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VOL. XXVI.
RALEIGH, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1892.
NO. 85
NEWS NOTES ABOUT THE GUV.
IV bat Our Peportcs 8 e and
Hear ortn Giving to Our
Bea4ers News In Brief.
February will have five Mondays.
Bee notice of attachment by R. T.
Gray, Attorney.
The Revenue officers are " getting
their backs np" on Illicit distilleries,
and law breakers had better beware.
It is officially declared that the
grippe is on the decline in Raleigh.
Charlotte wants the neit Demo-
i t. ill (
cratio Convention, but Kaieign wm
get there all the same.
The new street cars will not prob
ably be put in U6e until the Harnett
street line is ready. '
A force of hands are engaged to
day in repairing the walks in Moore
square.
Hon. J. H. Merrimon, one of the
Judges of the Superior Court, has in
resign his position.
Attention, Rescue Company !
Regular monthly meeting of Rescue
Company tonight at 7:30 o'clock.
tm. i. th month to turn over the contemplation to
. . . j
jrround and get ready for farming op The Rev. A. J. McKelway nas nau
erations. a can to tne x-rBu, . --
Tom'. Vacation' by the Ray L. Fayettevi .ana not ,
n Mnv if t.ronolitan Hall Presbyterian
ZZL heretofore announced.
"LittieLord Fauntleroy" will put
in his appearance tomorrow night at
Metropolitan Hall.
The leeeipts of Internal Revenue
in this district, for the month of
January, were $76,016.78.
The health of the city for January
hs been about on the average for
that month.
Sheriff Page is still waiting anx
t or.fi rmtipnt.lv for the tax
1UUD1J f
payers to come forward and settle.
Cotton receipts continue vry slim
The tobacco market, however shows
much sign of booming up
The walks in Moore tquare, we are
informed, will be nicely coated with
gravel.
Grasshoppers are getting plentiful
in arnie sections, which is held to be
emblematical of an early spring and
dry summer,
It is estimated that the Caraieign
i 4 1 OA
cotton mi'ls will einpioy auuui, w
hands. This will be a great help to
our city.
It is said that the law prohibiting
the circulation of impure literature,
is openly violated in many seccions of
North Carolina. We hear ol no sucn
violation, however, in Raleigh.
The Internal Revenue receipts, at
nriiUi fnr January amounted to
U UX llUUlf w m
$44,991.18, which the Bun says is
nearly enough to erect a government
building. Durham ought to have it.
There was considerable spur up in
the dry gooc's trade today caused by
the beautiful weather. The ladies
were out in force and "shopping"
was the wo.d all along the line.
The remaining locomotives ordered
th NRifjri.rd Air lane win oe
ready during the present month.
Most of them, we hear, will be used
Receipts of cotton in this cit for I tne Soutrjern encl of the system
Mr.
recovery, 'mere
210 convicts in the
. w t. inniia
the season ending January vu,
19,451) bales against 31,551 for t e cor
responding time last year.
The office furniture, etc., of Mr.
Tno T Patrick have been removed
from this city to Fuse Bluff,
Patrick's home.
Meat of the cases cf grippe that
have prevailed at the penitentiary
are on the road to
are now about
prison.
TV, North Carolina Car Compan
have declared a dividend of 8 pe
Mt Who will now contend tha
mechanical industries will not pay ii
Raleigh?
ntiiiiA the vaeant lot
nth of the Agricultural building
for the erection of a State arsenal
and remove the present old concern
in the capttol square?
The Board cf County Commission
ere met in regular monthly session to
rlav There is considerable
to he transacted of a routine charao
ter, and an investigation of the af s
woiraof the county home foraged
and infirm persons will be made.
Married.
At the residence ot Mr. S. T. Smith,
on North Dawson street, Sunday 6 p.
m., by Rev. J. L Poster, Mr. John D.
Smith to Miss Rosa Knight. The
best wishes of their many friends at
tend them for a long and happy life.
Weather Bureau.
The following weather forecast
have been received by telegraph from
the chief of the weather bureau at
Washington, D. O:
Pebruarylst, (Monday.) 1892, 11 a.
For JNortn uarouna till bp. m,
Tuesday fair weather, slightly warm
er.
iu
Mayor's Court
Two colored women. Eliza Turner
and Emma Faison were before the
mayor for disorderly conduct in the
street, near Parham's bar room, last
Saturday night. Each party lined
$3 and costs.
John Justice, colored, for being
drunk and disorderly conduct last
Saturday night in Mr. DeBoy's store
and on street Fined $" ami coet.
Concentrated Essence of Bilge
Water in Place of Brains.
Some smart chap, who never had
over one dollar and forty cent at one
time and owed that to two ba rooms,
remarked in MacRae's dru store
Saturday that Swindell was not sell
ing out at cost, but, was the highest
priced place in Raleigh. This asser . I
tion is proof the fellow don't know j
anything about it. And we will pay ,
for the operation to have a hole made
in his skull and turn the green water , j
out. We are selling all of our stock j i
of goods at cose and nothing more '
than cost price is being charged for
anything The peopl who ar buy
ing onr goods know whetht.v we are
telling them low or not. When we
move from R leigh you will see prices
go away up. I lien tms wooaen neaa
cm try to buy himself a clean shirt
and find out if Swindell was selling at
cost. Buy you a trunk and carpet,
suit of clothes, dress goods and milli
nery gords. The stock is being rap
idly sold and you should act at once.
Yours truly
D. T. Swindell,
IIerlvare, c.
NO
MAN
face
all
can be h-ipy with ""his
scraped and sore from
SHAVING
No man can shave well with a sor
ry razor, The moral is to call.and
buy
ACO( D RAZOR.
We offer razors that are good; we
have iut! ecei -d a large clock.
Our name sta:i ped on the razor,
aud every e is
1
We informed that " The Old
North State." published here by Mr
G. A. Jones, will hereatter appear un
der a new name, ai d will he a month
ly Southern Industrial and Home
journal.
We have received a copy of the an
nual almanac gotten out by the Pub
lie Ledger, of Philadelphia. It is a
splendid compendium of useful sta
tistical information, and is exceed
ingly valuable as a reference.
It has been suggested as a good
idea for the different newspapers or
the State to send free copies to the
Soldier's Home in thiB city, it would
be a great aid to the old veterans.and
would no doubt be highly appreciat
ed by them.
We hope the Supervisor of roads
will not let the present fine weather
pass without using the force at his
command for all it is worth to repair
the damages made during the late
bad spell.
cousiderable quantity of phos
phate rock has arrived for the use or
Caraleig' mills, and work in making
thosnhate will commence About a
r s
Bay Ii. Royce.
Twelve years ago this season, Ray
L. Royce started out in the theatrical
field with a company and each year
since has seen him grow into popu
Uritv with the people in the United
States, till today his friends an num
erous and those who know him long
est admire him best, and as a come
dian he ranks high, and this name he
has won by hard unceasing labor, with
a constant aim in view.of giving to the
public an excellent show, and at the
same time keep it clean and has sue
ceeded. He will be with us again
February 8rd with an excellent com
pany to producel'Tom's Vacation."
Personal mention.
Mrs. W. M. Brown, Sr., left yester
day for the country on a visit to ber
daughter Mrs. Minnie M. Shav, near
Flint.
Hon. W. R. Cox was in the city last
Saturday.
There is some improvement in the
condition of Mr. Nick Jones.
Mr J. S Johnson, formerly clerk
with Messrs. M. T. Norris& Br., has
accepted a position with Me?srs.
Crowder St Rand.
An Important Arrangement.
The officials of the Seaboard and
Roanoke Railroad and those of the
Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley road,
have come to an agreement for a
through schedule of freight trains
from Portsmouth, Va , to Charleston,
C. The route i by the 8. A. Line
to Weldon, thence to Kaleigb ana
hence to S -nford. From this point
to the South Carolina line by the C
F &Y.V , and from thence to Charles
ton by the South OarolinaPaciflo and
the Charleston, Sumter and North
ern roads. It will be a direct line
from the two main points, Ports
mouth and Charleston, and will not
only prove beneficial to the roads
engaged, but to the mercantile prb
lie also.
Our proposition for a musical aid hundred tonB win probably be turned
...A!i h Soldiers .Home is
ieelivc! ivi -
meeting with approval. We have
wd many express themselves as
hfllievintt the scheme would work to
wnh advantage. We hope it may
he adopted.
out a day.
It is thought that the First Regi
mentof the Virginia tftate Uuards
nil) n?ain camo in North Carolina
with the North Carolina troops
Tln nnannuitnaiir. thiB VPflP Will tlfl
. II M lie cuuouimvu. v..... j
The SuDreme uourt commeuocu "D , . . . n ,
... l I I.11C U1X11 11 WIV ajv. vu-uw- 1
regular session today, wi tta a cau oi
. at Aof riiar.rint. Tne I
an.aa rrnni I no uidv i
" . . .. . x I JA i iU A
j-bt ! ..nmoaratlvely a iignt one we uirect aiwuuuu
x t.. I.. . . ir o .n r
fv,a Jiirisres are present, j uo- i tisemoni oi oies-ru sj mi ociBougoi
iw.n being absent from slight who announce Local and Nation
nee uan" M B i .ui , i,.,
ai JEiVeul. ivrau wunt mcy ua, v o i v
eay and govern yourselves, accord
ingly. There is no more popular
clothing house in the entire South
and none at which a person can get
ht.ter bar sains for the money in
vested.
A meeting of Albemarle Presbytery
will take place in this city tomorrow
at 11 o'clock to consider the resigaa
tion of Rev. Dr. John tt. WHtains
We were premature in the statement
a day or two since that a call had
been extended to a pastor in place of
Dr. Watkins by the first Presbyterian
ntinMh No call of course will be
morio until the matter of Dr. Wat
kins' resignation is fully decided upon.
indisposition.
liivervthina necessary for the com
plete and moBt comfortable heating
f the Exeoutive Mansion is now in
nneration. We doubtif the Governor
of any State in the Union is better
provided with domestic comforts
than ours. This is all right and
oreditable to the "Old North State."
A correct verson of "LittieLord
Fauntleroy" has never been present s
ed in Raleigh. The performance to
morrow night will be in strict accord
ance with the copyright of the play.
Let the hall be filled to it utmost
capacity- It will be a rare occasion
to witnets the most popular comedy
now on the stae.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
, Horses for Sale.
Three (?) good, kind, gentle, family
and brood mares. One ot tms num
ber is Jnft. Gatling's driving mare
Terms easv. Can be seen at Robt. E.
Parham's stables.
ja25 tl V. B. MOOBB, G'd'n,
Here's A Pointer For You,
LlTo our readers we say, be sure
that you see Mrs Uurnett's great
play, "Little Lord Fauntleroy
Then if you do not agree with me
that the play is a masterp'ece of its
kind : the company capable to a de
gree approaching perfection, and un
usually well balaneed, that an even
intr at the theatre was never better
nor more profitably spent, send the
bill to us and we will pay it every
lmA
Thus writes a eeutnern critic oi
Mrs. Burnett's famous play, which is
rn Hp nresent d at Metropolitan Hall
Tuesday, February 2nd, an I judging
frnm the success tne piece nas met
with wherever produced, it is prob
able the people of this city accept
the "pointer" at its mil value.
Ladies Fine Shoes, $1.50 to
$2.50, Less Than Regular
Price.
We ar "stock taking," aad find
that we have bought a few too many
of some of l aird, Scober & Mitchell's
fine shoes, so we hare put them upon
tables in the shoe department and
they will be offered from $1.50 to
$3.53 per pair, less than regular
prices. These are some of our finest
goods, and we cut the prices, not be
cause they are shop worn, but be
cause we have too many. At $8.50
cloth top, kid button, with and with
out patent leather tips, worth $5. At
$4 50 fine kid button, hand sewed,
worth $6.50 At $5, gray and tan
cloth top, patent leather vamps
worth $7 50. Of course when these
are sold, we can't supply more at the
same price.
W. H. & R. 8 Tucker Sr. Co.
WARRANTED.
AZORS ver light .veieht,
AZOKS run: am weight,
AZ0R3 hea weight.
tgpOur re -or with name
RALEIGH
etched on i is finest can be manu
factured. ,
THOMAS B. BRIGGS SONS,
RALEIGH, N. C.
MIDWINTER
CLEARANCE SALE.
uLL TRIMMED MILLINERY FOR
ladies and children.'
All nutrimmsd.telt hats
411 children's and infant's caps in
silk, cashmere, cloth &c.
A'l fancy feathers, birds &c, to be
closed out regardless of cost,
as we do not carry over
winter
Millinery
A nice line of sMghtly soiled stamped
Linens, Doylies, Tea Tray, Bouffe
and Bureau Covers, Carving
Sets &c, very cheap.
ALL KINDS OF WOOLS AND EM
BROIDERING MATERIALS.
IBS MaH REESE,
209 FAIETTEVILLE ST.
ap9 tf
Dry Goods, Notions, &e.
W.HJR S.MKERaCO.
Hi Sta Dent.
Our Roads.
The auestion of working the pub
lie roads has long been a vexed one.
Th Visitor has time and again,
urged that the old system was not
only unjust, but inoperative for any
(miHuWable eood. lo be made et-
f Ant.i TB. the roads must be wo'ked by
nnmmiiHorv labor, and the convict
avt.m seems best. The Durham
Rnnorder "hits the nail on the head"
aa fnllnwiner.
lhe onblic highways should be
worked by convict labor; this is pre
cisely what the people want in gen
eral, and when the people become
thoroughly convinced on this matter
good roads wi.l multiply with unex
ampled rapidity.
For Rent.
A six room house with water, large
lot with feed room and stable, smoke
house, large garden and good shade.
East Lenoir street. Apply to
j.19tf Robt E. Prham.
NORMS'
Dry Goods Store
Just opened a beautiful line of
French, German and American Dress
Goods, in stylish mixtures, plaids,
stripes, &c, and today place them on
our counters at only
Cents Per Yard.9
This is positively the git at est bar
gain we have ever offered in our dress
poods department. They are richly-
worth, and are sold elsewhere at 75
cents.
iy TRY A PAIR OF 0JJR SHOES
Norbis' Dry Goods Stork.
Our Shoe Department is a store complete
within itself, for we carry at all times as
compete line of footwear suitable for men,
,.men and children, forgetting no one but
providing carefully for everybody.
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Slioes
Gents Pliant "alf, Goodyear welt,
AT f 3 00 smoth innersole, the best shoe for
the money shown by any house.
AT f 3 50
U, $4 50
AND 5.
Gents
Bals,
toes.
Half
'ide,
Shoes, Con
medium an
sr
ess and
pointed
AT m 50
Gents Cordovan in Congress and
Bals, London, French, Memphis
and St Loui3 Toes, Gents Patent
Leather, Congress and Bals.
Ladies' Fue Shoes.
Ladies' Kid Button, Common Sense
AT 12 50 and Opera Toes, with and without
Paten- Leather Tips.
AT $3 01 As large and varied assortment as
$3 50, $4, ever shown in Kaleigh, and our
$4 50 and prices much more reasonable for
$5 00. ranie shoes than "city prices "
Children's Shoe?.
Children's School Shoes at $1, 1Z5 and
$1 50. Children's fine kid buttoir with and
without patent loathprtins Ooinple'e lines
of Infant's soft ki sli-.is.
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