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z THE DAY H m T11K All , the News of the day and Ls furnished at lOcts. per week. . rt f r ' tr I of any paper published in j (Oxford. I Vuu wi: II. Xumusk 5. OXFORD. N. C, FRIDAY, 'MAKOjFI 21,4890. Single Copies : 3 Cts ' " J Something-:-New TO HAT ANDDRIJSTK ! Gum Drops Only 10c. a Pound Crab Apple Cider, on Draught. 3 Cent m ;!. MaDle Sugar, Fresh From the Grove, 25c. a Pound, fine? Stock Apples. Bananas, Oranges MibTi Grps. Lemons, etc( efr bxertt to Oxford. Cocoanut Fritters, Can't be Peat, 25c. a Pound. v..n:f fancy IVn Daws .Apples before you Fruit Candy reduced to 25c a Pound. jVntf in ik'nrw stJt of French i 4lir Jer.V- varntirs just ojxrncd. T. W. JACKSON iV5 CO , llrrm! P.txfc, No. j. - - Oxford, N. C Krnrwbrrt Cum l)rtonly inc;. a lb. Ilottfckccpcrs arc Bothered Just Now Alnnit landing Some thing to Eat. t ,A.rATiN-: FcrH Hams. Pretkfast iv;.ii.n : Strips, liet-f Ttmur and v.iTI 'N : Hne.I Ik.tr 1. m on v : Nrw Orleans Molases- vcr,? u:fiv : liici iIs mi.isii'n : Krjp Potatoes. M(j iTHtfi : - Kicr, Oatmeal. Hominy. Mu.Mi')S ; Canned Fruits and ,Vk tn- rv..mioN : blr. Piekk-s, Sauce-, itc rVccia! .aten1n called to another I CHOICE GUTTER. R. W.Jones & Co., -WHAT'S NEW- AT- PARIS BROS. V STORE, JSoRTIl L..KOLXNA. j THE WHITE 6C0DS SHOW! 7G 1 c ani examine the clean, bright whiten- of our Cot ton. Lim n. W xil and Silk. Y.'ii will fi.ul lirgain in E.n- jcjJim aj njKinsibility of the asem broideries and Line: s, a-ul ! 5JiIC Gf ..Qd Girls" in this town. 1 n. nellies in our I)res GohJs and Silks Khuncings, Alb ovt re. l-i'esand Collars and Cuff, and Hosiery and Ha. cl- kerchiefs and uiou-s ana . .. . . Qrcis - Clarksville Railroad Company was TThcre is news at our Gingham's! held here yesterday afternoon. rounter- a regular, gat her ig: The following officers for the ensu of the clans. Ctun' Jiid nl-1 irf, ..ear werc unanimously elected: mire whether you to uuy- .r iio I r7TV.i nKI tuitio ra's evervt'.iniri new cxtcpi Hih Davis". and W. A. Bobbitt, of Oxford, and J. tTA 5tmw that ttlK of i -fleets is thes. Carr, S. T Morgan and B. L. Ure tiacie we arL now e. jm- ing. . . , 1 . ii"no.sckte trs will fin! the niex"M line of Table Linen, 'rowels e and Iicc Cuitains ever exhiln ited in Oxfunl at P..ris Brc- f ET Iheljd.o will find Oxfuid Iks; ami tnf Imcst.a.ul ,iiut f.h-j lonable 5hc and Sliplx'rs, which wear well itnd fit Kpci lertion at Paris Brit;. 1 (urtains, Polo and Window Shades. We don't have to makes room for anythingour prires do that. tarGci dcpartti:nt is complete. Cernc and examine. If you have never visited PARIS, and if you want the lcst good-, for the. least mo'icy, )ou will find the lilp most delightful. Yours truly, PARIS J3ROS., .NEW MERCHANTS, NE.V STOKE AND NEW GOODS. I NOTES OF THE DA Y. THE LOCAL HAPPENINGS SERVED IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS. - Fllnar F.rcati, Retrospective unci Pra- pcctlvc, Catlaercd About the City By Our Alert Ileparters. Yesterday was the first day of Spring. On dil that an important manufac turing enterprise will boon be estab lished in Oxford. The days are now longer than the nights. Todays length is twelve hours, ten minuted. The building season will soon open lively in Oxford, and there will be plenty of work for a small army of me chanics. The, placing of just one more, share is all what is needed to complete the organization ol the, , Uxlord remale College comiuny. A good-sized break of tobacco is on the market tinJay. ''I he quality of the kaf averages unusually 'fi.ie, and high prices arc well maintained. Our merchants are opening and marking nev sprii g g'oos, premring for the Easter trade. Kaster is a little more than two weeks off. The negro man, near the city, who had the hydrophobia, died the oth:r nieht. His name w.s Dread Yarboro. He was a basket , maker and was well known to our tobacconists. As a ret omt?nse for a long dull in terval, it is to be bond that Managers Meadows & Clement wiil have sume xtra fine theratneal attractions to oi ler the public in the near future There are plenty good and sufficient reasvni why our people should just now come c loser together and work harder ! an ever to a- celerate the progress of Ox fore'. A new iron spring has b.cn discov ered on the same farm on which Ro kbrok Spring is located, the undicir.al projiertus of which are be licvd to be of exceptional value. '' Letters continue to pour in here with enquiries about Oxford and the advantages it oners ior investments. 'jhcre urger.t neid of a comprehen sive pamphlet of our resources, etc., to s nd to enquiring parties: There ill be a meeting of the O. O. G. L Girls" at the "Three Tree Residence" on College Street tomor row at four o'clock n. m. Business of imiKjitance. The Day makes this i announcement -bv reouest. and dis , . I lie II road Meeting. TKc annual meet nc of the , stot k- uMe a'nd directors of the Oxford & j Andrews, presid nt;i . . .! ' ... 1 m ' t Messrs. J M. Currin, R. V. Minor m k nf Durham, directors: M:i. N. , ! ' ..." A. Gregory, secretary. JoJmston's Vegeta liia Nolan dine . uncx- y, T rnii 7iW cotioet c rcffiuuzor univ uiuuw vurifier. For sale by all druggists. Tli&Nb landine Co., Rich' 1110 nd, Va. r Give 51 Your Kye. The doctor wrote: "A teaspoonful when unable to sleep in water." Alter taking the wloIe bottle full she was still unable to sleep in waler. Fuiinan Hays endeavor to pre vent such incidents by writiii drections in telligibly , . : , . . a , , 4. The leading Corsets, B & G, at Paris Bros. 4. -i PURELY PERSONAL Tlie Doln( and AVlerrlKwti of Some People Yon Know.' . j Mrs. W. S. Overbey weiit-M Hen derson; today;'; x' 'r'-" '""."' Mr. W-i E". Owens returned tins huirohiL' to South IJston, Va. '( ; Dr.ind Mrs. B, F. Dixon and daughter went to Clarksville, Va., this Mr. E. B. Goode, of Mecklenburg county, Va., arrived in the city yes: terday afteriioon for a. short stay. Mrs. S. P. Couch was rawed to Danville. Va., thi. morning by a.tcle-r gram announcing the feriotis illness ot hT brother. Mr. R. E- Ha-skms. ntchmoudA Drtnrillf Eitfnilon, " . - ... A corresuondeut trom Danville to the Richmond Dispatch savs : "It i definitely announced here o day that the object1 of the Richmond and Dan ville railroad in making a survey for a new line of road from this point is to get an independent , rou'e to the South. As is well known, the Rich- moud and Danville now leasts the Carolina Central road between Greens boro and Charlotte as part of its main line a'ld the leas: will, expire in n. few years. I am informed by one in authority tHat the business of the Richmond and Danville from this ii , . .--point south is so great that a double track is now a necessity. The new line for which the survey is now mak ing will give the company a second track and make it independent of the Carolina Central, which; it is now leasing. The present survey is from Danville to Winston and'suivey is be ing made from both ends of the line. From Winston the roid will go to Gastonia, just byyond Charlotte. It is said that the work of. construction will begin as soon as the line is located." . Trie Durham Globe mentions a mat'" ter which mors nearly concerns, our people: " A profile of the proposed extension of the O. & C.f R;' R.! lias been filed in the office of the clerk of of the court."- . Will- our esteemed contemporary enlighten us as to the objective point, etc., of this proposed extension ? Commonwealth Meeting Tonight. i As p.marked in The Day, the com mittees appointed by the Common wealth Club recently have been zealous in the discharge of the duties assigned them. They are displaying patriotic and diligent interest in their work,and it will not be their fault if the move ments with which they are connected are not unshed to sucessfdl consumm-- . Hon. Their reports will be rendered at the meeting at the courthouse tonight. :- Cow For gale.;.:;!: , A No. 1 Milch Cow for sale with young Calf, cross breed Jersey and Devon. Address . JOHN- Yv- BOOTH, Tally Ho. N.C. Grady's Book. ; "The Life", '.'Writings, and Speeche ot Henry W. Grady." r or sale by C. A. . Con way. Orders eft at C. J. . Ward's store will receive prompt attention. . r - The finest line of Gents Cuifs at Paris B:oi Collars and , " ' tost. ' - ----- ' . My bag of instruments, between Oxford and Minor's Mill. Anyone will be rewarded by returning same to Dr. S. D. Booth, Ox lord, N. C ' Bunlap's and Knox & Yonman's styles in Hat3 aie shown at Pans Bros. f A fine lot of smoked jowls," Sugar cured hams and shoulders." Kingan's pure lard. D. A: Hunt & Son. f : : - Eiainine Paris Bros, fine line of gents' Dress Shiits.. '' r . . r THE LATEST NEWS. CAREFULLY ' SIFTED FOR ' BUSY READER. THE Item of Interest Abont 3Torth Carolina Scissored and 1 Coinlensed from, our Eichansci. , , . ... ; , . .- ' It turns out that; the man in Stanley count v. N.' C. , who is the. father of thirty two children was married three times and not one time as was first re ported, i - I yU-..:.iy;-yL W. Senator M. W Ransom is quite ill at his home in Northampton with the enppe.c: He went home from -Wash ington Saturday arid was taken ' sick Monday. ' ' '; A red hot Republicaa paper will be started in Kaleigh about" June ist which1 will deal ' entirely with local politff s. It will probably1 be a semi weekly. . ' "i-:?'''M":r,; , The, board of directors of the State penitenliary ; submitted a fiiiantial re- port or tne institution 01 tne last qiiar ter showing that the expenses had ex ceeded the earnings by $10,469.73. ; The, Chatham murderer,!. P. Davis, who is to swing next Friday, confesses .now that his name is William Shackel ford, and he is wanted in South Carb-? lina .for more than one capital of- tence. Work has begun on a railway from Ashevf He fo Geo. Vanderbilt s subur ban place, "Bihmore," a distance of three, miles; The road will be built and dperatecj by Mr. : Vanderbilt Tor his private use in conveying matt rial to nis place, and vill be torn up when his mountain palace -is completed. ' IN A GENERAL WAY. ' Important Happenings In Other Stales and Countries.' The President was in Maryalard yesterday shooting duck. The Blair bill was defeated in the Senate yesterday . Yeas 3 r j nay s 3 7 The House yesterday decided the Mudd-Compton contested election r a 1 f '.l'r; cae irom Maryaiana m mvor 01 tne Republican, Mudd.by a strict pari izan vote. " ' 'A disasterous fire. 3 1 Jacksonville. Fla., at 3 o'clock yesterday morning destroyed two, blocks io buildings in La ville, a suburb; and a' boarding house in the city proper, causing a loss of nearly $125,000. 1 ' A Cynthia, Ky., dispatch says that Benj Crewell was lynched at Robin son Station last night by a mob of about twenty f)ersons. Two years ago Grewell defrauded the . farmers in that lo ality by buying stock, and paying for it with bogus checks.; ; He then fled to the mountains, but ven tured back,( vainly ihinking his evil deeds had been forgotten. McCaudy, a conductor on the south bound Louisvill & Nashville road, was shot and -seriously wounded by- a negro named Jake Daniels, and in turn the conductor ihot and killed the ne gro. This happened on the train yes terday afternoon while it was near Bay Mi net te, Ala. The negro refused to pay the rau- of far" demanded by the c onductor, and the latter tried to eject him but the negro resisted, drew a . pistol and fired, hitting the conduc tor in the right breaM. ' The conduc tor, fired, four times hitting the negro t '.' ' ! 1.1 i 1 j t.: i. eacn ume,ana men siawea nun wun a pocket kuife. The negro died al most instantly. V ? tj, THETRAINS. OXFORD k, CLARKSVILLE R. R. Northbound trains arrive 10:46 a. m., and 8:05 p. M. jt Southbound trains arrive 1:50, P. M., and 4:22, p. m. ; OXFORD HENDERSON R. R Trains arrive 10:00, a. m., and 3: 15, p. M. ' - .: . Trains depart 1 1:00, A. m. , and 4:40 p. m. t. ... ' - Nevr Orleans Molasses. crops. Just received at New C J Ward's. THE TWO COLLEGES. Raleigh Scores a Victory, and Durham t " - lias One 111 Sight. The Neu s-Observer vK, this morning gives information of the Action 'of the boards of trustees of the Baptist Fe mate College : aiid'.. Trinity College. Concerning the former, at Wake For est, -.it says.; ; . , r; The matter'of reconsideration of the location of the College : occupied the whole time of the session of the board." '',., '.' Durham's proposition as originally made was again before the board. A long discussion ; of the question was held; resulting in the adoption of the following resolution: '' First Resol ved, That the beard sees no sufficient reason to "chance its de cision to locate the Baptist Female College at Raleigh. - ' ' Set oridr "Believing'" "that" $56,000 artd la-' site will be required fvr building; and equipping said; c ol lege, this board requests tle brethren and friends of Raleigh x- raise said amount. 1 The 'vote 1 on the resolution. was unanimous, not a single vote being castaoratnst.it. lhe,best of feehnir prevailed, and all the trustees present expressed their determination to join in -harmoniously Mn making ihe Col lege' a. " success; This' vote is' final, and the eomittees . on . location and building, wtre v instructed I to select a site.at once, and make all arrange ments. ior the construction . ot the buildings. Work will be begun some time during the summer months. A telegram from Durham to Raleigh of last night reads : ' : -,. ' :. 1 - , ... ... , Durham, N. C.,, March, 20. The trustees appointed a committee , to ask ,Raleigh tp release them....The,, com mittee will visit your-city and, if the ' release is secured the trustees wiil ac cept .Durham's proposition. . , , Raleigh must give nearly '$1 20,000 or give up the College. 4 f , Tlie Contrnet Iet. The contract for the new - tobacco sales warehouse ( for ' Messrs. Davis & Gregorv, . to be built on the Kingsbury property by ; Mr.. V. E. Owen, was awarded yesterday to Mr. Jack Smith, of 'Halifax county, Va. Mr. Smith is a builder and contractor of many years experience, and prom ; ises a job first-class in every resiect. He will begin work as soon as the 1 weather opens. " " ' 1 . v.,; The warehouse will be of brick, w th a handsome, stylish, two-story pressed brick front, surmounted by a rail bell " tower.. It will have a floor capacity of 75x200 feet, with commodious offices, large storage basement, sleep ing apartments for the ; farmers and and brick stalls for l orses It will, in fact, bei of the best modern design and complete in all its appointments. Mr. " Owen, the owner, ays there is 'room at the top of the ladder, "a , d he is go ing to put up, a, warehouse' which will surpass any in North Carolina. Jolvnstorts Vegeta ble Nolandirie, unex celled as a tonic , liver regulator and blood purifier. For sale by all druggists. TIie No landine Co., IlieJi fnond, Va. :.i.V 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. . , .. ; . j - Best In the Market. 'Black Prince," May Applet and "Mat inee," Chewu?jf Tobacco at Davis, Thomas Lo 's. .' .-'..-'
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