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HE DAY THE DAY HAS THK- GIVKS ; Lar est City Circulation All the News of the dav and is furnished at lOcts. per week. f of nr,' paper published in (Oxford. ! ' Volume II. Number 154- OXFORD, N. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1890. Single Copies : 3C ' MM J STILL LEADING ! STILL LEADING ! STILL LEADING! BEST ICE COLD DRINKS ! BEST ICE COLD DRINKS ! BEST ICE COLD DRINKS ! . AT ' ' AT ' . AT T W. TACKSON & CO.'S. T. V. JACKSON & CO.'S. T. Y. JACKSON & CO.'S. Bananas, ; j Oranges, Lemons, Grapes, Apples and Watermelons. Cr Cream Cheese. A nice lot of full Cream Cheese received to dav. " Chamber Chamber Suits. Chamber Suits. Sideboards Sideboards Sideboards Sideboards XYMENTURY Chamber Suits. ANTIQUE OAK. The Newest, Handsom est Furniture on the Market. CHAMEER SUITS IN WALNUT AND NATURAL CHERRY. NOTES OF THE DAY . THE LOCAL HAPPENINGS SERVED IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS, Desks. Desks. Desks. Desks. Sewing Machines. Sewing "Machines. Sewing Machines. Sideboards V a 1 nut, An tique Oak, XVI Century. Rolled, Cyclinder and Flat Top Desks. Rotary Shuttle Standard Sewing Machines. J. A. WEBB, THE Furniture Dealer. School, Supplies. , XU Paper, Pencils, Tab-t-lets, Pens, Ink, Copy I3Books, Slates, Com ?"p6sition Books, all -"kinds of Text Books, rBlank Books, Draw 3ing Paper, Erasers, riGolored Pencils, LRullers, Blotters. Oxford Book Store ! -?Cornmcrcial Avenue. LEX. J. FEILD, I A TTOT?NKV A T-T. A V. Office on Commercial Avenue at the head pf College street. - - Will give pronipt-and careful attention to ill business entrusted to lum. pR. J. E. WYCHE, Dxicud, - North Carolina. Pure Nitres Oxide Gas administered for he p ,:: , , extraction of teeth. ? fO;..:; in Herrou Bank Building. dain Stri. i : ; j. DEi rr.VL. SURGEON OXFORD, N. C. as rcctj; i ad his office refurnished and tade art , : :ents for a new gas apparatus r-extracti. teeth without pain. Office Aril.. . . 's drug s.i re. The Minor Events About the City as Gathered by the Alert Reporters of The Day. The registration books are open at Furman & Hays' drugstore. Some important real estate transac tions will be announced in a few days. If rumors are to be trusted there will be several marriages in Oxford in the near future. Strause & Raab shipped seven car loads of hogshead tobacco to Rich mond yesterday. The Day will publish tomorrow a fine essay on "Romeo," written by a young lady of Oxford. Mayor Smith tried several small cases yesterday and helped the town treasury a few dollars worth. W. Z. Mitchell will build a hand some dwelling on Broad street. The contract has been let to a Henderson firm. L. M. King, who was section masl on the Oxford & Henderson Railroad for some years, this morning resigned his position W. W. Jones, proprietor of the Ox ford Book Store, is putting sixty hand some ''Victor" desks in one of the Orphan Asylum school rooms. W. S. Hundley is removing his hogshead shop nearer to his foundry. He has recently completed a very pret ty ccttage on McClannahan street. The Oxford Land, Improvement and Manulacturing Company expects in the next day or two to close contracts for several valuable enterprises to be locat ed on their property. . The singing chapter from the Ox ford Orphan Asylum, which gave con certs at various places in the State, un derhhe charge of Miss Mary Walker, returned to the city on the freight from Durham last night. , Capt. Jno. A. Williams has just sold to a very large capitalist some real es state in our city. This is a good omen of Oxford s future prospects. Capt. Williams sold a vacant lot near the corporate limits to J. M. Sikes. John W. Hays has an interesting account of "Hunting Antelopes East ol the Rockies" in Outing magazine for September. Our young townsman is winning lame as a magazine Writer, and certainly posesses literary talent of a high order. J. F. Woody, deputy revenue col lector for this district, was here yester day, and offered at public auction about thirty barrels whisuey which he seized from neighboring distillerie's a few weeks ago. The prices bid were extremely low and they were taken in. The canvassers for the Land, Im provementand Manufacturing Compa ny are making large sales. The near er the day announced for closing, the bcoks approaches the more rapid stock is being sold. Virginia is investing now very liberally in this great enter prise. The first number of the Oxford Times, a weekly newspaper edited by two young colored men of the city, E W. Cannady and J. H. Parham, made its appearance to day. It declares against the rule of the white bosses and demands a share of public offices for the negroes. It is a neat sheet, spicy and a credit to the edito'rs. PURELY PERSONAL. The Doings and Whereabouts of Some People You Know. Mrs. J A. White is visiting friends in Durham. Miss Eva Minor ownes a tricyle, the first in town. Mrs. WA S. Overbey, went to Hen derson this morning. Maj. C. H. Scott returned to Ox ford yesterday afternoon-. in. r. strause, ot iiencierson. is spending the day in Oxford. Miss Nannie Philpot left this morn ing on the northbound rain. Walter P. Stradley will soon go to Raleigh to read law under Judge Strong. A. W. Graham is off for a trip to Birmingham, Ala., to look after his mining interest at that place! Mrs. L. F. Pierce and child, who were here for several weeks on a visit, left this morning for ;their home at Windsor, N. C. ' Mrs. J. S. Hall, came back to the city yesterday afternoon after an ab sence of several weeks spent with rela tives at Norfolk, Va. - . The gallant standafd-bearer of the Democracy of the Fiftlt Congressional District, Capt. A. Hi A. Williams, returned to the city yesterday afternoon. A GRAND RALLY T OF THE YOUNG DEMOCRACY AT RALEIGH, SEPTEMBER 24. Oxford Female Seminary." The first session of this sterling school under new management opened this morning with eighty or more pu pils. This is a splendid start, and it is very likely that the roll will show a hundred and fifty names in less than a week from now. The Seminary has brays enjoyed a liberal patronage, and it promises to be more prosperous than ever with such an able and experienced educa tor and progressive business man as Prof. N. Penick in charge. The trains yesterday and this morn ing brought many young ladies for this school. Democratic Meeting. There will be a meeting at the court house in Oxford, Monday even ing, Sept. 15, rt 7:30 o'clock, for the purj o.e ot reorganizing the Young Men's Democratic Club. At trus meeting there will be an election of delegates to the meeting of the State Convention of Democratic Clubs to be held in Raleigh the 24th Sept A. Ar Hicks, Chr'm Township Ex. Com. f ... . Sept. 10, 1SS9. Rev. E. Li. Pell. The Rev. E. L. Pell, who has been preaching at the Methodist Church for more than ten days, is a preacher of unusual excellence, giving expression to thought in an original way, and is a man of intense earnestness. The Bible readings he is giving during this week at the afternoon services are unusually interesting. Those who are attending them are deriving great benefit from them. The meetings1 are accomplish ing great good, especially among the membership of the church. Do not fail to hear this learned and devout gentlemen during the remainder of his stay in Oxford. Mr. Pell, we under stand, will remain all this week. Notice. Having employed Robert Watkins, color ed, for one year, and his time not being out untiljanuary 1st, 1891, and the said Wat- kins having left me without just cause, 1 hereby forewarn all persons from employing him under penalty ot the law. J. F. White, Oxford, N. C. . . . : Bring your orders for . tobacco flues to J. F. Edwards- School books, school supplies, tablets, blank books at the Oxford Book Store. Parties wishing to purchase Iron Safes will save money by calling on J. F. Ed wards. He is agent for Macneal & Ur band's Iron Sales. Ex -President Grover Cleveland and Senators Carlisle, Breckenrldge, Rau- Mom and Vance will be Present. Chairman Smith writes us that on Wednesday, 24th Sept., 1890, in Ral eigh, a grand Democratic Rally will be held. Everv Congressman in this State is expected, and Senator Vance has not only consented to speak but to fetch along some big guns to assist him. Among others who are invited are President Cleveland and Senators ! Breckenridge and Carlisle. The affair will tetunder the auspices of the Young Men's and Col. Jule Carr, monies, is now In Democratic Clubs the master of cere Pslew York on a fare on record, i( special trip to visit President Cleve land. Cheapest railroad cents a mile, and reduced rates at the Yarboro. A glorious time is expected, and we predict that Oxford and Gran -i . till' t vine county win oe on nana tu you can't rest. Read Chairman Hicks' call for a meeting of the Young Men's Demo cratic Club on Monday night, 15 Sept., 1890, at the courthouse. OXFORD LITERARY SOCIETY. Programs for the Next Three Meetings of the Society. ! rThe following, furnished by the Sec retary B. K. Hays, i ?re the programs for the. next three meetings of the Ox ford Literary Society: September 19. Meeting place, Capt. residence. Pla 7 A. Land is' "Cvmbeline.1' Essay, ''Imogen," Dr G. A. Wauchope. Essay, "Posthu mus," Miss Hughes. Readers, Miss D. Horner, Miss L. Hobgood, W. T. Lyon, F. P. Hobgood, Jr. Music instrumental, Miss i Landis and Miss Wyche ; vocal, MrsJ J. A. White. October 3. Meeting place, F. P. Hobgood's residence. Play, "Timon of Athens." Essay Grandy. Epitome , "Timon," A. S. of play, Miss N. Horner. Readers, Miss Annie Powell, Mrs. H. O. Furman, C. J. Gregory, Dr. J. E. Wye he. Music- instrumen tal, Miss D. Horner, Miss L. Hob goodp vocal, Mrs. J. A. White. October i 7. Meeting place, Capt. J. A. White's residence. Play, ."King Lear." Essay, "Lear," B. S. Roy ster. Essay, ."Cordelia," . A. A. Hicks. Epitome of the play, Mrs. H. G. Cooper. Readers, 'Miss Rountree, Miss Wyche, A. J. Feild, Dr Grandy. Music instrumental, Mrs. H. O. Fur man ; vocal, Miss Powell, duet by Dr. J. E. Wyche and F. P. Hobgood, Jr. Large stock f Lanterns, Tobacco Knives nd Thermomters for sale at T.F. Edwards ! To Ice Unyers. I No ice sold after the electric lights are ) lit for less than 2lA cents a pound. J. G. Hall. Be suie to call and see the Mantel Bed stead at J. A. VVkbb's, The Furniture Dealer. Big stock of Carts, 10 different styles Stude baker & Frasie's warranted one year Owfn, Barbouk. & Smith. Mercantile and Manufacturers' Display of the State Fair. Everybody wishes to see a handsome display of dry goods, hardware, sad dlers goods, boots and shoes, machin ery, agricultural I implements, etc., but more' hundreds will go the whole length of the State to see a dis play of goods in their special line of business. It is important that the bus iness men of the State imake up their minds as to- what these displays will be, and give notice to the managers of the State Fair, October 13th to 18th, of the space wanted. If not they may be left out. Raleigh, business menare rapidly giving notice and taking up space. More space will be given to exhibitors than ever before, but it will all be needed at the present rate of applications for space to exhibit. FRESH FROM THE PRESS. State nncl General Item of Interent from Today' Papers. At Hamersyille, Ohio, yesterday, during the trial of a will case John Hi ler, in open court, shot Constable Al len dead, and shot! Geo. Barngrovcr fatally. Hiler escaped. The old elevator of the Ogdensb'irg and Lake Chaplain Railroad company at Ogden, N. Y :!, was burned yester day morning with 500,000 bushels of corn and oats. It was well insured. The executive; board of Knights of Labor has secured writs of habeas cor pus, demanding the production in open court of Reed, Kiernan and Cor dial, the three Knights charged with wrecking the train on the ;New York Central road last Friday night. A Winston special to Raleigh Chron icle of today saysV Five hundred peo ple witnessed the most exciting game of ball today ever played here. Win ston won by a score of 7 to 6 through the fine batting of Farrell and Lanier. This makes two victories out of the three games against Richmond for the championship of the South. A Shelby, N Observer savs: C. special to the Ncws During a heavy storm, which passed ovejjr a part of this coun ty late yesterday; A. M. Lovelace, while driving to his barn,.: was struck by lightning and knocked; unconsii- ous. 1 wo muiesi vvnicn ne was driv ing, were killed. At last accounts Mr. Lovelace was out of his mind, and not expected to live. - Through travel over the Richmond & Danville railroad, interrupted Inst week by the carrying away of the bridge over the SYadkin river south of Salis bury, goes now from Greensboro to Sanford via the C. F. & Y. V". railroad, thence to Hamlet via the Raleigh & Augusta Air Line, and from Harnkt to Charlotte via the Carolina Central, says the Wilmington Star.: A special from Richmond, Va., says: it is learned trom a nign semi-official-somce, that if the Ojcott com mittee and the legislature fail to settle the State debt this winter, the Farmers' Alliance and anti-debt pay ing people will start a vigorous out and out repudiation party. It is un derstood that the Governor will con vene the legislature in extra session in January. lt : Samuel Tohn Dixon, a photographer of Toronto, Canada, aged 38 years, on Saturday walked across a cable seven-eights of an inch in diameter stretched across the Niagara Falls, be tween the cantilever and the suspen sion bridges. He used a balance pole weighing thirty pounds, and twenty- two feet s;x inches long. He execut ed a number of manceuvers. At the center he stretched himself at 1 nil length on his back on the wire, rro s ing. his feet and folding his arm -. Eight thousand people saw him d i. To Manufacturers Parties wishing to locate Factories on the ands of the Oxford LandImprovement ami Manufacturing Company can learn some thing to their advantage by communicatini; with H.C. Heknion President Bank of Oxfor'1 Ladies Fashionable Caps ust received at Kronheimer's. Buy the Excelsior Cook Stove. The best n use, at T. F". Edwards'. 1 : 1 rr I Special Notice. The tax books having been place ! in my nanas ior collection: lor the year t; x payers will please cbrne at once '.an d settle without delay. C 1 M. Rogers, S'.k-j iii. Prof. F. P. Hobgood has rented the Aik n residencrxm Main street, and is preputctl to take boarders. Table board and also fur nished rooms. 1 ; Dining Iioimi Suit. Antique Oak. Si'deboard, extentinn t ibh: and six chairs for $25.00 at ' j ' Jos A. Wicr.D's. Rubber Belting and Packing at J. F. Kd 'vards'. Wood for Sale, The Oxford Land, ImpruVe :k-i:1 ;h ! Manufacturing Co. have ,oon nut',- i- u'm ,1 for sale. Some already corded. Appiy to DK. H.C. 1 1 KkMON.
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