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THE DAY HAS THE .; largest City Circulation j 0fanv paper published in Oxford. THE !DAY VKS- All the News of the day and is furnished at lOcts. per week. lIJ:e III. Number 70 V. JACKSON & CO. I3AKERS, Makers and Fruiters, I OFFER TO-DAY ! ID Pails of At water's Mince 'cac. Best on the market, 15c. ,r pound, 2 pounds for 25c. 25 Cases London Layer Rai- 10 Cases Sultana Seedless liiiis. "5 Cases Valencia Raisins, 15 -:nt. - pounds for 25 cents. ;,')() ll)s. Figs. 1 lb. boxes. . ..k-latinc, Flavoring Extracts, -'ices, &c. Sandy I Sandy I Sandy I Over 100 Styles Fine French Relies. ! i'nre Plain Candy, Cocoanut Fritters, Fruit Candy, Taffy, etc., raJe fresh daily. m Drops I Sum Drops I 10c POUND. Vanges, Malaga Grapes, Ba ::a.s, Apples, Lemons, etc. M Kinds of Nuts I Leave orders for Fruit Cakes before it is tpo late. r. W. JACKSON & CO., Hf-RNDON BLOCK NO. 3, mi. Ave., - Oxford, N. C. I?OR (i CflRISTIiS HOLIDAYS ! Layer Raisins, Seedless Raisins, Currants, Citron, Figs, Apples, Coco; anuts. Filbei rts, Mr. Pal Almonds, mnuts, anuts, c-nedish Walnuts, Peca: ns, Ba nanas. Undies of 1 kinds, Apices and Havoring Extracts, all fresh jtack, just ' deceived at- - P. STEDM AN, i OXFORD, N. NOTES OP THE DAY . THE LOCAL HAPPENINGS SERVED IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS. The Minor Events About the Citv "al,,r" oy me Alert Ueuorterg of The Day. Regular monthly city commissioners meeting of the at 7 o'clock to- nigm. R. Broughton is the proud owner of a last trotter. He claims to have the finest horse in town. I A few more leaf factory buildings and a great many dwelling houses are much needed in Oxford. The teachers attending the Educa tional Institute are being entertained at the homes of citizens. The Oxford Literary Society will have an election of officers at the next meeting, Thursday, December iS. xoout mis time tne drummers are pretty numerous, and they are already selling goods for spring and summer trade. C. J- Ward is today removing his store from Herndon Block No. 2 toR. S. Usry's new building, across the street. The weather is all serene now. There is a little bite to the atmosphere, uuc mai mattes it invigorating ana is conducive to hustling. The Granville Grays Cornet Band has been doing some hard practicing lately. When will it give the public another taste of its music ? The Oxford merchants have an un usually handsome assortment of Christ mas goods this year. No need for our people to send away for presents. The Day's series of wire grass sto ries appear to take with the public. "Give old wire grass thunder," said a citizen "It ain't got a friend on earth !'-' Mrs. Partington is dead, but her spirit lives. An Oxford young .man last night told of a morphine slave who injected' the stuff in his arm with an epidemic syringe. ; Parties from Virginia were in the city a few days ago prospecting. They wanted to engage in the leaf to bacco business here, but were unable to rent a prize house. Hundlev Bros. & Co.'s steam brick drying house caught afire yesterday, but was extinguished before much damage was done. The loss was less than a hundred dollars. The R & D. R. R. authorities have accepted the roadbed to South Oxford, have had crbssties hauled and will soon send the iron. It is expected to have the road finished before the first of next year. - If the fling the Raleigh Visitor makes at Oxford affords the editor of that paper any satisfaction and contributes anything to his reputation for smart ness, we are glad he made it. It does not hurt Oxiord. The Modern Tobacco Barn Com- pany will move their plant from High Point to South Oxford on January i. Capt. W. H. Snow, superintendent of the works, has just patented a very valuuable tobacco granulator. Prof. Geo. T. Winston, of the Uni versity of North Carolina, will deliver an address to the Educational Insti tute next Friday. That will be the big day of the week, and the people are cordially invited to be present. The entertainments at the Oxford Female Seminary and the Horner School, next week, will not be open to the public as stated in trjis column vesterday, but will be given Dy tne pupils of the schools to their friends, j Probably the most beautiful child story ever written is Mrs. Francis Hodgdon Burnett's "Little Lord Fauntlerov."' It is of absorbing in terest to the old as well as the young. The drama has been a great success in the United States and England, and draws immense audiences. It will be presented in Oxford Friday night, December 12. 1 C. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER PURELY PERSONAL. The Doings and. Whereabouts of Some People You Know. P. G. Mayo and W. C. Biggs went to Henderson today. Rev. J. S. Harda way left this morn ing for a visit to Roancke, Va. Cadet Julian Ingle, of Horner School, went tu Henderson this morn ing. Mrs. S. W. Cooper and children left this morning to visit relatives in Norfolk, Va. Col. A. B. Andrews and Col. W. A. Turk, of Raleigh, N. C, are in Oxford today. Col. W. H. S. Burgynn and E. S. Harris, of Henderson. were in the city today on railroad business. : . : Wire Grass Tale No. 3. Ben. K, Hays stepped into The Day sanctum this morning and said : fI am surprised'that any one should doubt the truth of your statements about wire grass. "The following came under my own observation. Desiring to obtain some carbonic anhydride (CO2), I burned some of the grass and collect ed the gas in a bottle. "After I was through with the gas the empty bottle was thrown in the garden. The next spring, while plow ing, the horse stepped on the bottle and broke it. Ere the vegetables which were planted came up the wire grass was several inches high." Educational Institute. The Educational Institute for Gran ville county was opened in the Opera House this morning: with prayer and bible reading by Rev. W. W. Walker, rector of St. Stephens' Church. Prof. E. A. Alderman's talk to the teachers was very interesting as well as instructive, and commanded the clos est attention. The attendance of public school teachers and citizens was larger than yesterday. , -t ' Railroad Meeting. Annual kneeting of the stockholders of the Oxford & Clarksville and the Oxford & Henderson railroads was held here this morning. The old of ficers of both companies were re-elected. Col. A. B. Andrews, president, presided over the meeting. ; , o "An lEvening in Dixie" at the Opera House tomorrow night. Triumphant Songs. No. 2 and Nos. 1 and 2 combined, The Oxford Book Store. at To Whom it May Concern. Desiring a prompt settlement of the af fairs of the late Rev. Junius T. Harris, this is to request any persons who may have a claim of any character against him to please forward the same to me, duly authenticated, for settlement. Address, Julian b. Carr, Durham, N. C. : : Step to the Cashless Desk Gentlemen Parties having accounts at my store will nlease call at one and settle up. I need money I must have monej'. J. G. Hall: mm Guns, rifles and pistol at J. F. Edwards' Forida oranges at Conch's 40 and 50c. a doz. ' , ' - 1 ' . , . . For Sale. 10.000 Strawberry plants of the Crescent and Sharpless varieties, for sale. Apply to H. A. Tavlor. K.-R. G. at Couch's. Mrs. Woods salve will cure any disease for sale byj. R. Couch & Co. skin j,ooo Choice Hams, 13K cts. per lb. Every one warranted. At Ward's. We will give big bargains in millinery for thirty days. Hart & Lawrence. 1 Buy the Excelsior Cook Stove. The best in use, atj. f. Edwards' . Large stock sporting goods at J. F. Edwards'. 10, 1890. THE LATEST NEWS. SIFTED AND ARRANGED FOR THE BUSY READER. Happenings in North Carolina and Elsewhere as Gathered From To day's Papers. " Parnell has been offered $75,000 to deliver one hundred lectures in Amer ica. , Jay Gould and George Gould were yesterday elected directors of the Richmond Terminal. The House yesterday passed . a bill appropriating ; $25,000 for a federal building at Reidsville, N. C. Senators Daniel and Berry spoke on the force bill yesterday. The debate, it is reported, will close tonight. Baron Von Maltzahn, of Berlin, Prussia, was yesterday married in Charlotte, N. C to Miss Maggie Mc Dowell. Gen. J. B. Gordon, Senator-elect, has accepted an invitation to join the Farmers' Alliance, and was initiated yesterday afternoon. A Birmingham, Ala., special says a bloody fight between negroes and white men is rt ported as having taken place near Littleton, resulting in the death of a white man and seriously wounding another. Two negroes were wounded but none killed. The South Carolina Legislature bal loted yesterday for a successor to Sen ator Wade Hampton. The first vote resulted : Irby, 55 ; Donaldson, 48 ; Hampton, 45. Another ballot will be taken today. Irby is Tillman's can didate; Donaldson is the Allian.ce can didate. Gus ArOn, one of the best known citizens of the county, was murdered Saturday night in his store at Roebuck Landing, Miss., by Dennis Martin, a negro. Martin was creating a disturb ance outside of the store, and Mr. Aron ordered him away, whereupon the negro drew a revolver and shot nun dead. Martin was pursued Dv a posse of colored citizens, who soon captured him and swung him from the nearest tree. M The tax on manufactured tobacco will drop to six cents January 1. The reduction won't help the farmer any, and we do not know that it will be a great encouragement to the manufacturers. The blunder of the engrossing clerk, in overlooking the rebate section when he prepared the McKinley bill for the president's signature, has caused considerable trouble to the trade for the past few months and did it much hurt. A bill restoring the rebate section passed the House this week, and it is thought will go through the Senate and be by signed President Harrison before the new year. An enormous bomb, sixteen inches long and weighing two and a quarter pounds, plugged at one end with dy namite and well-filled with powder, and having gun cotton wad in the oth er end, was thrown on the porch of the residence of the mayor of Lexing ton. Va. The mavor says : "Last 7 Thursday night at ten minutes to 12 o'clock, two men came to my front yard and threw something in my porch and immediately ran off. Happening to awake at the time, I went out to investigate the noise, and found this thing lying there sparkling, and occa sionally shooting up a blaze. 1 1m mediatelv threw water on it and suc- reeded in stoDoin? the fire before it 4 x ci reached the powder." For Sale. Two horse wagon, Old Hickory make, with iteel skiens ; also set ol double har ness. Almost as good as new. Aoply to Thos. White. Handsome line of Jardiniere Stands at the Oxford Book Store. -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. Beautiful new line of Antique Oak, Silk Flush Rockers ; Willow Rockers and high art furniture at Jos. A- WEiiii's. SiNGLjE Copies: 3 Cts. FRlDAYf NIGHT. . v Harry Llndley's Company in Little Lord Fauntleroy. The Baltimore Daily News says : "Harry Lindley arid his excellent com pany opened their week's engagement at Kelly's Front Street Theatre last evening to a full house. This is Mr. Lindley's second visit to our city and he has become one of the general fav orites with the theatre goers. 'The Castaways has been remodelled, and is now the strongest nautical drama on the stage. The hit of the evening was made by Little Mabel Paige in her songs and danceL ; The Castaways' will be played thefentire week. " This company will play the famous and charming "Little Lord Fauntle roy" in the Oxford Opera House next Friday night, and the thrilling comedy-drama, "The Castaways," on Sat urday nighty December 12 and 13. Popular prices 25, 35 and 50 tents. Buy reserved seats! at Hall's drugstore. : -fa : Hotel Arrivals. Osborn Hotel T. C. Goodson, Durham, N. C ; W. H. Smoot, Hen derson, N. C; Tj B. Pittard, Albin, N. C; J. S. Harper, Richmond, Va.; G. Wilson and wife, Albin, N. C; M. VV. Arnold, Philadelphia.Pa.; Sam Campe, Norfolk, Va. ; P. C. West mantand, Baltimore, Md. ; W. T. Christian, Richmond, Va. Exchange Hotel. Miss Viola Fleming, Lyonsyille, N. C; Miss Mary Beasley, putchville, N. C.; Americus Dunronki, Sharpingtonville, j Canada; Will L. Hazell, W. S. Thorn- j as, Reidsville, N. C ; W. W. Davis, Chapel Hill, N. C ; C. F. Harris, Durham, N. C. j Rates to Annual Meeting of . C. Slate Grange, P. of ll., Potecasl, N, C. For above occasion the Richmond & Danville R. R.j; will sell tickets to Raleigh, N. C, and return at follow- ! ing rates from points named. Tickets on sale Dec; 8, 9 jahd 10, good return- -ing until and including Dec. 13: From Charlotte, $4. 70 ; Winston Salem, $3,50 ; Greensboro, $2.85; Durham, $1.20 ; Oxford, $2.15 ; Sel ma. $1.20 ; Goldsbbro, $2.00. Rates from internlediatetpoints in same pro portion. 1 I Kates to Annual Conference N. C. BI. K. Church, Wilson, N. C. For above occasion the Richmond & Danville R. R.i will sell tickets to. ' Selma, N, C, and return at following rates for roundtrip from points named. Tickets on sale Dec- 8,9 and 10, good returning until anil including Dec. 19. From Charlotte, S8. 20 : Winston- Salem, $6.45 ; Greensboro,. $5.40 J Durham, Si.g? : Oxford, S4-5SJ Ral eigh, $1,65. Rates from intermedi ate points in same proportion. m A good second hand organ for sale. Ap ply at this office. j If you want a frariie made for a crayon oil painting, or any kind of picture, go to Brinkley's Photograph Gallery. Wanted. A situation as housekeeper in privatefami ly. For particulars apply to this Ofkick. During the session; of the next General Assembly the N. C. Intelligencer, aleigh, N. C, will be sent to any upon ihe receipt of thirty five cents: jit will contain lull and accurate prtceedings ol the General Assem bly and a synopsis ofall important measures introdnced, jand such as may be passed. Baldwin apples at Couch's best apple on the market. P - - Tl'ETOXIC-the jbest 5e. Clear. Trr it, at JT. F, StedmM'. Banananais at Couch's only 25c. doz. Children Cry fori Pitcher's .Castoria." Wlxen Babj Vas sick, ire gare her CutorUi When she iras ' OiM.-she cried for Castori, Wben she became Jtisi Bba duns to Castoria, 77bon cho had CiiWrcn,ho ce them Cas! oria. 4 4 'I f Y i
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