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. Our Stock is well selected of Real Quality and Prices assured with
the Lowest Come to lee us, you will find our store second to none.
Give us an order, you will find we deliver promptly. Autl everything
guaranteed as represented.
New Buckwheat, Ontario Self Busing. Cream Cheese, Macaroni.
Ileini' Pickles, Nichol's Oats, Grits, Small Hominy and Butter.
New barrel Fulton Market Corn Beef, fine tao.
Portsmouth Mullets, fresh corned."
Our Dried Fruits are in, Peaches, Apples. CracWs, fresh lot oyster
Crackers in Monitor.
Yon will do well to bear in mind that we cater for ihe retail trade
and buy first quality goods and will kcep.them fresh. Give us youf trade
we'll take care of it. Yours Truly,
GASKILL & MITCHELL,
HARDWARE:
73 MIDDLE STREET.
'Phone 147.
GROCERIES:
61 3U0AD STltEET.
? nnnn HnriF MAnF RRFAn I
VI a ljpiwiisaa in aa m aa e
It something (hat everyone
f r j y, and the br ad made from
our Superior Fan.ily Flour Rlve
reaulis ll.at tbe mosldaiuty p.l
nlali. While, nutrUlont
bn arts, iMiclous eakia and p ry
it what ynu tie n wnluil ltl
when you ue our Flout.
We have the fluett Teas, Coff.!,
' Fl'inr, Ppioet, puro and adultera
ted, lo be found in tbe citj. Alto
haTcjiut rcceircd a fuH llae of
Bri.nkf.u-t fuodt tucll at Ost inrat,
Prept'td Cuckwhvat, Oat Flakec,
Hreakfast Btrlpt, &: Also a nice
lot of f'Cth corni d Portsn o lb
Mullen. and Fiuall I'oniiny.
.Fox River Bi.IUt Jut lo. Yeura for buaiueM,
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J R. PARKER, JR., GROCER,
'Phone 69. 77 Broad Street. A
Franc. H. Jones &Co.
FURNITURE.
CURTAINS.
CARPETS. I
MATTINGS. E
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to zn inspection of oar hew store snd
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hindsome new stock, being opened
d:Iy. You are always welcome.
prilt: H. JQI'GS C: GO.,
EEiTlSii t::P EDEB.
Bombardment of MaMlnr RffB"
General Simmons Has Died.
Flrlif l'ar a Fli( ef Trare. Ra.
rttr BaerLataea. lelaferee
jeats Will Bake Tatal ef
1,000, la BrUlah Amy.
Loxnoa, Oct. M. Tbe deatk of Gea.
Sir William Peaa Bymont, tbe BritUb
eoaaiwlar it Oleaooa, who wat tbot (
latbetioaiach la tbe battle with tbe
Boer ibt-ra October SO, wae officially aa
aouaced la tbe Houte of Comaont to
dty-
Tbe ParliasMntry Breretary of the
War Office, Mr. George Wyedbatt, la
aaaooncing the death, laid:
"Tbe aewt wat eoatiderately teat to
General White by Ocaeral Joobert,
which confirm! (he lopreatloa that Gen
eral Yale bad to leave hit wounded at
Dundee. We hope lo have ebortly full
Informal loa oa tbe ditpotltloa Bade by
General Yale fat hit wonadeed before
leaving.
raiTORiA, Oct. 14, The bombard
ment of Maf eking by General Cronje't
fommanda begin thlt morning. The
women and child rea were tvea ample
llan to leave tbe towa.
Prbtobia, Cel. Si. Tbe ahelllng of
Idafiklng wat returned tt daybreak thit
morning. Several boutet are In flamet
la an engagement between tht BritUb
forces under Colonel Plumer and tbe
Boeit at Rhodet Drift, oa tbe Rbodealaa
border, sis Boert were killed and four
were mule pritonen.
Ladibmith, Natal, October 28 In Bat-
urday't action at Elandtlaagte tbe Boert
hoi nod a fltg of truce. Colonel Bamll
toa l hen ordered bit men to ceaee their
Are. The Britith troopt Mood up, and a
party of Boert furioutly returned firing.
The time day other pirllet were gull
ty of tlmiltr treachery, one firing fiom
a houte which wat nied at a hotpltal
Afterward, when close pressed, they
threw up tbrir armt In token of turien
der, bat took tdvanttge of tbe Brititb
toldlers grounding their rlfiet to thoot,
and, In several Inttincet, to etcipe.
Tbe turgeont tty tbey found that i
considerable number of the expanding
bullet! hid been uted by tbe Boert. .
Generali White, Hunter ind French,
with their ttifft, made tbe round of tbe
hospital! today. The Town Ball and
churcbet, as well as tenia, hive been
fiited up with beds. Medlcil arraiige-
mentt are ample and complete. A num
her of wounded Boert hive been allowed
to go. into the Britith hospitals near
Elindalaagte. .
Caps Town, October 25, After a lull
of two dijt excitement . has been re
newed by tbe news of mother British
tuccest neir Lsdytmllh Special jubila
tion It felt on locouut of the capture ol
leading members of the Johannesburg
Boer commando, many of whom are fa
miliar persona in Cape Town,
OOicitl iccounta of General White'!
repulte of the Boers yesterday at Relt-
fontcln ire scanty, but the detailt given
re sufficient to thow that the Boert
were prevented frem gaining tucha
footing at would enable them to ttrike
the Britith ctmp. -
It It lelitved that the Been' reported
estimate of ICO killed It much under the
milk.. Rand retldentt who kre familiar
w tb ibe men engaged say It ft unlikely
that they would admit mere than 25 per
cent, of their actual lottes.
Durban. Natal, Oct. 16. A trans
port has arrived here wilh a battalion of
tbe Rifle Brigade.
Strong reinforcements of Infantry md
artillery have arrived at Ladytmith from
Pielermiriizburg. - .
Capb Town, Oct. 28 The transport,
Zayithia, whose voyage from Liverpool
was delayed by difficulties with her ma
chlnery, hat arrived here with a battery
and a half of field artillery. Her sitter
transport, with an equal force, which
has been similarly delayed, It daily ex
pected.
London, Oct. 2(1 -Orden were Istued
today for an idditional 5,003 troopt to
tail for South Africi between Novem
ber i and November 18, making the full
number of troops for General Buller 83,-
000 men.
The "Plow Boy Preacher," Rev. J.
Eirkman, Belle River, III., tayi, "After
suffering from Bronchial or lung trouble
for ten ) ears, I wat cured by One Min
ute Cough Cure. It it all that is claimed
for It and more." It cures, coughs, colda,
grippe and all throat and lung trouble!
F. S. Luffy. ,
COTTON MARKET.
nlokes the food more dcHcious and wfwlesome
s untano rreparea Buckwheat
T Ihi Pt TlnAl ku, ii.. u..L.t V-.i T : .1 av
ILePt Book wheat on tl Market. Jnst BeceirrtL
Bioe and fresh. I lb pacVafe only 10c. S Ik pack
sgra only 15c at
RALEIGH.
Thai Laokcd for College, sirs. Jackjoa
Reedy. Severe rtaalty tor the stu
Airy Captain.
Ralbiuh, Oct 17 Senatpr Pritchird
hat arrivad hers. Ht it of count! la a
great land tult frota wtatera North Caro
lina and It here to examine the books la
tbe tupremt court library. -
A wall kaowa negro cams to your oor-
reapondent today and said: "I see yoa
a ant Information regarding a Dr. Bar
rltt, of Pee Dae eollegfate Institute, who
It telling degrees to preachers la Eng
land. I know tbe mia. Be Is a coal
black negro. Ills so called Institute It
at Pee Dee, Anton county. I think he
makes hit living mainly by Ibe sale of
degrees. He Is a preacher of the A. M.
E. Zloa church. Two orlhre years ago
he deceived a young white woman Into
coming here to teach la his school. He
wat found out and sir, Wtrbortoa. of
Anton eoanty, paid her eipentes back
to England. I am prepared to substan
tiate all I tell yon about Barrltt. lit
jught lo be exposed."
It Is probable that there will be snore
jporlamea from other elates la North
Carolina thlt season, thsa ever before
Partridges are particularly abundant.
Mjmy It being raited by the Daugh
ters of the Confederacy asd by camps of
veterans In aid of airs. "Stonewall"
Jackson, who la needy, ia very poor
health and almost blind, at her home, at
Charlotte. She It tald to be tufferlng
from an Incurable disease. . '
Mention hat been made of the fact
that Captain Beltoa, of- the Hi Airy
company of the Third regiment, aad
ilia the first tergeaut of the company,
ho It hit brother hid been arretted aad
failed for the unlawful arrest of a citlsea
The company! property wit taken la
charge by the mayor of the town.
Belten'i company wat disbanded and
the mayor turnt the property over to a
new company which was yesterday mut
tered into service. It Is learned at the
sdjutint goneral's office that Belton and
his brother have been sentenced to work
on the roads for.elght and tit months
respectively.
A. W. Graham, of Oxford, it here. Be
it the attbrney for tome of the exteotlve
copper mines in Granville and Person,
Much of tbe slock In these mines Is
owned by Boston people. Uundreds of
miners are at work The ore, which Is
very rich, is being shipped U Norfolk'
Vs., and Bethany, N. J., smelters. A
branch railway hi boon completed
Into the very heart of the mining dis
trict.
NEW YORK.
"The Lott of Gold It greit; the loss of
health Is more " Health Is lost by neg
lectlng to keep the blood pure. Hood's
Ssrsaparills purifies, enriches ind villi
Izet the blood and that savei both gold
and health. :
Hood't
headache,
Pillt cure biliousness, tick
Gen. Lee at Quarantine. Irving' Has
Come. Margaret Sangster. Sousa's
Latest .
New York. October 28 Maj. Gen
FlUhugh Leo, who arrived on the steam-
ship Havana on Wednesday,, was re
leased from qusrsntlne ' today. Lie
declsres he cannot understand why he
and his secretary were detained for ob
servation at Hoffman Island, while
others who sriived on the same vessel
were allowed to past qusrsntlne without
detention. .
"Why in the world they took me to
Swinburne Island I do not know, but I
think it wat to feel my temperature,"
said the General.
General Lee looked the picture of
health. He will proceed to Washington
bn Sunday, and then visit his family in
Virginia, where be will remain nntll
he retlfrns to Quemsdos, his Gubaa
headquartert, the first week- In Decern,
ber.
Among the passengers who arrived to
day on board the steamer Marquette
from London were Henry Irving and his
company, comprising 50 persons, among
whom were Misa Ellen Terry an 1 Law
rence Irving.
Hi American tour will begin at the
Knickerbocker Theatre Monday in
"Robespierre." He will play in Washing
ton at the National Theatre during
m..l .i - u 1 t n.iiUA.. t.
VUII,,UJM RCC. aUU 111 WMIIUIUI. . , ug
Academy of Music iu Now Year'a week. (
In addition to the Sardou nlav. he will ft
appear in "The Merchant of Venice," '. VjB?.f'Jsr.iX-J& VXitirerj.iS, a.
"The Bells;" "Amber Heart," "Nance
IT IS OUT TAlX
s
WsshlngtM Opinio taropeaa Inler-
fcrtJte la Soath Africa. Coarse of
This Ceaatry.
WAaaisaraa, October 17. Tbe
ilroBgeai evldeaea that there It ao foe a
d alios for the aaiaeroaa ratsors ef ooa
eerted iBlerfereaee by the Xuropaaa
powers to preveat Graal Brilala taklag
poatetsloa o( tha Traosvaal Republic
aad the Oraage free Bute arte? tbe wai
ia Boats Africa has btea foaght to a
victorious end la faralabed by Earoneat
member! of tbe Diplomatic. Corps, who
always know what Is going oa la Xaro-
pma csr t Rot one of ibesa believe
la the possibility of any concerted action
against Graal Britain, although some ol
thess believe that If the Boers eaa pro
long tbe War for awhile that Rossis, to
serve purposes of Its own la India and
elsewhere la Asia, may tread qalte hear
ily oa Jeha Bull's toes.
There Is much speculation as to what
this govsrnment would do. If ltusals
mailt war against Great Britain, but
there Is sbtolutely nothing to be" ob
talaed la official circles oa tbe subject.
Many tadlvldoala, tome of them promi
nent, Insist that la ease of need It would
be the duly of this government to give
Great Britain tha same moral support
she gave ns la our wsr with Spain, and
which iter la lilll doubt operated to
keep European fingers out of that war.
Millions of dollars. Is the value placed
by lirs. Mary Bird, Hsrrlsburg, Pa., on
ths life of her child, which she saved
-from croup by the use of One Minute'
Cough Cure. It cures all coughs, colds
sad throat and lung trouble. KB Duffy
VANDERBILT3 FORTUNE.
Bulk of It Goes to His Son, Alfred. Mil
: lions Left to Daughters.
Nsw York, October 26. Tbe provis
ions of ths will of Cornelius Vsnderbllt,
the finance king who died recently, were
made publlo tonight in a statement by
Chauncey M. Depew. " -Alfred
G wynne Vanderbllt, the you a
ger son, Inherits the lsrger psrt of hit
fslher's fortune. Tbe will makes no
mention of the marriage ef Cornelius
Vsnderbllt, Jr., to Hiss Grace Wilson,
nor to any quarrel between father aud
ton because of the msrrisge, but the
tsther'S displeasure was visited upon the
eldest son, he receiving all told nnder
the terms of the will but $1,500,000, and
$1,000,000 of this Is to be held Inmost bv
WW WWUWI, ,.
Alfred Gwynne Vsnderbullt Is the
residuary legatee, end will posess a for
tune of probably $50,000,000. The late
mlllloniare's daughters, U lady a Vanddt
bullt and Mrs. Harry Psyne Whitney,
and bis youncest son, Reginald C, will
receive about, $7,500,000 each. .
Mr. Depew states that Alfred will
give from his shsre enough lo Cornelius
to make the Utter as rich as bis brothers
end sisters. Alfred will therefoie turn
over to Cornelius about $6,000,000. .
ArtheBook Store i
DAVID HARUMl
Merits the heart kst and most
equivocal praise. It is a pleasure
to call the reader attention to this
strong and mostorlginal novel.
fi. H. Ennett. i
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- Received by J. E. Litham, commission
merchant, New Bern:
Naw Yokk, October 27.
Open. High. Low. Close
Jan. cotton..... 7 0s" 7.U0 - 7 05 7 09
Oct. cotton..... 7.03 7.02 G.1H 7.0i
CHICAGO MARKETS . '
WnKAT: Open. High. Low. Close
December 701 - 705 70J 70J
Corn: ; .
December.... 32 S3 81 81 2
Cofp. k: -
Nov. Coffee . . . 4.85 4 00 4 85 4.85
"When our boj s ere
from who,-, ;r 3 t
One shuttle Coo M'uie. Z
rapidly, wt's- s P. l I
F a. It cures c ; ' c '.
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OldQeld" and "Waterloo- 'rWWjl CB?rl Theatre!
At the office of Harper Brothera today CJpW UCTll lllCailC I
It was admitted that Mrs. Margaret Sang-,
ster had retired from the editorship of
Harper's Bazaar. The Round Table has
been suspended because' not profitable,
and in Its place will be issued a ntw
monthly magazine, to he called the
Franklin Square, under the editorship of
Albert Lee. .
John Philip Sousa has returned from
New Haven, where ho went to witness
the first production of his new extiava
gnnza, "Chris and tho Wonderful Lamp." I
He Is greatly pleased wilh its success
id . and r raids the score the test he has;
i" (ii-r t . .Vr. Soui-ais especially da
1 1' ;ld wish I'.e ii -i' U which he has
!, .1 "The Kf.n r.r.iud The Gun." It
J is 1 r'.' :' 1,1:' "5, ty '.l the
r5. v'' '.Mi ' s, .i.ne U the
;J. L.McDameYs,
- 71 Broad Street, ' I
California Evaporated Peaches, on peeled only 18c lb. a
Fresh Prunes, Nectarine aud Dried Apple.
Fancy Elgin Botter.
Fancy New Orleans and Porto Eioo llolasaes, only J
10c qt. VanilU Drip Synip.
Nice lot Cedar Wash Tub from 35c'op.
Anything In Groceries you may want the Lowest Pos- s
uble Price.
J.L.
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Whole-male
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g riione Ol. 71 BnM Rt. g
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cAre You a cMan?
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IH If so see J. G. Dunn & Co., tor up to-date
& wearing apparel. Our newest arrivals
are the latest in Gloves, both dressed
and undressed kid. prices 75c to $150.
E Our Greatest value is our 15c Sock,
CI turn TiftlrH tor QKrv Wa will rtiif thm Z2
against any on the market. We have
them in black and red. 3
' Our entire lurnishing department has
just been filled with the newest styles 3
& at the lowest prices. - 3
1 Call and examine and you will save
money. 3
G. Dunn & Co.,
67 POLLOCK STREET.
NEW BERN, N. O.
GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS !
'Anew and up-to-date line of Men's Hats,
both stifl and soft, in the newest shapes.
You will find our store contains some of
the rat est styles in Gent's Furnishings and the
prices are as low as the lowest.
-sjr.s
99 MIDDLE STREET,
i: NEW BERN. N C
Bttildmg Up
A reputation for pure food
products has si ways been our elm,
and which we bave succeeded ia
by always keepinglour goods up lo
tbe highest standard of excellence.
Our high grade '
Canned Goods,
Choice Teas
and Coffees,
Fine Cereals.
lSutter & Cheese,
Are always the best to be foand sny Where, and our ptices are as Low as
the Lowest.
I ask the houte keeps to rail at my store snd make a personal examl
tlon ol Stock and I am sure you will be pleased both as to quslity and
. prices. - - -
Saturday Night.
October 28th, -f 899.
THE LATEST LAUGH
PROVOKES -As
Played 100 Nights at the Standard
Theatre, New York
jm. & A. A. A
Clever Ppeciulties Good Mu-ic
One Con'.imions Laugh,
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They are Here, What?
TIIOSB
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First of the Sensoo. At Taylor's Oys
ter Snloon. Biti-clul care taken with
oysters for family use. II orders
promptly delivered. Give Die a call,
next door to Ilahn's S'ablts.
Yours for !r.i
Hello Central,
Give He 149,
floore'u IVoort Yprtl,
Where they keep Dry Wood, sawed
any length you want, and will de'iver it '
at your door. Full measure guaranteed.
Mr. J. W. Moore will b at the otlice
and g'ad to accommodate his old cub
tomin. Don't forwt the place, on
S iuib Front etieet by the railroad and
Phone 149. J. T. H. liOOKE.
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