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THE DAY 1 THK DAY HAS THE i Largest City Circulation j of anv paper published in ! Oxford. GIVES All the News of the day and is furnished at lOcts. per week. ; y pLUME III. Number 56 TO-DAY ! E HAVE JUST OPENED A FULL STOCK OF .irr.'LlltS. ijrrants, 1 1 rL Citrons, Raisins, Raisins, Figs, etc. Figs, etc. All New Crop Goods You will 1 .i 1 PD18S CD W6Z JfGi f feJUJi I j j loricia vnciiigco, ' .1 r I t loruia uranget,. California Pears. California Pears, 1 n ivxdictgci vjidpta, Aiaiaga orapes, v 1 . 1 anaiias 25cts. Per Dozen I i Imoiids, Walnuts, Pecans, Palmnuts, New Crop. o VT A fffVT f LYiVIjlO Owv-LvJ Toys, Dolls, Hobby Horses, a?ons. &c. Ine most com- etc in Oxford. See our Babies, any kind you can wish for. I ( T. W. JACKSON & CO., Herndon Block - Number 3, OXFORD, N. C. -FOR (fflANKSBIFINB DAY! Layer Raisins, eedless JKaisins, 1 1 r-rn t fc Citron, Figs, j Apples3 Cocoanuts, Filberts, Almonds, ilmnuts, Peanuts, English Walnuts, Pecans, ! Bananas, Candies of ' All kinds, Apices and Plavori no- Extracts, all fresh Stock, just deceived at J- P. STEDMAN, row OXFORD, NOTES OF THE DAY . THE LOCAL HAPPENINGS SERVED IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS. The Minor Event Abont the City as Gathered by the Aler Reporters of The Day. Now for waterworks. beveral droves of horses pre in the city. Edison phonograph is a wnderfu invention. Granville Superior Court this and next week. ine usual crowd around the court house today. Are you ready for it? Thanksgiv mg Day next Ihursday. T? rrnloY- -1 rill rf fVia' rnmn'lla flm tre- ac 7.3 0 ciock tonignt. I K.aDid nrosrress is beinc made on the new buildings in South Oxford. .l . - . . p . - There will be a called business meet ing"at the Baptist church tomorrow mSnt - bome unknown person sent a coop of turkeys to the Orphan Asylum las Saturday. - - 1 ne n,xceisior literary bociety. o the Orphan Asylum, will give a con cert in the near future. Darius Eatman. a Horner Schoo cadet, has a very creditable poem in the last issue of the Orhpans Friend. The new county officials will quali today a week. The Democrats wil then be in full possession of the court house. Oxford can get a hundred thousand dollar plug tobacco factory and handsome, modem hotel if we put m a system of waterworks. Croakers do no inconsiderable damage to a growing town. We are glad to say that we have but few o lw these people in Oxford, and are sorry to admit that we have any at. all. People who watch the skies these November nights are rewarded by brilliant display of meteors. Wil mington Messenger. Jn Oxford you can see resplendent meet hers on terra hrma. In the list of distinctions won at the musical recital at the Oxford Female Seminary , last Friday night, the name of Miss Eva Minor was inad vertently omitted. Miss Minor is a talented young musician. Dr. B. F. Dixon, temporary super intendent of the Orphan Asylum, left Saturday for Greensboro. He will visit Oxford every now and then, and will send Plato Durham here to attend to the business of the institution dur ing his absence. Both of our land improvement com panies are doing a rushing business. The hundred thousand dollar cotton actory, by the Oxford Land, Improve ment and Manufacturing o.. will be certainly built and stock in it is selling fast. The West Oxford Land Com pany is making big daily sales. Death of J( R. Roller. Information was received here by wire announcing the death, this morn ing, of j. R. Roller, at the Retreat for the Sick, Richmond, Va. The deceas ed was the father of our townsman, J. B. Roller. He was about sixty years of age. He had been sick lor some time with throat and lung troubles, and was under medical treatment at Washington, D. C, and Richmond for the past six months. A good -man has gone to his reward. Mr. Roller was a consistent Christian. onH true in everv relation of life. He - j was a resident of Chase City, Va., but was senior member of the insurance firm of J. R- Roller & Son, of Oxford, and was a frequent visitor to our city. He was held in the highest esteem by all who knew him. - The funeral will take place tomor afternoon in Chase City, Va. N. C, MONDAY, NOVEMBER NEW SUPERINTENDENT. Rev. Dr. Black Talked. to the Children . at the Orphan Asylum Yesterday. Rev. Dr. W. S. Black, superintendent-elect of the Oxford Orphan Asy lum, came to the city from Raleigh Saturday night. It was his intention to preach at the Methodist church yes terday morning,butwas prevented trom doing so by a sore throat. The doctor was at the services in the Orphan Asylum chapel m the af ternoon, and, after a sermon by Rev. VV. L. Cuninggun,roade a short talk to the children. He told them he had been elected superintendent of the in stitution and had accepted the office He would enter upon his new duties January 1. He would do his best by his orphaned charges, and would love them and hoped they would love him. mm Water VVorks. At a special meeting of the city com missioners Saturday nlght,the Stanwix Engineering Company, of Troy, N. Y. made a formal proposition to furnish Oxford with a first-class system o waterworks. . Mr. Knight, a member of the com pany, appeared before the board. He proposed putting in sixty-one fire plugs, distributed oyer the town so as to protect nearly every house, at an annual rental of three thousand dol lars. A map, showing how the pipes would run and the position of the plugs, was submitted. Abundance o water-7good drinking water could be obtained from the Sregory mill stream. Mr. Knight estimated the cost of con structing the works complete to be $50,000, and the rent charged the city for fire protection was six per cent of this cost. Mayor Smith, on motion, appointed A. W. Graham and John Webb a committee to make inquiries concern ing waterworks contracts in other places, and report at another meeting to be held Wednesday night for furth er consideration of this matter. Valuable Dog Killed. . A valuable dog, a Laverick setter, belonging to D. M. Williams, of Wil mington, was killed on the O. & C. Railroad between here and Durham. Mr. Williams has been in the city a week or ten days,- the guest of his brother-in-law, J. C. fHorner: He brought two fine dogs with him and hunted birds in the neighborhood. Thursday night one of the dogs stray- ed off, and search was made for him and a liberal rewardr offered for his return; but he could .not be found un- il this morning, when his dead body was discovered on the side of the rail road track. Osborn Hotel Arrivals. I. R. Strayhorn, Hillsboro, N. C; Lee W- Braner, Richmond, Va. For Rent. Two rooms on first floor. Suitable for dressmakers. Apply to this office. Bananas 25 cts. a dozen, store. Couch's drug Go to Rawls for bargains in shoes. Lost. A small black crocheted shawl. Finder will be rewarded by returning same to Dr. J. B. Williams. . Big bargains in tinware at Rawls. Nice lo of Kalamazoo celery at J. R. Couch & Co's. Mark Twain's works at the Oxford Book Store. Wanted. A situation as housekeeper in private fami ly. For particulars apply to this Office. 24, 1890. SUPERIOR COURT. OPENING OF, NOVEMBER TERM . THIS MORNING. Jndge .QaeRae, .Presldlhg--Th Grand Jury Drawn and' its Composition-- Number of Case's 61 Pressed. November term ! ".of Granville Supe rior Court opened this morning, Judge MacRae, one of the ablest judges in the State, presiding. The following grand jury was drawn: L T. Turner, foreman; W. J. Dow ney, W. M. Rogers, A. S. Newton, J. C. Currin, R. L. Newton, I. C. Lyon,W. D. Veazey,R. W. Harris,R. C. Jones, W. P. Clarke, S. VV. Parker, J. K. Daniel, Roger Aiken, Henry Clay, J. J. Davis, M. M. Jackson, Spotts Royster. His honor's charge to this jury was a clear, able and exhaustive one, and commanded the closest attention ot every one in the courtroom. During the morning session the fol lowing cases were disposed of by. nol pros : State vs. Calvin Haskins, two cases of larceny; vs. William Gregory, larceny; vs. Thomas Thomas, lar ceny; vs.- Bromfield Ridley, assault with dead l)rweapon, and W. H. Par rott, misdemeanor. This afternoon the case of State vs. Paul Wimbish, indicted for larceny, is being tried. FRESH FROM THE PRESS. Happenings In North Carolina and Elsewhere From Today's Papers. The Egypt railway, which connects the Egypt mines with the Raleigh and Augusta railway, has been completed. W. L. Petty man, banker, of Chica go, has made an assignment and dis appeared. The deposits in his bank are said to be $450,000. Ex-First Assistant Postmaster Gen eral J. S. Clarkson is very low with pneumonia, at Asheyille, N. C.,' and fears are entertained that .he may not recover. v - " It is rumored that Governojvelect r- ... : I unman, aoutn Carolina, will re ward the recent bitter canvasser, John L. M. Irby, by having him elected to Hampton's place in the United States Senate. . ; An English syndicate is negotiating for the purchase of all - Ihe phosoate lands in South Carolina. Ten millions is said to be about the figures involved It is not improbable that the legislature at its coming session will also sell the entire interest of the State in the river phosphate deposit, the idea being to use the money to pay off the State debt, about 6,000,000 which matures in 1893. The State Chromcle say: Dr. G. L. Broughton, of Reidsville, was seri ously hurt Friday, While driving a spirited horse, one of the reins broke and the horse dashed off at a high speed. Dr. Broughton was thrown from the butgy and fell prostrate on the ground. A friend ran to him and picked him up, asking him if he was hurt. "Yes,v said Dr. Broughton, "I am verv badlv hurt, and then he became unconscious. He was taken home. While his injuries are not of a fatal nature, they are very serious. The United States Rolling Stock Company passed into the hands of a receiver Saturday. The company is one of the largest builders of railway cars in the world, and has plants at Hegewickj III.; Decatur, Ala.; Annis ton, Ala., and Urbana. O. The capi tal stork of the company is $4,000,000, of which $3,500,000 is paid up in cash, and there is $500,000 of stock not yet issued. The liabilities are given at $3,816,000 and the assets at $6,000, 000. Attorney J. L. High, of the company, says the failure was precipi tated by slow collections and the de pression in the money market. . : . Guns, rifles and pistol at J. F. EduarUfc' Single Copies : 3 Ors. PURELY PERSONAL. The Doings and Whereabouts of Some People Yon Know. Miss Bettie Clark spent yesterday in Durham. Jphn Webb.went to Henderson this morning. : H. M. Lanier returned home yes terday morning. : ' Col. R. O. Gregory went to Stovall yesterday morning. j, v T. T. Hicks, of Henderson, is at tending court here. Solicitor I. R; Strayhorn came in on the morning train. Mr. Hardy, of the Raleigh State Chronicle, is in the city. H. M. Rogers, of Jenkins' Bluff, is in Oxford for a few days. W. A. Davis left the city yesterday afternoon for a short trip.; Miss Nora King left yesterday af ternoon on the Henderson train. H. L. Davis and W. D. Lunsford, of Durham, spent yesterday in Oxford. G. H. Glass, of Raleigh, after a few days' stay here, returned homd yester day, v Miss Lillie Kronheimer went to Virginia yesterday to spend a few days. - .. , f :,. i ; W.' H. Pendleton, of Scotland Neck, N. C, is in the city, visiting his brother, T. B. Pendleton. .; Mrs. T. N. Burwell came back this morning from a visit to relatives in Halifax county, N. C. Mrs. L. Thomas and Mrs. J. J. Paris left this morning fet a week's visit to relatives in Wake Forest. - The Richmond Dispatch2 says the Atlantic Coast Line has, by purchase from the Richmond & Danville Ccm pany acquired sole ownership of the Norfolk & Carolina Railroad, a line about one hundred miles in length, running from Norforlk, Va., to Tar boro, N. C. The road was built jointly by the Coast Line and Rich mond & Danville companies. . Mrs. ' Wood's Infaliable Salve at J. R. Couch's drugstore. Best in the World. "Prince ot the House of David" at the Oxford Book Store. Large stock sporting goods at J. F. Ed- New lot torchon lace opened today at Rawls. ,; "Ben Hur" and the "Fair God," by Wal lace, at the Oxford Book Store. A fountain pen for 25 cents at the Oxford Book Store. Catawba grapes 10 lb baskets 50 cts. at J. R. Couch & Co's. . Oranges 25 cts. a dozen. Couch's drug store, : Young Ladies Journal foi December at Oxford Book Store. 1 Apples 10 cents a dozen, store. Couch's drug- Prlxe House For Rent. A good Prize House centrally located. Apply to Davis & Gregory. k . - ; Wanted. Six men at once to canvass Salary paid weekly. Apply to J. P. Wood. Oxford, N. C. If vou want a frame made for a crayon oil painting, or any'' kind of picture, go to - Drlnlrlatro Phntlor9 nil fallfTV. 1 ' 1.000 Choice Hams," VA cts. ier lb. Every one warranted. At Ward's. Children Cry for Pitcher's j Castoria. When Baby was sick, ws her CfstorU. When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria, When she became aiiss. ste clung to Castoria, When she haul Children, r he -are them Caatorl. Parties wishing to purchase Iron Safe will save money by calling on J. F. Ed wards. He is agent for Macneal & ur band's Iron Safes. ; i Buy the Excelsior Cook Stove. The best in use, at J. F. Edwards' Art de Le Mode for December at Oxford "Book Store. j Grapes 10 cents -a lb. Couch's drugstore. j
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