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OXFORD, N. C, FRIDAY, PRIL ,11, 1890.
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rowers in the United
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CROSMAN'S SEED.
fcEvcrv vanctv of Garden
Seed. Lawn, Grass and
Field Seed.
YOU COME UP
fcAnd make your purchase in
this line from me, and you
arc sure of satisfactory re
sults. J. G. HALL,
Sccdman, Druggist
NOTES OF THE DAY
THE LOCAL HAPPENINGS SERVED
IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS.
Minor Brent, Retrospective and Pro
spective, ttathered About the City By
Oar Alert Reporters.
A great many visiting business men
it. the city.
Meeting of the Commonwealth
Club tonight.
Northern ice is being received here
and stored away for hot weather.
A frame house is going up near the
old Oxford & Henderson dtpot.
The men who were straw hats a day
or two ago acknowledge now that they
were a little premature.
Hailstorms north of us changed the
weather rather suddenly fromsuuimer
l.ke warmth to the cold of winter.
Mayor Smith says he will have mer
cy uion Jim riarus, provided Jim
does not do anything in violation of
the law.
Messrs. Paris Bros, have all their
goods nicely arranged and are comfor
tably settled in their new quarters in
Herndon Block No. i. Iheir store
has a very attractive appearance.
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Information is received here that
heavy winds blew down the steeple of
the Methodist Church and several
chimneys at Boyd'on, Va., about thir
ty miles from Oxford, last Wednes
day.
The Commonwealth Club holds a
meeting tonight at the courthouse.
One ot the matters to be considered
is the organization of an auxiliary im
migration society. An invitation -to
evcrv businos n;an ot tr.e city to at
end these weekly meetings of the Club
s again extended. The co-oerathn
jf everyone having Oxford's interest
at ht a t is cordially solicited.
The Washington correspondent of
he Durham Globe writes that the
lind chaplain of the House in his
uayer Wednesday morning said :
our only help.
we commend to Thy fatherly care and
pity Thy servant, a member of this
crushed by the untimely and terrible dld n gC
death of their son. the son of their
hearts and hopes."
PURELY PERSONAL.
The Doings and Whtrrnbonli of Some
People Yon Know.
Mr. R. W. Clay is in the city.
Mr. Zollicoffer, of Hendefeon, is in
the cits today. : " -
Mrs. Dr. Thorp is very ill, we are
sorry to learn.
Mr. N Chapman went to, Clarks
ville, Va., today. . '
Lieut; Wm. Lassiter went off on the
train this morning. V
Miss Amanda Fowler hns returned
from a year's visit to California.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Z. Mitchell re
turned this morning from a visit to
Dutchville.
Mr. fc. C. Bullock is off airain to
property
3'
interest
attend to some
Enfield, N. C.
Misses Mollie and Magg Woods,
of Knap of Reeds, are the guests ot
Mrs. Dr. P. Booth. 7' '
Misses Mary Belle and Nannie
Gregory are spending a few days with
friends in Henderson. :
Miss Mary Hamlin, of Virginia,
who was the guest of Miss Annie Lan-
dis, left this morning to return home.
Mr. John L. Kenned y,v book-keep
er of the Hicks; Tnbaccd. JCompany,
came back yesterday afcernoou from a
visit to Kicnmona, va. -
Mr. Chas. J. McHenry' represent-
ing tne extensim nmsip house ot
Messrs. M B. Ramos & Co, , Rich
mond, Va., is in the city.
Messrs. R. R Bridgers, Henry Lipps
and J. H. Walsh, officials of North
Carolina Division of the R. & D. R.
R., were in Oxford yesterday.
Mr. W. H. Norwood, 'formerly of
Durham, has come to Oxford to reside
and will encage in cicrar ..manufactur
itig with his brother, Mr. T. M. Nor
wood.
Festival L.at Mght
It was an ice cream festival last
night, the ilimination of thesrrawber
rv itature oeinc: due to the non-arri
val of the spring-tide, fruit. The ber
ries were ordered from Richmond, but
The cream, with
i. . u u , j i:
idKc aiiiL.iiuieiiis, iiowcvci, vcu ucii
cious and heartily enjoyed;
The Opera House presented an ani-
THE LATEST NEWS.
CAREFULLY SIFTED FOR
BUSY READER.
THE
ANI) CONFECTIONER.
Iain St., - - Oxford. N. C.
housekeepers arc Bothered Just
Xow AHout Finding Some
thin to Eat.
Fern Hann. Prelcf.i5t
Strip. rWrrf Tongu- anl
Dried Ucef.
New O- leans Molascs vcr
finest xls
VXZ. lotatX5.
Rice, Oatmeal. Hominy.
Can net I Fruits .in I Vegeta
ble. Tick Irs, Sauces. &c.
to auoiher
' . a no v
Mt ?N
Kail road Commission Demanded.
It has transpired, through a telegram maled scene' and the affair was 3 suc
from Raleigh to the Atlanta Constitu- cess Some Sd singing and piano
tion that the following resolution was P,a'inS contributed much pleasure to
1.1 Ill
oassed bv the Farmers' Alliance of the ine evening. ADout iorty dollars were
various counties ol Worth Carolina Jast ,ca,,"Vi wu,,u u njric-
I ? a i i i mi"- r i
Saturday rian nurcn uunaing iuna.
j .
Wnereas.lt IS me Opinion Ot tne Reunion orOld Soldiers, Atlanta, Gn.
Alliance that the agricultural interot of The R. & D. R. R. will sell
fsorth Laroltna would be advanced by parties attending the Reunion of
the creation of a railroad commission Old Soldiers. Atlanta. Ga., round-trin
... I ' ' s.
for this btate, and also the lasge tickets to that point for this occasion
of the Mib-treasury bill pending in at the rate of one fare for the round
in Congress. Therefore, be it trip. Tickets on sale from all first
Rt solved, That we hereby pledge and second grade - ticket-offices in
ourselves not to give our support to North Carolina. April 24 to" 2 inclu-
any candidate tor tne legislature wno Sive, good returning until and includ
is not Known to be in lavor 01 a rati- mg April 28,1890. Round-trip fare
road commission lor ixorth Carolina, from Goldsboro, 514 qo; Raleigh.
nor any candidates K.r Congress who $14.50; Durham, $14 05; Oxford,
will not pledge himself to exert his $15.00; Henderson, '$15.50; High
best ettorts to secure the early enact- Point, $10.05; Salisbury, $10.40.
ment of the bill before Congress Concord, $8.60; Greensboro, $12.20.
known as the"sub-treasury bill.
Just One More.
"How did you like that suit of clothes
cleaned for you?" "They are the nicest that
ever had benzine; how much did you say
Items of Interest About North Carolina
Scissored and Condensed From Our
Exchange,
Louisburg will build a new tobacco
sales warehouse 85x210 feet.
E. E. Gambrell, superintendent of
the mills at Leaksville, has been elect
ed superintendent of the Raleigh Cot
ton Mills.
The New Hanover county commis
sioners have passed an order to erect a
brick poorhouss and outbuildings at a
cost ot about $1 7,500.
Attorney General Miller yesterday
aDoQinted. lhos Jr. Devereux as dis-
trict attorney from the eastern district
of North Carolina.
The Burlington Light Infantry
Capt. E. C. Holt,has been admitted to
the Siae Guard and assigned to the 3rd
ivegiment and lettered as Company G.
A grand concert will be given tonight
by the "Kings Daughters" of Raleigh
and Durham at the Metropolitan Op
era House, Raleigh. Excursion rates
on the railroads.
A party from Zanesville, Ohio, says
the Durham J?ecorier, wants to start
a $100,000 engine and boiler works in
Durham. The matter has been re
ferred to the proper authorities.
Rev. J. L. White, of Durham, N.
0. who has won a wide and favorable
reputation as an efficient and success
ful minister of the Gospel of Christ, is
aiding the pastor. in a series of meet
ings in the Baptist church here. Nor
folk Public Lecher.
The Charlotte News says: A few
days ago 1'rof. Furman arrived at the
Central with a specimen of tin ore
which he had found on one of his new
purchases at King's Mountain. The
specimen showed sixty percent, of tin,
and is more than double the value of
the ore from rhe Black Hills mines
It is exceedingly rich ore.
RICHMOND TOBACCO MARKET.
Daily- Sales Small Meeting of Tobacco
AssociationPersonal
. Richmond, Va., April 9. The dai
ly sales at auction are small. West
Virginia birights have ceased to come
in. Only remnants of planters' stock
remain. Old mahogonies have dwind
led down to the filling kind of wrap
pers, and yet these small sized dark
ones find ready daily sale, while fillers
are'picked up by home manufacturers
when at all reasonable and sound.
Several small cutter sales are reported.
Dark tobacco quiet. Receipts mod
erate. Manufacturers are generally busy.
Some have large orders ahead.
At the meeting of the board of di
rectors today, a meeting of theTobac-
co Association was called tor next
Tuesday, when there will be a full ven
tilation of the letter that Dr. R. A.
Patterson gave Mr. B. T. McCue. Our
people are aware that the merely
political feature is reason for the seri
ous objection to theendorsation of Mr
McCue, independent of its being a
matter of supererogation. The Tobac-
V 1 m
co exchange never as a body inter
feres with politics.
Mr. John M. Taylor was out and on
'Change Tuesday, before the heavy
storm came up. Mr. C. C. Dula. of
Dan ville, was a new wrapper buyer on
the market yesterday. a. e. d.
THE TRAINS.
IN A GENERAL WAY.
Important Happenings in Other States
and Countries.
' i 1 attention called
tciitiicK i;UTn: t.
W. Jones 5c Co.,
I-
VAIX OF TOWN LOT.
I tVf4o!t hiTintbern m.vlcin the payment
f a crruin bond ciecutcd to me by Or. S.
f":h.n iht; ih !c$tembcr, iS$7, and
i tiri ,y mortgage on real estate, I shall
- Monday, the uth day of Mav. 1890. at
t r Hmhouedjnr in Oxford, sell at public
icn. n rrcah.thc land or lot descritxd in
?'rrv!,Ra ch is recorded in Register
I Ws- otike, book is. 407.
L Howard Dorsbv, I
ni ti t . I
Seasonable Information.
a
An important preliminary to growing
beaut ful flowers and fine vegetables is the
selection of good, fresh and reliable seed.
You can get the best the United States af
fords at J. G. Hall's. See his new advertise
ment in Tiu: Dav, and call around to make
your purchases of him.
ammonia: '
If you want your last summer's suit to look
like a newo' eget some ammonia or benzine
from Furman & hays and have them
cleaned.
Oxford Bottling Work.
New enterprise open lor business in a
Fully equipped for bottling lager
.77 7j).cn 7h9.Q Vartatfr,- few davs
r ber and mineral water- Everything com
hla NOlCinClinC. lUieX-W and of the best. G.T. Roach, pro-
CellCCl CtS Cl ZOIltC, aier moud, Va., where he is succeeded by C. W.
ventilator and blood Burr J-
Part
purifier.
T7V c7) 7 Parties wishing to purcnase iron sates
JlOr SaiC C2 win gave money by calling n J- F. Ed"
,T -j rrrjt "VVi wards. He is agent for Macneal & Ur
all druggists. Ine Jo- band s Iron SafCs.
Tkrami'na T3--i Urn flna liti a f rrcno
landine Co., Bich-
Hon S. J. Randall is rapidly sink
ing and his life i& despaired of.
Kansas City is the latest to throw
off the Republican yoke. It electecT
this week a Democratic mayor for th
first time in four years.
The United States Rolling Stock
Car Works, the largest in the South
at Decatur, Ala., were destroyed by
fire last night. Loss, over $200,000.
The Texas Standard Cotton Seed
Oil Mill and Refinery, near Galveston
was burned last nieht. entailing: a loss
of about $200,000, which is mostly
cwvered by insurance.
Arkansas Citv, Ark., is the centre
of the worst flood of the Mississippi riv
er between Memphis and Vicksburg
I he town is completely under water
and about half ot the Donulation has
deserted it.
Death has claimed eight members
ot the Fifty-first Congress four Dem
ocrats and four Republicans Cex;
Burns, Townshend and Gay on one
side, and Kelley, Laird; Nutting and
Wilbur on the other.
A telegram from Roanoke, Va.,
dated the 9th, says 1 1 he greatest
tornado tor many years passed over
this city this evening. The cast
house at the Cozier iron furnance was
blown down, and three men killed and
one mortally injured. Loss to the
furnace company, 5,000. - Nearly
one hundred dwellings in the course of
erection were completely demolished.
The Salem furnace was blown down,
and a heavy loss is reported, and
buildings in that vicinity were reduced
to ruins. The loss 111 the city and
neighborhood is $100,000.
OXFORD & CLARKSVILLE R. R.
Northbound trains arrive-10:46 a.
, and 8:oq p. m. .
Southbound trainsarrive 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.
Hart & Lawrence have a few French and
American Sateens, brought over from last
season, wh'ch they will sell at cost.
Dunlap'g and Knox & Yonman's styles
Various Things. '
The American Museum of Natural His
tory in Central Park haa been offered an
egg valued at $300. It is a little over a
foot in length, its holding capacity be
ing two gallons, and, in round numbers.
it equals 150 hen's eggs. It is from Mada
gascar, and is a relic of an extinct mon
ster bird.
Rev. John Jasper, of Richmond, Va.
the colored clergyman who won fame by
his sermon, MDe Sun Do Move," has just
preached the sermon for the one-hundred
and seventy -fifth time.
Baron Rothschild, the Paris banker,
lives in constant fear of the communists,
and his valuables are secured behind al
most impregnable walls,
A Nebraska farmer says that when
his hogs lose their apietite he takes them
out riding in a lumber wagen and jolt
them over the roughest places he can
find.
There has long been a tradition in Japaa
that once a treasure of gold bars, worth
now $800,000,000, was buried far beneath
the earth somewhere in the inclosure of
the castle of Yuki Harutomo. Last May
excavations were begun, and the work
men have come to pieces of boxes covered
with plate-iron. '
Beer bottled in 1793 by an English firm
was recently opened in a London res
taurant, and was pronounced sound and
hearty
The buiu0 fnansoleum, at Dumfries,
has been leased to a gravedigger, who
sells in it curiosities and relics of the
dead poet.
Johnston9 s Vegeta
ble Nolandine, unex
celled as a tonic 9 liver,
regulator and blood
purifier. For sale by
all druggists. The JSo-
landine Co., Rich
mond, Va.
mond9 Va.
I Press Shirts.
in Hats "are shown at Fans Bros.