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--. v , , . 1 - . - .J - : :r " ' :' ' '" '" - ' H. S.. t Prearlatere. INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS. Xoxa3o.aB 00.00 Xer Vex-. NEW BERNE, CRAVEN COUNTY, N. C, NOVEMBER 29, 1 QQQ ;N0. 35 ' :7. " "'"" NEW BERNE ADVERTISEMENTS. p4 I-'1 rrilit Kit " ' A. IH 1 For the coming" season I am offering the following rspecialties in Plows, Harrows, Cul tivaitors, etc. : : ; . ' - , . " ' . - - Tho ORIOLE -wLicli I claim to be the best taming plows In the jnarkeL and guarantee every -one of them to giTe satistaction or raonev vnul you bare seen tnem.- ,r-:; 7 c- V ?- v, ' , 4 Tkd : Cliniiuu Coif on - Plow, the best Cotton PlovVvI defy contradiction. -,--. Th3j"flcra8'HarTciw. Parties osing them prononnco them the best clod crusher and pulveriser in use. Try oae in putting in your small grain. -" ; -J:; jf"v, ; y Tz 2 TttEs3 Buckeye Riding and Walking Cultivators. L, VT. riwsctL, Kidge-Spring, PiU county, says r'.'Would not take f 500 I r i ? r.iJln? Cultivator if I could not get another just like it.' .niael Qainnerly, Johnston'a ; M ilL Ti;.)r Joes perfeet work." Ee sure and trr one. Remernbea if it will be takes back.'-t .,:ll.: -,ff r'v . -.'U- ; , A f-ii line of Commoa'PIo473 Castings, " Cievisss, tc., eic, on j: J. j - ,'; ' j ,! '. j-vy .. .": -- lyt - & J . J " a: Manufacturers' agent foxSteamv 'JSnginesV.kw And frist ! ":::?, SMngle Machines CottonVGlnsPresaMSSaftiiigrs, -IleysrJIeltinffB .etc. UHi? . J 01 IN. C. WHIlT Y, t'.t VEX STREET, XEXT'DOOR TO COTTOtf 'EXCHAXGE, :'3nt(ElMiliiOSaIe! Miylng dotermincd to vind up and close hia business, will sell tothe public " - "hientirei8tock of : j d uhih;Ory:,i:Cpods, testKNeb Cost. A3 tli Li no humbug or 'advertising dodge,' people of limited means must hurry to get the benefit of it before the choicest goods are gone. A Fine Line oC .Broadcloth. Coats will also be v - offeree! at !a trfeat Sacrifice. . . - - "-.vv - -' ','-- - ii -'j- . j. - T - . i- Country nietchants will find it lo their advantage to call, e there are many Job- Lots in stock; whichHrill bo sold fcr below their value. ; 0 ; ira JIEISQIIPFFER REFUSED. As our time is limited, come at once to ; B. SCHWEEIN, - . ; "s SECOND DOOR Old Auction Room, V? ; Southwest corner Middle and South Front Streets. ' :f llfen&a Tbnr Way Getting There ! ; octsodiwtf , C . , ; rollok. Street, ;-New .Bcrue, N. C, Genera! Hardware, 1 T. t . ' if A r -' a 5 JP-. I-E rrr PRICES VERY LOW FOR CASH. ? - KOEFOLK ADVERTISEMENTS. : FurnHuro Carpels MManos and Organs! SlfAtEVEWS & CO., - Xarge akestTuxir - an odrt,oJ w cu mm repey 1 ept-4&r tab v - Ohillsd m, wui oe . returnea uon i Duy any N; C.?vsays ; f'The Jliding . Ghilti- it "does 'not give perfect satisfaction in ikt Agricultural Implements Steam Engine?, Cotton Presses. Horse Powers, Th re fliers. ijS Farm Machinery, Grain Fans. Straw Cutters, Corn Shellers, iteltinjj, Parkin;;, IMpe, Fittings. I'aint, Oil- C;ias. Lime, Cement, Plaster, Fertilizers, IJricU. i:tc to Eastern Va. a. S. A. RTKTESS. KsrCalk. V. OF THE OLD COURT I HOUSE. New Berne, Nov. 22d, 1883. I Ed. Journal: Absence from LTewbern has prevented me from Responding earlier to your request respecting the date of the burning I of the Craven County Court lloase. i We find in the Weekly IVogress, a paper priuted in this town, ot Tues day, January 15th, 1SG1, as follows: ''great fire in newcern. im mense LOSS OF PROPERTY. 'An immense fire occurred in this town this morning. It originated, we are informed, between Messrs C. A. Hart, Bro. & Co.'s large tin and sheet iron manufactory, corner of Broad and Middle streets, and the City liestaurant kept by Mr, 1J. Wilkins and formerly occupied bv Mr. F. Bangert. In a short time both these buildings were in flames, and adjoining ones in im mediate danger. "The Jourt House was soon en veloied with lire, and being a three story building and but few of our ei.izens beinr present it was thought useless to try to save it. The old town clock chimed out the hour of (5) five, btit a moment after the whole roof of the building was tailing in. "Before G o'clock large numbers of people were collected around the Court House and exerted them selves with determined vigor to arrest the progress of the fire. "The flames spread rapidly to the store of Mr. N. Tisdale when the progress of the fire was 6tpped in that direction by the fire-proof building of Mr. II. C. Jones, with great exertions and energy on the part 01 onr citizens, j "The store of Mr. Phillips on the I w est corner, ana Mr. uiford on the North corner, and Mr. Williams bakery on the East corner of Broad and Middle streets and the market house in the middle of Broad street narrowly escaped the devouring element with several others, among wnicu was the residence of Mr. Graham. 'Our citizens labored hard and finally - checked the flames under many disadvantages. The fire be ing up in the centre of the town, some distance from the riyers, no water could be got excepting that in the pumps, and they were soon nearly all drained. rTlie property consumed was considerable. The Messrs. LTart & Co.'s stock alone we heard esti mated at $15,000, on which there was a very moderate insurance. We will give particulars of loss in to-morrow morning's Progress. "The thickness of the walls pre vented the Court House from cav ing in. At 8 o'clock the town was supposed to be out of all danger." f-PvS.-' We learn that all the pnblic records, etc., in the County and Superior Court Clerks offices were saved, together with the pa pers of the Register's office and the Newbern Library, embracing a large number of historical works, many of which are not reprinted and hence were valuable." Thus went onr second court house, and in it speeches were made by lawyers, and judges presided that would have added honor to any State in, the United States or to any country in the civilized part of the world. Wo were present with many .others still living iu our midst when the old bell chimed its last sweet notes. 5 o'clock, then cn-mc down with a crash from the cupola that sent - myriads of sparks high 111 the hazy air. Hie morning was calm and hazy, hence some ot the buildings contiguous to the Court House were saved. But while many of our older citizens grieved for the loss of" the old build- mg hallowed by the efforts 111 it for honor aud justice, some of the rising generation at least did not regret to see it illumine the town lor a moment, strike its own death knell, then go down iu darkness forever. It blocked up one of our best aud prettiest streets, aud they were glad to get rid of it upon any terms. Not being like some of those Goldsmith tells us about, wanting to keep the houses in the centre of the streets and put stones in the basket on one side of the donkey to counteract the weight of the fish iu the one on the other side, intended to be carried to market. At this time people lived who did not object to the innovation of the ancient custom of building houses on the street, and advocated dispensing with t lie stones alto gether and the division of the fish for market in the two baskets on the same donkey 0 al so was it here. But it was an honestly built house, and every brick was set as it ought to have been to withstand even fire, and only to fall when strong ropes and strong arms, and many of them, it had to resist. The bell iu the cupola of the Court House belonged to the county. The clock was the property of the town, and it was purchased in this way: In 1S27 John Burgwyn was Intend ant (Mayor) of Newbern, and Jere miah Brown, Thomas Sparrow, John W. Guiou aud John F. Smith were Con: mis doners. In this year BURNING Mr. Elijah Clark, of Newbein, made 1 uty to go to that man and teil him a visit to his brother, John Clark,1" friendly way that he must then residing in Columbia, S. C, exercise more government or his who was a Commissioner of that ; hoy will be lost." city, was While there Mr. Elijah Clark shown a new clock' recently j pu -chased in Boston by the city for ?75). On his return he made known the fact to our town Commissioners and they at once got Mr. Asa Jones, who was about to visit the North, to purchase a similar one Cor them, and the result was our town clock destroyed on the morn ing of January 15th, at 5 o'clock. 1 1 was as truthful as figures. When set up the agent of the maker stated: lock it up, wind it cai chilly once a week, keep away tinkerers, aud it will run, noi varying one hour in thirty years, lint tink erers" did get hold of it and in jured it some, finally, though it would always tell Ihe truth when let alone. There was. howc-r, a clock before in the Court House which was made by one Roach, and ' it would strike ti e hours ii regularly 011 an old bell. :i1'im Av:ii i! purchased, when the coui,i . mired the bell we have liei ctoloi c referred to, by the l.,!ti! Church. ;. w;is in the spire of the old Church near the ! Cemetery, cracked, then sold, and the bell at present in the Baptist Church on Middle street took its place. Charles Roach, who made the first town clock in Newbern, was a citizen of the county, and made it with his own hands iu this town. He was a genius as well in rascality and roguery as in me chanics. He cotfld fit a key to any lock with a momentary glauce at the key hole, and would thus un lock any door when ho so desired. Yet he was amiable and would sur render before he would use violence to escape. No one in his day feared personal injury from him. With all he was a poet. On one occasion when ho was in jail in this town, some persons were arrested and put in there with him, and he wrote a song and would there sing it at the window to the annoyance of his fellow-thieves and prisoners, which ran somewhat in this way: "Poor Lazarus had a cow, And as she was feeding on the marsh Was shot by one Calvin Mclntarsh; Butchered was she by Gatling aud Hommontree," etc. It was quite a lengthy produc tion and Roach conld sing well, aud with his song would almost make his jail associates frantic. Finally Roach was convicted of stealing and thirtv-nine lashes were ordered fby the court on his bare back. Thomas Daves was then our sheriff: .Koacli, tnrougn mm, invited a num ber ot our citizens to see it well put on, and also to see a man that had the nerve to count the lashes. His head and arms were put in the pil lery and Daves struck one, when Roach cried out in a stern voice, "Une Tom Daves.7' Again another, when the crv come "Two Tom Davis." Then another, when the cry come "Oh, Lord, Tom Daves," and he besreed piteous! v to the end of the whipping, and his friends for him, which induced the stern sheriff to lighten the licks. But would not some of that in this day do better than good thick win ter clothing and plenty to eat in the penitentiary with light work and warm rooms to sleep in? Some think so. Roach was once offered a certain snm to walk home with a certain young lady in this town of imperious character. He at once walked across the street, extended his hand which she took kindly and walked with him with the most perfect nonchalance to her own door, then politely invited him in. He raised his hat, thanked her and retired, without knowing the opinion of each other about it. She said to her family, "My jewelry is safe, so is our house. Mr. Roach came home with me and I treated him like I would a gentleman." Roach saidaffcerwards, "I would perish before 1 would take anything from that lady and her family." Roach raised a white boy named John Hover, who we remember as an old man and who always averred if he had been educated he would have been a thief and a forger like his master, therefore he was ever opposed to common schools. He thought education would do for a few but not for the plain people. Such were the times of our fathers. The brick for the Court House were made near where is now the Richardson residence, on West street, and the hole from which the clay was taken, if not at this time, could be seen a few years ago. linger rings and charms were made out of the metal of the old bell immediately after the fire by Mr. E. G. Cuthbert and others of this place. lours truly, John D. Whitford. Where is the Original Draft of tUc Declaration of Independence? One would suppose that a stranger visiting the capital would have no difficulty in finding that very interesting historical relic, the original draft of the Declaration of Independence. But such is not the case. Judge Wilum Hardman, the publisher of the London Morning Post, who was in Washington a short time ago, learned the fact to his great personal inconvenience. He was told at the hotel where he stopped to seek ic at the Patent Oflice. From the Patent Office he was directed to the Smithsonian Institution. From that place he was invited to look throusrh the National Musum, and it was not until he had wasted a large part of a day in an ineffectual hunt that he found the relic, late in the after noon, iu the library of the State Department. X. Y. Times. Try the Next. 'You kuow Blank, don't you?" queried a cuizen as he entered a Gnswold street office yesterday. "Yes." "Have you any influence with himt" 'Well, I may have." 'Then you are ihe man to go to him. He has a son about 10 years old!" "Yes." "That boy is on the road to ruin because his father is too good-natured and too much wrapped up in business. Seems to me it is your "ou t tuiuu 1 111 the man, re- Ihed the other, as he chewed at a blotting-pad and gazeu out ot the window. "lint why?" "Well, I've got a boy about the same age, an 1 I'm just going up to the Police Court to pay a line of -0 lor him smashing up saloon furni ture! Try the next."- ";(( J'rcsx. Damp Houses. People who are unfortunate enough to livo in damp houses, particularly near undrained land, are apt to think i that there is no help for them save in 'removal. They are mistaken. Success ful experiments have shown that it i quite possible to materially improve the atmosphere in such neighborhoods in a very simple manner hy the planting of the laurel and the sunflow er. The laurel gives olf an abundance of ozone, while the sunflower is potent in destroying the malarial condition. These two.it planted on the most restricted scale in a garden close to the house, will be found to speedily increase the dryness and salubrity of the atmosphere, and rheu matism, if it does not entirely become a memory of the pat. will Le largely alleviated. Few people are aware of 1 the anti-malarial properties of the sim- I flower. Recollections of the Sixty-Sixth North Carolina Itegriment Continued. In my last I failed to state that we were occasionally marched to the rear and relieved for a few days 'during our terrible stay at Mortar Hill which gave the soldiers a chance to gather up some few vegetables, both by buyiug and, to make it as mild as I can say, for aging. During one of our rest times we were marched about two miles to the rear of Petersburg, near a corn iield and the corn was in a nice condition for cooking, and in a few minutes after we had stacked our arms nearly every officer and private was in the field gathering the corn when Major Wright, who was in command of the regiment at that time and who was a very feel iur and conscientious officer to ward the rights and property of citizens, passed down the line of the camp, ordering the officers to have a guard to report to head quarter to protect the corn field He enquired of me where was Lieut. Carter. I told him I did not know "Tell him," says the Major, "to have a man report to the Adjutant im mediately to guard that poor man's corn field, fox it is a shame, I hate to command such men." When the Lieutenant arrived I told him what the Maior had ordered. The Lieutenant, as soon as he could hide his corn under a blanket, directed me to send the man to headquarters, and the first man whose turn for duty was Jas. B. Pollock, and he had that day let Lieutenant Bynum have his oil cloth, to whose quarters he proceed ed. When he arrived he found Major Wright and Lieut. Lewis Bynnm in a very animated discus sion about soldiers stealing, par ticularly from the poor people, both condemning it in the severest man ner, when Pollock stepped up and told Lieut. Bynum that he wished to get his oil cloth and reached down and pulled it off of a half bushel of roasting ears that Lieut. Bynum had just gathered and hid from the Major. That corn field, I think, saved the lives of several of our men, for we had been in the breastworks and had not had anything to eat but salt provisions for a long time, and with this change of diet the health of the whole regiment im proved. Major Wright considered it an evil: if it was an evil, good came of it. We had in our regiment, from every company, some brave and noble hearted men as ever lived. Greene county had some good sol diers in our regiment. I must call your attention, brother comrades, to a few of tier men. There was Jas. G. Wetherington, the invet erate smoker, who could get more work out of a detail of men by hurrahing and sliding around than any man in the whole regiment. James was a good fellow and a good soldier, and he always called up old Jim B. to help him, as he called me to help eat the good things that were sent him from his home. Besides, there were the Suggs, the Sylivauts, the Murphys aud the Rasberrys, Uso there was that prince of goocl fellows, Luby Harper, that the whole regiment loved and respected. On the morning of September 27th, 1SG4, we were relieved from the trenches and were marched to Chafiin's Farm, in front of Fort Har rison; it had fallen into the hands of the enemy. Our division was ordered to retake it, but the first part of the line, whose duty it was, failed with considerable loss. We then commenced permanent outer works, which were extended from Chafiin's Farm to Cold.Uarbor. On the 7th of October we marched from Chafiin's Farm to the Darby Town Road and remained in line of battle the whole day exposed to terrible shelling, as Fields' division had whipped the enemy and drove them on that road. In the morning we were ordered to charge the enemy's line near the Henrico county poor house, but the charge was given up as not expedient. At night we fell back near the New Market Road, at the Dunkards' Farm. On the 9th of October we com menced the line of breastworks, which we continued to hold until the 7th of December with an occa sional move either to the right or left. The GGth regiment had many compliments paid them by officers of high rank for the elegant appear ance of its breastworks, so neat and yet so strong, with winter quarters so comfortable and such complete parade ground. On the Gth of December, 18G4, onr first move that had been made in some time, we were marched! back to Griffin's Farm iuereati haste; order countermanded after we started, halted and slept for the ! night; next morning we returned to ! onr Old ouarters. ' On the ., . ,. , , ; night of December 9th, 1 lbl)f, we were ordered to the 1 noon train for Richmond lias been leav trenches near Henrico county poor I ing here at 4 o'clock iu the afternoon, house. This was a terrible cold : but Sunday a change went into effect, niirlit. u , snV.roiI . rrva.t- ,lnQl. tin. ! the train going om several hours later. weather was bitter cold and the snow was three inches deep. Here we cooked three days' rations, as we were still under marching or ders. On the morning of December: 10th we inarched through the snow j to the Darby Town road, to the! front, in search of the enemy. The weather was intensely cold, the 1 roads were badly eut up withar-j tillery wagons; the mud and slush ; on onr return was over shoe deep i lor miles, tin; sullerings of the sol- i diers were extremely great, so much i i so that we were greatly rejoiced j when we reached our camp. 1 Egypt. Trenton. Nov. 19, 1SS3. peiseel- object, is teat and faithful ancc it the pursuit of an certain ward, s night tabled, fient a to the future, than hi to bring with it a good re (veil though the object may not itself be always at The discipline which pa nd persistent efforts bring iniiid, will enable one, in to accomplish even more can at present anticipate. Therefore, il'yon undertake to do it tliinpr, resolve to doit. Christianity in Earnest. 1 Dr. Louis A. Tesson, a Romanist, and Miss Maggie Duncan, a Protes tant, were recently united in mar riage by a Presbyterian minister: whereupon the Western Watchman. organ ofthe Roman Catholic Church in St. Louis, gives vent to the fol lowing thumb screw Spanish Inqni sitiou sentiments. Such expres- siou8 naturally give rise to the question: What would sncb mcu not do, had they the power? Not withstanding this boldness, Protes tant (and among them a great many Methodists) still continue to send their children to institutions of learniug controlled by just such sentiments as are herein, given: scandalous marriages. A marriage in high life took place last week, the particulars of which, as published in the daily- papers, made every Catholic in the city blush. A young Catholic, a scion of one of the proudest French Catholic families of the city, wed ded a Protestant lady before a iTesbyterian minister. Why did the young inau commit a mortal sin on his weddiug day? Why did the young man tramp on his religion, on his baptismal record and 011 his conscience upon his wedding day? Why did the young man spit upon the cross and sell his man hood on his wedding day? Why did the young inau iusult the living and outrage the memory of his dead kinsmen on his wedding day? Why did he turn his back upon the altar and renounce his first communion on his wedding dav? " Why did the young man sell his soul and the soul of his unborn children to the devil on his wedding day! It was for love. The lady de manded the sacrifice and it was not in his power to refuse. She made it as a condition of the bestowal of her hand that he should unman himself, deny himself and his soul, perjure himself, falsify his baptismal record ;and insult his nearest and dearest friends before she would be his bride. Ho loved her aud he submitted. The devil supplied the argument in this process of apostasy. He said the girl had as much right to her religion as he had to his. That was not true, but even granting it, it was not against her religion to be married by a priest, while it was a violation of his religion and con science to be married by a minister. Every Protestant in the world recognizes as valid and lawful any marriage that the State approves, and every State recognizes the mar riage solemnized by a priest. She said she had a conscience as well as he. Granted, but her conscience would not be wounded of being married before a priest; while his would be violated by a marriage before a minister. Were she a member of the strictest Protestant sect in Christendom she might ap proach the Lord's Supper in her cnurcn wituouc censure the day after her marriage; while the mo ment he did the sacrilegious deed he was barred from the sacraments and excommunicated from the church's pale. He did it for love. Accursed be the man who so loves a woman that he would sell his soul for her; deny his God for her; sacri fice home aud heaven for her. Such a wedding is a covenant with hell, and a league with the devil. Ex. It this Protestant woman were married by a priest would she not have been compelled to promise that she would bring up her "unborn children" in the Roman Catholic faith! Could she have trampled upon her conscience to do that? Avoid Repetitious. Senator Vance, of North Carolina, says he aiimires newspapers, be cause they avoid repetition, get into the heart of a subject, and put t before their readers in a clear, terse style. The Senator gives a bit of personal experience, which we commend to those who would acquire the art of public speaking. He says, "I experienced great difficulty when I first entered the Senate in avoiding the repetition of a sentence. "It was my habit iu my stump speeches frequently to refer several times, in the course of a speech, to mythmg that 1 considered a good point. I wanted to beat it into the heads of my listeners, as it were. "Well, when 1 got into the Sen ate, where every word that I ut tered was taken down, I found that I had to be more arcful. "I was horrified to read one of': lorego a resort to it because ot its my speeches in which I noticed 1 1 being rendered somewhat less ac had repeated an entire sentence : ceptable to the palate. The prompt six times. I found that might do ' ness with which its cordial influence in North Carolina, but it would I is felt is indeed surprising, some I not do in the Senate. "Youth's ; Companion. ! Very Sagacious Horses. We have heard a good deal said about the sagacity of animals, but old Baldys "lacks aid something yesterUay tnat proves uiat animais nave sense, s'wu r. v. T.00 ,1, ' Yesterday the usual hour for hitching up the black's to the 'bus at Wadsworth's stables arriving, and old Baldy not ap pearing, the four horses left their stalls one after the other aud took their places at the 'bus, two at the sides of the tongue and two iu the lead, ready to be hitched up. Nobody appearing to hitch them, they waited about fifteen minutes, and then started by themselves for the hotel, the same as if they were hitched t the 'bus and old Baldy had hold of the lines. The horses had nearly reached the Charlotte Hotel before they were caught and brought back. When old Baldy heard of this smart trick in the horses, he went into their stalls and hugged each one. Churlo'lc Observer. A (icnth Kpiuin dev. An old man and a 3-ouug man w ere j riding in a stage coach. The old man : was grave but sprightly, short of stat- j Mire, spare, with a smooth forehead, ai I fresh complexion and a bright and piercing eye. The young man swore a i j great deal: until once when they stopped to change horses, the old man said to him, '"I perceive by the registry books, that you and I are to travel together a : long distance in this coach. I have a 1 favor to ask of you. I am getting to be au old man, and if I should so far for-1 get myself as to sircar, you will oblige me if you will eavtiun me about i."'; The young mau instantly apologized. ; and tnere was no more swearing Heard i iroin mm uunug uutc journey. Aiie 1 old man was John Wesley. 1 STATE NEWS Gleaned from our Exchanges. Llizabeth City Economist: The I Lighthouse Board have recommend jed to Secretary Folger that an ap - i propriation be made of $25,000 for - the iAiinlico l'oint light station, and j 9i(i,vi)U tor the Croatau light station lor the fiscal year ending June 30, ; io-o- We understand that the steamer New Berne is to take her old place on the route between Elizabeth City and Washington We welcome her back and extend to Capt. Short Pritchard the cor dial greeting of our community Smithheld Herald: On last Thursday night the house of Mr. J H. Abell, of this town, was eutered by supposed burglars and $10 in money taken from the pant's pock ets ot Mr. E. S. Abell, and some other article also carried off. The house was entered through a win dow which had no shutter to it This shows conclusively that there is a gang ot thieves in our midst, and our chief of police should leave no stone unturned to detect and capture them. At the same time let our citizens keep a Rharp look out for all suspicious characters Charlotte Observer: Capt. Fred Nash, the city treasurer, yesterday .. .' .1 3C il "I , 1 '. . , jjciiu uu i ne graueu scnooi ceacuers for the past 30 days. The pay roll of the teachers amounts to over 700 per month. The steam shovel that has been at work filling up the trestles on the Carolina Central road, beyond Lincolnton, will be sent to Laurinbuig to-day for repairs. It has been in con stant use for about three years and cne quantity of dirt it has removed is wonderful to contemplate. The first trouble it has ever yet caused, was on Monday evening when the engine pulling it jumped the track and caused a blockade, besides a long delay iu the arrival of the Charlotte train. Raleigh News-Observer: We hear that firms North are manifesting mucn interest in tue proposed State exposition hero next autumn. We were shown letters from several prominent firms instructing their representatives here to spare neither trouoic nor expense iu making full displays. These will be features of the exposition which will interest many people. The colored people were so elated at the success ot their fair that they held a meeting iUonday evening, at which some speeches were made, and a gold headed cane was presented John H. Williamson, the secretary of the "industrial Association," who cer tainly worked hard for the success of the fair. The cane bears the following inscription: "J. H. W., from the members of the North Carolina Industrial Association, 1883." Mr. J. JR. Warren, of Cary township, comes to the front as a champion corn raiser. He made seventy-eight barrels of corn, of which only three barrels were 01 short ears. The corn is white flint, the ears of great size, aud the quality the finest possible. Ashboro Courier: Last week the Courier noted the fact that Wm. Morris of Montgomery county had caught 28 'possoms iu five nights, which wo thought took the "rag oft the bush," but a man near Smith field, in Johnston county caught 47 in two nights says the Ilerald. And here comes the Rocky Mt. Re porter which says that a mau in Nash county caught G5 iu one night. Next! Mr. M. G. Johnson, of Oakland township, showed us a few days ago a pair of pants belonging to one of his tenants, an old colored man named Caswell Alston, that were 53 years old and are without rent or patch. They are made of white drilling, which Caswell bought here, 53 years ago, at 10 cents a yard and were worn by him when courting his wile. Chatham Record. This reminds us of onr old friend J. M. Davis of New Market township who called our attention a few days ago to a pair of boots he has been wearing since 1879. He has been wearing the boots afore said continuously tor fourteen years, and they are still in good condition. Hot Milk as a Stimulant. Of hot milk as a stimulant the Medical Record says: "Milk heated too much above 100 degrees Fahren heit loses for a time a degree of its sweetness and density. No one who, fatigued by over-exertion of body aud mind, has ever experien ced the reviving influence of a tum bler of this beverage, heated as hot ! as it can be sipped, will willingly poruon 01 it seems to ue uigesteu :,ml appropriated almost lmme- (Wiaien, aim many 110 now laucy that t'nev need alcoholic stimulants I when exhausted by fatigue, will find in this ample draught an equivalent ; that will be abundantly satisfying ! and far more enduriug iu its effects.'' We Wrong the (ionlle Arab. j Ex-Li ov. Smyth, of New Hampshire, who has lately returned from a voyage ti the old world, told a Manchester ! Union reporter the other day that injus j tice was done Arab children, in "styling ! the vicious young lads w ho infest our I city as "street Arabs.'"' And then the worthy ex-Governor went on to say that : an experience gathered while sojouru 1 ing in Egypt and Palestine on two oc 1 casions. had taught him to look upon the little Arabs in those countries as en titled to better treatment at the hands of the L'hri.itian world than had been accorded them. For they are not what they have been popularly sup I posed. They are cleanly, bright, ac j tive. intelligent and docile, and. on the whole, among the most beautiful chil ; dreu he had ever seen. Iu no one thing, however, was the contrast be 1 tweeu the children of the Arabs and 1 those of New England stronger than in 'common courtesy and politeness and ; the difference was w holy against New! England. Wild as the children of Egypt are. and untutored in those things which ; we prize most, there is an inborn cnur tesy even among the smallest, which ! puts the bold bearing and brusque man- j ner of our own children to shame. They always salute a stranger, touching I the i'orehca l. the mouth and the breast I with the tip of the fingers, then waving j the hand gracefully as in an ordinary i military salute; thisnignifving "I salute you with my b. ad, iny mouth and my heart." Moreover, the children of the desert are Honest and trusty, laittilul in i serving, aim ine go is niaKi- most excel- lent 1 i l tie maid servants. Polloksyillo Items. Fresh pork 6 to 3 cents per pound Seed cotton from 2 to 8 9-5 per pound. "Dull, dull," is all the cry with every one. No parties, marriages, or death du ring the week. Mrs. Mary Hunter, of fCinnton, is her visiting relwtives. . .. , j We noticed on our streets on Thurs day Mr. E. Hackbarn of your city. The Nease cast off for New Berne on Thursday with 14 balea of cotton and 18 sacks of cotton seed. . i Mr. Smith, agent for the James Town, uuurord county, nursery, is In towft delivering fruit trees. -. t The Trent cast off f rum her wharf on Saturday with a cargo of 65 bales of cotton for New Berne. f , The jXeuae passed up on Saturday ln stead of the ttlanclie. On her return on Monday she receired 25 bales of outtou here for your city. . ' Old Sol sends down his ravs wiiKall of the summer's force. A good ruin and cold weather to follow would U a luxury for Thanksgiving. .."',.. Mr. II. A. White's gin is not runnlnu on account of his enirine belli ir out of order. He sent the injured part to New Berne for repairs and will be at rork on Friday. The Rev. Mr. Caahwcll held divine services here on Tuesday and Wednes day nights of this week and udminUUr ed the ordinance of baptism to Mrni Mercer on Wednesday evening!. ... ; The Trent was so late making, this place on luesday night that she was compelled to wait over till Wednesday, wnen sne cast on ror Hew Berne with tl bales of cotton and 415 sacks of aeed. Our people were much surorised td near inac sacn a aastaraiy ana coward fy outrage should be committed , in oat mother town as was committed .nnon the much beloved and highly esteemed editor of the Journal, H. S. Nunn. . We say bravo for Wood and Jtoberts. ; Divine services at the Missionary Baptist Church on Sunday Bv request of the Pastor, Rev. Mr. CashwelL, who was absent, Mr. B. M. Gates of your city officiated and gave us a plain, prac tical sermon upon these words; "What shall I do to be savedi"' . , ? A little hair pulling and a stand hp swing around between William MilU and Carson on Saturday, waa the only excitement in town. Mills and Carson were both scared. Mills was the first to say take him off and Carson soon followed with the same exclamation. Neither one was thrown. ' Mr. W. 0 Rousa while enjoying an oyster supper on Saturday night had hia horse and buggy stolen from the street by Bome unknown party who wished to taice a arive during the night. 'The horse and buggy were found on the streets Sunday morning without any driver. The horse showed that she had been driven very hard. Hope the guilty party may be soon brought to justice. Again has the grim monster death visited and marred the happiness-of our vicinitv. Mis. Nannie, wife of Louis Whitty, died, at the residence of her husband on the nigh; of the 20th insL about 5 o'clock. She ' was a loving mother and an obedient and faithful wife.' She waa but in the prime of life and only bad a few days of lingering pain. She leaves a husband and nine children, the youngest one being only eight months old, and a host of relatives and friends to mourn her loss. We ex tend our heartfelt sympathies to the bereaved family. Washington and Elsewhere Very little political excitement around here. ': Crops will not average much, if any. over a half crop. A few more days of the present beau tiful weather, and the farmers of this section (near Washington) will be. done housing. Mr. Oliver Jarvis, so well and favor ably known in our county, died on Sun day the 18th inst. Mr, Jarvis has been in the employ of S. R. Fowle & Son for many years. v Senator Z. B. Vance spoke at the court house on Monday night to a large crowd. His speeches appeal to men's better judgment and not to their passions or prejudices. Rev. D. May, of the M. E. Church, who has labored for that Church in this town for the past two years) delivered his farewell address on Sunday night; a very large crowd in attendance. Washington Items. . From the Gazette. The cotton seed oil mill of John. Myers' Son will soon be in operation. The last of the machinery is daily ex pected. There has been some talk about the Old Domion steamers at this point con necting again at Elizabeth City. Mr. Myers, the agent here, has heard noth- ng of it, however. Rev. Mr. May is reported an having said in a recent sermon that the people of Washington are very timid about the use of the word "hell" but that if they don't do better they will become more accustomed to it. So, look out. The death of Mr. Oliver Jarvis, of this town, on last Sunday morning, though expected by his friends, was still a rnrl surprise, lie hau been eutxenng for more than a year with what we will term for want of the technical name, a isease of the throat and lungs. For some time before nis death be could hardly speak above a whisper and finally lost altogether the power of articula tion. The new steamer being built by Capt. . W. Styron at Myers' ship yard was launched on Tuesday at noon. Tbe steamer was christened with the pro- erbial bottle of wine by little Margie, aughter of Capt. Styron, after whom he will be named. Capt. Styron as- ures us that the Margie will snon be completed. She will probably become tbe property of the New Berne, Beau fort and Onslow Iulnnd Cousting Corn- any, and will run on iNew and White Oak rivers, in Onslow county, to Beau fort and Morehead City. So our friends in tht section may look for the sound of her whistle soon. In this connection we learn that Capt. Styron will com mence the building of a stoam yacht to be plited on the same route. Black Walnut. Black walnut can be grown from the nut, producing a butt fourteen inches in diameter in as many years from the seed, as far north as Massachusetts. No tree valuable for its timber in cabinet uhcs, unless the black birch be so con sidered, can attain to that useful growth in that period of time in our northern climiite. Maples require twenty years before they become good timber trees; beecher) and birches, fifteen years to at tain to a diameter large enough to yield nine inch boards: hickory should have a growth of thirty years; and cherry at least as much. The cultivation of the black walnut might be made a source of profit, if only as an auxiliary to the ordinary farm products. It requires no particular cure, makes an elegant tree even in its youth, and later olfers an agreeable shade. The Siiriiir Machine Journnl say s : "One hundred acres of land, seeded to walnut trees, if they even reach ma turity in fifteen years, would be more remunerative than manv of the rrm,. produced by fifteen of incessant toil, Besides, these trtes mieht 1 n.,iJ and would thrive on snots whirli nm ior lurricuiturn nnr. poses, and while in tbe course of growth would serve as valuable aids to nirricul. lure as wind breaks and in other re 'specta." Professional Card. " ATTORNEY 'AT LA Y7 0M palt Oula Hmh,: ' ' Sow Heme. US., C,, Will pmMc la th Ommtlxa of llnnt, I m. olr, 3oua, c m.low, Ituiiiimig ( m In ths U.K. IMntrtr Omirt. i'rbrapt UaUoa paid to the aullaotj.. m claims. , v trtv.'r ,X IIV PELLETIEIV v . , Attorneynt-Law1 - robI.olKCVIl.LJK. . , "' " ' " Cnalr, V. e. ' Will pramles la Mia Courts fCarUrct, Jom Onaiuw and Crmvea. , Kixwlal attention alvnn to tha ocllauokia ml clivtB, aud srttllna" aetata or dtMMi . SURGEON .1! i DENTIST, r ... . 1 . . ! ' llarlni Jift-ated ln Kaw'liorna, pftVra hia to 'New Bern and . au vvaJtim arvfeea eonatry. 'r-j'V'.i't h"'rf c ::'! (Otifw .oorurr of ityuUi front and (rva tret-la. . . 4a w "f ' f-j ....... Go t. nrantta, aaxirt. a. rar. 1 uST&OKQ & PERIlYt ! I miiaXEtsjnccrxsmiiir.t ,t m- Having formed a roiartii-rk.l t-t VK Eractlcc nf 1h law In Jorw noun! y n 1 1 ra il ly attend Ihf ouurlaof Mia mu. .1 ro4 attaniHm paid to ooito-tvia may 134 ttwtr '" rnri. HOLi.Airi, t. , hoiund.&.guioil; Att)VnvyN , nt . .-nv. (Offlna oia door waetof UaahiB Jfmiui.) J wm Tra!t1a hi the ninnil f CtK.a loom, Onalow, Carter. I'ui e ami Latnntr ' Prompt attention nnlifln eolieolloi. - alirJHaalr, . , , ' a. w. Klxoar. w. a. aiaau a , , Ct-CWEHT MAITLT. , KIXONrSIKSiONS hVXXi u. ; '.ATT0UNET3 AT LAW. Will prnotlne B tHVmt-Ta of (Vvv, Onalow,()artret, I'ltmlWHi and ln4r. a... 1 tbe Federal Court at Kew Brrna. Maua if ;;:ofl,G,L,SHACKELFr;.D,1, . uigeon 1 tl.tia t( " HXWBKaN, n. c, Having located permanantly In Svwlrn, I reAoenlfully tunar ar paofnaatone,; tnrriMa to the public (.Kline on VlM.n turrl. In ( av ereoufeulJdlat. oppoalle MapuaKMireta.' '..Teat'Teare Pratlea4 Kapareaaaa. .' . sop'Hdawly . ' DR. J. 1).- CLARK f .-Omee oa Graven street, and Broad. v ' f be larvae . fotioak , . aprn-dAwlr. Norfolk Advertisement. ;S. W. 8 ELD NEIL, Wholesale . LiqiiorDc 1T. Bl Reaaaka tqiiM, ''"--', ''. ftoiuroLK:, a. ' Orders promptly aWenood to and aatMiaea tlon auarantrod. ' Klbuaibd If. 1 . : 1. Sapid! Nn r-HAW Tow, -"I joJ. V. Toms, Peruulroana Co, V. C. .. ,, Hertford, If . C Jo. K. Ten, 1 itla o llulatuh, V. C . . NATHAN TOMS & SONS, , Commission Merchants, jrosmt'uU 01 . .!',' Cotton, Lumber, Grain,. Paanuts, a4 all Country Produce, SO Myvrs' Wtuw; "'" ''' 'JL. aulMdswJnv; ';.- ( WORFOI.K. TA.' 0; M'ETHERIDGE & CO.; Gen'ICpmmissibii 'Mr)rciiatita fll all kind ot eorrnlry produce and Diake prompt returns. . . i-i.j ... . Refer to CltlKuua Hank, Norfolk, Va. '(Jorreapondonoe eutlclted. - aulO-dawiia "' -"-j ; 'f - .i EHzabeth", Iron Worlij?, CIIAh. AV.'a'ETTIT, rri.y-. I SSe-283, tU , and 286 WU atrt, MANUTACTCHER. OF ENGINES,; IBOIEEHS,' Saw and Grist .Mills, . i Slf AFTIN41S. . rnlleyis.' TltiifzGri F0RGTN08 AXD - CASTING 8, Of Every IcriUott. "' aWplrtaraelllilaa far. ALL 1TO(ta . our line aul7-dwly RKADTHISe Thei Gloho "Hciiiic. ill No. 177 fern Street, ' - KcrfuS, Tt KATES OF BOAKCUa:. Hlnirlo IMy ......... Two Imj b Throe lny rep Wwik ,i Table Hoard, iwtr W.k Ruprwir, loUaintnd HtaakfcsB.. This house ha ban Ihoroiichtv refurntai. auu nwiy Brunted. The lbe Wl eeaaon. " ' lllfceAlaua' unplled with Lha I m Ue rwst Har Klaav. Mjvh4il (lquOra and clean. rth.tfte Mil , 1 (live Hia UUbe 'HoNM -i Triad. No I77Mat Street, HnMlr.Ve.- ''-K a. CKnaLK. Establish Bt im. CARE & PATTOBT' General Wholesale CommKfca Ken&tt-V: No 40 KIVO STatlMrT. (special attention gtraa katke ealaWki i ami Houtbrrn i'roduce, Kleh. W ata, . Proa.pt Hft.rMaua,, tTjriTTj P. t 1 ItKrKKKNca Harvey Mtlw. rkaiaamaa, Mroeora, Kialng A Ianaja, rranaka I- - a, KlratNat Hauk. WlUoluaioa. Aei aef-sr , Job Printb&f: If you want Peatara, ' ' ' ' ' Circular. Ha aVIlla, or nnyOiliiK uauell done In Job rrtlBe1 flooa, nj-ikI ordera u ;.:, ) ii wiTtii-TowM of fav if Waefclaa-eeek. V. . . . Hrlal rHi-n(lol dtsULix-.. crvea e reea 1 1 i ....... ...iT-..-.' RIVER VIEW-HOTEL- K MZAll KTlf VttX&RCl ' ' A. L. lM5NDLETON,PB0WWrom. t Till, hotel I situated fvxar tn aWmee I 4a oar h hark hi ear.n of the Kalliuad depot ast lax arrival of train. , Itataa RaM.,Ua. ' diall'l i G LxTJaflty,- Makrr f Btlemeal, . Root. A he. f e I ea IMe DIBPT BKADU. i ' k V Mi U. ' Would rwrW to Ma-era. . . rW, JUm. RiKlolliera.allotWewlWniejj.l " - Order hy Ball eeUolt, . p. f julyfthtwly ' OK Vt. J,' BAETll f t - iaft ii iiiw 1 1 1 1 ii .i.mw.iii. tn.t.wj,!,! a ae I Ml -..la 1,1. ..r.T aSeaaSa, '
New Berne Weekly Journal (New Bern, N.C.)
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Nov. 29, 1883, edition 1
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