THE MOBNIN6
S3.60per Year. J
VOL. 1.
OXFORD, N. C„ ^yp:DNESDAY MORNrXG, MAY 24 1876.
Single copy 2 ct 3
NO. 88
Th3 Morning Clarion,
By WILLIAMS & ROBINSON,
(OI'MCK IN •rilKSl'IAN HAI.I, Hi;II.1)1 N(; )
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I Copy six Months, _ _ _
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Local Notices 20 cents a line each'"inser
tion.
LpCAL &' STATE SQUIBS.
iliis is the age of hard money.
V'es, right hard to get.
It was our good fortune to feast
upon ripe clierries yesterda
were delicious.
The Junior returns thanks to a
kind hidy friend for a nice dish of
peas sent him yestertlay. ‘“Peas'
do so attain.
'I'hat cow of Dr. PasclKill’s is a
wonderful animal. She gives five
kallons of milk a day. One pound
I and a half of butter is made daily.
' If any one has a cow that will beat
NE\y DVKKTrSK.MKNTS.
JUST received Ladies^'triJi^I
J iiitid Ih-irs, Nvw stylo Collan'tte'J
h:‘iiiitjfii] Scarfs, l.iiiou Collars Liiicii
'n!,s. I5arpius in several dcp.artiueuls
Dry (loods. ( oopkh & Wii.jjAM.S,
A Fow SL3 le.s of IJoots that iuiv 2
^ X iMMMi on haiKl several seasMus that
"inst he ,-old. Cooi)er A iillains.
rpriinmino-s for ladies Huts and I!on-
1. iH'ts, siich ;is 'J’iii’(|ii(iise Silks, (iros-
and Oiaiainenl^,
iit, (;RAM)Y & BRO. ’
^ ! this one, let him speak or else here
after hold his tongue.
The President has nominated At-
1 torney-Oeneral Pierrepont to be
I Minister to England; Secretary of
Dr. Ntnvbell, r.lcemcd n'tize. c'“
, of Mil,on, was killed I:,., Th„r.sd,,y c ,e o t IT’
( by his ho,-,,0 rn„„i„gaw.,y.i„| ,hro>v. TX-TI e s
I ing him from the bn-^o-y | - he Sendte has confirm-
i i ctl the nominations.
1 lie Senior desires to return hir; j ^
j thanks to the lady that .sent him a!, i” lii’s speech at the
I dish of strawberries a few days a«-o. ' i't-*gard to the slim turn-
^ 'I'hey were ever so nice. ^ •' Nero wish-
i Mr. Powell will be- ver,- m„d, ^
obliged to the min who Inrrowed ,i ® Wo"'. 1 "'ish
!hi., knife ifhe will leave " ,te I ^or.h
[store of Williams i- Brv.an arohiia had but one troiisers-seat
1 'I', ' I ^ ^ forty-mule j)ower Eo'vardus
iterdlv h“ ! T'"'’- “^ichine in fnlt plav
! y' got a cirink and two within reach of it. ”
dinners, one of wliich he put in his
^ ‘Vew Hoots
X ami .Shoes jiist nn-eived at James T.
15nrt.s Cityniaile a sjjecialirv.
h' you want (Jood (iood.s at low d,)w^
pnoes f-o to James Ji,„,ts chenp
I^aees. Scarfs.
Ivid (ilo\-(s A:(’
I
•St;oi
/^f-islimere Net and
VyJiiills, l{u{H!n', H( If
'U (iK’AXJ)V
YYave rly HOTEl7~~
culi^efi:r, va
Mot row l^rot]ier.s,
Managers and Proprietors.
/0//JV TAVLO/i, Assis/a;;/
A first-class house.
John layloe, late editor Lexington, N. C
now A.ssi.stant at Waverly ’notel"
^dl he pleased to see his No.th Carolina
[no29-Iy
Corn meal at 80 cts per bushel at
-V ^V^iLiJAMS &: Bryan’s.
N. C. cut Herrings at "15 ctsT'^ j
> 'zen at Wii.i.iams Pin ax’s.
I pocket, and went his way rjjoicing
In th“ matter of contempt against
T. M. Argo and J. K. () Hara prac
ticing lawyers, for an affray in the
court room, at Ilaliflix, judge Henry
j fined eacli ^200.
I Eancl IS said to l)e .so rich in Cas-
Uvell county that the vines run away
! with the piimpkins and don't give
j them time to grow. And this is one
reason Milton wants a railroad to
j Siitherlin’s.
I We learn from the Milton 6//;vw
j that Mr. Josejjh I'haxton killed a
I bald-eagle on his flither’s plantation,
on North Hyco in Person county'
one day last week, that measured six
feet four inches from tip to tip.
Just received a pretty line of La
dies and Misses trimmed and untrim-
mcd Hats. (;RA\1)V cK: PRO.
The Oxford Clarion call.s Judo-e
Watts a taker. ” We snn-
pose he ought to know. He maV be
the long eared creature that lost he
bridle. Let’s “investigate.” Ral.
Constitution.
^V"eIl. We would like to know
what kind of a bridle a bridle is.
(ret out of your glass iionse before
you throw rocks. Remember it re
quires brains as well as stcmaeli to
mike a good “constitution.”
liiiiijj Cr.Ass MAir, Ma'i'tkr.
Ihe Post-office Appropriation bill,
which ])assed the House Wednesday!
contains a provision that third-class
mail matter not exceeding four
pounds in weight, shall be charged
at the late of one cent for two oun
ces, instead of two cents, as at pres
ent. This includes newspapers in
its i)rovision.