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! "THE DAY j IHSTIIK i TH DAY GIVES ; largest City Circulation j! is; All the News of the day and is furnished at lOcts. per week. . of any paper published in Oxford. VoIlMHlI. NlTMBKR 12." OXFORD. N. C, SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1890. Single Copies: 3 Cts CWKW'llananns, Extra Lnrgc (II KA V Ilananas, Extra Large c'llFM'i 25CTS. rr.R doze.v. i HKr 251ns. PER DOZEN. j.jJl'.lcvini Size Bananas, ( Medium Size Bananas, CIlKAPj 2ocrs. 2CCTS. TER rcic IKV EN. IH)ZEN rilKAP I'll KA I i ( HKAif:,o bb!s. iu:r ,0 uuu. CIIKAI' 10 1!!s. C'HFAl' io blilx fkitt. j Ikn DaviY Hon Davis Hen Davi Iten Davis Apples Applet. Apples. Apple, 10 10 !XES KOXKS fruit FKtI T j I RI IT 1 nnr.j FKt'M" -HUTl:j FLORIDA ORANGES - FLORIDA OKAXCKS- I.at of li t Season. lis. of the Season. T. W. Jackson v: Co., hakeks. F'rlL 1 1 'Candy Mak-rs and Fruiter.-. iRin-i J FRtTT ' IIKRMHiS BLtKTK NO. 3, rktrrlxFORD. - - n. c. Housekeepers arc Bothered Just Sow About Finding Some thing to Hat. Ferii Hams HrenkMst Strip. Hcrf TonRiir ami Dried live I. NVw O lean Molascs vcr ? finest I Potato s. Rice, Oatmeal, Hfniny. Canned Fruits and VtReta- LIcS. Pitklr, Sauces. Ncc. "4v,-i.l attcnin called to another ttofcijoict: nuTTi;;t. K.W.Jones & Co., f v F WHAT'S NEW- AT PARIS BROS. NEW STORE, Oxford, - North Carolina. THE WHITE GOODS SHOW! and examine the clean, I whiic'ss nf our Col- . . r i t iifi ton, Limn, wool ana ouk. You will find larg:iin in Ivn broideries and Line s, and luivcines i;i our Drcs Goods and Silks ; Flouncing, tV tmrs, Laicsai.d Collars and Cufkand Hosiery and Hand kerchief and Gloves and Corse's. a S) There is news at our Uingnam s counter a t regular gathering of the clans- Come and ad mire whether you wish lo buy i r no. . No old hmie ra's even fiing new exiept Hugh Davis. VET A s raw that tclU f effects U the large tiade we are now enjoy- tdsT'Housc'axpers will fii d the ni ot line of Tahlc Limn, ' Towels and !cc Curtain t ver ex hi ti lted in Oxford at lris Urns. ;Tf n.c ladle will fowl Oxford Ties aid the: fiinst and ' n ost fash- umahlc Shoes and Slippers, uhiih wiar uxll and fitioiicT t'cditin at i'ari Hn. Curuirs. i'oloantl V iuuow Shades. V don't have to makes room for rr.ythtn- our priees do that. UiTGiiju dcjartnxnt is complete. me ar.d t x amine. If u luvc never v-sitrd PARIS. if tu wui.t liic let guod for the! fwinom-y, ou will find the trip (ft tlrl htC Yours truly,- PARIS BROS., JKW MERCHANTS. NEW STOKE NI) NEW GOODS. NOTES OF THE DAY. THE LOCAL HAPPENINGS SERVED IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS. Minor Events, Ilet roapetlve and Pro pectlre, (Mthcrrtl About the City Uy Oar Alert Revorters. A high wind prevailed last night. The Alliance Smoking JToFarco Fac tory of Dubney has suspended work, and deposed ol their machinery. There is a little nip to the atmos phere today that discourages the pre mature donning ol spring suits. , According to the figures so far pre- senteu it win oe actually money m the )eople's pockets to put a system of waterworks in Oxlord. kcv. ur. uixon, cnap:ain 01 me company, will preach to the Granville Grays at the Methodist Church tomor row morning at eleven o'clock. The Farmers' Alliance Warehous Com j any have adopted their plan :ubmiittd by Messrs. Hundley liros. & Co., for their new building here. The contract will be let next month. Here is a.sentence from the Hender son Gold Leaf we commend to Oxon ians: 'Every industry that furnishes employment to the masses is a benefit to the rommunity in which it is estab lished." A life insurance company largely jutro "sized by and in high repute with our citizens is the Valley Mutual. It offers insurance at low cost. Mr. V. T. Lyon h loal agent, and has an ad vert im men t in this issue of Ihe Day. The bright light of a great confla gration was observable' Jat night north of thv city. It wa ceruined that a iiig bedy of woods Th the vicinity, ol Lewis' Station, on the O. & : C?.-Rail road, was on fire. The high wind was favorable to its rapid spread. Many a tal! tree fell a victim to the devouring flames. Religious Services Tomorrow. IUrrisTl hurch.- 9:45 a. m., Sun day school. 11 a. m., sermon by pas- tor, Key. J. S. Hardaway; 7.15 p. mf sermon. Preshytf.rian Church. 9 a. m., Sunday school. 11 a. m., sermon by Rev. Jos. Rennie, pastor. 7:15 r. m. sermon. Methodist Church. Sunday school at 9, a. M.; J. W. Hays, Esq., superintendent. 1 1 a. M., sermon to Granville Gras by Rev B. F. Dixor, Chaplain. 7:15 p M., sermon b) Rev. W. L. Cuninggim, pastor. EnscoPAL Church. o a. m . Sun- day school; 11 a. m. sermon by Rev. W. W. Walker,; rector; 7:15, p. At., sermon. Y. -M. C. A. Services at 2:30 p. m , to which all are invited. Musical Concert at Raleigh The Richmond & Danville Rail road Company will sell parties of ten or more, attending the Musical Con cert at Raleigh, N. C, round trip tickets to Raleigh and return, at the following rates : . . . From Oxford, $2.90; from Durham, 51.50; from Hillsboro, 52.25; from Car, 50 cents; from Chapel Hill, 52.24. ' ' ' ' " ,; Tickets will be sold only one day, April 11th, good , returning on any train leaving Raleigh April 12th. Thte ratts onlv anoiv for parties - of -' 4 s a a ten or more people. Johnston's Vegeta ble Nolandlne, unex celled as a tomc9 liver regulator and blood purifier. For sale by all druggists. TJie No landlne Co., Jtieh- moihd, Va . - Y , Dnalap'a and Knox & Yonman's styles in Hats arc shown at Paiis Bros. PURELY PERSONAL; The Doluct and Whereabouts of Some People You Know. Mr. W. K. Murrav, ot Durham, is in the city today. . Mr.. Geo. Haigh, of Fayetteville, N. C, is in Oxford today. Mr. J. R. Young, of. Henderson, was in the city yesterday Mr. b- ri. bmith iett this morning on the north bound trian. Mrs L. KHFott and children, of Durham, are on a visit to the family of Mr. J. W. Hunt. Mr. Geo. Beall, of Durham, came over to uxtora this morning to visit -v h s friends in the city. Col. Warren Overbey, formerly of Oxford, but now conducting a hotel at Clarksville, Va.. is in the city. Mrs. Geo. B. Finch, of B iydton. Va , who was the guest of Mrs. J. A White, too'; her departure this morn ing ii.ss m.nn uorqon leic yesieroay to visit her father at Salisbury," N. C She will be absent from Oxford foi several months. Mr. E. T. Ro key,of Staunton, Va special agent of the Valley ' Mutual Life Insurance Company, was in the city yesterday. The late Fielding R.' a. r - knott held a 55,000 policy in hu com- puny, and .ms business was to adjust the loss. "Valer Works. The meeting of the Commonwealth Club last night was informal in its character. There were few members present, the weather being such as to d-r - a a,s.J.SVWV4s 1U II' i. MtJ f V S SAkW VI - W ft SAWS Hlfi. cter most people fro,:, leaving their , the train. All the oasseners: comfortable-home firesides. The talk was confined mainly to the subject of waterworks. It is noticea- blethat the opposition exhibited against , r, . . waterworks when the matter was first broachtd some weeks ago, is rapidly melting away and has almost entirely disappeared since the light has been turned on and the need and advan tages of the improvement brought ful- a . ly nome to our citizens l ne major ity of large property holders and men of prominence in the community are now heartily in favor of it. The next meeting of the Club will be devoted entirely upon to discussion of waterworks, and very probably something decisive in this direction will be done. M a m m S SSfc Attention, Granville Grays. You are hereby ordered to report at your armory, in full dress, tomorrow morning at lo:io o'clock, to attend services at the Methodist church. Dr. B. F. D.xon, chaplain of the compa ny, will preach. W. A..B0BBITT, Capt. W. D. Lynch, 1 st Sergt. Tne Flowers that Bloom In the Spring Would never have been heard of had. it not been lor the seed which produced them. Lea. n from this that if you want flowers you should go to Fur man & Hays' and buy. some seed. ' ' Awful Wind Storm. We issue a policy of insurance in the Home Insurance Company of New Yont against Cyclones, Tornadoes and Wind Storms. Considering . the tearful damage .. . . .. .I D prudent to insure your property againsii such danger? Your hre policy does not j cover this risk. Our rates are so Jow they are almost nominal. . Feild fk. Rovster. A first-class drugstore in all its apoint- iliit cwVi'it Q H ait lir-rv-b- Jtw I V I couraged to this end by the ppreciation ot their efforts by the public. Ac. d. lions to stock made daily. . Scotland Neck is building a $t 2,000 hotel through the N. C. B. &L. Ass'n. W. P. Van Horn, specjlal agen lor that Ass u., just organized a branch in that town with 252 shares - . The finest line of Genta. Cus at Paris Broj. . ; Collars and AWFUL CYCLONE. AN APPALLING DESTRUCTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. 2,500 Houses Destroyed and 500 People Killed In Louisville. Ky.--Small Towns' Completely Destroyed. ' Louisville, Ky., ' March 28. -A " T ' I tornado strucic Louisville at 7-30 o'clock. It entered the southern por tion of the city at 18th street and swept out a path five blocks wide, di agnoally reaching in a ragged line to 7th street, leveling every building in its path, probably 2,1500 houses.' "A rough ...... 1 estimate outs the killed at 00 with thousands injured. The city is filled with -a crazed mass of people seeking their friends. A large force of men are at work on the rums,aridab( ut one hundred bodies have been discovered. It is impossible, to get .the names of those killed or injured. The build ings on Main street from eigit to four- tppnth ctrpptc qtp in nunc r.nt rnt .f the handsome wholesaiQ houses be- ing lefL and all of the tobacco ware houses were swept away. . On Market street the Falls City Hall, . a four:story building, was blown down; while sever al Masoaic and Knight of Honor lodg es were in session: and one. 'hundred men and women are buried in the rlpns. Eylsry other house: on Market, leffersou and ' Walnut streets from Tenth to Sixteenth streets are in ruins. : . The nark and suburbs are. svvent away. the Union depot, at the foot of Seventh street, the Ch.sapeake and Ohio train fr6mVVashirigton was tfl out filled with passengers. h nwf vpr. were resirnerl - vrent nne newsboy. Such dsolation no city has known . in nthis century. Jsery v"' ryuic u. the district struck was leveled, The cyclone occurred between the hours of. 7 and 8 o'clock last night, and was predicted by the signal ser- vice bulIetin yesterday afternoon but no neea was oaia 10 us warmng. j ine cyclone came with scarcely a warning sound. In all buildings struck the in habitants were engaged in their usual avocations without an enort to escape when their In m s collapsed. The dis tr cl h i . w. s ccomi r scsanarea tf the c.ty three miles long and nearly half a mile wide. Chicago.; March 28. A special from MetrcDoiis. 111., savs : ; lhe cyclone of last , night cut a clean a -' ' swath abcut a quarter of a mile wide clear across the town, wrecking prop ei ty of.all descriptions arid burying men, women and children, in the oe bris of the falling buildings The number of victims cannot be ascertain ed with anything like accuracy, but 3t is reported that several hundred were killed or wounded, and between two and three hundred houses swept from their foundations and -dashed to pieces above theheadi of the unfortunate oc cupants. 1 he storm was past in a moment, and then came a blinding ram wincn rtaideo tne w oik pi res , 1 1 e- cue. Jefferson ville, Ind., March 28. The tornado last night destroyed fifteen to twenty residences in JeffersgnviIIe. There were no fatalities here. Cincinnati, March 28. Late dis patches state that the tornado " struck the town of Bowling Green,' Warren nun xr o r r -m iilotolir wiiM it v.wuii.jry au vuuicn.ij! nij.u v out. As the wires are down no Q?- tailed report can be obtained and but the meagre fact that the calamity had occured has peen 'received. : Bowhnr CZrffn hac a nnnnlatinn rf iiHriif r rn- ..... . . 1 . . . . J hectured to ' be correspondingly' large. Marion, N. Y. March 28. -This city was devastated by the same storm mat wrougnt sucn rum at ix)uisvuie. Tnere was great loss of life. " , Louisville, Ky., March 28. Port Roval, ilenry county, forty miles from here, 4s reported as being entirely de- mohsed by the cyclone. . Oranges and apples at S. S Haithcock & -; STATE SIFTINGS. Items of Interest About Xorth Carolina Culled from EithanEei. . . The Chase City Progress under stands that preliminary survey is being made for a railroad to run from Crewe, on ' the Norfolk and Western railroad, to Henderson, N. C. Should such a road be built it would pass through the county of Lunenburg, which now -enjoys no railroad facilities, and would open upa section very rich in material resources whose development would aid" very largely in the commercial 'prosperity of that county. . ' Some leading men have organized and secured a charter to build rail roads in any direction they desire ra diating from Asheville, the object be ing to make them at first local roads, with the view ultimately of making tnem parts ot trunK lines: in pursu--ance of this scheme the county . com missioners have been asked to order an election to vote on an appropriation of $400,000 in bonds, $100,000 each for four roads running from Ashville to the county line in four directions.' . a . IN A GENERAL WAY. Important Happenings In Other States and Countries. A movement is on foot in regard to the celebration of Judge Allen G. Thurman's next birthday, November 13th, with a grand dinner at New X UI IV. mi. CKilJU la 2M11U 10 oc a 1 1 1 a .... : j . 1 anxious that the occasoni shall be made one of national interest, and as one ot the prime movers in the affair, he will be present; and among those who will be asked to participate are mentioned Chief Justice Fuller, Roger Q. Mills, Don M. Dickinson; and. x Sptaker Carlisle. . " w. - . ,;. The Farmers' Alliance of Kansas in convention at. Tcpekar passed among othr" -resolutions vihe ' following : NotwithstandTngthe fact that Jno. J. Ingails has represeiited Kansas for Senate,it lis a difficult, matter for his constituents to point to a single meas- ' ure he has ever championed in the interest of the great agricultural and laboring element of Kansas, and we will not support by our votes or influ ence any candidate for the legislature wl o favors his n - Jeetion to the Uni-" ICU OiaiCS OCllillC. Opening. Hart & Lawrence will have their opening Monday and Tuesday, March 31st and April ist. All the ladies of the town and county are respectfully invited to give them a call. vWill show a beautiful line of Millinery and will make prices as low as anybody. JolinstoWs Vegeta ble Nolandine. unex celled as a tonic, liver regulator arid blood purifier. For sale by all druggists. Hie JVb landine Co., Mich" mo rid, Va. " A Lovely. Night Was last to have your property take fire. We will take pleasure in giving you the protection of insurance. ; FEILD & KOYSTEE. - "The books of the North Carolina B. & L. Ass'n. will open for business the first of April. Series begin the first of the month. : ' . Best In tne Market. "Black Prince," "May Apple" and "Kfat inee," Chewing .Tobacco at Davis, Thomas & Co 's. Examine Paiis Bros, fine line of gents' Dress Shirts. The largest slock and the greatest vari ety of superior brands of cigars and tobacco iu Oxford, at S. S. h aithcock 4 Co. Full line of samples for custom made suits. Tits guaranteed in eyery respect or no sale. PAB1S BBbB. if i
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