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oni: Disrost:!) r k.vviii; i s.
A boD'ii lor -S -t" Cox !Vii' he
Sp -ak?!- lias beet! inaugurated in
Yuik. He is wuriuljr chainpiiiu
o.l !v m:ry of t in loading newspaper
t 1 North. South ami Vtt.
Tin: v"ilow lVver seems to have ;ot-t-.-n
a lootiiolii :it I'ensncolti. l'la.
T!it fiuTt'ti' measures being tak;n
t t-i-. :s further pnniross will no
iloul't be suci-.'snfnl. Let us hope so
at h-u-t.
I the death of ,ludg Hhiok which
oi-euireil Sunday the lDth inst., I'enn
slv:ua sutlers an "irreparable loss
and the Union !:ses a great and good
man. Judge llaek was great lv loved
and recpt-ete!, and his death has
awakened an almost universal feeling
o!vmi hy and regret.
Tlk eon uption and ineapaeity pre
vailing in ihe municipal governments
of many o! our cities is alarming and
can be suggested by the following
lines: "In 1870 the debt of the cities
in the United States amouited to
$328,244,520. In 1880 it amounted
to $76f,.')4r,7G0. More than double
in 10 years.
Thk ii'O.st sensible and fearless ar
ticle we have read on the 'Star' and
'News-Observer' controversy is frdin
the per- of Josephus Daniels, of the
'Wilson Advance.' At the late Press
Convention we supported his resolu
tions condemning personal controver
sies in the columns of our papers,
and we are now led to a firmer belief
that su.-h proceedings are a disgrace
to journalism and ealuehitelto lower
the tone of the Press in North Caro
lina. We say the above with all due
respect to lin. Kingsbury and Ashe.
We art; truly sorry that ihcy, Tn:o of
our i'i I'm I liijlita, 'should su far forget
themselves as to use the epithets that
were used.
Wf. Md a chat a few evenings
since with E. F. Martin, the Napoli
tian of his race in North Carolina.
who is General Manager of the pro
posed Wngtsville and Onslow Kail-
road. He informed us that he is net
ting up local organizations all over
the State to solicit subscriptions for
iiis work, lie says to complete the
road it will take about 5,000 per
mile : and he already has $38,000
subscribed, and six miles of the road
graded, lie is a negro of commenda
ble energy and ought to be encour
aged in his noble undertaking. He
expects to visit-Scotland Neck in the
interest of Ins project very- shortly.
North Carolina at Boston.
The following letter from Dr. Dab
neyr, who is now in Boston will be
MONEY IN POLITICS.
The New Code which goes into ef
fect November 1st, will be of vital
importance to the people of our State.
Laws are so frequently changed,
amended or repealed in this State
that it is a ditlicult matter for an
except a very astute lawyer to ascer
tain what tinr law is. The need of a
revised code with a well arranged in
dex b.n h;ng been felt in North Carolina.
What is the key-note the vital
point under consideration in the pol
itics of to-day? Is it principle, or is
it the common interests ot the coun
try? Neither ; in nine cases out of
ten it is money. In the words of the
New York 'World' : 'Money decides
political issues, solves political ques
tions, and ends political difficulties.'
The party that can furnish the larg
est amount ot campaign funds gener
ally come out victorious. This is
why the Republican party has pos
session of the Federal Government
to-day. It is the party of money and
monopolies. This evil has grown up
State News
...Henry Jones, (col.) the murderer
of Alvis II. Blake, was hanged in
Raleigh precisely at 6.45 o'clock on
Monday morning last.
...Edenton Enquirer. A young
man arrived at Woodard House Fri
day night at six o'clock. He had
ridden 45 miles that dav on a bi
cycle. He was from Suffolk, Va.,
and proposed to go thus to Nag's
Ilea l, and from there io Virginia
Beach Mr. Charles F. Lyon, reg
ister of deeds for Bertie county, d?ed
last week.
...Clin to 7i Ch n r ?.s it it
found good reading matter. It was
written to the "News-Obseryer :"
'As our material rolls in one sees
better and better what a grand ex
hibit we will have here at the expo
sition. Everything is going forward
satisfactorily. We found ourselves
the first exhibitors here and ours
the first material on the ground.
Our space is the central front space,
150 by 50 feet, the banner space in
the building. . As for the specimens,
the best estimate I can make is that
we have something over 500 boxes
and packages and at least 2,000 dif
ferent articles.
By the way. the experts in these
respective lines having our timber
and building stones in charge express
themselves as greatly delighted with
them. The lumber men marvel at the
magnitude, the-variety and the beau
ty of our woods. They are very en
thusiastic over our big cherry trees,
our black walnuts, our curly maples,
curly poplar and curly piner I
was vesterdav with the stone workers
who are polishing our marbles and! ...Greensboro Workman :-The three
granites. murderers of Mr. Shcperd, near Dan-
Some of the specimens are readv viiIe Va-' Sonuey Younger, Reuben
and I was astonished at their beauty KinS aiul Isaac Evans, were tried
and noveltv. The Pee Dee black for the offence in the Hastings Court
granite presents now a mirror like at Danville and found guilty. They
are to oe nangeu septemoertne zsui.
The rope cornes promptly on the heels
of the pistol. These trials usually
drag, but this one did not. Now let
Mr. W. T.
.L-eaman, borrher oi our townsman,
Jno. R. Beaman, Esq., died at his
residence, about eleven miles from
town, on the Raleigh road, last Sat
urday morning, of a congestive chill.
The deceased was G8 ye:irs of age.
He was in Clinton Monday and Tues
day prior to his death, in his usual
health. On Wednesday he complain
ed of being unwell, but was not con
sidered dangerous, as we are inform
ed, until the fatal chill. Verily, 'in
the midst of life we are in death.'
surface equal to anvthing I ever saw.
Ine toreman of the shop said it was
as fine as any granite in the world,
better than a great deal which is sold
iiere at $2.50 a foot. Some of our tiie execution take place in private,
and let us have no big windows in
heaven opened, with horses and ehar-
porphyritie granites he pronounced
perfectly unioue. We have some
specimens here containing olive- "ts of fire come down to carry the
green, feldspar, purple quartz ami wretches to heaven as a special guard
black hornblende. Our or. omi to murderers.
!lj.l. ....1....,-.1 1 f Vtl." 1--
... v. . r .V 1 CB ...Sunny Home : Capt. Octavius
I;.;, , , us uu? luel yJ. Coke, of Raleigh will deliver the ad
v - uonnuu unnueie. Mress -at the Tarboro Fair this fall.
Ihe opening will be quite a grand ,r0 ia f , ha i,oof flwi
Jl' j4 1 1 t . , . 1 K.' 1& J S . V t W. O U Vi. Vl. O All I'Liv;
ma"' "in ne accompanied ffim St,lfp WifJl rn,rpnf nnnna
l ;") . .nemi rary wia the (eath of Col Johu E. Liridsav
,1 r,i V- , V 1 wIlich sad event occurred suddenly
SiS'Sr1', f lc?- at Rocky Mount, last Tuesday morl
x oiixuc- auuiesbua patucuiany in Cn T:n(lsn w11 at v.eimnrt
e South, as the great feature of 1)ef and hcart u
xposition will be the Southern f(jll onp,' T- . mn
! PPll Via linf:rfii! fr rAft-rT I i- f!Al '
fji lucul-ols ui nit; ULLiisiuu ami
to the
the expos
exhibits.
Thk fact ha bv:i ilenionstratetl
t hat sugar can h successfully raised
Mom 1 he i 'a ii!ici .voiiii l to the South
I aroiia.t lint- extending inland to the
altitude of lun !'-. :b(n-e sea level.
Whir.w tliv niaiinolia grandilloi'i
an ! wi.d ohve grows, this latitude
crt spo ils in Summer with La. and
m Yv iiiti-s with Italy. Mean temper
ature Smithville, N. C. Go. Mobi'c
Ala. :gj.
the Soutli ; a very proper selection.
as no Southern State and no cxecu-
under Republican influences, andcantive has been so prominent and suc-
oe uesrroyea only by Democratic jcesstul m this enterprise as North
remedies.
Death of Hon. Walter F. Poole.
How immy of Thk Commonwkath
frit-. ids interest tlii'inselves
I'uoiigli iks boiialf to yet up a club
of new subscribers ? It can be done
with little trouble and will aid us ma
terially. To any person who will get
up a club of live subscribers for us
and send them in, accompanied by
the money, we will send Thk Common
wealth free, or if von are a subscri
ber you can retain 20 per cent, of the
money. Speak a good word for us.
We are requested by Jno. T. Pat
rick. Immigration Agent for North
Carolina, P. O. address. Wadesboro,
N. C, to say that all persons desiring
to secure white farm laborers or do
mestics by the latter part of this yesr
or the first of next, must communicate
with him during the next sixty days.
as it takes some time to arrange for
the class of persons he is inducing to
come to the State. He thinks arrange,
raents have been perfected whereby
n o.ul-is seni nun within the
stated can be filled.
Ralerhi, N. C, August 25. Wal
ter F. Poole, Congressman elect from
the First North Carolina District.
succeeding Lewis C. Latham, died at
h-nzapeiit C ity this morning after a
long illness. He had but recently
ret urned from the 1 1 t Springs, Ark'.,
and was thought to be somewhat im.
proved i:i health. He was 32 years
old.
We never had the pleasure of a
personal acquaintance with Mr.
Poole, l ut imve been informed that
his intellectual powers were remark
able for one so young, and no doubt
if he had been spared he would have
attained high distinction in the .halls
of Congress. He was a Republican
but had many personal friends in the
uemocratic ranks. The death of an
".ji...t vuiueu mm educated mains
to be regretted. The vacancy caused
oy nis deatii should be filled before
December, as it no doubt will be.
Carolina and her Governor.
. -
We hope very much that our own
and represented Nash county in the
Legislature three years ago, with
great credit to himself and satisfac
tion to his people. In his death
Rocky Mount looses one of her most
honorable and useful citizens.
time
A terrible Raih
1 ,
i load accident occur.
red near Winchester, Ky. on the 17th
inst., wheie the Kentucky Centr.il
Extension crosses the Chesapeake &
umo uailroad. An engine belongin
-c laiwr ,an into a car of the for
mer containing four hundred ke-s Gf
powder, the powder exploded, biow
g KM.ris, so truthful witnesses say
- ....... mgn. A passenger said
he had heard big shells and reports
during the war, but never heard any
thing to equal that explosion. Both
conductors were killed and several
others seriously injured.
At the fruit fair in Wilmington,
Eastern. Western, and Central North
Carolina lavished a profusion of the
wealth in the way of golden fruits
New York State, Boston, Baltimore
mil Florida were also represented
hub muierto Western North C
una was regarded as the
"ulw- l,,e 'Cistern vied with our
sister section in exhibit. p0ll(ier
county exhibited the largest apples
New Hanover the best melolls .lmj
pears. Duplin county exhibited, by
E. D. Pearsall, a signal triumph of
resources of the East, in the way of
sugar,;2,000 lbs per acre, 400 galon
of molasses.
aro-
honie of
Duelling.
This relic of barbarism, as now
practiced among us to some extent,
has lost the dignity which was given
it by the superstition of earlier days
Til. "
j uere is now no excuse for it : not a
single reasonable justification. It is
barbaric in the highest sense of the
term. Ori'rinalK r.hp fi,i
was said to be appealed to, to settle
whatever the difficulty might be ; the
conclusion being that the victor was
vindicated by the result and the .vic
tim proven in the wrong But the
dark ages, the days of superstition
have passed, and all pleas in the be
half of duelling at this age are ridicu
lously absurd and the veriest
- sophis
try. The advocates of this murder
ous revenge have only one plea that
sounds the least like reason : they
claim that it puts the weak and the
strong upon an equal footing, but it
takes but one thought to falsify that
argument. A person who contem-
1 j i i
piateu challenging another will in
...ucj-unie cases out of a hundred
practice the use of weapons sedulo us-
iv betorehand, while his nrm,,f
1 1
mowing forward tc nothing of the
sort has not the same advnntn
Another species of inequality is thus
forcibly illustrated in a contemnorn.
ry :
'A man, when challcncrpi
.i .i , , -o--- uiqw ur
ea that he would mrw 1
a i mect "1S enemy
when they could do so on .,,1
Sa d l,e : ;I have seven little children
wneaopendentuponmysalarv
. "PPOrt, While VOU nr.
Bmgle man; now. when you are
ned and h-.vo -
fen to be ielY rt.t!f ..... , ...
r will ..... .. "-''-". : our death.!
I Wy tue , l!u; i);lIfllK.0 ,
weigh the rnanees r t, '
you." . r a s,,,,t "-ill.
Duelling is notbin
Mm
'J 1 1 J l III irif I n i
"'".1 murder. Tho l. .
so considers it Uu
a du.l , ,an VVOry R"v,vor of
JUUU'u oc dealt
lugly.
people will visit the exposition and ....Monroe E no Hirer A ?.,..
study the State's exhibit. It is more We learn reliably that Rev. B. York
important that North Carolinians D. D.. of New 'Salem
should know something about North man High School, who Ins bnTi
Carolina than that outsiders should, blind for about thirty years, is re
There is a vast .leal, too, in and about coverhm the siVht in nnp nf h';a 0
Boston to instruct. It is a sreat in- without am- "trpitmpnt. r!:otm
dustrial centre, and is full of just The sight is 'about half clear. He is
such lessors as we need, ue nro ah In tn rnfmrniyn l.io or.
. - , aujuamuuiuus
(el.ghtel .o hear that our editors arc very readily. Dr. York is n tonphpr
coming. We can promise them a I of manv vpnrs' PTnoHmmA
nost dehghtlul and profitable time, well known to t.hn nfni.l,. nf l, s;tof
T I. - .. 1 .. ... .. . I-- - - .-i-vui uuv (.an.
1 1Kur -aay in at tiie 1'itEss Assooia- ile wrote York's Gr.nmm...r" nf
iu-n ..eie a: e taiving step.s to provide r,he most popular in use Let's
for their proper reception and enter- elect a Lcnsl.itnrn nwt
tamment. will Imvp tl.o
e have solicited the railroads on I soinethino- for t!
t.ie -subject ol cheap round trip tick- sheep industry, and the improvement
CiS liom North Carolina to Boston, of the public roads. These import
So far the Northern railroad do not ant matters are goino- to the dos
respond very favorably. But there literally, in the case of the sheei) for
will be no doubt about the steamshm want of
lines to the South putting the excur
sion tickets on sale. A gentleman '..VuyetteviUe Observer: Mr.
having the matter in eharr tlls Kniglit of Chatham countv lias been
me to day that at least two routes rect!!!b' bereft of his family of six
will be opened to this travel. From eil,ldl"oa hY ssh a strange and fear-
Eastern North Carolina the traveler traSeuy or, rather, by a succes-
wm get his ticket at some of the ot tragedies, as to make, 'truth
.arger offices, Wilmington, Raleigh, sti'auger than fiction.'
inree ot tiie children were taken
with diptneria and died soon after.
m quick succession. Just after the
deaths two of the remaining three
children were playing in the yard,
the mother being inside of the house
with the youngest. A scream out
side the house caused her to rush
forth, to find that a rattlesnake had
bitten both the children, who were
even then in the agonies of death
and the crowning horror came upon
the distracted mother when she dis
covered that a pot of boiling soap
had fallen from the fire and burned
or scalded the baby beyond recoy.
ery !
Goldsboro or Fayetteville, reading
' ' " orioik anil the steamers direct
to Bostoik. From the Western part
of the State, Greensboro, Salisbury,
Charlotte, Asheville, &c., the tickets
will read via Richmond and the Old
Dominion Steamship Company's line
to New York, New York to Boston
via one of the superb steamships of
the Fall tivcr line. This! will
in either case, a most delightful trip
lar more pleasant than by rail at this
season of the year. The round trip
will cost from $25 to $3 0.
-Excouuaoe
newspaper men. If
you knew how many annoyances they
have, if you understood that their
most elaborate article is sometimes
flung out boc:in(i t
--- w.iv-xvv io .7iUVll L; 1 L ML
pressure on the columns, and that an
accurate report of a speech is expect
ed, although the utterance be so in
distinct the discourse is one long
stenographic guess, and that the mid
night which fimls
i ---.kw, j w ii uoiv-v viVjiuauuQ
that they be awake, and that thev are
sometimes ground between the wheels
of our great brain manufacturers;
sickened at the often approach of men
who wTant complimentary newspaper
notices, or who want newspaper re
traction ; one day sent to report a
burial, the next day to report a pugil
tic encounter ; shifted from place to
place by sudden revolution, which is
liable to take place any day in our
great journalistic establishments ;
precarious life becoming more and
more precarious-if you understood
it, you w-ould be more sympathetic.
Be affable when you have not an ax
to be. sharpened on their grindstone.
DlSG'.lSS in Vmir ini,l
J . I I L 11 I HiJ.lL tllv." .ilil.C
rxr ! 1. . . .
- -".i.. cfiiiury would be witiioufi the
newspaper, and give encouraging
v ords to all w-Jio are engaged in ' tliis
i nterest, from the chief of the edito
rial department down to the boy that
throws the morning or evening news-
with accord-L3Jal)er iulyouc basement window.
T. DeWitt Tallage.
g more nor loss
m V U? - 38 3
m .3 r
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LUTHER SHELDON
-Jf DEALER INi-
SASHES, DOORS AND BLINDS,
Mouldings, Brackets, Stair Rails, Newels,
BUILDERS' HARDWARE.
Paints,
NORFOLK, Va,
Oils, Glass, Putty and Building Material of every Description.
Nos. 1G W. Side Market Sqr. & 4!) Roanoke Ave.,
Failing !
mar22 291yT-
EVANS, BURWELL TAZEWELL
COMMISSION- MERCHANTS
AND DEALERS IN
FLOUR, GRAIN, &C,
GENERAL AGENTS
Standard Fertilizer- Company,
6, 8 & 10 ROANOKE SQR.,
mar22 293m
NORFOLK, Va.
SAVAGE, SON & CO.,
COTTON FACTORS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
77 Water Street, NORFOLK, Va.
Strictly a Commission House for :he sale of
ciEraaiNi eeseuss am cobsierx erohuce
Liberal advances on Consignments on hand.
Produce held subject to order of shippers.
KEEP A FULL SUPPLY OF BAGGING aad TIES, PEANUT
and GRAIN BAGS.
Orders for
Standard Fertilizers anl Chemical s
filled on most favorable terms. Weekly papers wit i market report mailed
to our patrons.
CORRESPONDENCE AND PATROXAGI SOLICITED. "3
M. L. T, DAVIS.
B. D. THOMAS.
i:p'rAisiisiii:i 1805.
M . L . T c DAVIS
WHOLESALE 3-ROC3RS,
South East Corner Water and Commercial Streets, Norfolk, Va.
Always on hand a large Stock of MEATS, FLOUR, FLH and SALT, as well as
A General Grocery Stock.
TAYLOR, ELLIOTT & WATTE RS,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
GUNS
'tills, llii 1 5
& c ,
COR.
MAIN STREET & MARKET SQ'R.,
NORFOLK, VA.
AGENTS FOR IT 0 W E S S C A L E S .
That is what a great
many people are doing.
They don't know just what
is the matter, but they have
a combination of pains and
aches, and each month they
grow worse.
The only sure remedy
yet found is Brown's Iron
Bitters, and this by rapid
and thorough assimilation
with the blood purifies and
enriches it, and rich, strong
blood flowing to every part
of the system repairs the
wasted tissues, drives out
disease and gives health and
strength.
This is why Brown's
Iron Bitters will cure
kidney and liver diseases,
consumption, rheumatism,
neuralgia, dyspepsia, mala
ria, intermittent fevers, &c.
"203 S. Pac St., Baltimore.
Nov. 18, 1SS1.
I was a great sufferer from
Dyspepsia, and for several
weeks could eat nothing atvl
was growing weaker every
day. I tried Brown's Iron
Bitters, and am happv to say
I now have a good petiie,
and am getting stroller.
Jos. McC.UVJ.LY.
Brown's Iron Bitters
is not a drink and does not
contain whiskey. It is the
only preparation of Iron
that causes no injurious ef
fects. Get the genuine.
Don't be imposed on with
imitations.
FURNITURE,
-AND -
n si n
1 1 is i
U li U I
13 til
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ft 3.1
1 n y
W. F. ALLEN.
W F
J. T. BORUM.
C
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
99 Water St. & 18, 22, 26 & 30 Rothery's Lane
tS5" FLOUB AND MEATS A SPECIALTY
JONES. LEE & CO.,
(Successors to Savage, Jones & Lec.)
COTTON FACTORS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
2S Rothery's Warf,
NORFOL.K Va.
Do exclusively' a Commission Business, neither buying nor speeulat
ing in Cotton.
IdF'Make Liberal Advances on consignments ordere.l to be held.
Advise shippers of the state of the Market by postal card and a
weekly Norfolk paper.
GPSolict the patronage of all who desireto entrust their business to a
Houseof large means, long experience and established capacity and responsibility.
U. STEVENS k CO.,
NORFOLK,
Va.
ci .vl.Ii I
ANTS, for ALi !. CROI'S for AIA.
;iA'J i'.N Ail aro tostea; only iue ixist Bent onl
f x riiil sum I it rill r.-.-ii iTisiiitiiii . nihiwrv au uest Illflf loas
S"lof culture of Grains. It(Xt Crous. GrasseB. Fodder fVr.DK. Trnp
r If i-iantiiifr, etc. on:y l(!cis. Anvvai catalogue ana ITxci Ais ot pnDR crrnS
rrr i n rr-i T n-i f lii,!,.
siiiErsKEDS"" HIRAM SIBLEY & CO, Rochester, N.Y. " Chicago, III.
frM Ai Ilk
W4 iM2L M'&i
J if $s
k, STOMACH
1 1 i &er
HH9
h feror firvl rli'.-irfs, in tropical and
ftther rosion-s hy cpuli-mics, and
lnUcoa in all lcalil.es whciv the con.li
lons are unfavorable to health, this fa
mous vegetable iiivigorant ami alterative
Ilostetter's Stomach Hitters has beeit
found a potent safe&ranrd even to feeble:
contitutions and fragile frames, while as
a cure for indigestion, biliousness and kin
dred complaints, it is without a rival
1 or sale by all Drujrgists and Dealers
generally.
lut This Out IBSSS'M
I bruur tou in Mnet unucw"BflS-J ' will
I thin el in i'Si'iS" W VV"1 m.uuw mum an r-
" est 1 1 uttit
Com-MiUsandMUlstones.
Ail SIZES.
TEE BEST IN THE WORLD
FOR TABLE MEAl t
KORTH CASQUNA HIIISTDIIf rn
imitate ilauion thi, J'er.j '
THE OLDEST,
TIIE LARGEST,
THE CHEAPEST
CARPET
A N D
Furniture Hoise
IN TIIESOUTII.
Over 27,000 siiuare feet of iloor si).ice
in our show room. For over eighteen
years we have enjoyed an extensive trade
m Halifax county; and reter to hundreds
of people whose houses we have furnished.
11 4m.
FALL
I4P' FOREST COLLEGE.
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