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OXFORD. N. C, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 30, 1890.
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Oxford Bakery
AND r
Candy Factory.
REDUCED PRICES.
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i)i;5 , YTTT our own makk
1 lirlU 1 FKKSII TODAY.
OtTR OWN MAKK
'RKSII TODAY.
CANDY.
W A T TTTT Reduced to n cents j
U 1 a pound. I
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a pou
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TM1 IT TT Reduced to
Twenty-five
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cents a pound.
Former price Thirty- A T"TV
tc cents a pound. Vl 1. IN lJ 1
C0COANUTS?.
be beat.
pound.
fa n't be beat
?tc. a iound.
FRITTERS !
T I?TTr I AH Flavors, is cents
i il l 1 Ui
Hiu ml,
Atl Flavors, 15
a pound. v
"""TAFFY !
Extra Fancy Apples and Thin
01 1 ri i VS ,i:r.
'"VU 4"',,U"
from the proves to-da'.
T. V. J.VCKSON cS: CO..
GRANVILLE-
Female Institute !
OXFORD. N. C.
Spring sovsi n will begin fjn 32, iSx
i Instruction thorough in every department.
The Director of .Music is a graduate of the
I New Knfatul Conservatory, Boston. Sjh.c-
iaf attention is given to voice cultu e and
n;h i"icin. Pianos and Orga are new
and are kept in gxl order by yearly cn
tract with the lest tuner with Hume, Mi
nor u. Co.. Richmond, Va.
No pupil receive! fr less than a term,
and 10 reduction made except for sick
ness. Terms lower than tlnise of most
wchools ofTcrii.g same advantages. For fur
ther information. : ply to
jiISS II. JLARKK, Pkixcipai
V
ALUABLK REAL KSTATE FOR SALE
to town lots. Very desirable building
sites.
27 Acres v( Land. Within lv-v than one
mile Irotn the courthouse. ThU land is
partially in original growth, the balance
go.l farming land. This is a rare chance
kr a bargain. Call on
FEII.D 5c R OYSTER.
fALUAULE LAND SALE.
The cterk
of Granville Suierior Court,
in a sSH-cial irnceeding pending in sau
said
i miri fr a sale of the lands 01 JJ. j
apintetl the undrsignct! a commissioner the southern suburbs of Oxford." The
,UU "J1 171 i-,M;,t.n.M:decc.iS'.d had Inren seriously sick for
1 OC JIC III l 'v. IHIU m i3 ivji inv
on the lanus in Tally Ho township. tn Sat I
........ ... t.-l. v. i) nVliwt. 111
Terms, vuc third cash, residue in one and
tmi!:u hav hn divide! into t.ur
trari containing 126 acres. 76 acres, 50
1 act es,y acres.
N. T. Ghekn,
Commissioner.
Graham & Winston, Attorneys.
I North Cakouna, I
I (iranville County. J
StTKRIOR COVKT.
Dec. 16. iSo.
Jfenderscn Smith :
j Will take notice lhat he is sued for divorce
in the above court from the bonds of ntatri
mony. He will appear at Oxford, at Court
1!oum. on th Mondav before 1st Monday
in March. Tnx, and answer complaint of
Annie Smith, his wife.
R. W. Lassiter, C S. C.
Graham & Winston, Alty's.
NOTICE.
It has been ordered by the Board of Com
missioners of Granville county that no orders
fur money be issued to any person who has
been returned as insolvent tax payer, and
tho?e who buy such claims do so at their
own risk. T. D. WALLER,
Chairman ITd Co. Conj'rs I
M
ORTGAGK SALE OF LAND.
My virtue of a deed of mortgage executed
to me by M. r. Loonam. regtsteretl in
Granville county in Hook of Mortgages No.
tj at pae 56, I nhall on Monday the 3d day
1 March next, expos: to sale to the higher
Mfder atpnbiic auction t the court house
r in the town of Oxford, the lot of land
ribeU in staid mortgage, the same being
d near the town of Oxford, on the
MtJe cf the Raleigh road, adjoining the
of A. S. Peace and others, and con
g about six a s. Termscash.
D. :.. 1 1 UNT, Mortgagee.
NOTES OF THE DAY.
THE LOCAL HAPPENINGS SERVED
IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS.
Minor Krtnti, Retrospect Ire nnil Pro-
itcUTr, fathered About Che City II r
Our Alert Iteporters.
i
A -light break of tobacco at the
warehouse today.
VT.ie epidemic is reaching out, an
getting a grip on !roh victims every
day.
Weagain caution those who have
I Ia Gripie not exiose themselves
unnccosariiy
.... ... tt n n
1 he citizens of Tally Hoc
and Dutch
' lu" 1 1 n y hi iivjiu i i ik ci n g .1
I Stems on cb. 14, inimical to tin
ie
Granville County Mcdual Society.
We are putting this weather on re-
ft 1
com. lcserday cold, with wraps,
fires and all the a companinn ms o
winter; last itht rain; loday as pret
ty a sunshiny spring day as one wants
to see.
The first sersonMn Oxford to die
of the prevailing Russian influenza
was the wife of George Taylor, a very
worthy negro employed at the K. &
I). -t. K. deiot. 11 urinne in ner
1 cae was lonowea oy pneunion a, yuu
r 1 1 1 . I
. . , KrH,.h,.J U,r Isf
W!ien Jordai, Pritchaid was first
brouL'ht before the court he was ad-
I judged ih;ane and sent tojhe Asylum,
f .0.11 which he escaped and was re-arres
ted He ha been .si-e enough since.
He sto)d trial last court on tne merits
of t a e, a- da hung jury was the resuit.
He is again arraigntd.
The Magic Pocket Iimp, of which
wc made mention several weeks ago,
is now on sale at Kronluimer's Cloth
ing Store. It is a most ingenious and
u.:ful little invention, and will Ik
thoroughly ai)prct iated by all smokers.
It is the litest New York novelty, and
the factory cannot at present supply it
fast enough to mett the demand.
The two-story frame building on
'he Mte of the Farmers Alliance new
.varehouse has been puriha:ed by the
colon d Masons of Oxord They are
having it moved to the lot owned by
them corner nf McClannahan and
New College streets, and will rent it
out as a tenement hou-e. This same
organization intend in the near future
to erect on this lot tjuite a pretentious
brick lodge.
Death.
Died, thismorning at seven o'clock,
Rev. L. V. Humphre)s, a resident of
so:nc weeks, and the end Was not un
7
expected. He was a Baptlt minister
of the gos,el, and a n an whose pure,
ni.rifht and consistent Christian life
was indeed an example.
He was a member of the IJerea Ma
sonic lodge. and, at his request, he
will lx: interred in the Oxford, ceme
tery with Masonic honors. The fu; -
j .
eral lakes place tomorrow at 12
The Day extends the bereaved
family its sincere sviniuthv in their
sore affliction.
Rlfhtiioml Toliarco Marker.
Richmond, Va., Jan. 28. The
Richmond market continues very dull
aiid only a few packages are sold
each day. Good wrappers are in de
nrar.'d and can be sold without diffi
culty at good prices. All othergrades
quiet.
Ixose breaks arc
and litilc remains in
getting smaller
the hands of the
farmers. The West Virginia crop too
has been nearly all sold.
Our manufacturers are
not doing much now and
buy ng very little leaf.
evidently
they are
j. M. T.
w r rc-ih Garden Seeds at Fu nian Hays.
PURELY PERSONAL.
The Doings and "Whereabouts of Some
People You Know.
Dr.'J. M. Hays has contracted
case of La Grippe.
Mr. T. M. Washington is under the
spell of the influenza.
Policeman N. H. Whitheld is at
home with La Grippe.
Mr, A. S. Davis is confined to his
room with La Grippe.
Mr. L. L. Strause, of Richmond,
Va., is in the city today.
Mrs.. M. F. Hart, who. has been un
well for several weeks, is now conva
lescent.
t
Master J. B. Williams, Jr., left this
morning to enter Bethel Military
Academy, Va.
Mrs. Jas. Jones returned yesterday
from a visit of several weeks to her
mo'ther at Norfolk, Va.
Dr. T. W. Booth and Mr. Favette
Washington came to the city from
Stems on the morning train.
Mr. C. H. Lewellin, of Raleigh,
arrived in the city this mprning with
two little girls' in charge for the Or
phan Asylum.
Mr. (J. V. Cafrjngtaii leaves Messrs.
Owen, Barbour & SmitfiJ and takes a
position next Monday with" Mr. E. T.
Rawlins.
Mr. Wm. Blacjcnall, of Kittrell,
former postmaster who was "removed
by President Harrison to make a place
for a negrot is in the city visiting his
sister Mrs". Vj- A. Adams.
STATE SIFTINGS.
ortli Carolina Items ofliterest Clipped.
1 mid Coudentcd from Exchanges.
Raleigh has increased the capital
stock of her cotton factory, to $ 1 2 5 ,000.
A splendid crayon portrait of Gov-
erncr Fowle has been added to the col
lection of portraits of the Governorsof
North Carolina, in the btate (sapitol.
It was reported that Mr.. Childs,of
the Philadelphia Ledger and Represen
tative S. J. Randall were largely inter
ested in the new bank at Winston, but
it is denied. 1
Col. Elia Carr, of the Edgecombe
Farmers Alliance, and Mr. Geo.
Tonnoffski, of Raleigh, representing
the Knights of Labor, delivered pub
lic s,.eeches at larboro last Monday.
THE TRAINS.
Their
Arrivals and Departures
Per the New Schedule.
Here
OXFORD & CLARKSVILLE R. R.
Northbound trains arrive io:4i a
m., and 8:05 p. m.
Southbound trainsarrive 1:45, p.m.
and 3:42, p. m.
OXFORD & HENDERSON R. R
Trains arrive 10:20, a. m., and 3:15,
p. M.
I rains depart 1 1:00, a. m., and 4:00
p. m.
The O. fc H. trains make close con
nections at Henderson with the Ral
eigh & Gaston trains north and south,
going and coming to Oxford.
The O. & C. trains now run through
from West Point, Va., to Raleigh, N.
C, leaving West Point at J5, a. m.,
and arriving at Raleigh at 6:18, p.'m.;
leaving Raleigh at 8:10, a. m., and ar
riving at West Point at 6, p. m.
making close connections with the
Yoik River steamers to and from
Baltimore.
SOUTHERN EXPRESS.
Express shipping book will be clos
ed promptly as follows :
tor matter going North, at 10:15,
a. m. ror matter going aoutn, at
3:15. P- .
I his rule will be stnetly carried
out.
THE MAILS.
The mails are closed at the post-
office a half Hour before the arrival of
the trains.
I For Sale.
Three Hundred Acres of land near the
town' of Oxford. It is good grain and to'
bacco land; and is well timbered. Will be
divided to suit purchaser. ' . Apply to this
office...
SUPERIOR COURT.
PRINCIPALS CASES DISPOSED
SINCE YESTERDAY NOON.
OF
Two Men Convicted of Forcible Tres-pa8--Day,
the ForgerGoes to Peni
tentiary for Five Years.
The following cases were tried in
Granville Superior Court, Judge Arm
fi.ld presiding, since our report of
yesterday noon :
Robert and Charles Tunstall, forci
ble trespass ; Verdict of jury guilty. . -
The trial of the hero of the roman
tic matrimonial-advertisement mar
riage, C. E. Day, of Philadelphia, for
forgery, waif commenced this morn
ing and concluded before noon recess.
The evidence against him was direct
and conclusive, arid the iury wasn't
long in bringing out a verdict of guil
ty. His Honor promptly sentenced
him to-five years in the penitentiary.
uav received nis sentence w-itn a
brazen bow, and asked ot the judge :
"Please have me sent to the peniten
tiary as soon as possible; anywhere is
preferable to this jail." Judge Arm-
field said he could not well adjourn
court this early in the term to accom
modate him, but as soon as the sheriff
cotrrd .cpare time from his duties in the
courtroom he. would attend to his
wishes with pleasure. The prisoner
thanked him and retired to his cell.
This afternoon the special venire of
one hundred and fifty, from which to
select a jury to try the case of Jordan
Pritchard,-charged with murder, is
being examined. '
IN A GENERAL WAY.
Imnortnnt Happenings In Other States
and Countries
The well known journalist, George
Augustus Sala, was married Saturday
in London to Bessie Stannard, a sister-in-law
of Mrs Stannard (John Strange
Winter) author of 'Booties Baby.
The New York Legislature has passed
a bill appropriating ten millions of
dollars to the World's Fair of 1892 if
it is held in New York.cify. The citv
subscribes more than five millions,
making a grand total of 15,000,000.
The President yesterday nominated
B K Bruce, of the District of Columbia,
formerly Senator from Mississippi, to
be Recorder of Deeds in the District
of Columbia. Also a: large number of
census supervisors, among them the
following, for North Carolina: Geo. W
Cobb, first district; Madison Hawkins,
second, district; Caleb P. Lockey,
third district; Wm. C Webb, fourth
district; Henry Hardwicke, fifth dis
trict.
A formal recognition of the United
States of Brazil by thisGovernment was
completed yesterday afternoon, when
the President received the credentials
of Sen or JjG. De Ameral Volente, the
New Minister, accredited by the
provisional government and also the
credentials of Senor Salvador Men
doncanas, Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary on a special
mission to the United States.
Best in the Market.
"Black Prince," "May Apple" and "Mat
inee," Chewing Tobacco at Davis, Thomas
& Co-'s:
. . -
Liost.
" The second volume of ''Stories and Les
sons, on the Catechism." Person having
the same will please return without delay.
R. W. Lassiter, Sr.
"
Boys,. let us start off the New Year fair
square and even with the world. I have
your accounts ready, and win be glad tc
see you. R. Broughton,
For Rent.
One six room cottage dwelling. Terms
moderate. Address W. H. White.
Shiloh's remedies for
and General Debility for .
& ffays'.
u s, Catarrh
(& Furman
A VARIETY.
Wise and Otherwise, With In forma,
tion Worth Reading.
An American whaler The Hoosicr
schoolmaster.
People with musical tasteis generally
have large and prominent ears.
A farm near Macduff, Scotland, has
been handed down from father to tou
for 300 yeara
It is Faid that the . negroes of Georgia,
who twenty-five years ago were slaves,
now roes $20,000,000 worth of prop
erty. Speaking of th strong attachments
-horsen and dogs form for men, it is not
nearly so perceptible as the attachments
of leeches.
y
For several years the receipts from the
sales of public lands in Canada have not
been sufficient to cover the expenses of
surveying and management. Last yeat
there was a deficiency of more than
$81,000. '
Arabi Pasha, now an exile on the island
of Ceylon, is said to be fretting him
self into an early old age. Although but
49 years old, he is gray and thin and
very much unlike the jovial fellow ho
was before lie fell under British displeas
ure. - . y
A lady telte the Christian Advocate
that she heard a colored preacher say:
"De fo' part ob de house will please sit
down, fo' de hind part can not see de fo'
part if de f o' part persist in standing be-,
fo' de 4nd part, to de uttah obsclusidn
ob de hind part by de fo' part
A Japanese surgeon advertises as fol
lows: Surgery and - bone-setting have
been practiced successfully by my an
cestors for the pudt seven generations.
Indeed, I may claim a certain amount
of their accumuh t -d experience trans-
mitted to mo in vi ;uu s and otherwise. n
A Detroit undertaker has a telephone
on a dumb-waiter. He runs it up to his
room at night and can answer it without
getting up. In the daytime he runs it
up out of sight after he lias used it and
when the people who are always want--ing
to " use your telephone for a moment
drop in for that putmwe he tells them
they can use it if tiiey;an find it
It is stated that as coal is burned in the
furnaces of locomotives on the Central
Pacific Railroad there is a waste of from
50 to 75 per cent. That is, if the heat
could all be utilized it would do almost
twice what it now does. If one railroad
wastes between 2,000.000 and $5,000,000
year in fuel cou umption, what must
be the waste on ail the railroads of the
country.
The preacher who dropped into an of (
flee in Alpena, Midi., the. other day
where four of the biggest guns in town
were playing poker for money may no
have known what he was about, but
then again he may. Anyhow lie flashed
a subscription paper for some benevo
lence before the blushing players, and
before you could say Jack Robinson took
pledges for over $100.
At the present rate the stables of
American mill iona,ire3 will be finer than
their houses. D. Edgar Crouse, a Syra
cuse millionaire, ha built him a stable
that cost more than half a million dol
lar 0 When the carpenters and builders
were through with it he turned it over
to a well known and highpriced firm of
New York decorators, and when their
work is. finished the owner will open the
stables with a formal reception.
The St Loui3 Globe-Democrat has
made the surprising discovery that in
..order to '.be eligible to jury duty in Mis
souri it is not necessary that
summoned should be 21 yeais i
gentleman whose son, age
eluded in a lisrr"of persons eligible
iurv duty, went txKJirIge,Withrow
his behalf, when the judge sai3That if
Jie was but 9 years of age and pewsessec
the reauisite intelligence he would
-A
obliged to serve.
Locomotive No. 90, belonging to the
New Jersey Central Railroad, which ex
ploded at Mata wan last Monday, had a
history. For years it was considered b?
employes of the road as "l Oodooed.
One of its first adventures was to run off
the pier at Communipaw, d agging a
train loaded with, passengers after it
This occurred eighteen years ago. No
lives were lost, but it was the first and ,
last tfcne 6uch an accident has happened
in the history of the road. A little later
it was in a smash-up at DuneHen. It has
run over and killed more people at the
grade crossings than any other engine on
;the road, but it happily closed its career
Monday without killing anybody.