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1 j- -. 5 Vu. .... 4. C t My Tt-- INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS. Terma QB.OO Pr V0ra VOL. X. NEW BERNE, CRAVEN COUNTY, N. C. FEBRUARY 2:! 18S. NO. 47: ...... . . - - 0 ! fP I ,(J, 6 7: GEOHGE ALLEI1 G CO. . r General Hardware . ' A rrl cultural; Imp) meats. Plow, narrows, CnlUvaXOr, " Uaen nd Axes, " Yodw ilwr aadlrers, " . ' . Steam Enjrlfto. . - Cotton GLni,anX Fertiliser. Ijtnd PUMrter. Kaiwlt . Mechanics ToU and tl4wfcre, Ume, Urlck. Cnet. TJaster Ualr. Paint, Kl v,fcr uUh, Oil, Cl Pwtty llUr. FKMcn, KelVtKnUr, Oil tok 8 tores, Karska UnrKla ' Prof at lrk, wreI to Kfreecti f ItT ail tlrfw;i. PtHI'KS.VKitV -iVk" . . OKtt. ,Li.h A t J. P. D Davis. CHOICE FAUILY-GnqCEBIES :V provisions;'" Bmi OraM TiaaDr Tlomr lwT .. , Stock. Bm Bnads of tommo j. Dinct from tho Faotorr. ; ;: BOOTS, SHOES, HEAVY DBY GOODS. , " Cait sad km Bock Bottom Prtom. S . aiAnxsr iock. iiinDVanE. 8an,"Ira and BUndi, - PsJnts, Oil and Olans - 4 tms,Ccnt and Platter, -:A1I Orml ot C4HKlKO AN1 - 1IEATINO AlOVtS, ' ZvT BOTTOM PiUOES! L.H: CUTLER, . 25 & 28 Middle Street, NEW B EKXB. H. O. Vcil:d Jo Pcrchaso, v 50,000 Bnsli. Bice. ; 200,000 Tons: Pure u. p. ciinnus & go., V. . IQEABf & COTTON COfffflSSIOIT HUKCHANTS, . UtMXXT DOOL, i-.tiXTiu m caeini ijlR OLE WORKS, v 'XT , :-s r-v .IT'S r.a ,tf 'TIS ;' Honuments Tombs- ka ITAUAMi AIJERICAH UARBL ' XHaora will raeoiva prtnp tftmnor OEJCjJUJB, lroprietor . Oor BBOAD JkI CRAYZ3I SU. - v trmw bxjutm, n. o J "' " rTTf 'i r . - O. Z.UaXmmlmmr mlkorlaolanoi I Ja riiMim l. ' . , atlMn 1 K. R. J0I1ES, WaoUmlo aai' boUB rir in CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES , General Merchandise, .BAQ)' an, TIK Ktc t of Orvln, C sUciaad. . too aod Pied lrosap Atteatlo Ua -uUmkL If. W. Cor. Bovta rroal ud MUdltSf 3IUU0n5 & UAALY, TTOBSXXS AX LAW. C; inrwBESss, k.'tj.. Will non'oatf abovt jMnwmrj 19th. 1383. to tbtilt mm Oflc, OT Uk Bak Imm BottM of Otm. Taj t Co-, tkr w bloirHomAfft r OWEH-Hi GUI0H, ATT bit KB V:ATLAW. , Boo-4oa Fronl iWKf o 4ooji , Craven S- two Sswta of l.r.Oo.. Vamlf f"ia ml art P.QBZaTS. Cnrj Bt . cIam" Compmnioa an. .-" rr. I If sal Itd&Ml Isjvsim. Ta'jJ Capital over JTorty UlUlotis O . .I,.-- poCan.- Jon24dlT. JEW BERfJE. HER INDUSTRIES. Freight and Passenger Lines Churches, Schools and Hotels. Manufacturing Enterprises. Truck Farms Climato, Hoaltii, Ktc, Etc st the New lirueof nearly two jceatunos tgo, vrheu the S-rit.ord o f lieme .settletl on Ibe Uans oi tlie Trent river At a point just above us jit. . t . x L eonflueneo with the Nease, where tier coald have the most extended Yitfw and look upon the finest land sea pa ia all this region : Nor the New Berne of a half ceatsjrjlaterw'hen iIonsxchy held its UoloaUl Capitol here and the bin' born danes and high bred damaeis of Great Britain' coortly nobility dwelt in its mansions, and danced in its halls :" Hor the New Berne of a century o wbrn th uliort lirftd rloriea of the royal governors had departed forever, and been succeeded bv the simpler methods of republican in stitutions, when her citizens were men of enterprise, public spirit and adventure, so that the ships of her commerce floated upon foreign seas and returned laden with Che products of other lands, when her preachers and physicians, her orators and jurists comprised a long list of learned and eminent men, and taste and culture characterized and sdorned her social life. The actors in these dramas have passed away bare long since gone to their rest and their award. Utner hands have writteo their record, and the pat Is writ known and secure. But the New Btirne of today, as. near the last decade ot this 19th century, it still looks, cut upon the bright waters of the beautiful rivers which won the admiration of its first settlers, and along whose banks it has greatly ''lengthened its cords and strengthened its stakes. The revolution of the years has given it an altered ap pearance. Times have changed and men have changed with them. Tne people- have increased from a few hundreds to seven thonsand,and the population is not, of course, as homogeneous as In the hlstorio days. Among the various classes may be found representatives of almost ' every grade oi society. Here "are persons of learning, re finement and culture, of enterprise, industry and wealth, of sagacity, intelligence and thrift, as well as those who are ignorant and ma licious, who oppose all progress and pervert every right way many "worthy sons of noble sires," and some ''degenerate plants of strange vines." But you may go far, and search long before you shall find a more .peaceful, contented and happy people. ATLANTIC k N. C. RAILROAD. New Berne is easy of access From the south you may come by wy of the norths running down from Goldsboro on the Atlantic and yorth Carolina Eailroad. Of course yoaeia come from the north by the same road, If yon prefer the overland route, with elegaut coaches and careful, attentive con - uucwt" i OLD DOUISIOX STEA3ISBIP LINE. , Another old and favorite route is by way of Norfolk, a.t ou the boataof the Old Dominion' Steam-1 ship Company. These boats are fine, Urge, and fast, with ample accommodations for passengers. The "Newberne" is well known, and the "Msnteo," just trail t for this line, is said to be an excep tionally "steady" boat. A good table, comfortable rooms and every courtesy" is the motto. This route, through the Albemarle and Chesa peake canal, over the waters of the Pamlico sound, and up the Neuse river, if the weather be fair, af fords a fine excursion. CLYDE. STEAMSHIP LINE The steamers of the Clyde line (or North Carolina Freight Line) run to New York, Boston, Provi dence, and all pcynts north and west, with semi-weekly boats be tween New Berne and Baltimore direct. EASTERN CAROLINA DISI'ATCa. The Eastern Carolina Dispatch runs two steamers of its fast freight line three times a week to Eliza beth City and returns, and offers superior facilities for quick trans portation to nnd from all northern ports. HErSE Jt TRENT RIVER STEAM BOAT COMPANY LINE. The steamers of the Neuse & Trent River Steamboat Company plv d-ily up aad down Neuse and Trent rivers, affording ample fa- cilitiea for travel and traffic. irrvrrr i t uruT When you reach New Berne, go . . to the "Hotel Albert," This is a new and substantial brick building of sixty feet front and one hundred and sixty-five feet depth, three Bioriea hik", "u""c" lU0lv, M.n'n Christian Assoc.ift- most beaotilnl manner. W located in the business portion of dt7 "'. in noiet ouiiamg m town, belnz an attempt on the part of - the proprietor, M. Patterson & Bon, to MtHfjt aa l w refuirntenn ot the traveling public It ia es peciallj conatrncte4 to acoommo oate 1 toarieto with their familiea, and innrm persons who seek .health and Tifor in this unrivaled climate, or Iranian i It from the seventj of a northern winter. A oi- v 'v".u , : - i t.M kanAv m 5 "c u aleeo "welL To promote tnese physical graces no pains has been spared. The dining room is large aad high with ample ventilation, the walls of French gray with gfJt mouldings, and the ceiling finished with elaborate designs io native woods. The table is famished with the best the home or foreign markets can supply, well cooked and wall served. The water used for drinking purposes ia from an artesian well one hundred and twelve feet deep, and is delivered in every room. This water has been analyzed at the State Labora tory and at the Smithsonian Insti tation at Washington, and shown to be the parent and most whole some water in the city. The sleep ing rooms are unusually large, are thoroughly ventilated, have white ; walla in hard tiuish, and the wood work corresponding in tint, with the beantifal cherry sets with which they are furnished. They are all carpeted with Brussels or ingrain, and on every bed is a woven spring J mattress. The house is fully 'I'ghted with gas, and in every room is a radiator and electric bell. The special park.r is furnished i:i black walnut, covered with crimson I Plash, is carpeted with Brussels, ?T A AAnt4lna .1 r, n rJD TX" i A . 1 and contains an elegant rosewood. upright piano, of rich, full tone. Each floor ia connected with the offlae by speaking' tabes. There are DQmaroaa bath xooms, also a flne billiard room and baggage room, and first-class barber saloon in the basement. It is the neatest, most comfortable and the cosiest hotel in the State of North Carolina.! Come and see. An omnibus line runs in connec- i tion with the steamers and rail road trains. First class liverytables are near the hotel. Several other boarding houses cater to the wants of hungry people, whether home born or pilgrims and ; strangers, notably the old Gaston house also the American house, i Mrs. Smith's, Mrs. Joseph Nelson, B. G. Credle and Mrs. nines. When you have ''refreshed the in ner man" we will go out upon j THE STREETS. They are broad and straight, ! made smooth and hard with shells, and eroes each other at right angles, a part rnnning nearly north and south conformably to the course of Neusc river, and the others nearly east and west agree ably to the course of the Trent. They slope gently toward these rivers, so that the drainage is per-1 feet. On either side is a row of trees, many ot wnicu are ot great size sometimes interlocking their, branches, forming a canopy over the street and yieldiug a grateful v,a rru f-Q o, , .n,-! elm and maple, of which the former are much the most numerous. The late Mr. Beecher once gave ex pression to his opinion and taste in respect of these trees : "Those in comparably most magnificent of all earthly trees, elms I" Now we are at the loot of EAST FBOKT STREET, looking out npon the broad Neuse as we move northward. Its waters are clear and bright today and smooth as a sea of glass. But let the Sooth wind blow and the white capped waves will rise with surpris ing quickness, size and power, or let a copious rain fall at the north send down an increased volume of water and it will be "yellow as the Tiber." We will go down Craven street, named for William Lord Craven, one of the eight cavaliers to whom Charles II granted the province of Carolina, up Middle, which seems by some convulsion to have rent the original block and forced ita way through it, down Hancock, named for one of the Lords Proprietor, and through which the railroad runs, up Metcalf and down George, named for George II and doubtless the first street, and we are at the site of the old, r- : i historic Tryon Palace, some marks of which may still be seen. Now we g0 eastward through kron t stkeet v . P, be marg'ii oflreut river, up roi.ock uameo ior one oi lue luius street, at first otuled New street, and w hich seems like Middle to have forced itself through the original block, down Johnston and sp Queen street named in honor of Queen Carlotte, wife of George II and perhaps the second street projected and we have completed the circuit of the town. We have seen some FTNE RESIDENCES a few built of brick, but the larger number of wood, some square, plain and old fashioned, others in cottage style, more or less imposing, com modious, neat, tasteful or expen sive. A noticeable feature is the great number oi yards devoted to the growth of flowers, in which hrnbe and plants, evergreen or deciduous, may be found, of almost tnnnite variety, wnere the crocus opens to the sun light in January aud the roses bloom in the opu air till December. We have passed in our circuit many CHURCH EDIFICES. The spiritual condition of oht people is well cared for. New Berne contains sixteen organized churches one Advent charcb, white; one nte Baptist and three colored ; oae Catholic, white ; one Disciples, white ; one white Episcopal and one colored ; one white Methodist and , fnnf ml or An nnA wnitA PrMhv. ' . ' tcrian and one colored. The aggre- gate membership of the white churches is about eleven hundred ; mat wi iut) wiuicu aiwui teuj- five hundred. In addition to the above should be mentioned the tion, now in its third year, with a , . - A J ttJuuw.iatA of.earlv two hundred. Also the . a.Wnfin Arn Salvation Army, which came here urwiTi t & vnr ntro. and recruited a oorpe, wnoee sotaiers inas iar "sworn in" a umber eighty-seven. Then organizations nearly all have stfrUMepIaaMofworsbip.cornTnodi- una uiu ouuuuxuimo, iwu uxspuiuJK more or less of architectural skill and taste. The Y. M. O. A. have a fine audience room, witn Horary and reading room, ana gymnasium contiguous The n 1I1C UCW tuuau Ul uio Dlseiplee is nearly completed, and the Salvation Army will be in possession of the budding recently purchased by them, on the first of next montn. education. Col. McKae said in his address here on May Day nearly live year ago: "If there be one thing abov all o'.her.-, viral io the welfare of the people, it ia a universal popular education. '' Education has always been appreciated and fostered here New Berne once regarded it as a prond distinction that she was called the Athens of North Caro - 1 lina bat it was uot exactly such education as ischaracterized by the last three words of the above quota tion. But tht- world moves on, new theories lot U.;.- .:r.p:o erueut 0i's;'ciet3 an '. :ht liew-lopieiit and peiK'eubil;! ' o: nier: are evolved. a fid -'to tl.; co:i e at la Si'IKm 'I. The N.-w )! incorporated ly i: 11. i- i ' 1 N o - . 'v- li'.ern .- ya- I . g;si.r ure in t!ien granted s support lu ll'.' .1 sub- . ,1 brtek 01 I lilft V MX feet , and is beau 1 . on, and proiK-. arc : .!! h"M t jc ; trustee--. The b rhi sran! : tl er.e. c-'vris'r:.. ; dee'- t 1 ' xtv lei-: irorir anu wo stories 1.; ' tifully located in one 01 tae pieas antest portions of the city, amid kave breasted tlie storms and re joioed io the sunshine of a century. The surrounding grounds are of ample area and are enclosed bv a HMttanwof galvanized iron rib. bon. Tuition has usually been holly or in large measure free to chi uiren oi tne cirv ann couniy. .... ... , . very large percentage oi) uie peo ple of New Berne have been edu cated, in whole or in part, in this school, and the influence of its in struction and discipline upon those who were the subjects of it in the formative period of their lives is beyond estimate. A VETERAN TEACHER. It must not be omitted in this connection to mention 1'rol". Neal, who has been a strong factor in educational work and aetiely en gaged in teaching for thirty-five years. The impress of his training is unnn a thousand mums ami hearts. lie had charge of the Academy for six ye.irs, with an average of about two hundred and seventy five pupils. lie :s now Principal of the High School occu- oving the same building, teaching the languages, higher English aud Mathematics, preparing ouug men . tn onsmcn in business or students t0 .nttn. college K GU vpfd siin mi , 9 the legitimate outcome ol advancmg public eentimeut an in r ', favor of popular education. The building was erected in 186 1, occu- ni'n.-. VA O .1 T- 1 All i.I.l!11 !'( 1 C tflQ jMca iuo oau.c cuuVap contiguous to it. It fronts on Han cock street, but is removed from it by the width of a fairly broad "cam pas," upon whose smooth surface the green grass is kept closely cut , vt nKrinsw A Knunf I f II 1 T" O Tl (1 Hi ITT ! makine a beautiful lawn and play ground. Its dimensions are about i eighty feet front by sixty feet! depth and two stories high. The elevation is tine, and the general appearance striking and agreeable. The front is of pressed brick, a broad porch cov i s the main en trance, and it is surmounted by a small cupola. Every part Is constructed of the best material and in the most substantial and ! durable manner. Probably it is the best ventilated building in the city. The interior arrangement is erni nently convenient and comfortable. From the front entrance a broad hall nusses across the building ' u!LLP!!2" either side of this ball, near the onter doors are the entrances to the school rooms, four in number, similar in size, appearance and finish, being about thirty-five feet long and t weiitv-l'tve tect wide, and of fourteen feet pitch, wi abun dant blacR board space, aud all the more recent appliances and im provements, and a Hording accom modations for about sixty pupils each. Between the two rooms on the same side of the bai; are large gliding doors, by means ol which two rooms may ue inrou mto one, thus giving two larger or lour smaller rooms on the lower floor. From the lower hall, a broad, from lue lower nan, n uiuau, .,. , ' '! easy ntgnc oi siaira leans to me 8eoona story, xnis is arrangeu , , i . !. . . , . i,i ., ... precisely like the stor belon with accommodations for the same num i"V" :' ' The m. white hard finish, with dark mould- iM an,i trimm nr thp npilin ir - .r . . being of narrow stun ot a light tint Th building COSt more than $0 000 I rt'L"-cl-1 itu duci inuaucu nuu Th .Phnol hM bPPn condn'cted'lblack' and the whole structure, , j;ril,;Jf .u.n.ninion il orwi h l ltimp six grades, and has sometimes k. a.t- o.Mr i,,tr,,i Xue Gradea School has furnished UaU OU dUCLlUlllit.t lui LlllLivt.vv.. I many teachers for the public schools of this and adjoining coun ! ties, and in this way and others i measurably promoted the cause of popular education. There is no ; prettier sight in New Berne than i the children of the Graded School ' at play on the Green. i inE COLORED graded. sciiool , was established in the same vear as the white school. The building wa Pnnstrnete,! from mnr.i.,a fnrn .v iahprl hv flip Tinbbi" Kelmnl fund 1 and cost three thousand dollars. It is a good, suitable and commo dions building, pleasantly located on West street. The school is doing good service in the develop- merjt anj improNemeut of our ( coioreti people, PRIVATE SCHOOLS. There are a number of private schools kept m different parts of the city. The teachers were nearly all trained and equipped in the Graded School, and are presumably pursuing similar methods of in struction and discipline. THE COURT HOUSE ig tne only strictly public building in .New iierne it having beeu erected by the funds of the conn- tr, it nmnniw' an pI tri hb. si t a i jj. intersection ot Craven ami j i3roaa streets, and is a magnificent j jtn,,tnr immmnir in it.s cranar-.il . . - - - . w ..VJ.,.. 1 - I - 7 appearance, and elegaut in its i whom they pay weekly one hun arnhif pprnral dpiiicm And finisli Vn'dred and fortv-five dollars. Their iength north and south along Craven street is ninety-five feet an(1 jt3 depth fifty-two feet. It is built of brick aud is two stones high, with mansard roof covered j with slate. The front or main 1 entrance, rs at tht east, on Craven street, tbo porch or vestibule of which risen in the form of a tower to a height of more than one huu dred feet, containing an excellent i bell, and surmounted by the cardi-; nal points and a vane. Other en- - 1 trances are at the north and south, opening into a broad hall which runs through the building, and communicates with the hall from the front entrance. On the east side of the hall are the offices of the Sheriff and Clerk of the Su perior ( 'ourt, 0:1 the oppose the of tires of Register of Deeds and Coun ty Commissioners, the Litter being iKn the Grand Jury room TVe oflices are similar in ize, treueral arrangement and finish, bcint 1 bOU inieri! KttmeKi.il leer, Ivr- f r . I' r A. uid twelve feet pitch. They are wainscoted alout five Icet. above wliieb are tinished iu rough ilaser. :f a light gray color, laid off in -qi: ires and resembling granite. The wainscotiDg is grained in oak, and trimmings in walnut. The ceilings are in narrow matched ,! stuff painted a H'ffhUint. CnTcted tlXoffices of the 1 nuoucu w'u LUO UL" Ul lu fe1-;1 uu uc. ....(sc ,.uU -- '"" . their respective departments. These vaults are fire proof and damp proot, having air spaces in the walls w i r ii ii li ts I'.tt iii mi li n W.3 1 1 n 17 w i rn imp with Hues communicating with the outside and with the chimney, and are furnished with valves which when open admit a draft of air. and being closed in wet weather exclude all dampness. There is also a room between the oflices of the Register and Cotnmis missioners, where books and rec ords of less importance are kept. All these rooms are constructed in the most thorough aud substantial manner, and finished in very neat though plain style. At the south end ol the hall which is practical ly the principal enfance ou either 8lde are broad stairways leading to a hall above, from which access is had to the Court room, by two wide double doors. THE COURT ROOM is of ample size, being about eighty feet long including the gallery over the hall and of a width equal : to the depth of the building, and twenty feet pitch. Two aisles on either side of which are seats lead up towards the '-bar and bench."' At the distance of about ! thirty-five feet is a fence like bar I rier with posts and rails and balusters of solid, massive ash, ! which limits the room accorded to , 8pectator8 Beyond this railing is a passage of five feet, then the space appropriated to the attorneys, etc. This area is about twenty feet wide east and west and extends forward twenty feet, is elevated ; ab fif fa 'and encIosed ' A. " , TTTJ ou luree siuea, wuu a iuw uui,.;0i,u n0( Qr,.i ..m heavy ash railing and balusters. Cn the left or west side are the i desks for the clerks and other offi cers of the court. On each side of the bar are the jury boxes, separated from it by a space of four feet, and provided with comfortable arm chairs. In front is the Judge's stand, elevated , about two feet, partly set in a ; with elegant desk and chair. In the rear is a door leading to the Judges private room. On each side of the platform and in close prox imity to the jury boxes ace the uouie upcuiug iulu luc Juij ivulu. are finished in plaster, ! hBh . & a'- laUl offfIn M . v.f'V" " '" .. ,i . - . t j i . . l i i .... I ! Bioij . aii auu ngui are auiuuteu o nine niiRB miuuovis. was is ;n But the most beautiful feature is the ceiling, lue whole surface is Uiviucu into eigiiteen squares. The square nearest the center of the room is a recess extending up ward about six (Vet, from the base of which are arches springing out to connect with the smaller square at the top, in which is a circular piece, curiously carved and pro - plahlrfltlv nrnampnVP(i , .. , ; ' i " " " ' Y,," . . . ... . , , cient nower to illuminate the whole gins, roouli l i in v ttuu o ia will uui auuiit fuUer descr- ' nor can an a(le. quate idea of its appearance be; gained from description. It is in lhe highest style of: "cyiaLlc a,Lf' u,ust uo Dt"u to be appreciated. T ip nnts rffl n The outside ot the building is i ;f.l .A ;. a niltv, "from turret to foundation stone," is made of the Def5t materials, and ... . ., , , ' . iQ th most thorough and work - l . ry,. unuiiihL' ujanuei . xue uoruei niuue seeu irom me liei nei, auu, ;ii iei ue was laid in . November 1883, and ! ing separated bv screens the hulls 'though uot completed, was occu - pied at the fall term 1S85. It cost nearly thirty five thousand dollars. NEW is located BERNE THEATRE on a fine site, near the noith cud of Hancock street. It is a largo brick building covered with stucco, laid off in blocks, and tinted in excellent imitation of .1 i;, K f1"'1-)', , .Tf beautifully Symmetrical building IU the citv. It belongs to St, John's' Lodge A F. & A. 31. THE UNITED STATES government has a Postoffice, Cus torn House and Marine Hospital in the city, but has no public build - ing. TUE LUMBER BUSINESS one of the chief industries. is There are a number of mills all in active operation. At the head of the list because fartherest up the Xeuse river we will name D, CONGDON & SON. Their mill is near the xailroad with two hundred and thirty horse i power engine and all the modern improvements ana nxtares. xney have unusual conveniences for dry - intr lnmhr in the onenflir. TTse only pine and cypress, and confine their business to the shipping trade I hev emDlOV twentV-SIX hands. cut is thirty thousand feet per day. d. stimson's mill is located just below the one last mentioned, and is equally near ' the depot it being between them, Ileuses a great variety of woods, pine, cypress, spruce, poplar, oak' kilns, ships er the local trade, makes mouldings and laths, dressed Coring and ceiling, and ZVtZ V t . 1 , ; , crates for truckers and fishermen, i He employs over fifty hands, pays them about two hundred and fifty dollars per week and cuts twenty five thousand feet ner day. Fac ther down the Neuse, at the foot of Pollok stieer. is NEW liKKNl". T I. 11. 1 1 1 1 1 are ! t;o pro;o kilns, run .1 'or the null oi the T'MUKK Ci i M. V. S'. t ; !.'.r -Ml1 AN V. engine, employ r , and cut, 1 "r i h etoiu ii!';c,.-ii li-'-. tg trade. i- -:xt.-en iii:i: tUOUsaiid lee' ;:(: w. have ' in sf 1 , li. I!!. AIM-: 1: Ti (": : i i v, r on the -oii'li t--g" the; and i)ir-e !() er I'.o.i' . :iC e ; side, have They .'ae'i Hi- lit v tl '.'' ii.lfl . all t engines They dry kilns and s'hi 'Thev together e I ace ".! r Iuuil'-;. employ fifty-five ' AJa , feet per day. The pay roll is about two hundred dollars per week THE ENTERPRISE LUMBER MILL of which James Boy le is the pro prietor, is located on the Trent river at the head of South Front street. It is a new nr.il. not et fairly under way. Ir Las a forly horse power engine, and u ;rn eight hands cuts for the local or -hipping trade, about fifty thousand hat per week. THE TRENT LUM1JER MILL ol which J. L. Cooper is manager, is on the north side of Trent river, near the railroad. It makes a, specialty ot dressed lioonng and i ceiling, and has botii a local and shipping trade. It employs a dozen hands and cuts about ttn thousand feet per day. COTTON tilNNINCr. Neai the foot of Hancock street, at its midsection with South Front, are the extensive in. lis of 31 aj. A. If. Dcimi.roii. Tae 3I.ijor Maine e down l.ere Burnside expedition in help "MlUclcii tile lobe! is iioni 1 vith the I 801:. to j .on." uiiu has been lingering aron ever since and is likelv id to ;:ere .-cav 1 1 1 b till after the re-union, ot ,i( of next muntli '. lie .-i:ip'. leisure n.oLiieiits in lixing i;p to gin cotioii, and ba-a go successful operation, when n. a m lire a broke out,a::d it went up in a 1. 1 of glery." (1875.) Bt fore the ashe were ( old he had projected a n "w mill bigger and bottei riiT-ning and ginning in sixty - ij.s which has pretty regulr.rly had an annual tussle with the '-lire fiend-' ever since its erection, but has thus far by the quick acti' n 0j t,.p Major8; nre department and the timely as cient fire roinpanie8 together with tUn ,rr,,i crmnmi,,- Vr ,a,v' luv 1? lllKlt uj : t 1 1 I 1 1 I Jf j people as couia get within blocks, been too much for two the "fiend. "; The mill is a i trge one. and stands close bv tin- ;a;!ro.u! track, Tjrrii.'Ti Kiiinr hrio ti -i n iri .it. L-. ment ;bour pix .-ePr hlgh. rje'r.rl y , , jf, iNSP(flm - A,,..- ) LUIO Hl tlJlT tUUU IJ-V.' -lit Lin gins, four in number, all self teed ers. the largest having a hundred saws. These gins can toget'nu gin a bale of cotton in nf'cen minutes, but this rate cannot be maintained through the day. The best work ever done, is fortv-two ! bales in a day and part of the night ! aDOtu tourteen noars. ine lint , gQes fl0M tht, -ms (lirL.crlv to tne i presst w0 j;resses doing the nece-sitv lor the mo ( a mt roonK A n)(iaj is souetimes nccessarv. .vay with part, of i i '.'." e v it. uo- vided. VJ i )NLi U IN NINO.-:-. The t--ecd as it corco's Ir gins falls into the iiniei.- v, 1 ctipy the iloor below. Tot are the same in principle th gms aie similar hi couetructio and are sell feeders. They separate , ft0m the seed a small percentage of I short lint which is baled in the I same manner as the lint from . ne . j gins, and is known as second - hulling the seed The seed as it comes from tin linter falls through the floor into the lowest room, and is there fed I Blu"l 'UL" "U"CU ; up to the fourth floor or atticwhcre , it falls into the huller. 'this is a ' 1 n,.i;n,i.lr puwciiua macuiuu nuuac iciuvici j makes fifteen hundred revolution per minute, and whose peculiar , "hum"' can be heard half across the . Tt , ,, 1 town. It removes the hull of the 1 i- il l , 1 ... 1. . 1 are carried by conveyances outside the building, and the kerne de livered in sacks on the lower Moor. THE 'IL MILL. Th? hulled seed is taken to the oil mill a cohort distance away, aud after being crushed into a homo geneous mass between heavy rolleis is cooked for twenty minutes in a 'heater'' by steam at sixty pounds pressure, and then placed in the press aud subjected to a hydraulic pressure of four thousand pounds to the square inch, by which the oil is forced out and falls into a tank, leaving the cake ouitc dry ami , hard. This cake, being ground, ; makes the co ttoii -eec. ir.e. d for feed, or fertilizing paip KE fining I in-: n il. The oil is placed m a tank k la ing five hundred gallons, and being treated with chemicals, is heated to a high degree, aud agitated b steam for several hours- It is then allowed to stand and cool over night, when the impurities will be 1 deuosited at the bottom of the : tank. It is then drawn off into I another tank, and heated by steam -F000iU& fc"lwus x 4" " , 1 1 ' 1 1111 yu atti is expciieu, wucu, ' after cooling and filtering, it is ready lor use. LIVELY AND SYSTEMATIC WORK. "Let a vessel loaded with seed cot ton, tie up at the dock in the morn ing, and the gins can handle it about as fast as two teams can haul it up. The baled cotton will be ready to put on the market u tne afternoon, and the seed be hulled. and oil expressed the following night so as to be delivered trade, the next morning. It may bo. re. ash, has large diy lumber ami looks at fined and delivered in barrels the following morning. But if you want it clear as cn stal, hotth-d, corked, served with t,n foil and labeled , . V , m ' it might take another day. The cake may be ground as soon as the oil is pressed out ainl the meal de livered at the same time with the ' crude oil. T V n TEN 7 1 N E DISTILLERY. The y ,j..f .,lso runs a distillery. eufiVer t.'iig erndi 1 inpeiitine lhto sjiinis -1 1 I lo-m the larter being u -u. illy made into pitch. A small e ' . in of flic s-.,! k n-ed i- from Hi;- eouil'V, bv ar lie largest i:ni t on and b.-in-- bronghr other iMiuntie-. Iioiu Cuslow The c. opacity iriels of crude bat canr.ot be 1 1 r ' i - fa want liK.s. of he srill ,S -ixt b : ir jien! i:ie per dat . ki.'j)' rnniiing ill t lo ot ma'ei lal. w.vi Ei; w. rile yi j.'l 's opcrai ions .-uoei tici.il." He has bnv. ile not a well one hundred and twelve b-t-t down into the bowels of the earth, and ! water in the city. The supply is inexhaus tible, having stood the test of more than ten thousand gallons an hour lor six hours, without dimni'ition. The water is forced up into a tank and distributed by its own weight or additional pressure over most of the business part of the city. To carry on ail t ne Ma jor'- uorks he has three engine- with an ag gregate of one hundred and -ixt noi se jin'.t ei , and empans nearly .-1XC ha.ol- at an expense of abou' two bundled do!l,us per week. JAR MAN ICE FA( TdliY. Directly across the street from the gin is a factory where ice is made of water from the 31; jor's well, disMlled and filtered. The method or process is by the com pression and expansion and recom pression of ammoniaeal gas. The capacity of the '-works" is 'ivo tons in a day of twenty four hours. The Scientific American eudor.-es the machine for its ".-implicit;. ;it;ii economical workir:;;." of excellent quality, t: pleased with and Th ice public are seem;, to A ca ii a: . ive -'C0ii)f' V.i '.av." f. 1 will i teres; the visitor, s" MILL. MKAD'W 1..II-T -.T 3! ! 'n.o- !'.; a- MiniM. a 1 ows-. a' :o .1. . M ad ". s n '1 r. t.i.i trni k w as re.-uiiiH" d r. h b tie delay in : l.e old entton f.a-'ni v building. Since the j oceupane s ed the present building : on ly meal U been gi nind. The . p! lllt'f !ip b-'d v.i'-'e.S llola 11 itiiou-and to ti; eea bundled bushels per week, one hall or mote of which is consumed in the citv. a d the re-1 mamder distributed all the w.tv I from Goldsboro to 3Iorebead City. FERTILIZER FACTORY. E. II. &J, A. Meadows have in full and successful operation at Union Point a factory for making special gitaiios. 'J hey ,oe made with se.upulcto care ami under strict chemical sapt i ision. One is for Co? !!. "a comolero manure having tew equals."' 1'hey make six vane tie- of high grade truck fertilizers, .-p-eialiy j,d tpted lei asparagus, cabbag'-. pea-- and beans, potatoe-". i.uii.-iies and strawberries, i hey use large quan tities of materials, gathered from wiue sources, the kamit used being imported from Germany direct. CANNING FACTORY'. 31oore ic Brady established their factory ;u Union P"int. at unit six joars ago It is leYo.-d to can ning oysters and peas O'lrer vegetables ll-ed if the Ti;e. far-..-o stei a , Hid en ..a -of h.uitla aim supp Inn. mid be w i ; a ; uid arrant, a- v, .ik to the .: ; he stock, g: '-it iir.r.ibi r " worn en -v.-i-'ts and lie l tliie un ; a ;' "i' in see , sometimes ion-ally hre aid amount aggregate. tour hur; a hundred, to a great The wages deal iu iLn depending upon the activity and industry of the. hands. Smart ones receive lrom fifty to tevent v-five cents per day and even more. Two thousand bushels of oysters can be handled per day, and this is frequently done for several davs; together, but the supply is not suf ficient to do it continuously. ' THE RICE MILL. This mill of which 31 1-. E T. Ellis i? the owner i- located a! Union Point, and maiiagid by E. K. Brvan. It commenced running i:i the Fall of ISSb. It has a thirty horse powei engine, iiiti nine tjeStles, and hrc- the most im proved machinery and appliances. It has a capacity of fcur bundled and fifty bushels per day. but the aiccuii.' o! rice raised in tan- v ty is not sullicieiit to keep it stantly running. .Mrs. lilii.- has ,: ;n;pc:i;ne tilieiv of the eanacitv of nixiv It'll! u i -. -bar- s per da , not to b. 111!! ci ado turpentine I in large enough :t goaig all ! he ns quant time. THE : v to H. it A V M ANU I- ACTUKING t.'i iMPAN V. The works of th: ( .'om;-..u:y are located a1 '-Gray wood." on the south side of Trent river, where ii joins the Neust a n d c ,. arc nearly i -11-!li f.o! is : graders' opposite the c;t making 11.-C, pi ior p.q. wood lc -'I' hu1;.; 1, one, . t he ot ,-.!'.!:. p we: ot ei w o I eel ny hit ,a I l;y toil ui a;. -ii a ms. ir t w (i ci c..t. rive and c-li ve. The gllleS horse is !. rut . a Ul an power. Ti. 01 turuin i j cap,-? bin 1 1 ou one i.uudieu and twenty thousand plates per week and twice that number of dishes. The pulp factory uses two cords of cypress woou per day. arid by tne Eckman or bi sulphate- process. prepares a pulp from winch a quality of paper is made "i.quai to that from the best linen rags."' The wor! hundred ton rhetii roil il US. young coy:; and the p.o. d amounts weekly. to throe hundre Gr iv wo d :- . and es'-c-i: lent to '. he vIC-. t 1. . . conv: iiel o; ! abar:d.i. water cn. led river runs near it. 1 and cheap duos' pure and easy to f letnurs -eeking flec- obtaii! 31 aim are ia- vited to prospect "come, and we will do vou good." foundry AND MACHINE SHOPS The foundry and machine shops of the A. & N. U. R. R. are located i .. n,motnr thnrK0 r near tbe northwestern suburbs of the city, where a large number of mechanics and laborers are em ployed, and in addition to this is the foundry and machine shops of l RARTREE A- CO., o i Criven street. Here a number o! skilled mechanics are employed in manutact io ii.g boilers, engines, eatings, saw i j i 11.-", and in repair ing ni v'timery of all kinds in the mo-t efficient and workman-like manner. HOWARD".-: SIIII' YARD. i Oueofthe oldest and most im-j r an' j ii 1 ust r es ol the city is! shipbuilding, which is cairied on I near the banks oi the Tient at. Howard's ship ard. It is owned! aud conducted by ex 3I iyor Thos. 6. llowaid, one of the best ship builders in the United States. His railway can take the largest vessel or steamer that comes to this port. and liis u-nrt ij nf a annpHnr nnuli ty. Several of the river steamers 1 J i ... ., were built there and their efficiency has been thoroughly tested. He j emplosa large number ot hands anil the sound of their hammers, axes and other tools in connection with the shrill whistles of steamers enlivens that pait of the town. There i- al.-o another ship yaid up South Front street on the Trent n ei for overhauling and repairing , smaller craft. THE PISH AND OYSTER INDUSTRY is simply immense. This will be fully show n up at t he Fair ou the ! 13th. Mth and 15th 01 3Iarch. i Among the prominent dealers are Watson & Daniels. Geo. N. Ives, I!. B. Lane. Chailes Vallaee, H. Tooker. J. T. Lewis and others. They employ a great many hands and many thousands of. yards of nets, and their shipments extend far and wide. MERCHANT.- u. ev w 1'. :u. weli re pre.se ii fed by intc and dculers in almost department, dry goods, gro ceries, hardw -re. machinery, drugs, T.edicitU'.--. seeds, l.iooks, jewelry. , fruits, confectionery, toys, meats, fi-h. coal arid ice HANKS. I here are two banks, the Nation al Bank on Pollok street and the ! Banking House of Green, Foy 5t Co. on 31 iddle street. The former is a long eitabbshed and well j kuO'..-n institution, the latter was , openiMl in January, 1885. Their new building in which thev have just established themselves, is a luinnf i fnt rrt a r.lfirrOYitlt- fiffuil n n IJt. . 1 1 1 . A 1 M 1 UU', lltgUUllj IJ 1.11.11 and is an ornament to that part of J the city. ' i NEW 15ET5NE BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION ! is a corporation formed last autumn ! ''to accummulate a fund whereby ; its members may be enabled to ' piucha-e or iujpioce.honiesteads.;' jits I'llicers comprise some ,-f the 'be?t bnsiuv-s men in the city. About live hundred shares of one hundred dollars each have been taken, and it is already in the full tide of successful operation. TRUCKING ;u raising vegetables and fruits for the Northernmarkete is an indus try which has only been developed within the last few years. It was limited at first to a few kinds, principally peas, beans and pota toes. Gradually and constantly the acre, life has been enlarged and j the number of kinds cultivated has i been increased. Now the list com pr i.-es asparagus, beans, cabbage, cucumbers, strawberries, tomatoes, turnips and perhaps some others. The soil is well adapted, the cli- mate f .ir.-raWc, and the season generally propitious. Kadishes i need to hare the ground carefully i prepared and well fertilised, but ! reouire no cultivation. A thousand pounds of radish seed have beeu : planted in this vicinity fhis season, ' the plants are already up, aud mav : be expeceed to be ready to go on j the market by tne middle of 3Iarch. a thousand bushels of peas (five hundred acres) have been planted -some -are up and growing finely. The time when they will be ready for shipment cannot be known with 1 exactness, as it has varied in differ 1 ent years from the second week in April to the lirst week in May. A thousand barrels ol potatoes ; ft-rvam i.o rmn6, ui.w v. ill be planted-are nearly all al-1 "i". l" h?Z;?XTZ re; dv in th rround. The acreage is about the same as the peas five huudred acres. They have usually been read- fcr shipment lrom the last o -t of 3Iav io the 10th cl June. Increased attention has been given to the production of aspara- . gus, and tho area in cultivation j constantly enlarged. It sold last year iloth 3!archi for otic dollar per bunch. IStraw berries arc a new crop. There is a considerable area de- voted to their production, and the plants look finely, but no great quantity has ever been sent for ward. Of other "trucks"' time and .--pa"o forbid to speak at greatei length. Si'ME OF THE TUl CKEUlS. It seems impracticable to fairly represent the business without the names of some of the men who are engaged it. Out of a large number amount ing to hundreds may be mentioned the following three as more fully representiiig this inter est. DUNN ..V- YViLLETT v, oi cultivate this season 150 acres potatoes. (JU acres asparagus, IT acres cabbage, 20 acres peas, 3 acres radishes and z acres straw berries. They have also on the ground 300 acres oats, 100 acres rye, 10 acres lucerne and 50 acres of other vari ties of grasses. Also .'5,000 fruit j trees of numerous kind", and 1 acres grapes. I .1. L. K 11 E M Will ciiitivaLo IdO acres neas, K'O acres potatoes, L'O acres melons, Jo acres cabbage. Io acres strawber i its, 1" acres asparagus, 10 acres . beans, 10 acies tin nips and acres : aiiishes. J. A. MEADOWS I wili cultivate co acres potatoes. .'50 acres "peas, 12 acres cabbage 10 acres asparagus, 10 acres straw berries, besides radishes, turnips, etc. This list might be prolonged indefinitely, by adding those who cultivate fifty, forty or thirty acres: A mile north of the city is the NATIONAL CEMETERY. Located on a slight elevation overlooking the river, and covering an area of ten acres, enclosed by1 .an ornate and substantial brick wall, and thickly planted with Sb.ro.bs and trees of multiplied varieties, it is indeed ''beautiful for situation." Ever the stars and stripes float over it, and look down npon It with watchful care. In this peace ful city of the dead, thirty-two hundred and fifty Federal soldiers, having fought their last battle, here sleep then last sleep. Under -the gieen (ml, beneath the shade of the waving trees, where the birds dug their matins and the flowers bloom in the sunlight, while the winds chant a continual requiem, they rest quietly, awaiting the res arrection. THE JEWISH CEMKTEKY 9f loeeJytne8ll,e und,er f of the National Conieterv. It 10 email, and few. aB vet have b'pn committed to its keeping, but is regularly laid out and properly cared for. There ia no thing more pleasaDt. in its way, tbaa a : ! moruing's drive to these cemeterioa. ; CEPAU OKOVK CEMETERY. It is uncertain where are the graves j of the firrtt 6ettlers. Sixty Swig and I Germans were massacred by the Indiana i vritltiri i .!.- i , f 1 1. .. 1 1 . ii ii nrhon landed, hut thev eleep in unknown eraves. Thn firat interments of which mere iit dotinite knowledge were in the yard around Christ Church, at the corner nf Middle and Pollok streets. Here they buried their dead till 1800, wl"'u tln-y optne-d Ced .x Grove. Christ Cuiirch triiribfi-rred the cemetery to the' care of the citj in 1S54. Ii ij ii liir.- fbad. with considerable dn,rs-kv ot .urfai;e. nilu;itod at the corner . f y n'cn and Georgo streets and extending f;,r n rthwar.i. The side borderinj; mrn thpBe Ptrebts are pro tPCted by a strong, hifeli wall, built of large, square, hfwn blocks of shell rock, laid in cement, witli a heavy base and broad coping. Within are numerous varieties of trees, aRh and elm and maple, venerable cedarp and pendant willows, which seem, like mourners, to bond and weep over the graves. Here is shrubbery of many kinds: here are trailing Tines and blooming ilowtrs. Art has been asso ciated with nature to adorn it; taste and Bkiil have made it "a tiling of beauty;" woiUh and affection have enriched it. Here rent the dead from the infant oi da to tho matron of a hundred years the jewels of many hearts and the treasures of many households. Near the entrance is the grave of Major Daves, one of the heroes of Stony Point, in the stormy days of the Revolution. Farther on is the monument of William Gaston, who lived contemporaneously with Webster and Clay and Calhoun. Here rests Mrs. Hancock, a poetess, born and reared in New Berne, and Mrs. Mary Bayard Clarke, a gifted and ac complished writer of prose and poetry, but recently removed from the com panionship of the living to this City of the Dead. At the head of the aisle which leads up from the gateway di rectly in front is the tomb in which repose the bodies of the Confederate dead. Upon the mound which covers them, btands a sentinel in marble keeping watch and ward. In earlier times, when first used for purposes of burial, this plat was far away from the homes of the citizens ' not merely "up town," but beyond the town. Now the growth of the city has reached and passed by it so that it is al most in the heart of the city. The dead are not far removed from the living. 'Daily the tides of life go ebbing and flowing beside them, "Thousands of throbbing hearts while theiiu are at rest and forever, "Thousands of aching brains while theirs no longer are busy, ' Thousand - i f toiling hands while theirs have ce,-.n -d from their labors. "Thousands of w rary feet while theirs have completed their journey." UKEE.NWOOD CEMETERY. 'I'm place of t epulture is in the north ern poi tion ol tie inly , and ia for use by the colored pt-iple. It is of ample size, regularly 11,1 out, and carefully kept. I' is wll p' aiteii with trees, whose growth will in a few years make a grateful dci ir. and much improve and beaut i f v it A.V TUElt CT-M2TERY ? Nut excii.Y ' Some persons think there is agravtyrrd at the corner of Craven and Bioud t-tietts. but that ia a mistake. It is only the "tombstone 6rchiiru"of Joe K. Willis, who grows them here for the market. Ho gets up beautiful monuments and does all kinds of building and grve work in marble, free stone or granite, in the best man ner and highest style of the art. It may be mentioned in testimony of the high quality of his work that many of his monuments are "keeping green" the memories of men, who would otherwise have been long since forgotten. OTI1EK INDUSTRIES. Hull & Co. which means your hum- l. 1 111, k- IU (. IU Uf U IIVU. MV. W of tint, KkUii fr.itu ' wasting its sweet ness on the desert ir " The plan pur sued contumplati s locatisg the apiaries in suitable places of easy acetss from a hom.j office. Tho "New Berne" hive ia the netUcst yt t. and the only ode with out Iran-: e:, which facilitates the produc tion of rac ccdb honey iu small sec tions Thty also make a standard vine gar. etJt :,jU,enei with honey, perfectly j ure ar.-l whole;. ou:- tho knowing ones s.v. . the beta vinegar in the world." of NO AMERICA TO TIlE FRONT. "The old cock crows and the young ones learn. "' H. D. Wood & Bro. raise j Rnj 8ell high cIasg Ury atthe'-Hirer View Toultry Yard," on Edenf atreet. The "senior" partner has just entered his "teens" and tho junior his "teBe.'J,- -' Hut thev raise JufT cochins and Pekln JtJyt bantams "j Jt-t the same." "-' ..Jr"''" -1X OAYS1N THE W1LDESNKS8. II iriiig be n asked to w rite this artl J . -cle only at the beginning of the week, ff-ti with only vix days to go through this '" y-y w aid-, rness of facta und figures, it ia : , much h .-" full and complete than would be dei-ii;,ble. Put it is hoped no in jus- V lice has bt on dene to any one. It is " written to advance the interests and " promote the kucccfs of the coming Fish, A Oyt-tt r and (i.mie Fair, by - Edwahd Bull, -'v One of tho Secretaries. " . Now 15,.rne, N. 0.. Feb. 18, 1888. Just Received: 250 Barrels of Early Rose Seed Potatoes, For sale CHEAP, AT IT, UXx'icIi's, MlItDLM STREET, NEW UEltNE, N. O. i.'.nd.-ird .Stock 5 ,.,i..,....v:.. DOriD DDTMT -l -
New Berne Weekly Journal (New Bern, N.C.)
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Feb. 23, 1888, edition 1
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