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NOTES OF THE DAY.
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I HE LOCAL HAPPENINGS SERVED
1 IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS.
YItnor Kvcnt. Retrospective and
pectlve. Gathered Akt tne Cllf By
- umr Aicn ueyorters.
The gardening disease has broke out
afresh.
The Raleigh papers failed to reach
uxiora mis morning.
There will be no services
Methodist Church tonight.
at th
- The Meadows Tobacco Company
commenced work yesterday.
T. . a . t ,
win oe onenea nere mis SDnntr.
t t ... .
The time for holdiW or mnniri.v,!
election is only a few ; weeks off.
Some household utensils were auc-
tioned off in front of the courthouse to -
dayi . .
Straw-yellow hair is no longer $een.
ExchanreJ Dytd long ago-dead
sure enough nm. eh?
Two names were added to the mem
Iwrship roll of Oxford Lodge, "!. O.
O. F., No. 103, last n:ght, making
the total number of members one hun
dred and eighteen.
i he vounc insurance nrm ot our
city, Messrs. Ftild & Royster, have
been apiKi
nted State agents for North
3r the United States Mutual
Lssncution. ' .
Carolina for
Accident Ass
1 r. a r u
So
O
nr.niin,; ,,f R,v,n, offirrrs Kirk-
Ii.a. iv,..r roc n.n ,n
hiiiiv.k, au.i..., x.a.w, VUu v.. Uu
rv w.th inn th nrf.r.l
McMannen.
The sermon at the Methodist Church
last night by Rev. J. A. Cuninggim,
Presiding Elder of ther Warrenton
District, was a verv able one and was
listened to with marked attention and
interest by a large congregation.
Millie and Sue Carady, two dusk)
women, ftad a natr-puiungajia scratcn
unter on Herndon Avenue
vesterdav" afternoon, i Polireman
Whitfield arrested them, ; and .Mayoi
Smith thought a dollar fine for
each was the punishment to suit the
often cc.
Sorini? was written in.bold face cans
on the face of this moning. " The air
was soft and warm, the . bending skies
were cloudless, the earth was bathed
in n flirid nf f olden sunlight and the
txs were musical with feathered
o . . I
songsters. And yet only three or four I
a . a a ' 1 I
days ago the landscape wore a manue
of s do 1 1 ess white, mercury nao xaiier.
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1nivn - i frtnrT rviin t i nrl tK lin
luckv mortal who braved the anxrer of
old Boreas found tne fierce wind blow-
ng through his whiskers.
nichmond Tobareo Karket.
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KiciiMOND, va, Aiarcn lom.-wur
1.-. j.;n .u n,ct Knc
been quiet, but very firm. Lightsales
are being made everv day of nearly
all trades. Hea-v sales are imrxssi-
ble on account of the lieht stocks of
anvthinc bke desirable tobaccos held
bv our commission merchants. Sorre
movement is noticable recently in
a a
dark tobacco. West Virginia crop
. ' m. ABM
is about marketed. R ceints" con-
tinue light,! with comparatively heavy
shipments. 4 t . j. m. t
Johnston s 1 Vcfteta-
ir.f- . I
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Die jxoumwnuf "v?&-sm3
celled as a tonic, liver
rcanlator and blood
purifier. For sale by
all druggists. Tiie jvo-
7tti74'tit 7i Ridl-
ii,f iijf bi v
- z
Fof Sal .
-n tinnrMl Arres of TaBd near the
town c Oxford. Itis good 5Tn
and to .
1 nnrdmcr Aroiy "to this
divided to suit purchaser. Appiy
office.
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WHILE AWAY DULlTC ARE ;
A Movement on Foot, to Organ 1
Social Clnb IUri.
A movement is on foqt to organize
a soeial club .here, something which
has long been needed in our cify and
which'it is! to be hoped will be pushed
to a successful consummation.
The purpose is to fit " up a hand-
some suite of rooms, to ' include a 1i-
brary and reading' room; game room
and billiard and pool room. It is un
derstood that not a drop of intoxicat
ing liquor will be allowed, to enter the
uwu aiiu iikii taiittsiiiii nil, uv. oiiiv.k
f If nrnhfhifpH
3 1
ADOUl niny names nave aireaoy
been secured as charter merrfbers. An
organization of this kinduwill exert a
(good moral influence in oil r .commu-
njty It will afford a 'very pleasant
piacc for gentlemen to meet in social
i''A .LU
intercourse and
to. entertain
:itain visiting
friends.
Thrown by a Burkina; Dfoneho.
Mr. R. W. Day sustained a hard
fall and painful injuries yesterday
. .-. , . , . ...
even ins about seven o'clock. He was
riding an unbroken TexsV; broncho,
and on Commercial Avcm opposite
Messrs; D. A. Hunt ' & Ion's store
.r . ? ,
the animal began bucking and sucr
I rooHuH in rliclulninn t ha ri-4at t -
Day was thrown some distance in the
Lir nnH fll cr.Unrr fhpMrV nf hi
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He was unconscious for about an
hourr and it required the combined
efiorts of three' physicians , to; resto
him to his senses. Fortunately the
skull was not fractured. He was - car
ried to his home and passed a compar-i
ativeiy iutet nicnt. .mis in nines are
not regarded as serious, and he will
very nice oe tuny restored neaitn in a
a a i i
few days.
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On a If uptnal . Errand.
A party of ladies' and gentlemen of
our city, composed of Misses Anna
Landis, Fannie Hughe and Berta
Burto Mrs. A. Landis. Messrs.
I. r,-v 11 t vx ' u..ni,
j
y- t ir nir 1 "u:fv
. nan, j. c Yycnc, pinion Knav
ham, V. Landis and A. S. Davis, ac
1
companied Mr. C. H. Pearson to
o.
morn-
nS on a nuP ,al rrand
Pear-
son, who is one of our most popular
. ; n r
young business men, will be married
this evening to Miss Belle Goode at
th rMn ri hr father. Kfr. F!.
;r - -
Goode. near Five Forks. The
fprp i
a I
ony WH he followed by a .wedding
cnierammeni at wnicn, tne ?oio time
hospitality of Virginia wiU. be lavishly
dispensed.
Kneonragins Ontiook. . .
The outlooks for water works in
j a rri 1
p.an as pro,x au iuc-mh .mccuug I
I I . .U l I
of the Commonwealth Club is entirely
practical, and that there are .two sites
in eh which .m afford.the
irir an amnif- vii i ii 11 v 1 1 1 wairr a i
l0st.
v 1 "J . 1
Shoatlnfr Alfa I r In Ueeklcnb
r;,;va.
The dog
ishot' If
The way it started was ibis.
flushed the bird, and the Inrd was shot,' If
the bird had shot the roan he would have
sent at once to Furman & Hays' drug store
lor a botue 01 iimroemana ..men mis iuss
would never have been: .
1
hams and shoulder?. Kingan!s pyre lard.
u. A. hunt & Son.
1 m e very encap a aanasome suit oi
9 a f m i . I
pkte and handsome parlor carpet .
. , , .v .. t D'Okskv Jones. I
.'v..
narior lurnuure. owms iwm muicom.
Uxiord are very encouraging. ,ine piaceu uicjh iu use wci uum ruiui j t4i1MOi1, TTvnon -.1-
r.K v I half adozen families frot water. Two JOlinStOKV f8 V egetO,-
THE LATEST NEWS.
CAREFULLY SIFTED FOR THE
: 'r. BUSY READER.
Items r Interest Abo at Slartlt Carolina
Scissored : and Condensed from onr
A Gov. Holden has had another stroke
of paralysis, and is in a critical condi
tion. "j.V-i---V-i. -.-.
A $300,000 saw mill plant is to be
put up soon at MoreheadCity by north
ern capitalists. '
- Guilford county is asked to subscribe
100,000 to the Greensboro, iRoxboro
and Blue Wing Railroad.
The mutterings of discontent are
still he? rd at Rocky Mount. Another
anonymous letter has been 1 received
there warning thirty men that they
will not live thirty days.
Tlie iVJvxriVt'r says that at the
of the Alumni, Association the
Faculty of the State, University have
et apartV Wednesday" afternoon, after
for the reunion of the Alumni. It is
contemplated to have a banquet with
aiter-dinner speeches. .
The .Charlotte"; JVftus says : The
United Edison Manufacturing- Com
pany, of New. York has evidently locat-
ed here to stay; Tl
L
Western Union Tel
lhe agency occupies
up rooms : over the
cleffraoh office. The
halls and suirwavs are-canx;ted" and
n,nll. arkila mifniHa !- rw n.lt
s.'gns attract the notice of the people.
1 he agency is in charge of Mr. u m
R Wfirrfll "an fvrrr plprtririnn and
K- w an . expert eiecmcian, ana
The agency will do a general electri-
cal business, and will not only fur
oui' -wni' txraip luwns ; wiin eiei mc
light plants in short order.
IN A GENERAL WAY.
Important Happenings In OtHer States
and Countries.
a law recently passeo oy tne ieerisia -
a . . . 1
ture of Virginia prohibi ts tlie employ-
mem 01 women ana cnuaren unaer 1 4
years ot age in lactones ior more man
ten: hours; a day. J
A Pitsburg, Pa. stove manufacturer
has been on. a protracted spree in
Kichmond and ; MUtord, va.. and is
throwing his money around with a lav-
ishJiand among the negroes, ne rias
... . . i
.nA r Kr k ;c .mvr-
ished.. "i '''.
It is very probable there will be an-
other delay in unveifingihe monument
to Gen. Robt. E. Lee at Richmond,
Va , neferts hkve been discovered in
the pillars of the " handsome
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granite
iwipstral ererted to receive the taues-
rc; tn.t ..Vihprn .nl.
nam aJSovuw wm iv ,
-
dier, and they will have to be replaced
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witn new ones,wnicn win consume quite
a time.
Two Virginia boys" aged twelve
and fourteen, were punished by a
neichbor for some mischief, and in re-
venge they stole two dozen ' packages
ofrat-poison from'a dragTstore and
I . aa a a
1 1 - . M w. Imm al
ftinnnvoi tt..w ,
thoui,iA . recover. as 1 ttle of the
Latpr was.used9 There wis enough
poison5, in tlieWatdr to kilf achundred
people. ...
j mint ri t-r
verai hundred men pro-
rnred a s.nall cannon and rode into
"
the town of Spartanburg, S. C, Mon-
day, for the avowed purpose of attack-
ing the jailand taking therefrom and
inKintT Hmrep S Tiirnpr who shot
ivn-h.-ri,, rmrire S Turner, who sliot!
Tt-jA. 6u .l " r : ": D'-il-'
ana KUiea nis: uroiner f
on r naav. 4 vnen tne moo amvcu ini
the oublic souare Mavor Henneman.
. ,'.-.,
wttn pisiois in nana, repuisea mem,
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spiked their cannon and locked it up. j
Alter maicm? iunner nosiiie ucmuu-1
strations and threats ot returning ior
rf- . :
t i. . .1 11 k i.mre
'uncu, -u. .u,
finally dispersed,
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PURELY PERSONAL.
TneDolnsrs and Whembssti
t Soma
People Yon Knew. ' . t
- Mr. R. W. WinstoiKwas .in Durham
"yesterday . V:;'V;;;
Mr. Ed. Stray horn, of. Winston, is
in the city. -
Mr. F. L. Fuller, of Durham, was
in Oxford today-
Miss Ellen Ferrabow, of 'Stems, is
visiting friends in Oxford. w
5 LieUl? Wm. Lassiter has returned
from a short stay in Raleigh. .
Mr. Henry. Pannell is : in the, city
again, reaching here yesterday.
Mr. J. F. Rogers went to Durham
on the afternoon accommodation. , :
Mr. Henry' Miller, of Raleigh, is in
the city on, business in connection
with the R. & D. Railroad.
Mrs. J.. B. Rollerand. children re
turned yesterday from a visit of several
weeks to relatives in Halifax county,
- Miss Addie Travers, the skillful and
jxpular young lady who presides .over
the millinery department at Messrs. A.
Land is & Sons', Jeft this morning for
the northern markets to purchase
spring and summer goods. . i
Rev. G W. Ferrell, the oldest Pres
byterian minister in North Carolina
and who has been preaching in Gran
ville county lor nearly sixty' years, is
in Oxford on a visit for the first time
since the railroad was built here. He
has reached the advanced age of eighty
six years. . ..',
Dr. C- D. H. Fort returned, from
Baltimore yesterday afternoon, bring
ing with him an expensive and com
plete set of the latest improved dental
tools. With his new outfit, which is
equal to the best, he is prepared to do
mosr satisfactory worlc for his pa-.
tients. -
: The Durban Fire.
Particulars of the Durham fire yes
terday are gleaned from the Sun. Itoc
curedat 8:45,4. m., and in a short while
1 . - a a
1 the Durham Jtertifjzer works were a
mas?of ruins. The - fire companies
1 n A M
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inpun uunu..- i ..c ug,,.
of the tire is unknown, it started in
a room not usually occupied.
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The Fertilizer Company lost their
buildings and their entire plant, with
a We amonnt 0f .fertilizer, stored
two car loaas orieruiizer, wnicn was
dumped out across the7 D, & N. track.
The R. & D. R: R. company lost four
box cars, which was standing next to
the factory, some of them -partially
a u , Mf .
I "IC nvc llr 1 II I V I Ullll UI-T
The D. &. N. lost 'one box car,
estimated at three or four hundred dol-
lars.
A
.
An eftimate of the loss to thex Fer
tilizer Company could not i be giren
yesterday The plant was insured for
17,000. . The fire came just at their
busiest season. It is announced that
the factory will be in operation again
in three days. . ; c ;
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CCvlBCt U8 & ZOTltC9 IVWr
TeffUlUtOT-Silftd "bl66cl
purifier. For sale by
n A,nfoB Tim IVi-
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landine CO.f Rt Ch-
m nn fl Vfl
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Town 1-ot for Sala.
-Twenty half-acre desirable lots within fif-
v varrl of lliin street. .
R. VV. Lassitek.Jk.
m.mm " w J "
Visa m Mark.
RlarW Prinr. v .Mav Anole and "Mat-
inee," Chewing Tobacco at Davis,' Thomas
- v-.
Saw Orleans 2Xolac
cropsl 'Just received iat C J,
New
Ward's.