1 T
1H K JOITRNAL.
; NEW; BERNE, N. a MAR., 2st. 1804.
CITY AND VICINITY.
t But, wife of Dr. J. W. Best,
u Grifton died Wednesday the 221 inst.
of
v the ?4ir tojMJ nothing ol the turkeys,
- i geese, ducks od guineas which were
also there ia great quantities.
" ' " ... Tb weather bureau telegram predict-
. 1 ll.il. Ml 1
last night enough to say that it bad
- toowed arnne wkI tjat wg all. Warmer
; weather ia predicted for today.
. Mr. R. P- Williams made a shipment
. of M opossum yesterday, a present to a
';'.- lady friend in Wakefield, R I., who
. - A aa nihor Mrt ia 1.1.. T1
. , -don't have 'em in tlmt country.
The Charlotte Observer has a special
which tells of a lynching at Sparta, Alle-
v goanj county, Daniel Slauubter was the
-V-j': Tictim. The crime for which he was
, ' hung was the most brutal murder of two
men.
- A dispatch to the Charlotte Observer
from Washington says 't is generally be-
'' the finance committee may be Simmons
" will in any event be confirmed by the
Senate.
The insurgent steamer Jnpiter of Bra
lil wss sunk last Thursday morning by
the deadly batteries of the Xiclitheroy
the dynamite bou:. The sunken steamer
v tn capable of carrying 500 men.
The temperature for the last few days
has run as follows: Saturday, highest 84,
, lowest S3 1-2; Sunday, highest 50. low
est 27; Monday, highest 43 1-2, lowest
10.
Dr. John Mitchell, corresponding Sec'y
ef the Board of Education of the Baptist
State Convention after spending a couple
of days in the city in the interest of his
work, as goesc of Rev. Rafus Ford left
, for Vorehead in the continuance of his
work.
Mr. U. Mialy took the official oath as
poet master yesterday before W. L
Oliver. 2 . and forwarded his bond to
the poet-OvSce dep.rtmen . He now
.. awaits the coming of bis commission to
take possession of the office.
-A larje three mast schooner, un
known, has been sighted off Beaufort
harbor anchored and battiling with the
heavy seas. When last seen she was
lowly dragging her anchors towards
dangerous shoals.
. Farmers coming to New Berne contin
ue to complain of the bad condition of
' the roads, and especially those near the
- city. We have repeatedly called attention
: to this fact, but unless some definite plans
are adapted to improve them, the next
. - fifty years will see no change.
One noticeable exhibit in the Poultry
Department of the Fair was the breeding
pen oT Brown Leghorns shown by Mr. B.
A. Fox, of Richmond. Vs. It is intended
next year to enlarge on tbis Teat are and
hare pens of several breeds, cluse to gether.
They will make a pretty tight.
The schooner Lydia A. Harvey was
picked up and towed into Boston Satur
day looking like a floating iceberg. It is
estimated that she was decked with fifty
.. tons of ice. She would hare been loot
had the rescue been two hours later in
coming and the crew had no means t
. belp.tliemselves.
Mr. E. E. Hudson of Sennydeville,
laL, who made a very good exhibit in
five varieties of faocv poultry at tne
'- Fair and carried off so nc of the prizes
left yesterday morniug for his home. Mr.
Radian was uirnrihti at the fine exhibit
h foand here, and he knows choiee
stock when he Jees it. One of the Ply
mouth Rock cockerels he showed cost
him, we are informed (50.
v Oar authority for the article on the
- - wren weather that may be expected next
moaJa informs us that when the freeze
which killed beans and other young
mu iwv or turn jeans wt-ureu, uvc
disturbing influences brought it about;
and in the approaching period about the
Slat of March six disturbing influences
wm oe wore nearly a mootn sooner.
- hence the f reeling ia sure to be severe.
- Those figures of Sjuth sea Islanders
exhibited by lr. Jobn'W. Edwards of
Goklsboro, la toe curio department de
servedly attracted much attention. We
heretofore alluded to them as being hid
ions yet life-like. We are only sorry that
Mr. Edwards could not have been here to
have represented them himself. We are
also soirj that GeaL Lewis was not here
to have shown th.it his "Nias" was not a
good representative ot Mr. Edwards fam
A mounted Wayse county gander of
notoriety was in the taxidermy depart
ment oi the Fair. The bird had been in
' It,, r.nil. f.f h , a nnrnnr f,-.r Tn BafM anil
was grown when the last owner's father
came into his possession. H was sup
posed tn be at least 80 years old. The
old fellow ran the gauntlet of Sherman's
army when marauding parties killed oat
the Other poultry on the fur.n and escaped
J -with oaly a broken leg. Af.er all his
" tough endurance be finally frozj to death
in the last cold scap before the Fair. On
account of the interest that centered in
lum be was sent to Miss Alice Duffy of
i this city for mounting and placed on
exhibition. - C. W. Smith was the owner.
Tw Children Bnraed to Death.
. We learn of a most distressing acci
dent at Cove sixteen mi'es from New
Berne which resulted in the death of two
mall children of Mr. Brice Ipock, one of
the best known farmers of that locality.
They went a boy and girl about five and
six years of age.
Last Saturday, one of the children
eaaght on fire ami wa so bully !urned
as to die on Monday The other in at
tempting to pat out the first child
ceupht also and was so badly burned
that death resulted Tuesday tnornin.
Exfclfeits Showlny Results.
Mr. W. H. Bray of Green Place Poul
try yards who took a number of, pre.n
lums at the Fair was shipping yesterday
seven coops of chickens to various points
as a direct result M his exluoit at the
Tair. The shipment emarici-,1 Riff
Cochin, M.eorcas, Lhoros, Langhans
T. .lrt. r . f ! i i n an.l Plw,,w.,.,l. O . .. I . . .
Messrs. Wood Bros., of River View
Poultry Yirda, winner of nrst premium
on buff cochin pullet and 2u premium,
oo baff cochin cock, made sales ou that
breed reaching as far as Virginia, while the
Fair was going on.
Union Point Poultry Yard's proprietor .
-mlso took orders. Anions their sales ; I've tried all sorts of bio l-pu ritiei
were some of their be-iutiful Plymouth said an old la., to i "ce, iter," and i.m
Rocks to Mr. F. E. Hege fc Co.. the can't persuade . that an other S ar-a-DOted
breeder of Salem who m le such a parilla is as good as .Vver's Tiuie's
remarkable exnibit at the Fair and who where she nad him Sue knew that
took the first premium' on Buff ,
7ocin cock.
THE STORM.
A Wide-spread Suow Coldest Weather
Xorth in Twenty Tears.
When our citixens arose Sunday mom
ing a mantle of snow about two inches
deep covered the ground- It ha I fallttn
between midnight and day. Before
nigtif, however, there was scarcely any 'it
it left warmer temperature am! rain had
caused it to disappear.
In Wilmington .he snow commenced
Saturday afternoon with a severe win. I.
It followed by sleet. The storm wa
quite general. The snow extended fro in
North Caroliua to the Indian Terr.tory.
and us far north as western Pennsylvania.
A peculiarity ot it is that it worked from
the south to the north and travelled with
the velocity of a railroad train.
Washington D. C. seems to have been
the centre of the snow storm. The snow
there was eight inches deep and stre t
cars were blocked. A blizzard prevailed
while it was in progiess; the w ind Me v
40 miles an hour.
In Texas it snowed all day and over a
foot fell. It turned warmer in the even
ing however and it melted considera''ly.
In Tennessee it was two inches deep.
In New York Saturday was the cMest
day of winter. The temperature was
only five degrees above zero, and a nip
ping north wind was blowing.
In many New England towns the
weather was the coldest in 20 years. In
Gloucester, Mass., it was 20 degrees be
low zero; in Baire, Vt. 26; in northern
New York 25 to 35 degrees below and In
Canada 26 to 40 oefow.
The Fair Closes
, This closes the seventh annual exhi
bition of the East Carolina Fish, Oyster
Game and Industrial Association. That
ii has been a grand success, the greatest
ot all previously lieM, is well known, and
the management is to be congratulated.
Fairs, like o'.her things are difficult to be
so conducted as to please everybody, but
as far as we have been able to learn.
everybody has been satisfied and pleased.
The attendance has surpassed all other
exhibitions and the exhibits have been of
higher chractr, in fact it has been about
as complete ts human ingenuity could
make it Under the surrounding circum
stances. It is a public enterprise upon which all
our people are united in making it a
success, and we have been greatly blessed
tn having fairly good weather all the
time.
These annual gatherings are worth a
great deal to New Berne. They not only
leave a great deal of money here, but arc a
means of bringing people here to see
and examine our resources, with a
probability ot their becoming citizens
and identified with our interests.
Each year seems to have reached the
acme of perfection, yet when another
rolls around some new feature has de
veloped to relieve the monotony and the
visitors feel that they have leen repaid
for their visit.
What that feature will be next year we
are unable to say, but we leel assured tha
it w.l! be some hiu j.
Relics of the Revolutionary Periods.
fhe cup and saucer in the curio depart
menl, we observed, exhibited by Miss
Sallie B. Haywood, of Raleigh was
used on the night of Gov. Caswell's first
inauguration as first governoi under the
constitution of the State. We
see also a bell on exhibition by Col. J.D.
Whiiford, which bell was use! in ringing
to notify tne members of the legislature
during their sessions in the palace. The
bell was presented to Gov. Caswell by the
legislature. This bell will Ins presented
to the antieque society of the Stale
through Mrs Gov. Carr.
Miss Haywood also had a medallion
representation of he lady refuiji to
take the money from Gen'l Nathanial
Greene which she had loaned for the
Revolutionary cause.
The best in 27 States.
Capt. W. W. Carraway, ot" the Rich
mond Dispatch left Saturday morning
in the most jovial hum.ir imaginable. "I
want you to lell the people." he said to
us that 1 "have attended fairs in twenty
seven States and this is at the top notch
of them all the best exhibits, the pret
tiest ladies, and the most attractive in
every way." He expressed his apprecia
tion of courtesies extended by the Fair
officials and others and he seemed to linger
moat lovingly on the way hewas rilled
with fish and oysters while here.
Come again. Captain. We can t give
yon another Fair until another twelve
months rolls around but we have the
products of the water without inteririu
sion.
Learning by Fair Mhibits
Although poultry has, at every exhi
bition of the East Carolina Fair, been
shown in great variety. It so happens
that tbis is the first exhibiton at which
In liun Games were shown. People not
(ireviously acquainted with this compar
atively new branch of the game family,
but who possessed an enquiring turn of
mind enough to cause them to investigate
closely, were astonished at the way they
stood with advantage, comparison with
more showy breeds.
Mr. F. J. Hege showed several coops
of tne tall, rakish-looking birds. One
in the number was acock he paid $35 for
From appearance, one would have judged
this bird to have weighed about six
pounds. Three or four coops from him
was a massive looking, heavily feathered
Cochin which had every appearance of
weighing a dozen pounds possibly
more.
But take the two birds in your hand
and yoj would open your eyes; the game
was t!- heaviest ! The c-x-hin, though
so large looking and in perfect condition
was covered witn such a mass ot fluffy
feathers only weighed 8 1 2 pounds.while
the pluckly littic (?) gine pulled down
the scales at 11 1-2 p m i Is lb- fell as
compact an 1 h ivy is i lr I turk -v.
A Cock an I six lien-. We leirae I. weigh i
ed .54 p. i amis. The! reed oeais a go -.I
name.
The above, one -ui of many ..'ject V I
son, shows how. to the o -serv ng man. 1
w nnan or child i study ol .vhat is sli.ovn
! at Fairs, m.iv giv inf ir in . .o-i i npres 1
Ively, unmistakeabl y and quicklv. an I
with an ease with which it w .uld b - d
'"t impossible to :..-qu
V,aT.
: re it in an v ot her
Ttlis e.lu'-itioi.al featu-e of Fur is
one of its strong recommen lations A
visitor at an exbi -iliou like this mid
winter exposition of East Ctrolina i an
scarcely fail in being infor ied and ' -e ie
fitte I by his attendance, wh
comes for that purpose jr uoc
ithe
Ayer s was tne best and so d id he, but
lit paid
him belter to sell a cheaper brand. I
WASHINGTON' CORRESPONDENCE.
Another Campaign Charge that Proves
to be False.
The Statement in the "Fayetteville
Observer" of the 15th inst that Chairman
Simmons had paid Mr. Josephus Daniels
100 per week during the campaign in
older to start and keep ti is paper on its
legs, was seen by Mr. Daniels today for
the first time. lie denounced it as abso
lutely I'tW, and said tbat during '.he 1 at
weeks of the campaign the State Execu
tive Commit:ee iurnished a large batch
of names to which it desired "The North
Carolinian" sent. Mr. Daniels was paid
less than one half the actual cost of the
panel's sent out by him for campaign
pt l ji se-. an.l in addition contributed
from hi-own pocket 1 for every 1 paid
by the State Executive Committee.
In addition t; this he individual
paid into the campaign fund j?100 in
ca-.li from his own pocket, and he has
never I'eceivtd a Jimi from that or any
other campaign commi'tce d"rin'' his
entile experience in j n r:a' i -t- : ; N'orih
Carolina.
The coininr.ue also
tor distribution from
Observer" and the
pu relinked 1 1 o.-rs
1 in- -New and
.:: l 'tironicle"
edited bv A
and both the
ml Jernigiin respectively,
entleumn furnished thpir
papers at cost, as Mr. Daniels understands
it.
When the campaign closed and the
committee s'ut up shop, it was out of
cash, and a part of the money due Mr.
Daniels for money actually paid out by
him has never been paid, and ha has
naver asked for i- because he knew the
Committee did not have it. He would
be perfectly willing tn compare notes
with the liberality of Mr. fJale towardc
his county committee.
Mr. Daniels said that he has been
charged with a great many things but it
is the first time any North Carolina man
ever charged him with having received
money for his campaign services. During
the campaign he made speeches in 15 or
more counties, and would not permit the
Committee to pay his expenses.
PEACE INSTITUTE EXHIBIT.
A Remarkably Fine Art Display From
This Excellent Schoo .
Peace Institute. Haleigh, the Fetnile
Presbyterian College of the Stale,made a
most adnrrable showing at the Fair ia
geometrical figures drawn by the ese,
sketches from nature and still life, and
copies of great pictures, the work being
executed in charcoal, witer colors p is
telle and Ciiinese plaequs. There w s
also n CHSe filled with beautifully deco
rated China. The work of about twenty
pupil was represented iu the two collec
tions. .
There were forty of the drawings
and paiutings and sixty odd
pieces ol china and there was not one
piece in either collection but o hat was of
surpassingly highj excellence one would
have taken it to be the handi-work of
expert professionals rather than that of
school gir,s, it not only look"d w-;il on
the wall and in the show c as? bt w..uld
bear the closest scrutiny.
An oil painting of fruit by Miss Carrie
Polk, daughter ot the late Col. L L.
Polk, attracted marked attention, as d.d
also another one of fl wers bv Miss M
Seawell. A perfectly competent and re
liable judge in such matters informed us
that either of t lies pictures would readily
e ,tnni I li u ii-ire-1 dosi irs or m re at
any centre f.-rthe sale of such work and
that tlie set of China cups aud saucers
liown were fully equal to those sold at
Tiffany's fir five hundred dollar.
In the decorating of the china each
pupil shows her ingenuity by getting up
her own designs. Each cup and saucer
iu a little chocolate set shown had its
own separate and characteristic design
and each one was exquisite in conception
and possessing the most delicate tracery.
There are vasej an t other pieces as
worthy ol mention t u t these represeuta
tire ones must suffice.
Everything was the exclusive work of
the pupils except one piece, a violet
bowl, bv Mi.s E.G Buck, the art teacher.
The coloring on it is superb
Miss Buck is a gra loate ef the Phila
delphia School of Design and a memoer
of the Academy of Design in the United
States.
The high character of the department
over which Miss Buck presides is an
index to the general character of the
school. The whole corps of eighteen
teachers are selected with reference to
getting those best adapted to their special
work. A high standard is maintained
in everything and when it comes to
taking special courses it has advantages
equal to any in the country.
We are glad to have had at the Fair
the exhibit from this school, it was good
for the Fair and we believe the beneficial
results will not be all on one side.
Though the school is so widely known
and its reputation so firmly established,
we are are stiil satisfied it will reap
direct results from the attention that
will be drawn to it from the exhibit here
made.
Death of Dr. (.'has. E. Mann
Dr. C. E. Mann of Beaufort died in
New Tork on Monday, the 26th inst of
pneumonia.
Dr Mann was a native of Hyde county
and was a brother ofjour recnt townsman.
Chief Shell Fish Commissioner J. S.
Mann, and his w ile is a sister of Mrs. S.
L. Dill and Mrs. G. K. Bagby of this
city.
Dr. Mann lived and practiced his pro
fession for several years past in Beaulort
He left his home two weeks ago to attend
a course ot special lectures. He was suf
fering from the grip when he left and
soon afterwards the illness assumed the
dangerous form which ended his life.
Dr. M inn was aiont 43 years of age.
He will be iii.ss l in the places that have
been accustomed to knnw him. Ho was
a skillful physician, a true friend, a per
fect gentleman and a goo;! and vaiued
member of the Episcopal church. He
leaves a wife ai I eight c'lil Ire.i.
Th
thr.v
re nains ot Dr. M inn
gh the c-ty tonight en
ort for interment.
will p i
route b
Beau
Look ing
Forward
rJ.-n Im fire all 'he exhibit', have left
the l air grounds, next years exhibition is '.
Oeing looked forwaid to anil planned for. j
Mr .1 S. Carr. ol Durham, we are pleased
tn 'earn, is .a iing the foremost in looking i
lorw ii r I I o n- xt year. I
lie has "eni led the articles wlrch he '
had on ixhibiiinn but he leaves the
niacaiiit-n ,;sed in ruminp them anil has
ha-t accurate measurement taken of the
building and ol the space he used this '
time so Mi at the exhibits can be a lapted :
o the place with cit the necessity ol in
vesligiting as th- time approaches. The
exh bi- wil' be nesr, liff -re.it in style and
even ri-u.r than the one ma le this time
Ad w'io cxhi -it -.1 at the Fair were
pleased it h tving don so. and with rare
except 1 ins.
be on hand
every one may be expected to
next time and many new ones
with them.
CLEVELAND'S COMIX;.
The President an! His Party Have Left
Washington Tor a Hunt in North
Carolina Water
He Wants to Escape From the Worries
and Strife That Annoy and Per
plex Him at Washington.
At 3:30 o'c'i.i k S iiu.-. ay at'.ernoon
President ('level .n. I and party h ;t Well
ington tor N- n t ii ( ir: ina.
The Presidetit i n comp n.ird Sec
retary Greshani and Cap'. Kobkev I).
Evans, the naval -e.Tetar of the light
house boar
house tende
ducking tri
coast alter
I'h
e on the light
in- in to take a
North ('-uoliiii.-ale
loaded lor
i 1
the
l-ut
leks
larger game.
The Wa-hing'.
l'-i-l gives the fo
ing about the trip:
"ile due king M a-on i- nearlv at
end. bu there i -aid to be good -port
the North (' irolii a -loun-Is and river-.
It
is the intention ot the Prcsidi-n. ial
party
to proceed to Nortli Larolnia hy wav of
the Dismal Swamp, where they inuv get a
shot at a bear or some other big game. If
the Violet proceeds at her usual speed.
she will reach Fort Monrod this forenoon.
The trip will last a week or ten davs.
Secretary I. iinont, who was asked to join
the party, decided not to go at the last
moment.
IN A DISSATISFIED FRAME OF MIND.
The President's trip has been in con
templation for a week or more. In
private conversation with friends he has
aot he.-i'ated to express openly his dis-Mtisl'actio-i
with the pre-ciit aspect of
itl'iirs in Cmigres s and elsewhere, and
his dc-ire to gi-t away for a time flora
his disagreeable environments and to go
where no telegrams could reach him and
no reporters could follow him. He has
spoken in strong terms of the lack of
unity displayed on all important ques
tions. The inactivity of the Senate on
the tariff bill is to him a source of much
concern, and the apparent determination
of the Democrats of the House to force
the coinage of the silver seigniorage has
also given him great uneasiness. Added
to the party trcub'es in New Yolk, the
dissatisfaction of an element of the party
in Illinois over local appointments, was
an unlooked for complication.
THE FISH DEPARTMENT.
Worth a Trip to New Berne to See
it Alone, says the Ra'.elgh Report
of the Fair.
THE FISH DEPARTMENT.
The Fish Department of the Fair, as
usual, easily ranked with the most inter
esting and attractive to every one, it
specially held the attention of inland vis
tors, it being to many of them the most
novel feature of the Fair.
The New Berne Ice Factory contribut
ed liberally to this department by freez
ing in two hundred pound blocks of ice
as many fish as were wanted. They also
had beautilully-lettered glass signs in
colors frozen in blocks of ice calling at
tention to the fact that the ice was the
product of that factory. Similar signs
told of the large and well selected and
orderly-arranged exhibit of Messrs. Geo.
N Ives & Son.
The senior Mr. Ives is the Director of
this Department and takes great pride in
it.
To show how well, in the estimation ol
the public, he succeeds, we will, instead
of writing more tally on this department
ourselves, cive the high compli
ment paid it by the Raleigh News Ob
server 'Jhronicle, of Saturday.
THE NEW BERNE FAIK.
"So much has heretofore been well and
truthtllllv written ot' the -ueees- of the
New Berne Fairs, that a stereotyped copy
couched in good English, descriptive ol
tie industries and beauties of this favor
ed land, would save much worry of soul
in the absence of brain power, more es
pecially when there is no muse to inspire
the reporter.
Everybody who has visited New Berne
during the winter, or Morehead City dur
ing the summer, knows George N. Ivrs.
and his exhibit alone is worth a trip lo
the Fair. He has decorated the large
room for his exhibit, most beautifully.
Evergreens, and flowers in bloom are
abundant. Here we find forty-five large
blocks of ice with from one to fifteen or
twenty fishes frozen in them, the fishes so
caught as to show them in every position.
There are about 150 so frozen, in weight
from the perch of eight or ten ounces to
the drum or red snapper of fifty pounds.
Then there is a table rive bv forty feet,
covere 1 with every vaiiet offish you
can mention, and this includes shell fish
of all kinds. Th - large glass tanks
contain the different varieties of fishes
alive, and these include the common crabs
lobsters, Ac. The oyster exhibit by Mr.
Ives is also veiy large and of most ex
cellent size and quality. Added to all
this are a porpoise and a large collection
of boautilul shells. While the aquarium
at Chicago, which had the world to iraw
on, was larger than the ont at New Berne
yet theJ.V,M' Berne exiihit i superior in its
malt up of variety and quality.
Mr. Ives is --ne of the three men who
originated the Eastern Fairs seven years
ago and their success is greatly due to his
energy "
No Other S ate Has if.
The beautiful spotted stone among the
marbles, granite and other building stoues
in the Stat exhibit which nearly every
visitor noticed with admiration was leop
pardite. It takes its name from the dark
spots which abound in it. If inv oue
wants a plainer description than this we
will say that it is a "p irpborhytic rock
with manganese stains, dendritic forms,"
then maybe they'll know more about it.
Leopardite is a rare stone there is only
one place in the United States in which
it is found and that place is Mecklenburg
ounty, N. C, and the deposit there, is
as beautiful as is found in the world.
All lathological societies get their speci
mens from this source.
The undeveloped wealth of North
Carolina is great and not half appreciat
ed but the cay is not far distant when it
will be, and exhibitions like the above will
aid materially in bringing it about
thiough the knowledge of the resources
that sv-11 tritis be diffused.
WHAT OTHER'S SAID,
Clippings
From Exchanj
es in Refpr-
ence to the Fair
d w ho goe to th
tu ii- i i ri n ; s I jac l
el- e.x 1 ! ill S. It
ie- a, I loU'ld e;
t-.Very!
" New Bel n
air .i-., i. ui iis ..ring haex line reports
ot the i . r; el- e.x a ! nt s. It is w I 1 in mi t
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S.ate ii.- ii. r Known" .J.ii :..
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Vi i iient
gat her. ng
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ly w as cr jivdt
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mi p-' -ole wi r
1 last night to its
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f . lull m . very
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a ! p. - iiiinen.-e
of he Si it e w cr
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v..- d qui stion the
s;:-ie, and quite a
gent e. nen tell me
w in-. Is anything
here than or, hn
Tn- i x ' 1 i ' ' t is I
I -est ever seen i i ' . u
number ol Nor1 in i u
that the pmiit rv sh
Had at tile I'liilaileipiiia (..enieiinial or
the Chicago World's Fair, w hi le a greater
V;lll"tl nl il;l!i-r pro.hi.-i, ,n -rr a'-ill. -
al v di-plavel than uascicr-. en on In
continent, added largely I. the inter--! ot
th.-e wishing to cake an o -jeet hs-ou m
natura- history, the wonderful pio-nic
tions of this God .avoie I old.' -p.-c ai
eor. Wil Star.
"Practically the -.-ventl, annual fa-r of
the Fish, (hster and Game association ot
East Carolina came to a close today. The
crowd in attendance being qutilly a4
I iti-iiig
the fail .
All i r i i n leaving New Hern during
theilav were ciowded with returnilg
-ight.-c is. ho were dclighte-d with the
old time hospitality of the "city of elm-"
and the magnificent display of the thoin
and ol hm-leving and wonderful ex
hibit. It is iisele- to say that the-e
visitor-ret urned tolleir homes with a
better idea ol the grand possibilities and
tut lire of tlu St . I.: in general, a:id of
Katern Xorth Cotolina in particular, and
1 he mere mentioning ol tin- n I'ne of tin
prople ot Ni w ISeri.r will br to them
syiiotivnioin of dl licit i- go-id an 1
noble
I lie Fair ha" been a un r-. Iiotn i eiy
midpoint.
The lair i now held in the ninth of
February of each year, in the city "I New
li' me, and considered by these iho
kn-uv to be the b t fair held ii. the State,
and as far as the f.-h ovster and game ex
hibit .ire concerned. I' cannot Ii--excelled
in anv other fair m the I'liiled Sta'es
The annual premiums agjn g its between
$o,(l()0 and $0,000."- il. Me--enger.
E BERNE IN BLOOM.
An Interesting Article on Our City .lust
Published la the Southern State
Magazine.
MT ClIAS. HALr.OCK.
The chance tourist who cssas to fol
low the lead of the Chesapeake A Albe
marle canal at the close of January, rn
route from Norfolk to New Berne, after a
passag" through the lone cypress wamp
and ft night voyage across the Mediter
ranean expansj of Pamlico sound, wakes
up at his destination with a consciousne-?
of strange contrasts in nature. In the
crypt like aisles of the Dismal Swamp all
was stark, silent and lifeless. Not a pipe
from a partridge nor a chirp from a spar
row disturbed the perfect hibernation;
not a yell-'W j isminc or rc lbud opened
its calyx to the raw atmosphere. t
New Bsrne the mellow whistle of a blue
bird greeted the newcomer, and blossoms
of blue myrtle btspanglcd tne glos-y
foliage which clustered by the stone
walls. The sky was blue and devoid of a
brumal cast. The air felt soft and warm,
and truckers were found b.i-ily engaged
in putting in their peas and potatoes for
the initial crop. Sjibc were shipping
early cabbage and spinach to New York.
At this serson of the vear flurries of
snow will couie iu Norfolk, and the pre
vailing atmosphere is gray but at New
Berne, mocking birds and thrushes war
ble in the hedges, yellow hammers and
robins flit from tree to tree, crowds ot
old field larks rise from the standing
stalks ot corn, and the great pileatecl
woodpecker makes the forest resound
with the impacts of has bill. Such de
lectable conditions result from a simple
difference of two degrees of latitude
which gives New Berne truckSrs an ad
vantage of ten days over their Northern
competitors, and by so much makes them
the gainers.
Late in November 200 varieties of roses
fold their petals for a six week's respite
from a perennial blooming, but persistent
little buds, tweaked and deformed by
morning frosts, hang on until Christmas.
The clustering white blossoms of the
Japan plum keep them quiet company,
together with the creamy blooms and
purple fruit of the Spanish bayonet,
which so much resembles okra pods iu
shape and size, though not iu color. Alter
Christmas it is dead winter for three
weeks. No presumptuous blossom ven
tures to disturb the restful hibernation
of the flora except the purple w inter vio
lets which never cease to urlold tluir
constant petals. Gay gallants and coy
maulecs pluck them for their button
holes, cherishing them as souvenirs ol
briguter days. All wiuter long they
bloom, these inepres3ible flowers, with
out perceptil-lo intermi-sion nestling
close to the ground amidst a thick fron
dage ol green leaves. You can find
tlieui on any warm day. Cold merely
chills, out does not paralyze them. Oucc,
alter a six days' freeze aud superincum
bent snow in tUe frigid January of ly,
with the surlace .f the Neuse river
skiuimed with ice. they blooa'ed out
bravely as soon as the temperature rose,
as tresh and fragrant as before.
In New Berne the winter jlimate is
sufficiently warm wuu .ut being euervit
mg. lis average normal temperature is
44 degrees for January, .February ami
March. Snow tails are so rare as to be
welcomed for their novelty. January,
1893, was f.u exceptional month. It was
p icnomenal. Snow laid on the ground
tor five successive days, and one morni. g
there was sleighing The oldest inhabi
tant had never seen the like. l'hereup .u
sleds and ruuners ot the crudest construe
tion were improvised. Cows were incon
liueutly stripped of neir I ells lo make a
festive jiLgle on the road. Everybody
was ecstatic. But the sport was only tor
a day; mud and slush supervened. In
the previous winter of 1892 a single fall
of less than an inch occurred. The current
winter h is been in keeping with previous
records, and on January 10 the premoni
tory bluebird piped tne adveut ot sp"ing
as usual. At that date hyacinths and
fustoria are always seen in Southern ex
posures, followed on January 19 by
flowering quince, orange, jasmine, a most
flagrant shrub, spiren, jonquils and
bridal wreath. Daffodils and narcissus
appear the first week in February, and
peach blossoms and dandelions by Feb
ruary 15. Wejping willows come to
leaf by Febrjary 27. By March 1 the
sweet bay and dw.rf magnolia are iu
bloom, their pnre white or purplish pink
blossoms showiug in advance of the
green foliage. Tulips and lilacs unfold n
little later, and green pea vines stand four
inches high. Potatoes and almost all
vegetables are planted iu February, and
by the beginning of April, rauishes, peas
and asparagus are tendy for shipi.ient to
the North.
In New Berne premises are many fruit
trees, cherries, pears, apples, peaches,
plums, apricots, figs and pomegranates,
and by the first ot April their branches
are all aglow with pink and w hite blos
soms. Wistaria then begins to hang out
its white and purple clusters on the bal
conies and verandahs, climbing some-tims
to f he tops of die tallest elms, and the
flowering almond illumines the terracers
and parterres with its delicate floresenie.
From that flue on development is rapid,
and flowering plants, trees, vines and
shrubs vie with each other in their res
plendent garniture of color. Nearly all
the shade trees which stud the lawns and
overarch the streets are florescent with
pink, blue, red, yellow, lilac, straw
color and purple eolors, the polon'a,
locust, crepe myrtle and chinaberry being
always prominent. Even the forests are
aglow, not only with their own exuber
ance of bloom, but with the crimson,
sea let and yellow blooms of jasmine,
woodbine, honeysuckle, trumpet flower,
bamboo, sweet brier, sarsaparilla and
oilier vims, which clamber to their high
est tops and weigh them down, sometimes
spreading over a lirge area ot frondage
Reputable botanists dccl ire that no 1. ss
than 18-J0 varie.ies of trees, plants, shrubs
and vines oioom in North Caro ina in the
months of March. April and May !
The winter foliage ol the forets aid
gardens ;s p. rh.ip even .mm: enchanting
to the
novel,
fcrs, of
N .ii.ier a visitor because more
Evergreens, not including coni
eo h-ss than thirty varieties, oaks
an 1 na
Vic. .11.
'n. ins "t s veral Kinds, tn.lv.
h iw an 1 eiiony nus, ail brilliant
-I iit-nr j, o'ive, laurel, cape j ii-
vv i ; 1 1 r
in ne. ch'-rokee rose, t.amii m vines, ivy,
cranberry g dl be iyin blue sp.mgles.
woo.li.iijf, letter foot, creeping whortle
i.erry. hom-y.-ucklc. winteigreen, rhodo
den Iron -and myrtle, mock orange,
sarsupan a, box ami many others, with
p .r.isi-u- , - a'vl mistletoe clingin'r to
t ru i Us t . ! i ail ;.-oiy p-i to"
cii uoi j up ! us. id MinU'aiia.
su r m i. vToii.-r in tne mo.-t capti
v a : i ;
:il n I el-
Da n iruff s a exu.l-itmn from the
)ui-s oi tlic sculp tlmt spreads aivl dries,
forming scurf and causing the hair to
fall out. Hall's Hair Renewer cures it.
large a-that ol n picviou- ,ax
A fl A II M VHCH PIE1'(T'ED.
If is t i hi (lie Worst Month of the Year
4 pplication of Hick's Predictions
to the Coast Counties of Eas
tern North Caroliua.
I onti ibuie I to Tin. dor
ti.N I . i
( I'ntil
Nortli Ca
ter -oui
'la'- -now -lorni V.
na lias had wry 1 it I le
el! eight free i ng or
lie- n-coi.l. iliuin
-:ii- ob-iivation
a-lerii
wi n
I'rosty a
for
day-.
-ei ic- .1
the State I
gi-?. -no a - an a v
rag
tu eilty
the liig
-eVel
n--t ;
. t he low r-t t w eiity-t u
iiiily-tiie,' this would
f 'in I ,' n frvi ng l,n ,
: - - I a Feb V Old, -.IV.
and
leave
, to be
April
Fel.'y
g tin- ;
t ii i-in .-1
not h
t
I ! 1
1 I
The
oh.
hllli
i Mai
: i-l ii i l.an.
cent i a I
-- .bull
its int
if Mare
1 1 h e ! w
IV
w ill dominate t
addition I o this
goveni"i 1 by -: -will
call-e ihe
seal ch will b ..
Sevel e u inter- to
March l'.i4 will
recent one ha in
the t ri-es in the
in
. nihil ci a I in. e- that
'...',. ,' .,l,,ll,,t(,llt" I.I
k in hi- recollection l
r a- severe a March as
pi..c to he: the nio.-t
X been March lSlir when
Episcopal church yard
vere broken . lown and almost entirely
destroyed by the load ..I sleet that formed
upon them; 'wigs no larger than ordinary
strings being built up to the size of a
nian'i linger by the deposit of sleet upon
them, eau-ing great limb- to fall.
Freezing w ill follow the sturm period
of the :i I to o-h the fie. zing being at tin
time of new moon on the Tth tu 1 1th.
The full in. x. ii on the -1-f, earth's
e.jilinox on l lie with th,- influence of
the ecJiinoNc- of Vulcim. .:i,u- and Mi r
oury, niter-i lie-1 oy the npiinox ot Mar-,
Feb'ygSth will cau-e the 17th to g-g to be
piii'ticulatly severe, and heavy sleet may
be seriously feared at this times.
Gales and high winds will whip to
shreds such of the pe.l vine- as mav es
cape the freezing they receive; March
1SU4 besides being ihe coldest w ill be
noted for the severity ol b-'toruadoes and
high winds throughout the entire month,
of unvIMarch, within the memory of -peo
ple now living.
Only tin" equinoxes occur m A p ri !
and after the first week mild weather
may be looked lor.
Many of our truckers have planted t,j
titrly in fact they might almost as well
have planted peas in the fall, for their
spring crops.
The leaders plunt by the inti- and not
by the condition of the season and ninny
plant hei'aiine 'ireryhoil y -1m: i pin nt ihij."
In studying Jxicks' almauac many
things have to be given weight, particu
larly altitude and latitude, as the same
temperatures cannot exist in Canada and
Florida; nor in Craven county and the
Blue Hid.je counties.
The average 1'ate of pea planting may
be . o'y 1st modified by the season; if
much cold in December aud January,
planting maybe safe in January ; but
with only eight freezing .1 lys up to the
25th of February it is n-.f safe to plant
them till after the middle -ind with the
present kin. I of winter ithe coldest
month being March i Miuch niuy be as
proper a pea planting time as an or linary
January particularly when followed bv
an open April, especially as extra early
peas given growing tempt ratin e day
and night can be shipped in about thirty
five days after planting.
People that cannot afford loss should
be more watchful of the conditions of the
seasons.
Of the eight ( the moon changis being
one) disturbing influences lor March 1894,
six of them combine during the period
from March 20 to 22 I.
VVUEtKED OFF H iTTElt AS
SchoonerJCalumet Club' Lost While En
roiite to Xew Berne -One Man Lost
Four Saved.
The steamship City ot Birmingham,
Capt. Berg, which arrived yesterday
morning Irmii X'evv York, had on board
lour sailors who had been shipwrecked
iff Hatteras in tne storm of hrt week.
The rescued men were (.'apt. Geo. W.
Wainwrignt, master ot the schooner C: 1
umet Club James Simmons aud S'ephen
Dorman, seamen aud William C'adin, the
negto cook, of the same vessel. The
schooner was wrecked while eu route to
Xew Berne, N.C , from Baltimore. She
was loaded with guano. She is owned
by P. F. Prendergast of B .1 imorc.
Capt Berg rescued the men from the
sinking schooner when they had almost
given np iife. They were exhausted
trom steady work at the pumps.
Mr. Chas. fl. Weston, a brother in-law
of the captain, was drowned ' before the
Birmingham rescued the others.
RE . ERES THE OLD XAME.
the ''Gaston House" Should Still Ter
petude ihe Memory of Judge Gaston
the Eminent Carolinian and eyy
Berne's Most Distinguished
Son
Editor Journal: Tt was a pleasure
to me to read what you said some weeks
ago, in regard to the improvements being
made on the Gaston House. It may not
be known to you, sir that the writer of
this, established that wcl1 known Hotel
and named it utter one of Carolina's uo
blest son's, the eminent Judge William
Gaston, he who was the idol man of
my boyhood, and doubly so as I grew to
mnahood, and perhaps was capable in
some degree, of appreciating the grand
qualities of that great man, yes, grer. t in
the noblest sense ot the term.
Hence you cannot easily imagine. Sir,
how severe was the. sho;k I felt, when I
read in your issue ol the loth inst, that
the " Gaston House" it to be heard of no
more. Saceasa thing of the past. Indeed
Sir, I cannot conceive how it can be pos
sible, that an Indian name lor the Gaston
House, (though it may be the oiiginal
name of the sHe upon which, Xew Berne
stands.; can be more pleasing, or attract
ive, to the sons tof Carolina, and the gen
eral public, than that of the distinguished
man whose name it bore when first open
ed in April, 1857.
There may be some palliation however
(ot w hat seems to me a discreation.) by
the fact, that he whose purpose is to
ignore the name of Gaston knew nothing
of that noble son of Carolina, who had
few equals, and no superiors.
While I was held in prison at More
head City, the yankees took charge of the
Gaston House, painted out the name if
Gaston, and placed in its stead, "Union
Hotel." At that time, sir, the distin
guished Edward Staniy was '.he Military
Governor of tl e Xew Berne Department
and through the kindness of a yankee
officer, I communicated with Gov. Stanly
in regard to the matter, and he yes, he,
knew William Gaston, promptly had the
name V ii n Hotel blacken".! out. and
that of i as:.-:i ila i- r store I.
And l'v- long h. i - o I hope
that the Hou- may i vt-r ritaiu us oiigi
nal name.
Respect "nil v yours
I itos. L. ITai.i,.
Mynh-.vood, Carteret Co. X. ('.
Wholesale ilartft Conutrv I' rod hit.
LlV.' Stall H d dt!
m its
I.
4,i5c lrwecl ''eel 4 i".
I!,v-H;l. 3Ma31.
t'oi'ii. 4oc.
On. ken- 4l.i-V. pair.
'Iau, Klin. 40a.")UV., Mu-javv .ll.i.el- .
Kirus, 10 t.V 11
Field pea?,l.lack,clavbank and speckled
50 a CO nhick-eve 75c.
Jeese, 7oc'.a80c.
Tides Drv Hint. 2 l-2a3c; dv sail 3c
-l-eil. 1 1-4
..t -. i ed. 45r. sec I, ".
IVauuts .U..(J0cis.
Turkeys. 1 . 25a -i2.0n.pr.
Wool ID to 15c.
Pork 5 .0c
Pork, tretdi, 6a7 .
Peauut ied poK, a t waule I.
Potatoes, Yams 40 u50c; Hainan 25c.
Rice, prime, 50c.
You May Travel
AROUND THE
GLOBE
O
And you will not find
such opportunities to
save money ;is are of
fered at the
- Mammoth -
Establishment
OF-
Hackburn
& Willett,
GLOBE T.IOTTZRS
Stand Tdj us, and the
man in the moon
hacks it up, that no
whers ia the CITY
can
Better Bargains
OK OH TAirS Kl).
Those who go from
place to plase, ir al
ly, til
where, come back fo
us to mske their
Purchases,
FOR THEY FIND THEY
can not do as well any
where fist;.
47 & 49 POLLOCK
Wm. H. OLIVER,
Life, Fire, Marine,
Accident, Fidelity,
Steam Boiler
NE WBERN, X. C.
A Xumbov of Time-Tried and
Fire-Tested Companies Represent
ed. Over 12."),000,0O0 assets repre
sented. NOIORARY PUI5LIC.
Commissioner of Deeds for New
York, Connecticut and Pensyl
vania. EP Agent National Board Ma
rine Underwriters.
Spring Business
ON TIIK BASIS or Til
WILSON TAHII-'i
I-; n
i o
Now nil s;i I.
High Novelty
Dress ;.....!-.
Fancy I n . --
(.'!.-. j , .! -,
HIT IMV
nil ing-
1 1 tics ol
( 'olored
- ( '.(Kills,
llla.-k- J)i.
ilk. Velvet -. White
. I iml na. id. i ics and
Dyed ('iitt.ni Dress
assortments larger
... it- -.1 ;:,,,!
I'oi.l'.-.
t I'.-i ii ever.
Selling- )'v j(.o(s. l.v in. nl is a
' special feature of our ioi-iness.
Our mail orders tire filled !. train
ed people who do nothing else.
Samples ( 'lieei litll v Sent.
on; i- i:i:e dki.i vi;m .
Casli tri tli order id '.."" . (Ml ,i i.. ,
we del iver goods tree - "Xeepl turn
itme and (Tinl ej i to nearest Ex
press (.nice ..r Railroad si,i:;.iii.
W. H. & R. S. TUCKER, & CO.
lgl'jand 12.")JFavett. v ill. St re. I.
Kalcigh. X. C.
NUNN & McSORLEY
H CO
CD
TENNY'S
CD
CO
A. I
.Intst Received,
Call and fret a I'aokage.
1 TAFFY. 5
Made
IN iinn
ti'L-sli every day.
V McSorley.
J. Suter
in ;the
Gaston House
With the J'.ost Sok'ctecl Stock of
f'tiriiitu. c in Eastei ) North Caro
lina. I thank the Public for past fa
vors and hope lor a continuance, of
the same at niy new store and also
at my same old stand.
Evervthin"; at Kock Iiottom
Prices.
.1. SU TEJi.
i HE A. CQHN
Or an and Piano Go.
Was orgMini .vti in Octoln-r, 1 03, for the pur
pose ol supplying t lie wry bvst make of lj
alios and Orrans to the public.
Tli(a new firm has wart-rooms in Washing
ton ami New Kerne, N.Ctfor tin- convenience
ot their patrons ot Kastern N. ('.
We are selling" 1'ianos ami Organs in nearly
all the counties east ot the W. Jt W. Kuilroatl
and are in daily correspondence with some
ot the very best people ol this section, and
onr goods are giving pertect satisfaction in
quality and price.
e handle none hut reliable standard
mii'it'S ot the most modern styles, and sell to
the public, direct trom the principal lactones
thufc enabling us to give the purchaser the
very lowest and best terms.
We are offering the justly celebrated MF.I1
LIN IManos, which received the highest hon
ors and Gold Medal at the World's Fair lor
tone, touch, volume and rapid action.
We handle the old reliable NEW HY and
EVANS 1'iano which Mr. A. Colin has been
sellling to the public with most satutactory
results lor the past ten years.
We also keel) in stock the IVck and Sons
Opera I'ianos which is also a splendid instru
ment, and can order tor you Ihr maumular
l'iano, strictly first-class goods, or any other
pianos abovw mentioned.
We also handle the NEEDHAM Organ
which isone ot the oldest established organ
factories in America, and we will continue
to handle other standard makes.
We thank you lor your patronage and so
licit your further o infers lor pianos and or
gans, which will receive prompt attention
and satisfaction guaranteed. Call and exam
ine our goods at our ware rooms on Middle
street. New IJerne N. C, and Main St. Wash
ington, N. C A. COHN 1'IANO A OHGAN CO.
Would thank you to examine our exhibit a!
the East Carolina Fair to be held in New
Berne, February, litth to -4th inclusive.
fTaa just received a supply
of those
Tennessee Cart Wheels.
Friend go and get you a
pair of them, then you can
mile. Fay Wil ITT Y what
ou owe him andj that will
make him smile. Don;t you
-oe.
mWT DON'T DON'T
Let your child cut bis teeth on
plated spoon. I am selling (Jorh im
Company's Solid Stirling
SILVER SPOONS
For $4.00 per Set.
I have a few Stiv'k
left at lOcts. each.
1
ins
Hair
higher.
"Pin 1
aud
Those little Silver Souvenir
Spoons at 75cts are not high.
Come and see me.
EATON, The Jeweler.
97JMiddleJSt.
Opp. Bapiist Church.
HYDE CO., RUST PROOF OATS
FOR SEED, A SPECIALTY, AT CHAS
B. HILL'S, EAST SIDE MARKET
DOCK, NEW BERNE, N. C. '
IT
TO THINK THAT
DUNN'S
YOU WILL FIND
Everything
That is Keut in a
CLASS
GKOCEKr.
UNSURPASSED
And Constantly Sup
plied With Fresh
Arrivals. c
lily Una is .
Complete aiid
-FULL im EVERY
D EPA KIT MENT
JOHN DUNN,
No. 55 & 57 Pollock 8t
E. H. & J. 1 MEADOWS Cd
MASl'F.M'Tt'RERS of. .
Meadows' Special Guano's
FOR ALL CROPS.
STANDARD BRANDS:
Meadows' Gr"t Potato Quuo.
" CabWe ii
Allorop '
Pea & pew
Tobacco "
Cotton
10 per ot. Ammonift
. I
tin Guano.
Meadows' Great Labd Guano
Importeio and dealers in Meadowt
Extra Early Peas, Kainit, Aoid
Phosphate and Agrioultuoal Gbemi-
oals.
hi
QUALITY
y Trackers supplies a specialty.
I E. H. MEADOWS, Pres't.
J. A. MEADOWS, Sec'y. ATreas.
W orks Neuse River.
0fic3 Union Point. '