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rOLUME II. NUMBER 103
OXFORD, N. C, TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1890.'
Single Copies : 5 Cts
PINEAPPLE SHERBERT.
)elightful. Delicious.
Refreshing.
"ade of the Natural Fruit. On
ly 5 cents a glass, at
f; W. JA6KS0R- & .to,'
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Tie Uaien tf tk 8amw Driik Buflaea.
Tie leaden of tke Culj.Bisiiea. - -
Ike Leaicn of lie Frtit Bwinesg,
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We will receive by to-day's
reicht 25 cases of the celebrated
Jilward-Cliff Crackers : Lunch
Milk, Cream Spray, Mushroom,
CXX Soda, Animal, Ginger
naps, etc.
Drinks That Cool
-BUT-
Do Not Intoxicate.
Soda Water. Limeades, Lemonades. Milk
Shakes, Moxie, Sherberts, Ice.. Cream
Soda, Acid Phosphate, Ac. the
best of all the popular summer
cooling beverages from the
Soda Water Fountain of
Everything neat and tree and invftitig,
every glass rinsed in clean water, and
comfortable seats to rest while
drinking. We use only
The Best Robk Sandy Syrups
FLAVORED WITH
PURE FRUIT JUICES,
he most palatable to be had and positively
umnjurious. No artificial extracts ia
our drinks. Syrups made fresh
every day. We recommend
Horsford's Acid Phosphate,
Hie finest nerve tonic and general invigoi
ator ever dispensed from any fountain.
The doctors endorse it. - If you feel
tired or exhausted, from worry
or the heat, it puts new life
in you.
WE INVITE YOU
MOST CORDIALLY
To Pay Us a -Call,
And feel assured you. will find everything
to please you ana merit your patron
age. Being centrally located, next
to the post office, our fountain .
is the most conveniently
reached for the general
public of any in
the city.
S. S. HAITHCOCK & CO.
Housekeepers are Bothered Just
Now About Finding Some
thing to Eat.
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Ferris' Hams, Breakfast
Strips, Beef Tongue and
Dried Beef.
New Orleans Molases very
finest uoods.
Eggs, Potatoes.
Rice, Oatmeal, Hominy.
Canned Fruits and Vegeta
bles, Pickles, Sauces, &c.
I SJ-Special attention called to another
lot of CHOICE BUTTER. ...
R. W. Jones & Co.,
lyJORTGAGE SALE.
Wm. R. Beasley and wife having failed
pay off the bonds secured by the deed in
rust from them ,to the undersigned which
i registered in book 32, at pages 19, 20, etc.,
e will sell the house and lot described
herein on Monday, 11th August, 1890, at
ourthouse door in Oxford, for cash. Said
at lies in Oxford, Granville county, North
Carolina, on the wesside of Main street,
adjoins K. F. Knott, W. O. Baskervill and
thers and is the home in which Mr. W. R.
Jeasley and family reside. For an accurate
description of which by metes and bounds
reference is made to said deed in trust.
a AUGUSTUS VV. GRAHAM,
JulyS, 1890. Trustee.
NOTES OF THE DAY.
THE LOCAL HAPPENINGS SERVED
IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS.
The Minor Events About the City
' Gathered by the Alert Reporter atf
The Dy.v -4
Regular meeting of Oxford . Lodge J
103, I. O. O. F., Tonight. .
The Raleigh papers say there was a
slight frost in northerh Granville last
Friday morning. ; ; I
- The cigarette case is on the docket
for trial at the term of Granville Supe
rior Court beginning next Monday.
Our young men who are learning to
ride the skittish bicycle are not made
of class, but they are tumblers all the
same. v ;
Mr. Hardincr will breach at the
Opera House tonight. His subjec
will be: "The Conversion of the
Jailor.'1 . -
'the country north of Oxford, with
in a few miles of the city, was visited
by heavy rains Sunday and yesterday
afternoon.
Dr. B. F. Dixon's lecture at the
Opera House next week is looked for
ward to with a great deal of pleasure
by our pec pie
The Oxford Land, Improvement
and Manufacturing Co. expects to be
able to announce in a. few days the
completion of arrangements for the lo
cation of another important factory on
their property. .
The ladies of the Episcopal church
will give an ice cream festival this after
noon from five to eight o'clock, in the
White building on Main street. Ice
cream at onlv ten cents a saucer, the
nreeeeds to 20 towards the church
building fund. Treat your best gir
and yourself, and help in a good
cause. -
" The purpose of the Richmond &
Danville Railroad is to extend the
Parker side-track to the property of
Oxford La.id, Improvement and Man
ufactunng Company. 1 he city com
missioners yesterday granted the rail
road permission to run on Orange
street. A survey of the route has been
made and sent to headquarters. The
extension will very probably be built
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in the course of the next few weeks.
PURELY PERSONAL.
The Doings and Whereabouts of Somr
.People You Know.
J. M. Gregory is visiting Richmond.
Walter Stradley went to Raleigh
yesterday afternoon. - "
Wash Wilkinson is spending a few
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days in the country.!
Miss Cora Satterwhite returned this
morning from a visit to Durham.
Mrs. Lizzie Jones and Miss Grace
Mangum are the guests of Miss Minnie
King. r
K. w. Winston ana little son were
at Chapel Hill and Durham on a visit,
and returned home last night.
Our young townsman, F A. Cheek,
has been appointed sergeant major, of
the Third Regiment, State Guard..
Charlie Best went to Clarksville, Va.,
last night, to take the place of the tele
graph operator there for two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Paxson, former
ly of Buffalo Springs, Va., reached
Oxford vesterdav afternoon, and will
make this place; their future home.
The Day tenders them a warm wel
come. . Mrs. Paris and daughter, Miss Addie,
mother and sister. ol J. - J. and J. Y.
Paris: Miss Blanche Murchison, niece
of the Messrs. Paris, and Miss Nemmie,
little daughter of J. Y. Pans arrived
in Oxford yesterday evening, and are
staying at J. J. Paris'. The visitors
are all from La Grange, N. C.
, i
r To Manufacturers.
Parties wishing to locate Factories on the
lands of the Oxford Land, Improvement and
Manufacturing Company can learn some
thing to their advantage by communicating
with H.C. Herndon,
President Bank' of Oxford.
. . . 00m .
Nice lot fishing tackle at J. F. Edwaids
COUNTY; COMMISSIONERS.
Addltfohal Proceeding f Testerday'a
Special Meeting. I ' '
lb addition to the proceedings pub
lished in The " Pay yesterday,' the
county commissioners , in special ses
sion transacted the following business;
Licenses to retail spiritous liquor in
Oxford were granted Hartrnan Hoff
and M. r . 100 Ram. . , -i
Applications- for soldiers pension
made by Jno. Forsyth, Barbara Cash,;
B.C. Peace, Martha Fufter, Mary
Nevils, Thos; Knott, Jas. Nferritt and
Eliza Cash were-approved. '?
' Bell Newtqp was allowed to go to
the poorhouse. . ' r
T. D. Waller and W. fT. Lyon,
committee to settle with coiinty Treas
urer, reported balance in hand of
Treasurer July 9, 3,771.25;
Sheriff Rogers , reported collections
for the month of June. tjBoo taxes
$393-32- 1889 taxes, 3465 2.'
Accounts to the amount jof $66.76
were allowed.' y-
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Granville Grays.;
At a meeting of th? Granville Grays
ilast nieht Sergt. W. D.. Lynch was
elected Junior Second iitenan
vice W. Landis ' resiifned.v The
cominer btate encampment' was
discussed, and the company wil
attend witn lull ranks., ciwo new
members were added to theroU, Frari
Landis and Edward Whitemaking the
company's strength fifty- rank and
file. ' :-y.
r The :rfoH6wi.intfriett were
rnade today by .Ct'.lBobbitt :
W. M. J Gulick, Orderly Sergeant;
F. P. Hobgood, 2nd Sergtant; C D.
Ray, 3rd Sergeant; S. P. Bullock, 4th
Sergeant; T. B. Pendleton, 5th Ser
geant; E..O. Bransford, 1st Corporal;
W. C. Biggs, 2nd Corporal; H.? M.
Fleming, 3rd Corporal; iR.' L.; Hunt,
4th Corporal.
The New President at Work.
The Greensboro Patriot &f yetefday
says: . 'Rev. Dr. B. F. Dix;6n;1the
new president of the -Female College,
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is here and hard at work attending to
the business of his new position. Dr.
Dixon is a man of extraordinary exe
cutive aoility. as well as conspicuous
educational attainments, and under his
management we predict for the College
the most prosperous and successful
period, in its history. Dr. Dixon will
move nis tamuy nere next montn in
time for the opening of the jiext term
of the College."
' . A Free Trip To Europe.
' The Publishers of the the Canadian Queen
will give a iree trip to fc.urope.to the person
sending them the largest number of words
constructed from letters contained in. the
name of their well known magazine, " The
Canadian Queen." Additional Prizes con
sisting of Silver Tea Sets, Gold Watches,
China Dinner Sets," Portier , Curtains, Silk
Dresses, Mantle Clocks, and many other
useful and valuable articles will also be
awai ded in order of merit. ' !
Webster 's Unabridged Dictonary to be
used as authority m deciding the contest.
This is a popular plan o. introducing a
popular publication. fc,very one sending a
list of not less than ten words will receive a
present, j Enclose : thirteen 2c. stamps for
Illustrated Catalogue of presents and .three
month's trial subscription to Fhe Queen.
Address The Canadian . Queen, Toron
to, Ont.
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Ladies Phaetons, Surries and Tump seats.
Carload of wagons, one and two horse. heavy
and light. Prices to suit the closest buyers.
Come in and see them.
: Owen, Barbour. & .Smith.
Large stock of Iron Age Cultivators and
Double Shovel Plows'for sale by J. F. Ed
wards. "
Hotel. Granville for sale or rent. Pos
session given at once. Apply, to K. V.
Minor.
Large stock Paints and Oils at J. F. Ed-
wards'. . .
THE CITY FATHERS.
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REGULAR JULY . MEETING HELD
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
Full ProceecltngsThe II. & D. R. II.
Allowed to Run Track on Orange St.
-Account Allowed.
At the regular monthly meeting of
the city commissioners of Oxford, held
in the Mayor's office yesterday after
noon, all the members were present,
y'u: L. G. Smith, Mayor; J. F. Ed
wards, A. W. Graham, John Webb
and L. R. Hunt.
i Tt was ordered that Feild & Royster,
insurance agents, be instructed to issue
insurance policies to the amount of
$3; 100 on the Opera House, piano
and furniture, and that J. R. Roller
& Son, who have already $2,500 on
the same, write an additional $600
The following accounts were allow
ed :
N. M. Rittenhouse, for terra cotta
pipe, $23.03.
Sandy Parham, for blacksmithing
S3.95. '
J. F. Edwards, hardware, $18.57.
The Day, advertising, $6.50.
Sneed & Anderson board of prison
ers, $4.03.
Emma Harris, board of prisoners
$14.46.
tlarris Uros., board ol prisoners
J. A. Renn, freight paid on. pipe,
$8.96.
J, Af Renn, salary as chief of police
for June, $46; salary as keener of mar
ket for June, $5;- for boarding . mule,
$9.50.; , I
L. G. Smith, salary as Mayor for
May -and June, $50. . "
: I. H. Steagall, salary as policeman
for June and half of July, $52 50.
Ordered that the treasurer pay the
Granville GJrays Si 00 for support of
company.
Ordered that the use of the Opera
House be extended free to the .Oxford
Circuit, M. E. Church, South, for Dr.
B. F. Dixon to lecture July 22.
Ordered that the roof of the Opera
House be repainted; and the contract
be given to H. H. Eatman at fifty
cents a square. -
The right of way was granted the
Richmond !& Danville Railroad to run
a track on Orange street.
' The new streets through the Kings
bury property were condemned in due
form, and the report of the commis
sioners ordered to .be recorded.
- The report of committee on small
strip of disputed land on Broad, street
was accepted. V L. Thomas and Sim
Cozart are each required to pay $25,
and balance of strip was assessed in
same ratio.
THE, TRAINS.
OXFORD & CLARKSVILLE R. R.
Northbound trains arrive 10:46 A
M., and 8:05 p. m.
Southbound trains arrive 1:50, p. m..
and 4 P. M. r
OXFORD & HENDERSON R. R
Trains arrive 10:00, a. m., and 3:15,
p. Mi, and 7:40. p. m.
Trains depart 5:45, a. m., 11:00, A.
m., and 4:35, p. m. ' J
: Bring you orders for tobacco flues to J.
F. Edwards.
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Large stock Wagon and Buggy material
for sale at J. F. Edwards'.
Big stork of Carts, 10 different styles
Stude baker & Frasie's warranted one vear
Owfn, Barbour & Smith.
Rubber Belting and Packing at J. F. Ed
wards': ; - .
Wm.. ? Deering's Mowers, and Reapers
Binders for sale by J. F. Edwards. '
TERRIBLE CYCLONE.
Numbers of People Kllled--Excurion
Doat Capslxed. -
St. Paul, Minn., July 14. Re
ports from Little Canada, a village of
three . hundred people, seven miles
from here, indicate- that a cyclone
struck that place with; full force.
Twelve houses were blown dowhy three
people killed,! and eight or ten in
jured.' .'. - : ' - : , ; t : .
Near Lake Gervaine, a widow named
Mullaneyand her four children, the
eldest a boy of eleven years, ran to
the shores of the lake when they saw
the storm cloud approaching. The
swift rolling cloud picked up the little
family and in its embrace they were
carried out into the lake and drowned.
Between 4 :45 and 5 o'clock the boat
man at Lake Kolhmans met sixteen
row boats, each of which carried from
two to five persons, and only four of
the sixteen have returned.
In - a few "moments the news was
abroad : that an excursion boat with
over two hundred people on it was
capsized in the middle of Lake Pepin.
liic uvixi watt uic bictiuici oca vv nig,
which came down the lake from Dia
monds Bluff, a small place seventeen
miles north of Lake City. ' The work of
pulling in the, wreck of the boat was
commenced as soon as it was light
enough to see this morning.
An array of men were employed,
and with the aid of axes and picks, a
large portion of the cabin top was
knocked away at an early hour. At
11 o'clock $ix bodies were taken
from the cabin, and there are still
more deeper down under the water.
The lake is filled with debris from
the wreck- chairs, boards and life pre
servers strewn on the beacli for a mile
up the lake shore. Hundreds of. citi
zens of Lake, pity .flocked to the shore,
among them a many friends and , rela
tives of the missing ones whose bodies
are still beneath the water. The gen
eral opinion j Is that the estimate of
the loss of 125 lives will be verified.
St. Paul, Minn., July : 14. The
entire village; of Vadnais, six miles
north of herej was wrecked by last
evening's cyclone. Not a building
was left standing in sound' condition,
most of them being blownV to. pieces.
Eleven , people were instantly , killed.
FRESH FROM, THE PRESS.
State and General litems of Interest
from; Today's Papers.
Anson county endorses Vance.. .
Tne running, of the first electric J
street car in Winston yesterday created ;
great eninusiasm. , .
Craven county Democrats, in con
vention, passed a resolution against
Democrats standing surety on Repub-;
Iican bonds.
j A movement is on foot at Winston
to remove large lithographic works
from New York city to that . place.
The company will go into an exten
sive busines throughout' the whole ot
the South. I ;
A special !-to the News Observer
from Weldon says: : The Halifax coun
ty Democratic Convention composed .
of ninety-nine delegates, seventy-seven
of whom were members of the Alii-,
ance, passed two sets of resolutions
today endorsing Senator Vance and
his course.
New York, with all its immigration,
has increased only thirty-three per
cent, in the past ten years, says the At
lanta Constitution. Little or no im
migration comes South, and yet the
cities of this section are growing rapid
ly. Ihe average increase of twelve
Southern cities in the past ten years is
182 per cent. There is nothing in the
North like it. In another generation 1
the complaint will be;4 that the South Vs i
too densely populated. . , j
Harvesters. Mowers and Ha v Rakes the
best made sold by
; Owen, Barbour & Smith.
Buy the Excelsior Cook Stove. The best
in use, at JF; Edwards'.
Brewster, Soule, Kine, Rice Coil, Spiral,
Thomas Coil and BougMon spring buggies,
prices from 35 lo$ 135 each, at
. Owen-, Barbour & Smith.