IAII2T t J OIJRN AL. VOL II. ; NEW BERNE, N. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1883. NO. 169. i y local news: NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ' Miss Kate Cabraw at Millinery. , Miss Harrietts Lank Millinery. J. R. Wagner Notice. ' . " Journal Miniature Aliuauae. . ... Sun rises, 6:09 1 Length pf day f. Sun sets, 5:22 1 11 hours, 13 minutes. Aloon Beta at 5:50 a. m. . Music at the rink to-night. ' ' Rev. N. M. Journey passed through the eity yesterday Westward bound: ? The sb-amer Kinsion arrived la3t night froif 'K ronton' with a full cargo of cot ton. . ' , " i The ntler came in last night with a good cargo of cotton and rice, also a fewpa's-ngew. 1"" I Hie llmche was m yesterday evening from 1 romon witli a considerable quan tity of o!um aboard.' . Tlie Or ided School opens now at 9 o'clock, a ha 1 hour later tlmii formerly. The fin bell rings at 8:30." ' . ' . ; The steamer Defiance came, in Satur day night with a cargo of, general mer chandise, and sailed lost night for Balti more with a full cargo of cotton. A meeting for the purpose of organiz ing a literary and musical club takes place this evening at the residence of F. C,' Roberts,; Esq. As the club will not only be an ornament to the town but a source of advantage and pleasure to its members,' all those who have accepted the .invitation to assist in its organiza tion are earnestly requested to attend. Miss A. M. Duff, who with her parents for some, years lived in New Berne and resided at the Washington Hotel when Mr. Street, the father of the present proprietor of the Gaston House, did the honors of that famous old time hostelry, 1)03 again visited our ancient burg after a thirty:eight years' absence, being now the guest of the Gaston House, Miss Duff is accompanied by her niece, Miss (Sgra A. Smith, daughter of Francis S. SmTEh , the publisher and ' proprietor of the famous New York Weekly. Many old residents will remember Miss Duff in connection with her father, who was In the jewelry business here, and who is still alive at the ripe age of eighty three in New York. Iloat Capsized. ', . On Sunday at about 12 o'clock a boat from Goose creek with three" colored persons,; one of whom ; was a woman . was capsized at .Hanging point, about ' one mile below the city, during a thun der squall A boat was d ispatched by the revenue cutter which arrived in time to rescue them. One Legged Chicken; Walter Watson colored, of this city brought in a One legged chicken to show us yesterday. ' He was minus a leg "when hatched and is now a full grown nice ch icken. Watson speaks of taking him to the Fair.' If he is fat enough to make a good pie probably he will bring enough to pay the entrance fee..' , ' " - i . ' '.'' Off to Jtalelgh. ' ' Quite a good sprinkling of New Bern' ians left yesterday morning for Raleigh, some of them wUh' more important business than attending the State Fair. Among the departures we noticed Dn F. W. Hughes, r Misses ,t Mamie Ellis, Jennie Hughes . and . Fannie .Bryan, Washington Bryan and family, , Mr, Bob Mallett, of Riverdale, Mrs. J. C. Green and two children and Mrs. C. R, F. Edwards.; WV- Grand Display oflnillluttrir.'t. It will be seen by aavertlsements in to day's paper that. Miss Harriett Lane and Miss Kate L. Carraway: both have their grand)tdisplay8, 'of J; millinery on ; Thursday next. The excellent taste of these ladies in the selection of goods in their line is too well established to need . commendation from us. We can only say that their patrons .will be gratified to know the time and place which we will repeat: Thursday, October th; one opposite the Episcopal church, the other opposite the Baptist church. . Mrs, M. D. Dewey is, expected this morning and will also be heard froni 1 through the Jotjkval Bhortly. i ' '". ' , . i I i l'-T--'Vl.' '' ltcuovatlnK Feathers ' . , We dropped in at Tully & Co.'b, on Craven street, yesterday . to; witness their process of renovating' feathert, The renovator, whieh thej say 'was 'In- vented about seven years ago, has three apartmente, the 6team chamber, the drying, chamber and the upper apart ment where the feathers are put in Steam is introduced at thg bottonji by a pipe; a crank is turned which keeps the feathers revolving . while the steam penetrates them, loosening and separat ing all the dirt, moth and filth which goes to the bottom. It is as tonishing what amount ol dirt ana vernim on be taken by this prooess rrom an oi. . -ry Led of even comparatively new u i eis. An examination of feathers be re and after the cleaning will convince nny one of tho necessity of renovating OAT to Jacksonville, The New Berne bar is represented at Jacksonville this week by H. R, Bryan, Esq.; M. DeW.' Stevenson, , Philemon Holland, 'Jr., Rodolph Duffy and the firm of Nixon, 'Simmons & Manly. Enough to run a court for two weeks. . . . . ... . . . Mr. Ike Yeoman" tells a very feeling snake story on himself, but Bays he was compelled to tell it in self-defense as an offset to some awful stories that .were being thrown , at him ' by Mr.. H. J. Spencer and others. He says that some time ago, while the , weather was warm, he walked up to Core creek for a bath, ind while in bathing, his shoes, which were left on a stump, fell into the creek. When putting on his shoes he noticed hat one felt rather tigbt to his foot, but thought'it was on aocount of being wet. After walking a short distance he thought he felt something move in the iight shog, "whereupon he pulled it off jind found a water moccasin about two feet long coiled in the toe of the shoe. Whether this story was true or not, it had the effect of keeping the tither snakemen quiet for awhile. United States District Court. The fall term of the District Court of the United States convenes in this city next Monday, Oct. 22d. There are nine teen cases on the docket, eleven of which stand for trial. Tho following jurors have been drawn: v J. C. Whitty, Robt. Hancock, Jr., D. M. Williams, Thos.- Daniels, J. W. Harrell, W. S. ' Gaskins, W. T. Dunn, Sylvester Mackey, W. H. May, Thos. McCarthy: Eli Jackson, S. Bangert, DanielBtimson, Geo. E. Pittman, Geo. Green, Jr , Geo. Credle, David Cong don, Geo,- S. Fisher, Geo. N, Ives, N. M.'Gaskill, H. E. Baxter, H. Sperling, E. G. Hill.'C. H. Blank,1 John Detrick and K. R. Jones, of New Berne; J. A Pridgen, E. P. Lof tin and Nathan Stan ly, of Kinston , F. , F. Woodard and Joshua Dean, of i Pamlico ; : A. Erwin Oglosby, of Morehead City ; John Pearce and A. F. Duval, of Polloksville;' F. S, Hammond I. T.Wilson'and Wp;lMcDan- iel, of Trenton;& M. Hardesty, of Har lo we; John Freshwater, of Swansboro; John Saunders, of Newport: S.- G. Tur ner, A; H. Chadwick andW.' B. Dun can, of Beaufort ; Isaac Brock, of Com' fort: D. H. Abbott, of Vandemere; J. E. Jarvis, (dead) of Washington;' Lewis Bynum, of Maysville;R.'Pt Midyette, of Smith creek: David S. Aman, of Palo Alto, ; and James Taylor, of Jackson vilie. ' - i - The Normal Class. We had the pleasure of spending few" minutes yesterday evening with the normal class at the Graded School which has . been organized by Prof, Thomas.. There1 were twenty-two pres ent, all ladies, except ' Professors Thomas; Neal and O'Neal; l''U : uo oDiect oi mis ciass is w wain teachers,1 and to stimulate a desire for general information Which is very essen tial to every . successful teacher. ' Each one of the class is required to report at each meeting, some fact which is not generally known. This feature of the class makes it a desirable place for an editor to pick up general news , We give three items which we caught dur ing our stay. The first two were report ed by ' MJbs 'Leah Jou'ee, the. other one by-Prof. O'Ntal. - f ' The ' blue hells of Scotland are the blossoms of the yam potato. ; -. ,-; , ; To transpose the digits"of a number of two ngures, increases or decreases the number nine times the difference of the digits, ;mmviM-M , It takes one. car to carry the cotton produced on- One; hundred acres of land,' ordinarily t while It takes 400 ears to carry the oranges produced on one nunarea acres.- , :: .,!,. In organizing this Normal Class Prof, Thomas has done a good work. . We aro glad to see it so well attended by the ladies. ; They are the proper ones to teach the children, ind when our legis- latprs get thp consent of their minds, if they ever do, to make our public schools what they should jbe ;by appropriating more money,, good .teachers will be in demand and will command good pay It is commendable, then, in the young lodios to prepare " for the work-' -4- -fix ',-."-) . ,.y .Jtireene County Letter. Snow Hill, N C. , Oct. Oth, 1883. i'EDrjOB lJouBNAL-If you see fit to spare the space in your paper, yoti may insert the following: 1 ' ' v ; ; " ,r- . - Our little town showed the appear ance of . a cotton . market in part on Saturday the 6th .of. October.. There were 60 bales or more that came here to be sold and it sold from 9 to 9.30, as to grade, eto. Four buyers, hero now all friends and friendly to each other. We hope to double the number of bales of any previous year.-We are feeling the influence of the railroad from Nor folk to Charleston, and we are almost sure it will not pass us unnoticed, as we are the county seat, and if it does not pass us unnoticed, wo bid fair to be a town, yet. Our county is small only ?,C0O votor8--and the writer contends there are 15,000 bales of cotton raised in tho county, a portion of which goes to your town for sale; alio to Kinston, La Grange, Goldsboro, Fremont, Wilson and Greenville; and if we get this rail road from Norfolk to Charleston, we hope to control more of our county pro ducts than we do now. And as to the road, we have no doubt of srettine it and that not long jirst. The writer received a postal rrom a Iriend of his to-day from Baltimore, statin e there had been con siderable stock taken in that city on that day; that his house had taken some. Give us all the push you can, as you know we are a needy neonle as retrards a railroad, and there is no road that suits our views better than the proposed road leading from Norfolk to Charleston. lne above was handed me by one of the most sterling and thorough business men that ever trod the fair soil of Greene. He does not possess a finished or classical education, but he is educa ted all the same; that is, he is one of the best drawn outlmen to be found any where. He is thoroughly and grandly educated in a business way, and is capa ble of making many a college chap blush. Few men live who possess higher, nobler, loftier aspirations than he. He is incapable of doing a little or a mean act. He doesn't profess to be a letter writer by. any; means, but from his remarks you see plainly that he would make a strong, concise and for cible writer. He is so modest he won't come to tho front, being reminded, we suppose, of Franklin's old saying: Larger boats may venture more,' but little boats should keep near shore;" but he's a big boat, and fitted to shine, too, even in the great Republic of Let ters.- ' Cotton, we think, will be a little short in Greene this year., , , New goods are coming in and busi ness is looking up. i We have a good joke on Judge Phil lips. It is against the law to go faster than a walk across the bridge over Con- tentnea River at this place, and last Friday when the Judge started home, he trotted briskly over the" bridge, not knowing, however, that it was against tho law. , mrs. w. a uoiderness, we are sorry to learn, had the misfortune to fracture her thigh i near the hip to-day, and is suffering very much from the injury, Hope she may have a happy recovery. perry Simpson nas returned ,to town looking well as usual. The Snow Hilf and Goldsboro Tele graph Company will in all probability lease -to "the Northern and .Southern Telegraph Company, which la making its way southward, , '. ', During these ' beautiful moon light nights it is) not. unusual to see quite a number' of cotton v pickers picking cot ton, while they at the same time make tho very , welkin -ring with Southern plantation melodies. V ' v four nunareo Dales or cotton are awaiting shipment. . Rev. Mr. Jenkins will start a series of meetings in the Methodist Church soon Joe Bunn is building a residence near the head of Greene street. . " ; Tell Bill Giiiori "L'll remember him love ri my 1 pray ers without waiting for the "curtains of night" to close out the beauties of. day. , , , , u . Windle Sugg is erecting a store near Murphrey's corner, which will soori be ready for goods. JUft ' (- . -'if. The enterprising firm of Sugg 6 Bro. three miles South of here, are doing a fine business. They deserve success Swansboro IWms The Beaufort crowd has just got back from the steamer meeting and report everything satisfactory. - Come on with your subscriptions for the hotel; John Pittman and Dave Aman will attend to it. " 1 Dave Ward says mussels are better than crabs, and parched peas, especially goobers, will fatten hogs, and reckons they will fatten him. . , , ; ; , ,( , , Mr..G. W. Taylor, merchant, lost, bis store, house and goods by tire Wednes day; insured only in part, so I hear Tha workoj an incendiary. .., , "Major; Russell is "paying 21 cents for seed cotton when he can get it with a good deal of dirt in it, because the sand down here keeps a . gin sharp all the time when busy running. !' ' Dr. Blount, from Mt. Olive, will move down on the 8th of November and bring his better-half with him, so'it is believed. When , he was here he was a single man, but when1 he comes again he will be a doubio-man, so he says. They are catching a few mullets how at Cedar Point they caught about thirty barms one day. ,T&e. Uamniocki Capt Yeomans, caught about as many, and the nsn are coming in pretty fast now and it is to be hoped that some will be caught yet Capt. Heady caught a fine lot of trout yesterday, and a great many of this kind are being caught all around. ;,r ;txf K vMr. C. Kellani killed the last large rattle snake of the season last Wednes day. Ho Was1 bIx feet1 long, had 16 rattles . and a button. His snakeship waa in the road and when; Mr.- C asked him to get out of the way, snaky politely sung a song and refused to do it. Pret ty soon help crime' up' in the shape of SoL Gorntd and Dr. Ward, who were on their way, from Beaufort, and Mr. Snake was dispatched : in a short while, A pretty good time at Jacksonville on the first Monday as usual. Most every- body got lively some more thau lively at night a pretty good benzine hair pulling, weight-throwing and pugilist sparring match came off; only , two or three ;got seriously hurt, however. Friend Jack Murrill was, on hand and as funny and lively as ever. Afterward 8 negro shooting match came off. Dan Duval, a negro, got shot in the head and leg; don't know how severe. He , was On a spree and the cause .was bad wo men and worse whiskey. ( , , , , . L. Di Hancock, the saw-mill man at French's creek, has sold out his saw mill business and is building himself a yacht on the sharpie order for outside purposes. She is 41 feet long, 10 feet beam: mast 86 feet long, (3 masts) 135 yards canvass for sails; it is designed for a pleasure boat on the coast of Florida. He will launch her about the first' of November, 1833, make one trio to Beaufort, N: O.; then sail for Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. He intends to be at Cedar Keys, Florida, by the 25th day of December,. 1883. , The name of the boat is North Carolina, , All getting better except a few bad cases of whooping cough among the children, though we have had some bad pases of sickness since my last, and some deaths. Among the first that died last week was Cape. Burns' Smith, aged about 54 years. In the death of Capt. S. the community has lost a useful man.. He was chief of the Brown's Inlet fishery near here. . He was taken at the banks on Wednesday with severe pains and died at his homo on Friday, after suffering excruciating pains for two days. , Dr.. Hill said it was some thing like cholera. Next was little Katie, youngest daughter of Major and Amelia Russell, aged 8 months, from the effects of whooping cough. . Next, Mr. Daniol Watson has lost his child, aged 5 years; billious fever. Next, infant child of John and ' Henrietta Riggs, aged one month; and last, Miss Mary McGinnis, an old lady living on Traps creek, of typhoid fever. She was about 45 years old. i - - Westward the Star of Empire Takes Its Way." pa "center of population" op united SXATES SINCE 17UU. 1790 the "center of population" was 16 miles east of Baltimore. leuu tne -center or population" was 18 miles west of Baltimore 41 miles. 1810 the "center of population" was 40 miles N. W. by W. of Washington 86 miles. , 1820 the "center of population" was 16 miles north of Woodstock, Va., 50 miles. , 1830 the "center of population" was 10 miles w. s.i W. of Moorefield, W Va.,-39 miles. i 1840 the. "center of population" was 16 miles S. of Clarksburcr, W. Va. 55 miles. loouine - center or population" was 23 miles S. E. of Parkersburg, W. Va, 55 miles. 1860 the "center of population" was au miies soutn or Uhillicothe, Ohio ?1 miles. '- 1870 the "center of population" was 48 miles E. by N- of Cincinnati, Ohio otf miles. .. 1880 the "canter of population" was O il-- TXT 1 CI -I - o miuio v. vy d. vi uiucinnau. unio 58 miles. !; "The Star of Empire" has moved westward since 1790457 miles. It is curious to see this steady move ment westward. The "center of dopu lation" is now in Kenton countv. Ken' tucky, latitude 39 04' 08", longitude COMMERCIAL. Journal Office, Oct. 15, 6 P. M. COTTON-Sales of 73 bales. Middling 10; Strict Low Middling 9 7-8; Low Middling 9 5-8, ' , , " ' . NEW YORK SPOTS. . ' Middling, 10 11-16; Strict Low Mid dling 10 1-2; Low Middling 10 f-10. ' futures; MORNING. NOON. EVENING October, 10.47 10.47 10.49. November, 10.54 10.53 10.52. December, , 10.65 ,10.62 10.62. ',, UVERPOOL SPOTS. ' Uplands, 01-10. Orleans, 6 1-8. ' i : i FUTURES! " ' ' October, 6 4-64. November, 6 3-64., i r . .December, 6. W4. i ; . RICE Receipts 100 bushels.. Ordi nary . sold at; 97 cents. ' Market Arm. Good rice in demand. , , ; 1 1 CORN No receipts. .Quotations un changed. ' . ) i" ! ! . V OAT8-Receipts very light. ' Demand good'at50centB.forNoi I, ; :'. Vi '.f.-tr' ' ' it'- . '') , :, D031RSTIO MARKET. Tobpentinb Dip,'. $2.25; hard $1.25.'. Tab Firm at $1.25 and $1.50. ' '' Beesw ax 25o. per lb. ' ' "Honey 75o. per gallonw ' 1 " , hBEEF On foot, 5o. to6c.v . ; I i,- ; Hasis Country, 18io. per pound. . i ; Lard Country, i2lo. per lb. ;t Fresh Pork 7a o. per pound. ' Egos 19o, per dozen. ; 1 ' ' " PEANrjTS-1-$lal.25 per bushel. Fodder 80c. to $1 per hundred. : Onions $38.50 per bbl. 1 1 Apples 75c.a$1.2o per bushel. Peas 85c. per bushel. - Hides Dry, 9alle., green 5a6c. Taiaow-HJo, per lb. ','!'' Chickens Grown',' 45a50oi perjpair; spring 25a40o. . " '. ' j. Me AL70o. .per1 bushel, Potatoes Bahamas 35o.; yams50o.? Wool 12a20c. per pound. , Shingles West India,dull and nom. inal; not wanted. Building 5 , inch, hearts, $4.00; saps, $8.00 Per If. t. . w WHOLESALE PRICES. New Mess Pork $13.00; long clears 7ic; shoulders, dry salt, 6io. Molasses and Syrups 22ia45c. Salt 95o. per sack, , . , ;; ; FLOUR-$4.00a7.73 per barrel. ' 1 ' For Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Depres sion of Spirits and General Debility, in their various forms; also as a preventive against Fever and Ague, and other In termittent Fevers, the "Ferro-Phos-phated Elixir of Calisaya," made by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York, and sold by all druggists, is the best tonic; and for patents recovering from fever or other sickness, it has no equal, tuwi Rev. J. E. C. Barham. Warrenton. N. C, says: "I used Brown's Iron Bitters. It is a complete restorative and a thor ough tonio and appetizer." LLICeY. 883. Fall and Winter. 1883. liss llarriette Lane's STOCK OF Elegant Millinery Goods , Will be exhibited on Thursday, October 18. All are cordially invited to call. PRICES VERY LOW. Pollock st., opposite Episcopal Clivrch. Oot. 15th, 1883. 17dlw FJ3M liner y ! Miss Kate L. Carraway Having just returned from NEW YOUK , With the BEST SELECTED STOCK she has ever brought, invites the citizens of town and surrounding counties to come and inspect it THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18th In prices she DEFIES COMPETI TION. She offers for the first timo HAIR GOODS (at low figures). NEW MILLINERY OPPOSITE BAPTIST CIIUECII octl6-td In obedience to an order of the Superior Court for Craven county, I will sell, for caul), at the Court House door In the City of New uri lie, iiu ia u uwh, iuM ,111 Ljft. I , me NINETEENTH day of NOVEMBER next, two pnrts of lota of land situated on Oriftlth street in said city, soutn ot lotiuou same street J; It. WAtiiNliK, Commissioner. New Berne, N. C, Oct. 13, 1SS3. ldtd Not New in Hew Berne. MRS. S. M. SMITH respectfullv calls the attention ef the citizens of New Berne to the fact that she is prepared to renovate beds by the new steam pro cess, and solicits a share of the patron age, work called for and delivered. octl4d3t HENRY BROWN, 1TV SlrL. No. W. NEW MARKET, Keeps lb Best Oysters the Mai ket Affords ol3 GIVE HIM A TRIAL. tf Assignee's Sale. The assets of A. H. POTTER & CO will be sold at the Store, on Pollok street, on the 20th and 22d of October. A. M. BAKER, octlldtd Assignee. Special Notice . Your attention is called to the . UANY ATTRACTIONS s I offer this season, the ' LARGEST, Ever Shown. in New' Berne, Consisting in leading articles, of BEAUTIFUL SOLID GOLD WATCHES ! CHAINS, charms, LACK FINS, r, NECK CHAINS, LOCKETS AND PENDENTS, , . , ; PLIN AND FANCY Bangle and Chain Bracelets, 'sings In every variety.1 Fine Periscopic Spectacles and Eye Glasses in Rubber, Steel, Celluloid, Sil ver and Gold Frames. A new method of fitting the eyes correctly. Call and examino stock; no trouble to show goods. - ' i ' ltespectfully, ; B.A.BELL, Jeweler, Middle st., New Berne, N. C. N. B.1 I will give Fifty (5f 50.00) Dol lars for any article ever sold by me for Gold of Silver that waa not. octlldly i i , ... B. A, Bbll. iStlkSt. , ? NOTICE. To the Tax Payers of Craven County : Your Taxen for the year 18S8 ARE NOW DUE, And must be paid before NOVEMBER 1st. COSTS will be added after that day No further notice will be given. After November 1st, I shall proceed to to collect by 7 ' ' '! m! hahn, octl4dtdw lt Sheriff Craven Co. State Fair at Raleigh. SPECIAL EXCURSION TRAIN. ForthonwoiiiiiiodntlonofvlBltors to Htate Jalr at UaMuh u Kl'KCIAL TltAlN will be run . . WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, October 17, 18 ami 19. lienvo Morolieml City " Nrwpnrl .' . 2.10 A.M. . 8.15 ' .. 4:40 " .. B.-2,-. ' .. 7:(fi " .. 8:1k) " ..llfcilO ' .. M1P.M. .. 7:11U " .. 8:42 " .. !t:2) " ..11:07 " ..12:.B A.M. .. 1:10 " IeWIH!lll ' KIllKtOll " ' IjHUnuiKI' 1 (IoIiInIhii'O Arrive U..lelgl ". ItETlTUNINQ, lieavo ItAlelli Arrive Cioldslio io ' UMinuiKo Kinston ' Newhrrn ..." ' Newport .', ' MoiThi'iid Fare for Bound Trip, Including Ad- xujLBsiuii iiu f ttir vxrounQ. From More'd City fB.31) From Core Creek. ..f l.ai " HavehK'k 5; Kinston . il.V, " Croatnn 5.:l(l " FalJ'g Creek. 330 " owlerll UM " LaOraiiKc 3.10 MfSf Amnli ii.nnTiiin.liitlm.a ...,11 i... ... lliKlied. Cum will run tlirongh without chnimo oe'Jd&wtil W. DUNN, 8upt. Pigs' Feet, Txixe AND Prickles By the half bbl or keg A.T Wholesale and Retail. CHAS. H- BLANK. This space is reserved for MES. M. D. DEWEY, who is at present North pur-, chasing a Large and Select Stock of Millinery . pULTON MARKET BEEF, , Beef Tongues, : ; j Broakfost Strips,., i i Small IlainsJ , , , .,, -: . Sugar Cured Shoulders, Cheese, ,, '. Tickles, . , White Bean5, , , , , Italian Macearoni, . " . Fresh Canned Lobsters, ; Baisins, : .5 .., Truncs, , ,-. , '1 ' ' . "i . V '!ll. I'. ' Tapioca, , v Jelly, H1J . . , Pearl Barley, . t tresh Spices, , . , , ' : . m Just rooeiveJ, '