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VOL, XEL
IR A LEIGH, XtXESID.ArZ", HVCST 20, 18QO.
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The Oailjj Evening Visitor
Local notices la this paper wilfbe
Five Cecta per lice each insertion.
Labskbt City Circulation.
Index to New Ad ertlaements.
Lesch & Andrews Ice.
A M Powell House for Bent.
J Hal Bobbitt-Summer Drinks.
In and Around the City.
Splendid rain.
Quiet day in Raleigh.
Vegetation growing rapidly.
Are yon going to Richmond?
Who was the assassin? This is the
now all absorbing question.
Gen G A ' Battle, Mayor of New
Berne, has be n appointed one of the
Marshals at the unveiling of the Lee
Monument at Richmond on the 29th
inst.
All of the students of theAgricul
tural and Mechanical College, who
have been on the sic list, are report
ed convalescent, and the health of the
Institution 1b daily iin proving.
We are glad to learn oar young
friend Z Vance Harris, who has been
quite sick for several days, is rapidly
improving and hopes to be able to be
out again in a few days.
J H Mills, Superintendent of the
Orphanage at Thorn asville, passed
through the city today en route for
the Chowan association, in Gates
county.
. Rev Dr C T Bailey, Rev 0 Durham,
and Rev J A Speight left yesterday
evening for the Chowan association,
whioh meets today at Sandy Cross,
Gates county.
The Central Methodist Church San
day School will have a pic nic at
Tucker's lake next Thursday. It is a
most delightful place, and no doubt a
most en joj able time will be experi
enced. Messrs Rogers & Carroll have now
a most beautiful delivery wagon and
horse, and are prepared to (deliver
goods to their customers with the
utmost dispat. h.Their motto is quick
sales, small profits and speedy de
livery, and they come up to it squar
ly in every instance.
W P Alley, of Franklinton, was ar
rested by Deputy Marshal J R Up
church yesterday evening upon the
charge of illicit distilling The case
was before Comissioner J R Purnell
this morning and continued until 4th
of June on account of the absence of
important witnesses.
Evangelist Smith, of New York,
will arrive here fiom Atlanta, Ga , on
Wednesday. Will hold first service
in the tent on Thursday night, corner
Hargett and Blount Streets. The
services of the J E F F quartette will
probably be secured at least for
three nights during the meeting.
These are strictly union meetings
and members of all denominations
are invited and expected to take part
in this work. The tent will be lighted
by electricity, and comfortable seats
prepared for all.
A pair of sable politicians were
discanting on the probabilities of get
ting an office.
B Said he had been in Washing
ton on the lookout, but failed; how
ever he got all the change he needed;
was very successful in "beating" Con
gressmen, and downing them fellows
from the North. "Tell yon what's
the fact Bill, there's always a great
crowd of politicians in Washington,
and. you'll sure find some who let
loose to a good yarn about the South.
I'm going back, sure. f
C Becoming enthused at ' his pic
ture got off the following parody:
I want to go, I want to go, I want to
go there too,
v Where politicians ne'er disperse, ;;
fkxiA Congress ne'er breaks up. .
THE BRYAN MURDER.
Continuation of the Coroner s
Inquest No New Develop
ments as to the Assassin.
This morning at 11 o'clock the Cor
oner Investigation of the assassina
tion of Mr Lemuel Bryan was resum
ed. Mr J J C S Lumsden, placed on
witness stand. Said he was at Neuse
river last Friday, below bridge on
Pool road, near a fish trap. Was there
fishing bv permission from Messrs
Brown and Whitfield. Was hailed
by a Mr Williams, who gave me di
rections to find lake I wished to fish
in. Thought Mr Williams was in
charge of place. He said, did not let
anybody fish there, that he (Wil
liams) shot at tomebody few nights
before. Mr Lumsden said he was un -der
impression Williams had charge
of woods and fish trap. Williams for
bid Mr L from fishing at a certain
place which was reserved for Mr
Whitfield's wife and other ladies.
Impression on mind of Mr L that
Williams was kept as watch over
place. It was about mile from river
Mr Melvin Pool examined. S:id,
live upon land of Whitfield and
Brown about i mile from whereBryan
was killed. Been to Raleigh Satur
day. Got home about dark. Heard
firing gun direction Bryan was killed.
Was about 20 minutes after got home.
Heard two reports, think were re
ports of pistol; knew Williams. Came
to my house not long since. Said he
was from Franklinton and that Whit
field had invited him stay month or
two and fish. Williams walked around
that evening and asked him (Pool)
directions of river. Williams came
back at night and took supper, stayed
all night. Next day Mr Brown came
out from Raleigh. Williams' walked
about and worked for three days upon
dippers to put in river to catch fish
Williams put dippers in river. Wil
liams headquarters have been at the
river ever since; that was about 4 or 5
weeks ago. Williams stayed with
Brown until dippers were completed.
Land was posted up and down river
as far an the lands of. Whitfield
and Brown extends, to prevent
denudations. Brown was at home
night of shooting. Little after sun
up Mr Sones came to my house and
told me of shooting of Bryan. Len
Fowler was at my house when Mr
Jones came to tell me. Len Fowler
was not at home forepart of Saturday
night. Jones, Fowler and myself went
down near the place of shooting and
Mr Pulley came to us and we then
went to place of shooting down on
river. We saw Bryan, walked round
him and saw that he was dead his
feet towards the river his right side
down the river no signs of any
struggle. . Appeared to have fallen
instantly saw no tracks except Pul
ley and Bryant's. Searched for other
tracks fouud none. This was about
hour by sun in morning on Sunday.
Mr Pulley I don't think went as near
Bryan as the rest of us, but asked me
if he was dead. I told him he was.
He, Pulley, then Baid he would not
have been with him for one thousand
dollars. Pulley did not go to body of
Bryan. There were five of us to
gether. We all left together. Left
no one with the body. We went in a
west course. Went to bouse and put
Len Fowler on a mule and sent him
after Mr J S Bryan, father of the vic
tim. Mr Brown had heard about the
shooting. Said it was bad affair or
something of kind. Asked if we had
found Bryan told him yes." Brown
then asked what we were going to do.
Brown did not go to place where
body was. I staid at home until Mr
J S Brjau came with several parties
with him. I then went with Mr
Bryan and several others back to
where the body lay down on riyer.
Mr Brown was at home. He did not
go with us to river. Mr Brown did
not go down there at all daring day.
Mr Whitfield did not go down there
daring day. I do not know of any
toe with percussion cap pistol except
ont'j shown yesterday. I think Wil
llafjp' pistol was a smaller one than
thi ' shown yesterday. My under
vpsfprr1.iv Mv nnrlnr
sta 4iag of his posting of the land is !
thai all persons were forbidden from j
gohj cu' land. I left Raleigh tor
hou, about six o'clock on Saturday
eveung. I haye heard Williams eay
he eiot yafe somebody, or what he
thought kka somebody out iu the
river on one occasion. Did not know
whether he hit them or not.
N I Hod ae said Live on other side
of Neuse rfer below the bridge about
three fourths mile from the river. I
oppose Mr Williams built the place
where' he stays on the island in the
l dge. ' About three or four weeks
a$o, (went over to Julius Lewis &
Co, and asked Mr Whitfield the priv
ilege of fishing with my hook. Mr.
WLUfleld said he did not want' the
Hodge's, Bryan's and Pulley's to fish ,
thei a; that they had to stay off of his
land. I told My Whitfield that thu
river did not l long to him that I '
could get me a anoe and carry it to
the river ba a p' ilic road and put it
in the river an.'i fish as much as 1
please as the wa ,t r did not I elong to
him. Mr WhitnV said yes, and you
hear something go oi and out in the
river you'll go. He told me he had (
a man to guard the river to keep i
we Hodge's and Bryan's and Yar
boro and Pulley off. Be had one '
man there, if he could not he would 1
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send the second, if they could not he
wou'd send the third, if they could !
not he (W) woNdd go himself; that it '
was his property and hq was going to
manage it.
Ed Yarboro said I live about one
mile from where Bryan was killed; I
went out from Raleigh -Saturday af-1
ternoon in company with Messrs
t.. , t a sa u
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ing. Mr Bryan eat supper with Mr.
Pulley, so
Mr Pulley said.
I have!
heard that
a Mr Williams was
put
down on the river to guard the river
and woods. Mr Whitfield told me, I j
forbid you and everybody from fish-
ing in it. 8awny Bryan was present
when Mr W hitfield told me this, that
was about the 1st of April or last of
March. I have heard Sawny say, he
and Mr Whitfield had difficulty, some
thing about some pay for work on a ,
fish trap. They 'intended to fish on
the lands of Hinton and Hodges'. I
know of one other larger pistol, old
purcussiou cap; I gave to Robt Lane,
who lives at the old Pool homesttad,
now occupied by Mrs Hoke. I know
of no other in immediate neighbor- '
hood. TheDistol I have which was
displayed vesterday. was sriven me
a r T-rr l . n 1 i m tTT '
Dy Mr wnnneia on aay oi win
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Pool's sale. Mr Whitfield said he
would keep people away from there t
if he had to hire detectives to do it. I '
did not see Pulley any more after he
left Saturday night, until Sunday
morning between 7 and 8 o'clo k. He '
came to my house about that, time
and told me about the shooting. '
When Solicitor told me yesterday to
go for the pistol in possession of Pul-
ley I saw Mr Whitfield in stable. !
John Norton said, 1 live about one
mile from where the shooting oc , We used to think we were smart un
curred. I asked Mr Brown the privi-' til these men's black hats came in
lege of fishing a few days before Eas-' style then we found we were way be
ter Monday. He told me he had no hind; why one fellow sold one whole
objections to my fishing in the river, 1
but did not want any one to fish in
those lakes. Mr Brown said people
misunderstood their intention. He
did not post it to keep the neighbor
hood or any one that would ask per
mission to fish, but there were some
reckless characters who did not care
how much they would molest proper-
ty. Said if they did not stop they
Would have trouble or something to
that amount. Never have had any
communication with Mr Whitfield on
this subject whatever.
Adjourned until Friday morning at
10 o'clock. All witnesses and jurors
will be prtsent at that hour.
Messrs Lee, Johnson & Co, our pop
ular druggists, deserye credit for
meeting a general demand in intro
ducing ice cream soda Water. Try it.
Beautiful Work.
We have been thown a most beau-
tiful atipnlii n nf rtnrkpt knife.
the work of Misrf Nanni Smith, of
Williams Township, Chatham coun-
ty, who is an invalid. Thisjoung
lad' , not only makes th knife
but she makes the tools with which
the knife is made. The knife shon
us ha? two blades and is of the most
complete finish, doing credit to the
best manufacturers of this or any
other country. Such talent surely
deserves the highest commendation,
tion, and shows what ean bo done
by energy and skill, even under the
most adverse circumstances.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Ice Cream Soda.
In addition to our other popular
drinks, we have taken the advance
in introducing
Ick Crkam Soda Water.
Respectfully.
mIO Ct Lee, Johnson & Co.
A large stock of gentlemen's white
shirts, outing shirts, collars, cuffs,
silic handkerchiefs, fine clothing, etc,
to be closed out at D S Waitt's, 213
Fayetteville street.
J S WYNNE,
Trustee.
A Week of Attractions.
We commenced yesterday morning
with another week of great bargains.
Our new department of bargains and
undervalues is Lecoming better
known, and every day new friends
. are made' by our methods of money -
saving until the number of customers
is almost beyond the ability of our
i large dales force to serve. Plenty of
new attractions this week, and all
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pa rimem.
W H & R S Tucker & Co.
You Can Save Money.
by shopping at Norris & Carter's. All
silk vests at 75c nainsook vests at 25c,
reduced from 50c;gents opera shirts at
$1.25 and $1.51 , worth anywhere $2.00
and $'4 50; best 4 ply linen collars at
12Jc and lGc, as good as any in the
city at 17ic to 25c;gtnts plaited bosom
shirts at 85c, were $1.25; hand sowed
shoes, all styles at $3 75; i-ilk drapery
curtains at $4.50, were $7 50; all Bilk
in itts at 15c; 75c goods at 40c: beauti
ful dress ginghams at 7c; surah silks
at 75c, reduced from $1.25; best styles
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in dress gooasaiaooui nan wuanuey
coe vou
elsewhere. Bargains in all
F orris & Carter's
ines m
How Happy We Are
when, in this whirling age of push
and get ahead of your neighbor, we
do something that we think is entt r
prising, it makes us think we are a
foot taller than we really are; but oh,
don't we feel sad when, after all, we
find that some other fellow has been
more enterprising and has done the
very thing we were talking about do-
Jng while we were thinking about it
case of these same black hats while
we were selling fifteen dozen. What
do you think of th tt? (one case holds
three dozen). It has ever been thus
when we think we are doing our best
we are sure to get left. We have or
dered a live Sea Lion with one eye,
three feet and six tails and three
heads to induce those who are curious
'to come to see it, and then we will
' try to sell them a few goods. We
J want to do something to get the peo
ple to come and we know a Sea Lion
j will draw better than oar prices. We
win let you Know tnrougn tne papers
'when he, (the Lion,) arrives, in the
! mean time .we shall continue to sell
dress goods, clothing, white goods of
all kinds, shoes and slippers, notions,
etc, for less money-than any other
house in the city, at ': 1
SWIfiSLL'S.
Hardware, &c.
lfLOOR PAINTS
We Offer Floor Paints of a
Superb Quality.
Thky combine natural minerals
with hard drying liquids.
They are finely ground and
thoroughly mixed
They cover well and dry hard
in twelve hours.
They stand exposure to weath
er and the wear of washine.hence.
are especially applicable for piazza
and kitchen floors.
The following colors in stocks:
Litrht Red. Dark Yellow Stone.
Light Yellow, Slate and Light
tsrown.
All kinds of PAINTS , in small
Cans. Stains of different colors,
and Hard Oil Finish to
varnish with.
TflOS. fl. BRI66S $ SONS.
Raleigh, N C.
Dry Goods, Notions, &c.
McKimmon, Moseley McGee.
UNPKECE DENTED
BARGAINS in
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are drawing crowds of pleased custo
mers. White Goods.
We can promise our pat
rons Borne bargai.is in white
goods this week that in
point of good value have
never been surpassed by us
in our efforts to tempt the
people of Raleigh by cheap
goods.
French Lawns, Mulls, Per
sian Lawns, Dimity Piques,
Thread Cambrics, Linen
Lawns, Soft Finished Nain
sook, Linon De'Inde, Haids,
Checks and Striped Muslin.
Embioidw
In ladies Skirting Embroideries our
collection embraces every kind and
every price, from the very cheapest,
say 25c yard, to the very handsomest.
In misses and children's FloancingB
we are fixed. We have a nice line of
those delicate sweet patterns that in
former years only the wealthy could
buy. This season they have been re
duced and we can suit the poor and
rich alike.
Come and see them, you will be re
paid. 129 and 131 Fayetteville St
W. H, & R. S. Tucker & Co.
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EASOXABLE
OODS!
AND
RICES,
IN
PHE DEPARTMENT OF BAR-Q
L GAINS AND UNDERVALUED
We have secured by a timelv Dur-
chase a line of
Printed China Silks.
Printed China Silks.
All good styles and colorings for the
present season. They are 22 in. wide
at 39c.
In the same department will be
seen our extraordinary offerings in
WHITE GOODS.
India Linens.
5o per yard
5o and 7o
5o and 7io
Check Nainsooks,
Check Lawns,
Summer BI'kGoodG
Silk warn. 42 in. wirio. norfon dvaa
and just the weights you are likely to
choose. They are really worth $1 a
yard, BUT WE OFFER THEM AT
60c
Let it be understood that the prices
on the goods in this entire depart
ment are phenomenally low. and
there is no reason why buyers should .
not avail themselves of the opportu
nity offered for. bargains.
y. H. &B. S. TUCXH&gQ.
HOUD
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