vol; ii. NEW BEKNE, N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1883. NO. 2291 LOCAL NEWS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. W. W. Watson Meeting of Trustees. i F. C. Roberts Notice. Geo. Green Assignee '8 Sale. Journal miniature Almanac. : Sun rises, 7:10 I Length of day, tr Sun sets, 4:55 f 9 hours, '45 minutes. t Moon rises at 6:06 a. m. ' ' ' , !' ' Tlie schooner Ella HUh Capt. Hill, cleared for Charleston yeBterdoy with a 'cargo of rice. '' ' - The Queen of the Jockeys will be raffled off again ou New Year's day at the Bame place. ; . ' The Graded School is taking Christ jnns. rWork will be resumed next Wed nesday, the 2nd day of January. The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Trustees, of the New Berne Academy will be held at 4 o'clock this evening at the office of W. G. Brinson, Esq. , . i . : We acknowledge with thanks the re ceipt of an invitation to attend the Grand; Annual Ball of Oxford Lodge No; 105, 1. O. O. F., to be given on the ,8rd of January, 1884. . , The annual feast for the poor is to be given by Christ Church congregation to-day Holy Innocents at 12 o'clock, at the Guild House, on George street. Please send in the donations by il 6 'clock. ' Yesterday is said to be the first busi- ness day during tho ''cotton soason that no cotton was offered in the Exchange three years t ago holidays and bad v Schooner Arrival. - The Hattie Lollis, Capt. Sipplo, from Philadelphia, with a full cargo of hay for R. O.E.' Lodge. , - The Gertrude Browning, Capt. Jones, from-Philadelphia, with a cargo of Kainit for Roberts Bros. The Chas. C. 'Lister, from Philadel phia. . Personal. r. Professor E. G. Daves of Baltimore, : is on a visit to relatiyes hero. G. W. Cox, Esq., of Pitt county, was 5 in town last' night. ' He says he haB some cotton yet on hand, but is not pressed for money and in no hurry to Bell. Robt. Hancock, Jr , arrived from Washington City yesterday, ne is yet Superintendent of the document room 'Working Society, .:'..,.'"..-.,:,'..:!.:.,,..-... There will be a dime party given by the WorkingSocietyof the M.E. Church at the residence of T." A. Green, Esq., to-night. , . ' ' v , We regret that we could not bo pres ent at the Christmas exercise3 of the Pollock street Mission Sunday School, of which H. B. Lane, Esq., is Superintend ent. We are glad to learn there was a good attendance and a happy time for the little folks. .Journalistic. a Theodore Hobgood. late of theToisnot Sunny ' Home,', will begiri,Aon the 1st of January, 1884,- the . publication of the Daily Advance at Ashoville, N. C. He made a good local paper of the Sunny Home, but now has a field in which to try his erit. ;.i We wish him success in his new enterprise. The Washington Gazette sends out a supplement the size of its regular issue as a, Christmas present to its readers The t Gazette is constantly improving and bids fair to become one of the best local papers in this section., ; Another Assignment. Wm. Sultan & Co., of this city, made an assignment on Wednesday of all their goods in this city and at Kinston to George Green. Esq. They carry a large stocK ana proDamy ineir assets are sufficient to meet their liabilities if they had been granted indulgence. Mr Cohen, of the firm, informs us that they were forced v into the assignment by " H.f p. Claflin & Co.; of New York; who attached their goods on a claim that was not due. Probably the election of Car lisle,' looking at it from a Republican standpoint, ' had something to do with Claflin's action.', The Pistol a Plaything r We have another Instance of the folly of usinsr a uistol as atlavthing. On Christmas morning Mr- P. A. Willis, residing on East Front street, had fired oil several Christmas salutes from a six barrel revolver and laid it on the mantel piece. After Mr. Willis had gone up town Mrs. Dixon, his wife's mother, took down the pistol to amuse the baby and snapped it in the baby's face, several times. She then handed it to her little rod .that he might continue the sport when he leveled at Mrs. Willis' head and when the hammar came down it struck a loaded barrel and sonfc a ball into her head. Fortunateb I'm .jvatcd noRition of the pistol whon it, U I caused tho ball to range upward and the skull WHS rot ncnetrated. A pistol may bo coo.l thine in ilsplaco. but it is c tain'y not aa impropriate r'aytlu-; . r c; 1 drcn, even on Christ.-. as. ElocUou ofOtiicers. , At a regular meeting of Athenia Lodge No. 8, Knights of Pythias, held last night, the following officers were eleoted for the ensuing term: James W. Moore, C. C. John Young, V. C. II. E. Baxter, Prelate. E. M. Pavie, M. of E. E. B. Hackburn, M. of F. A. W. Edwards, K. of R. and S. Custom House Record. During the winter of 1861-62 the rec ords of our custom-house were removed from New Berne before the occupation of the city by the Federal forces. The books and papers were placed for safety in Kinston or Goldsboro and have never been brought back to New . Berne. Nothing seems to be known as to their present whereabouts or what became of them; but as it is not known that they were destroyed, possibly they maybe stored away at one of the places men tioned, or may be in possession of pri vate individuals. Those records the letter books especially are important to our custom-house, and it is desirable to recover them if it can be done. Does anyone know what became of themf If our contemporaries of Kinston aiid Goldsboro will give this notice the ben efit of their circulation, it may have the effect of causing some, at least, of these long misBing papers to be found and restored to the authorities here. . The Baptist Sunday School Christ mas Tree." The services at the Baptist Church on Christmas night were very interesting, and drew a large crowd notwithstand ing the unfavorable weather. The exer cises consisted of reading scripture les sons and . responses, singing, and im promptu speeches by Rev. Dr. Burkhead and Mr. A. M. Baker. Tho latter gen tleman made a very touching appeal for the poor.., , The songs were appropriate and well rendered by the choir. Before the closing song Mr. A. M. Baker's class advanced to the pulpit when Mr. Phil, Thomas, on the part of the class, in a few appropriate remarks presented the Rev. C. A. Jenkens with an elegant gold pen. After Mr. Jenkens had responded accepting the same, Mr. Herbert Willis turned to the Superintendent of the School, Mr. B. M. Gates, and presented him a like memento. Mr. Gates re' sponded feelingly, promising that he would, as Superintendent of the School, endeavor to do his whole duty. The congregation then joined in singing 'All hail the power of Jesus' name," after which the benediction was pro nounced The services were admirably arranged, embracing changes in the exercises so that no one become wearied and were highly enjoyed by all. But the real pleasure for the children came when thoy reached the third story of the Weinstein building where the veritable Santa Claus, with his long white beard, presented them a tree loaded with presents. We have notthe space to mention the presents received by each member of the school, every one was remembered,' but cannot for bear mentioning the most elegant toilet case presented to Miss Fannie Holland, the organist of the school, a well de served compliment and evidence of services duly appreciated. Mr. A. M. Baker's class remembered him with beautiful gold headed cane, Mr. J. B. Holland was the recipeant of a gold pen, given by his class as a slight token of their appreciation of his services, and the superintendent, Mr. B. M. Gates, was presented a very handsome album by the school. . Mr. Gates is a very en ergetic superintendent and is thoroughly devoted to his work. - We predict a prosperous school under his manage ment.; vi J . " , . , . . -. Kinston Items. Cotton is well nigh "played out. We hear of no sales and have seen none in market. , , . , , Some men are just blind enough not to see their duties, but they can see all their rights very clearly. i ' We notice the return, to their homes in Kinston of Miss Julia B. White and Miss Helen C. Bryan from St. Mary sohool in Raleigh, spending the Christ mas holidays with their parents. , 'What . is the infinity of silence?" asked a philosopher of a married man. "I don't know; but I think it would be what a man had to say to his wife when she caught him trying to kiss the hired v"Von. you're a married man, Samivel, you'll understand a good many things as you i don't understand now; but vether it's worth while going through so muoh to learn so little, as the cherity boy Bald ven he got to the end of the alphabet, iB a matter d' taste. I rather think it isn't." lE. H. E.'F, Perry, Esq., formerly of Jones county, has, with his family, moved up to the plantation of D. E. Perry, near Kinston, recently sold by L. M. Sutton, Esq. It is a valuable and very productive tract of land and this Jones county farmer will make it bios' som like a rose. A black foundling was left with "Old disturbed the equanimity of his good nature and nearly ran him crazy and, like the swelling orator, Phillips, hunt ing an equal of the great Washington, hesetoutrto "search creation" for its father. Fortunately its mother was soon discovered and the wearied George rested from his trouble. 4 Christmas, with the whites, Was! not as lively" as usual, though there if ere many private meetings where the p&y was well spent and enjoyed. With the blacks, however, it was verr spirited and amusing. In mask, parading the streets with tin horns and other imple ments of noise, they seemed to be excessively happy, The negro is a phenomenal institution anyhow. Give him a bottle of whiskey and a musical instrument and, without a dollar in the world or the prospectflpf one, he soon gets into the beatitudes. How many of us have neglected the opportunity of this Uhristmas to send a load of wood or a big turkey to his shivering, hungry neighbor! How many might have made it merrier to others and happier to nimseit i La Grange Items. Miss Maggie Kirkpatrick is visiting the families ot Drs. Hadley and K.irk patrick. Junius Smith, a colored man living in the western portion of the town, died one day last week. Jefferson Davis, son of our townsman Dr. A. C. Davis, is holidaying at home. He is a student at Trinity College. Christmas festivals, Christmas trees, egg-nog and other engagements silenced La Grange items for a week Miss Charity Dawson and Miss Fannie Gardner, of Pitt county, are visiting the family of J. W. Sutton, Esq., and other relatives and friends in the place. Miss Effie Rouse, from Peace Institute, Mr. ThomaB Rouse, from Chapel Hill, and N. J. Rouse, Esq., of Kinston, spent Christmas with Mr. Noah Rouse, their father. My beaver I tip to Dr.! Hodges for a beautiful cigar-holder, to McTaylor for an invitation to an egg-nog early Christ mas morning, (of course I accepted) and to a friend for a box of cigars at the Christmas tree. These kindnesses are highly appreciated, and the more so, when they come from pure friendship as in these cases. Thanks, kind friends. Several cases of beastly drunkenness, with the usual proportionate number of "tipsy" cases during Christmas. Some seem to think it a privilege to get drunk at any time, and a duty to get drunk at Christmas time, but "Of all the fools by heaven cursed, The impious drunkard Is surely the worst; In vain we seek for fools more void of sense, Or deeper sunk in stupid ignorance." Christmas passed off in our place without serious injury to life or limb, but the way the spirits flowed, the horn bio wed and the popers cracked, would have astonished even Bro. Coleman. Our people are a windy people. We have two cornet bands, Christmas horns, liquid horns, and individual blowers without number. Yes, we blow high and blow low, we blow fast and blow slow, we blow weak and blow strong, we blow short and blow long, and if our Kinston friends will come up will blow them, now we've got a bridge. The entertainment at the Collegiate Institute Friday afternoon and evening, was lust splendid. The exercises in the afternoon consisted of a debate between Messrs. Murphy and King, and Sutton and Tingle, students of the school. Sub ject: Was the banishment of Napoleon just? I learn that the speeches were entirely prepared by the debaters, and delivered in a manner highly creditable to the young gentlemen and pleasing to the principals, patrons and friends of the school. The programme at night consisted in three characters gotten up bv the young people of the place, tor the benefit of the school library, and was entertaining. The handsome sum of seventy-five dollars was realized, which will add considerably to the already large library. The following are the characters, etc.: . ' 1st, Refinement. Mr. J. W. Isler as Mr. Fred. Stanly (a young married man) ; Miss Mary Darden as Mrs. Kate Stanly (his wife); MissAddieM. Kirk patrick as Miss Carrie Butler (Mr, Stanly's sister); Mr. George Bizzell as Mr. Holbrook. 2nd, Wayward. George W. Bizzell as Mr. Mansfield (an elderly gentle' man); J. B. Dawson as Frank Graham Mansfield (his nephew) ; Miss Lou Daniel as Lizzie Harding Cotten (Mr. Manfield's ward); Miss Louda Wooten as Pattie (Miss Cotten 's maid. 8rd, Strategem. J. P. Joyuer as Mr Credulous (an elderly gentleman); Miss Addie M. Kirkpatrick as Fannie Lawten Mr. u-eduious' ward ; will. JN. iiaaiey as Frank Horten (Fannie 's lover); Miss Addie M. Kirkpatrick as Mattie (Fan nie 's maid). After the fun below,, came the feast above. The festival, contributed by the friends and patrons of the school, cou sisted of good things of all kinds. The young folks ate and courted and courted and ate;. the older ones ate, mostly, and chatted some. Taken all in all, the en tertainment was a success, and again shows the esteem placed upon this Instt tulion by our people. - - Try POTTER'S COUGH DROPS. Diaries' for 1884 for sale at Mrs. S. F. Stanly's Book store, A Fair Offer. The Voltaio Belt Co.. Marshall, Mich. offer to send Dr. Dye's Voltaio Belt and Appliances on trial, for thirty days, to men, young or old, afflicted with nor voua debility, lost vitality, and kindred troubles. See advertisement in this paper. . ' Mrs. B. B. Nicholson, Littleton, N. C, says: "I took Brown's Iron Bitters for general ill-health and found them pleas unt and beneficial." The tobacco of the club room ought to be of the purest kind and most delicate fragrance; Where many enjoy their pipes or cigarettes together, the air soon becomes heavy and offensive unless they are very particular about their choice of brands. Gentlemen of renned tastes secure Black well's Durham Long Cut. .... ' The most delicate persons enjoy tak ing Emory's Little Cathartic Pills, give a wholesome appetite, put' new life in a broken-down body. 15 cents. 5 Chapped Hands, Face, Pimples, and rough Skin, cured by using Juniper Tas Soap, made by Caswell, Hazard & Co.. New York, i th-2 Office Secretary & Treasurer , Board Trustees Hew Eerne Academy. . i v December 23, 1883. The Regular Monthly Meeting of the Hoard will be held THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON. at the Offlce of W. U. BRINSON, Esq., at fVUHUCIOCK. W. M. WATSON, See. & Trees; ' Notice. Coupons of Lands of A. & N. 0. R. R Com pany, dne January lRt, 188-1. will be paid upon prettentatlon at Banlcof New Huuovor, GoldH boro. ' F. C. ROBERTS, dec28-lw - Treasurer. ASSIGNEE'S SALE AT COST. GREAT BARGAINS ! THIS LARGEST AND Best Selected Stock -OF C I o thing IK THIS MAliKET. Gents' Furnishing Goods, Boots, Shoos, Ilate, Piece Goods, Boy's Clothing, Corsets, Lap Robes, Blankets, Quilts, Bed Spreads, A fine lot of Shawls, Carpets, Bugs and Mattings. GEO. GREEN, Assignee of Wm. Sultan & Co., dcc28 Weinstein Building. TAKEN UP, ON MY FARM. TWO BLACK SOWS; no ear marks. Owners please call for them and pay charges. dec25-2t B. BANSOM. FOR SALE. A NEW HERRING & PARREL SAFE, good size; can be bought cheap for cash. Green shoe boxes, Tables, a Stove and Pipe, and other Store Fixtures, will be sold at Low Prices. Apply to dec23 GEORGE ASH. HEAR ME NOW! HEAR ME NOW! HEAR ME NOW! I HAVE GOT THE BEST SELECTED STOCK i OF Gold and , Silver .Watches, Solid Sets of Jewelry, Solid Silver and Plated Ware And 111 fact every kind of Goods In my lino to be round in Diastern uaronua. I bought them to soli, so come and see me, Come early and avoid the rush. SAM.. K. EATON, dec23-dtf ' ' i ' ' ' Middle street. I. G. YE0T.1ANS, Broad St., between Railroad and Middle. Now offers as choice a selection of GROCERIES as can bo found in the eity, LOW FOR CASH. Asparagus and Succotash, . Green Corn, ' .;. f New Bnokwhoat Flour, Hoyal Crown and Our Best Flour,. Fine Teas. OofleeB and Hploe. Fine bugar Cured Shoulders cut to sultcus tomers, 1 " - 1 - -. . The very best Uncovered Hams, Large and Small Pearl Hominy, , - nmiwini tiVKi una Mirueu neei, Bottled Horse Radish, ' . ' AH kinds of Canned and Bottled Goods, Potted Meats, , . , . , 1Mise Chow-chow and Pickles, " Best London Layer KulslnB In whole or quarter boxes, . . , ., Preserves and Jellies, . , ; Citrons, Currants and Prunes, V Cakes and Crackers of all kinds, i r candles, ' " : . ' ' . Crockery and Glassware, 1 Cigars, Cigarettes, Tobacco and Snuir. Goods deliverod to any part of tho oity free. ; "' . Stable free for tho accommodation of oountry friends. . oct21dtf I. 0. YEOMANS. COMMERCIAL. Journal Office, Dec. 27, 6 P. M. COTTON-New York futures firm; spots dull and easy. New Berne market firm at quotations. No sales to-day, only four yesterday. Middling, 9t; Low Middling, 9i; Good Ordinary, 8f. . , NEW YORK SPOTS. Middling, 101; Low Middling, 10; Good Ordinary, 9. ' FUTURES. ! MORNING. NOON. EVENING. December, 10.25 10.31 10.85 January, 10.82 10.85 10.86 February, 10.58 10.57 10.59 March, 10.69 10.73 10.74 DOMKSTIC MARKET. Turpentine Dip, $2.25; hard $1.25. Tab Firm at $1.25 and $1.50. Seed Cotton $2.50a3.00. Beeswax 25o. per lb. - Honey 75o. per gallon. Beef On foot, 5c. to 6c. Fresh Pork 7a8o. per pound. Eggs 20c. per dozen. Peanuts 75o.a$1.00 per bushel. Fodder 80c. to $1 per hundred.' Cotton Seed 8ic Onions $3 per bbl. Apples 75ca$l. 00 per bushel. Peas 85o. per bushel. Hides Dry, 9allc; green 5a6c. Tallow 6c. per lb. Chickens Grown, 45a50c. per pair. Meal 80o. per bushel. Potatoes Bahamas 30c.; yams 40c. Turnips 50a75c. per bush. Wool 12a20c. per pound. Shingles West India,dull and nom. inal; not wanted. Building 5 inch, hearts, 4.UU; saps, $3.00 ner M. wholesale prices. New Mess Pork $15.00; long clears sc.; snouiders, dry salt, be. Molasses and Syrups 22ia45c. Salt 95c. per sack. Flour $4.00a7.75 per barrel. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY GOODS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, FROM A Tin Horn to a $20 Holfby Horse. Elegant Albums, Vases AND Anything ti Please both Yonng and Old, At fc27-dtf JOHN DUNN'S. JACKSON HOUSE, New Berne, N. C, SAM'L JACKSON, Proprietor. t&, First-class accommodations for colored peoplo traveling, and a Restaurant for gen eral patronuge, from which we furnish meals to many white people and serve families at their residences In any part of tho city. liefer to the people of New Berne gen erally. decl5-dly This space is reserved for DUFFY & IVES, who have a full line of Dry Goods, Shoes and Notions and Holi day Goods at short crop prices. Go to see them. National Bank of New-Bern. December 8, 188 The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of this Bank, for the election of Directors, and for the transaction of such other business as may como before thorn, will be held at the BANKING HOUSE on the SECOND TUES- D 1Y, being the EIGHTH day of JANUARY, 1881. '-- '.l' J, X, GUION. ' dec9 til , ' ' ' ' Cashier. To Tax Payers. . The tax collector is hereby instructed to receive in payment of real and Der- sonal property tax one-half Touchers issued since May, 1883, and one-half cash, until January 1st, 1884. : , .Thob. 8. Howard, Mayor R. D. Hancock, City Clerk. ;. dec7tjl XL1AS GOODS, CONSISTING of Beautiful Celluloid Sets. Beautiful Diattte Sets, Beautiful Odor Cases. FANCY EST2ACT AND JEWELBY STANDS. A nice line of Perfumery, consisting of Lundborgs, Bazins, and other Extracts. Also a nice assortment of . SHAVING MUGS, PUFF BOXES. FABTCY BUArs, HAIR, TOOTH and SHAVING BHUSHEg. all of which will be sold CHEAP. uui aim see tliein, before buying, at HANCOCK BROS., decit-dtjanl Druggists, Next tol'ost Office. Holiday Goods THE FOL LOWING NAMED GOODS A Bill ALL PKESII AND WARRANTED PURE i Mince Meat, Buckwheat, No. 1 Mackerel, Plum Pudding, Okracft Tomatoes, Baked Beans, Cheese, Raisins, Currants, Citron, Cranberries, Cranberry Sauce, Candies, Teas, English Walnuts, Spices, Almonds, Best Flour. Brazil Nuts, Pine Apple Cheese Pecan Nuts, Wax Candles, Filberts, Powdered Sugar, VERY BEST BUTTER. Peanuts, Granulated Sugar, ' Prunes, Syrups, Preserves, Molasses, Jams, Kirk's Soaps, Dried Apples, French Mustard, Maple Syrup, Keen's Mustard, Pickles, Sardines. "Chow Chow," Powder, Cooked Oats, Shot, , Oat Meal, Caps, Hominy, Yeast Cakes, Samp, Clam Chowder, Cigars, Jelly, Snuff, Irish Potatoes, louueco, uooked Beef, Coffee Ground to Order. Mock Turtle Soup, DRIED PEACHES ux-xau oup, (Jatsup, Hams, Sauce, Breakfast Strips, Horse Radish, Beef Tongues, Barley, Corned Beef, Brandy Peaches, Codfish, Shrimp, Smoked Halibut, Gelatine, Smoked Herrings, Potted Ham, Macaroni, Condensed Milk, White Beans, Chocolate, Tapioca, Currie Powder. 1'resli Roasted Coffee, Pickled Lambs Tongues, Sugar Cured Shoulders, ALL KINDS Canned Goods, ltoyal Yeast Powder, Flavoring Extracts. , C. E. SLOVER. decl-d&wtf Chas. II, Blank, WHOLESALE and RETAIL DEALER IN Dry Goods, Groceries, Provisions and Liquors. MIDDLE STREET, NEWUEKN, IV. C TMOEE'S MINCE MEAT, Dried Peaches and Apples, Canned Vegetables and Fruits, Canned Meats, : Mnvcaronl, Mustard Kngllsh und American, ' Crosse and Blnckwell's I'lckles." I;ea & Perrin's Sauco, (lelatlnes Cassara, Ferris' Meats, Roasted Coftoe, Chocolate, Tens At V. IIOLLISTKH-'g, For Sale, A FINE HOUSE. BUGGY and HAlmm together or separate, for cnRli or on time. Apply to ; , nov'-Dtf JOURNAL OFFICE, Oysters. A. E. KIMBALL has opened a ' ' FIRST CLASS OYSTER SALOON . at south end of People's Market-Moore's Old ?iS,".d(Sld ta PrePttled to finish oysters la tiny Btyitj j 'iu'ii ii - ' Families supplied at their houilf desired. INDIATCAMP, , jr. iuiuuio ana iSroadJgtrcets (men dally for the snlo nf n-E-mrimm DIAIf RKMEDIISS. v " Killer011 BlH5Wtt' Iudlan 011 ul Indian Worm Free advice. Call and see them. decWlw HARDWARE Bar Iron and Nails, all sizes, or saie oy ! ; P. M. DRANK Y, .', oct21d&wtf. , New Berne, N. a For S:! The LOT, STORE and OUTBUILDINGS on ?.r?dAT' W1:'""-1- J.Tolson'8.oT,dJoi. went V Toiler. A splendi.1 Invert, i. Vtr farmfl tnnlw te . . i ".. i . decUdtf r UREEN 4 STEVENSON,