots an hour. The Hudson made Cape Hatteraa at mid nijjht. The engineer thinks the City o Merida should have reached Hatteraa t 2:30 a. m. on Mond ay. The weather was (air and the sea calm. Noises. I. V. Littlepaze will ar rive in the city to-day with a drove o twmty or twentv-tive anting and draught horses. ' Mr. Thos. Daniels, who represents the firm of Watson and Daniels in Beau fort, and who has been in the city for the past two days, returned to his pres et liome last night. "Motin Cotton.- The Midland Road is moving as luuch as three thousand bales of .cotton per week. Three hun dred, bales came down from- Kinston yesterday for through shipment, j Condition of Mr. Carpenter Last Night At a late hour Mr. Carpenter waswerylorf, and no hopes held oih ithat he would long survive. We are forry for Mr. Carpenter, and wish we fbiight indulge a ho.e of his recovery. ' Tax List in Hands of the Sheriff The Board of County Commissioners 'has turned the tax . list over to Sheriff Ulahn, and the average citizen will not vbe long in finding out the fact, even 'hough he may D& read tihe papers Personal CaptJ E. Rl Page, of Jones, is at the t ; Ml Gaston House. r. and Mrs. C. C. Green are at the Gaston House.' T. A. Granger, Esq., of Goldsboro, is at the Gastod House. I "' I! I - lr Mr. Geo. V.13en left on the steamer New Berne yesterday afternoon. Miss Laura Hashes, who has been spending the; summer away, has returned. Pr. C II. Stott, repieaenting the Uni versal !Publishing Company, was in town yesterday. M r Edward F. Carraway, of Adams Creekj was inj town yesterday, marketing portion of His crop. lie reports crops as very goodj in that region, j .." Mai! JohnKTTu&hes family i have re turned ome from Virginia, wjiere they have been -spending the summer. Mr?. Emtoa Slover and Mrs. Elijah Ellis' eft for ih e North vesterjav' niorr- ing, accompanied by Mtss Jiwrna ivatic; Jones. I (I: !: President Best of the Midland is ex peciea nomei irom Dosion to-aay. ine syndicate, or construction company, which has the construction of the Midland Ex tension in hand, have issued the mont positive instructions for the work to nutdi I If ' !; J through to Salisbury at the earliest po-; siblej tjiomenl, and have placed at the disposal of ftr, Best an unlimited amount of capital to joperate upon. j ..' i No Tax j on County Bonds. The Beard ot County Commissioners in ses sion jon MonHay, ordained as follows;- "Whereas, the Board to It is not the intention of charge a county tax fpr 1881bn the bonds of Craven county, and whereas on the tax list the calcula tors in computing the taxes, State and County, have; calculated county tax on said Wnds. :j Ordered by the Board TbaJthe county tax he remitted on all bonds of the'eoun- ty of Craven that have been listed, ani all pai'ties against whom such tax is listed, upon proper representation to the Clerk of the Board, he, the Clerk, sLall give ah order to the sheriff remitting said county tax on said bonric f HI . i: j Vance on the Evil of Monopoly. Senator Vane in his letter to ttie people lunkes' this reference which ia of local interest to New Berne: L i . i. i . i , : . lave in mv nossFPsion a by Me?sr. Mills r Walker. pianufac- I turers in New 'Berne, which testifies. tnat in July last they purchased a trial tierce of leaf tobacco in Abbeville, and had it shipped to them over tiie North Caro lina road; that the freight thereon was atthe rate of$L28 per 100 pounds, and that they immediately declined' to buy any more in Afheville on i-tlrat account though anxious to do so. ; New- Berne, be it. remembered, is the same distance from Ashevilie as Richmond, to which place 'the rale on tobaqco is 051c; per . 100 pou tt H 1 , t . 2 ''I- AipL b iBiMTMw jght- , ch.h,?u,c ,.s,.v fewwu one. entire The ..Theatre was filled, and the audience seemed pleased and satisfied. . ." . i Hunker troupe camefully up to all that had been promised for them, and he hahe satisfaction of knowing that he drw, entertained and satisfied the largest and sembled in t five years. most select audience aa- e New Berne Theatre for The absence of anything on the stage to wound the sensibilities of any one, or shock either the modesty of the refined of sex, is:a feature in Mr. Kunkeld minstrelsy that should commend him and his company everywhere. I " ' Old New Yorkers and other cosmo- politans were .!preent,' and they us that the entertainment was assured to them as pi easing and perfect as anything of the kind they have witnessed elsewhere. ' We commend Mr. Kunkel to the pub - He pa ronage of our country, and we certainly would not do so if we did not conscientiously believe he merited the ujjlic. IJivor., Ljst of Passmgem bt Steam ek. New BebneU Mrs D Stimson, Mii Mary Stimson, Mr Churchill, C A Bad cliff, B F Jones, C Smith, MrtS H Lane, Miss Harriett Lane, J L Jordan, R G Mallett,tL Hunt, E finrgess, Mfs E Bnf- gess, J M bhepard A dones, l Uast, U Dixon, E Simmons, L Ward. Working Material; for the Midland.- The Midland Road was yester day raising a large Bomber of wheel barrows for nse on thej Goldsboro and Salisbury Extension, and five thousand dollars worth of mules was ordered by telegraph, j i : : . Brief Respite from Weart Lxi0H. Last night we gave the entire force of the Commercial News the benefit of Kunkel's entertainroet at the Theatre, and the loss of four hours work may show itself In some shortcomings this morning. -But our boys are a hard worked set. and no one sboald besrudsre t, f. the' brief resnif'- " - ; , The Weekly Commercial Neks. This large, handsome and most adj mirable sheet, is again' about ready for issue , Merchants are reminded of the advantage it possesses as an advertising medium, circulating, as it does, through every postoffice east Of the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad. Progress of the Midland Work. The Midland Company is making tevery effort to push the work pn the extension from Goldsboro West, A thousand la borers ha v ; been advertised for, and every effort is making to secure them. A private note sent, us ' yesterday the general manager, we take the libera ty of inserting as follows: "Please assist us all you can in call ing attention to our advertisement for one thousand men. We want them at once. From dispatches received from Boston yesterday and to-day from Mr. Be8t,he expects that number of men to be on the work by the time of his ar rival, which is expected to be Wednes day. Mr. Best wires me to purchase mules and teams and the necessary plant to work one thousand men." List of Jurors for Next Term of Superior Court. First week: Aaron Rivers, Mortimer Mitchell, N F Fulshire, Brice Anderson, Wm. H Pearce, John S McGonn, Bryn Whitford, W W Arnold, Samuel Small wood, Brice Roe, W V .Stanton, B F Arnold, EjH Henderson, N M Gaskill, Stephen E Street, I Abbott, Enoch Wadsworth, O H Wetherington, Daniel Davis, Joseph Tilghman, J W Walker, Jas. B Gardner. E J Matthews, F B Lane, H H Sim mons, J H IpockrTho. Stanly, Jaf. W Ipock, R J Brock, Henr Pat Bell, Geo. Jones, Fred. Boesser, JSr., Asa Jones, E H Windley, T E Mace, Jas. B Roberta. Second Week : J W Kilpatrick, Wm. Hollister, Edward H Hill, E H Bar nam, J F Ives, F M Bowden, Edward pL J-LRhem. David ROWft. Wm L John A acfeeon . jonn p Thorp. Alex. WilcoxKlI C Davis, Noah Jackson, D W Morion, E H Meadows Abner Wetherington. Wantjto Hear from P. O. D. The people along the post-route establinhed lat 'spring from Beaufort to Adams Creek in tlm county, a distance of eighteen miles a-e anxious to bear from the Postoffice Department why the mil service does not begin. " The Postoffice was to have been called Merrimon, the route was established, the contract let to a party in Kentucky who sub let it to Matt Marshall of Beau fort, and Mr. Marshall has been: waiting since the first of July for orders to begin the mail ridiing.1 What is the matter? Is this more of the penurious policy of Postmaster General James? Where is Tom Longs ' our special agent of the Postoffioe De- partment ? We would suggest to the Beaufort and Adams Creek people to address Cbl.r. Bi Lon, Special Aent P. Q. Salisburv, j C, on the subject of ftttif mail rcrute do all that and Postoffice, and he will can be done in the premises. ; j "Vance's LETTER.-j-W e ttadearrangr-1" ments with the News and ObservfYfor a supplement containing' the lefeof 0bv. ance to the people it Nottn .Caroling on the railroad abuses arixf dlscrimina lions of fh'e hour, but tfoe stipplements (jlid not reach us by iast .w?ght's express, much to our disappointment and' annoy-' a nee. Vennor for OcfbiiK.The Csa- dian weather profit outlin'es OcbtT" as follows: i I "Entering cold and tfet; heavy rains during the first wfftk, with probably snowfalls in many sections between the 7th and 10th. Cold and wintry weather on the 14th jftlGthi Warmer weather on the 18th, 19th an 1 SOth. Wet every day for the rest of thf month." . ArriTals at the Hotel. GASTON HOUSE S. R. Street. October; 4, 1891. T A Granger, Goldsboro; E R Page, C C Cfreen and wife, Trenton; Dr Cn'-arles E Stott, New fork; E McDonald, ; N C; T J Nicholson, Geo Kunkel, Frank Moran, llarry Talbott, Al Morris, Frank Morris, Chas Weston, Chaa Hauson, Mast John Dowd, Mas! Geo Kunkel, H p Wolfe, W H Wolfe, C S Wolfe, H A Wolfe, Al GossfEd iiemon, Frank Rog ers, S Wunderlick; Geo Maxwell, H M Miles, John Proctor,! Chas Wunderlick, Kunkel's Minstrels; J Dean, Pamlico:. J L Bryan, C H Fowler, W T Caho, Stonewall; Macon Bryan L' E Cleve, Vanceboro, B D Armstrong, Baltimore; D R Midyett, Hyde county; J B Bryan, Jones county. Memorial Resolutions. At a regu lar meeting of New Berne Golden Link Lodge, No. 1632, G. XT. O. of p. F., held Monday evening, Oct! 3d, 1881, the. fol lowing resolutions were received and adopted, and ordered to be puplished: I Whereas. It has pleased Almighty God, in his divine wisdom, to take from our midst, on the 24th of September 1881, our beloved brother, James H. Richardson, j Resolved. Therefore we how with hum ble submission to the; will of God, and try to follow the life our beloved brother led. which was honest, peaceful and up right, for we are told jn the scriptures to mark the perfect man; ar.d behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace. That in! hit death! heaven has gained a soul, and each of us has lost a friend and a brother. I Resolved, That we deeply ch erish his memory and proudly remember his Ciiristian virtues, and endeavor to ex emplify the great princ pie of F. L. T. ReHolred, That the family of our de ceased brother has our warmest and heartfelt sympathies ill this their afflic tion, and express the hope that God in His great love and mercy wi I support them in their bereavement "Blessed be the ties that bind our hearts ! In Christian love. The! fellowship of kindred minds is like I to that above, When we at the death must part how , deep, how keen the pain I But we that sli'l be joined in heart and hope to meet again. I All that mortal remains now. lies in Greenwood Cemetery, that beautiful city of the dead, waiting for the sound of the arch angel's trumpet to wake j the sleeps ing dead, dear brother's resiing place. Peace to yonr ashes. . Resolved, That a copy of these reso lutions of condolence be sent to be Dailv Commercial News, and the. Lodge will please copv. W. W. LlWItENCE, JR., i I Elias Hargers, Com mi tee. W. W. Lewis, M LEINSTER DUFFY Deafer in DRY GOOLv), GROCERIES, BOOTS, 8HOESj HATS, CAPS,; TOBACCO, SNUFF, CIGARS, etc. At Cheap John's Corner, Middle and So Pr. Rts., aulS BREr ( cm NOTICES ; Jewelry. -A beautiful and elegta r.ssort merit of Jewelry just purchased ia New York, at Bell's, the jevrrfer,r rnj article ever sold that is not as waar rtprt) Rented can be returned and the moitf wiH be refunded, i I Notice to SliipiVera Jtftfchooif Melvin is nowjin New York. Wil'S ceive Freight for this port, and1 tltl Tuesday Oct. 4th. i ' Sept 30.- ! noiAKn.-CJiptaiii'. Ofster Salion. David bpeight, aVarktit Dock, next U the Farmer's Home, desircsMo inform the public that he' haa opened hi Oy? ter Sslbon.and is now pre pared io serve the very best and freshest oys'ejS" at all ! hours and in eery it'yle. Attentive, polite and skll&d waiters. . UeLeral meals at all hours.- Aew Mtore and New (xiorfiti- J. Fronlits Ives has opened liifr ttdw" stock of fall nnd ! winter good itf tb elegant new DuE'y buildMrig' oh Pbllok street, and invites the pubic tq nix in spection or his larfe, varied And 'elegant stdctof dry ood , larffes'' dress go.ds; snawlS', ckaks,j laces and every variety f ladies' ancy gooxls; gentlemeni' fUrti ishing goods, hats. Caps, boots, sh'oerand every article hi the line of general' inerv chandise adafed to the dry goods?trad6 of this city and sertion. I Ladies'' ana gentlemens'j fine shoes specialty. Prices and goods-gUarantetd to stiit customers. I JO SPFC1AL XOTIL ALEX. MIIH12&, Wholesale and Retail V Dealer fa i CHOICE GROCERIES AND FAR- MERS' SUKPMES. ' m - i n -1 v: The best quality of 'Groceries guaran- teed at the lowest casn prices. " gilt-edge: butter constantly ke-l' on Ice Daring tb Sum mer Jlontha. : ' V. I Highest Cash' prices paid for aU kiad of Country Produce. ! 61 and 03 Broad st., New Berne, BV. Ql ; . aug 3t-3m. I ' ' i' '' " r i QUE -TO- (G(DiIP' (Gllfl AT GOLDSBOEOV Wednesday, Octofear Train leayes Morehead City 9 2r3i?.. lit : Newhem . ft30' I Kins-on . . ftSO Train arrives Goldsboro ..j iai0 TlftnrnirT train -nrill W.yii.l.KI.-'i. . ..v.iMunit, wmu tti tea rc'VJIUlUIUOrU at II o'clock p m., after nabt'perforta aucr. ' j Fare for. Round T&eteboj Morehead Citv 4L50 I Xpw TWn i Kinston ... 75rLa (Srancfe SO . - 0 - w oct4 t J, R. YATB& OI. Ill Chuep Engineer & Gen. Mawaokb; , JfiKLAKD N. C.,BitfJifatV SEALED PROPOSAI WILL RE? received at the Chief Ecfcinevr's offl New Berne, N. C, up tobtober' luUi,. 1831, for the construction atfVtitr iniin' ry. and superstructure of ' iw Hbwe) Truss liidge acrass Littie River sA- Goldsboro. Plaus and specifications to beseenat tlilai offie. Company reserve the rlgttt5 ttt'Jkc any and all bids. J. B.,"AliCV Sept. 27th. Chief EiHrKr i G. K. ' Don't You Forget WHEN YOU ABE IN NBSD'or Family Supplies, such as Stigarrtfrtrei5 Meats, hest Butter, best Iard; goodSCoffJ'a and Teas, Flour, &a, and in' faoT eWrj thing In the Grocery Line caltnn Wm Ftttcwtiit. -Middle St., nr "Market. Nw Bern, Nt A. G. 01JN. BOOT AND SHOE' Mfl New Building, Craven street -. , -. - i New Berne, N. C- Special attention to repairing.- Wortt guaranteed ard prices lovv, se24 i;000 Laborers Watrted ONE THOUSAND LABORERS AR15 wanted to work on the North Cato lina Midland Railroad, at Goldsitoftv Apply to J. J, Robinson, at the work,. Goldsboro. J. B. YATE3. .
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