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VOL. IE. NEW IiERNE. N. C., SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30. 1883. NO. 231. LOCAL NEWS. NEW. ADVERTISEMENTS. Geo. N. IyE9 Wanted. , Jos. Nelson Trader's License. Hancock Bnos.--Early Peas etc. J urual Miniature Almanac. ..... Sun risen, 7:11 Length of day, , Sun sets, 4:56 f fl hours, 15 minutes. Aiivm nets at 0:20p, m. ' i Alice Oates is coming ' Quite a turnout of juvenile gents and Misses, horse back riding on our ittreots yesterday evening. , We were pleased to meet in the city on yesterday Mr. J. II. Bragdon, trav eling agent for J. 0. Ayer & Co., of Lowell, Mass. '' ' ''- '" ' ,' Hickory shad and herrings have made their appearance te-oar markets Hope it will not be long before white shad may be coming in. We publish elsewhere an interesting extract from a letter written by Assist ant Engineer Reid. Whitford, from Georgetown, S.. C. .' . " . Mr, If. 8. Richardson's new dwelling, on Pollock street, is now receiving the outside finish in the way of brackets, mouldings and paint, and will present a handsome appearance when finished We have received from Brown's Chemical Co., of Baltimore, a pamphlet describing the Powell fertilizers. It contains some valuable suggestions for farmers, which we propose to clip occa sionally, . ., Mr. Joe Rhem had the misfortune to lose one of his fine iron gray horses by that fatal disease, staggers. Something unusual for this season of the year. The animal was valued at two hundred and fifty dollars. , ' ' 'i License Tax. . The Register of Deeds gives notice to traders, professional and other business men to renew their licenses within the time prescribed " by law which is the first ten days in January. Watch-NIchi-Meetlnc . There will be a meeting held in Cen tenary Methodist Church, beginning at 10 o'clock p. in. Dec. 81st, and continu ing until a little after 12 until the New Year, 1884, is ushered in. This meeting will be conducted by the Pastor, Rev. Dr. Burkhead. The exercises will con eist of reading, singing and prayer, and a number of short talks by the Pastor and members of the church suitable to such an occasion. Let as many of the members of the church and others as possibly can, turn out, and with songs and prayers, witness the dying of the old year and the birth of the new year, 1884. - c V - L. S. Burkhead. Church Service. Presbyterian Church. Rev. . L. C. Vass, Pastor. Services at 11 a. m. and 4 o'clock p. m. ; Preaching by Rev. W R. Coppedge, of Floyd county , Virginia. Sabbath School at 2:45 o'clock p. i Wm. Hollister, Superintendent. The public are invited to all. these services. Methodist . . Church ; Centenary, Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. by tho Pastor, Rev. ' Dr, Burkhead. Subject "Modem Dancing." Sabbath School at 8 p. m., J, H. Bell, Superintendent. Pollock , Street Chapel. Sabbath School at 9 a, m., H. B. Lane, Superin tendent.' Prayer meeting at 4 p. m. Christ Church V. W. Shields, Rector, 1st Sunday after Christmas -8 a. Holy Communion, , Services at 11 a. m and .7:15 p. m. . Sunday School at 8:30 p. m. The public are always Invited to attend the services of this Church. Baptist Church Rev. C. A. Jenkens, Pastor. Services at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m Seats free and the public cordially' in vited to attend. . , New Steam Saw Mill.-;.; V: ''' ' Mr. Daniel Stimson, on Thursday last, raiBed steam in his new steam saw mill and started his machinery. Mr Stimson having had considerable ex perience in the steam mill business, has now laid the foundation for a large in. dustry in that line. : He has a large, comfortable, substantial building, five large boilers and a one hundred and twenty-five horse power engine capable of running his saws, and a large amount of other machinery r He now has the large circular saw in operation, also bis edging saws, cut off saws and some other machines all at work on the second floor. With the aidt of catch chains, rollers etc., he draws the log up into the mill to the saw, and from the saw to the different machines, and then down on the wharf ready for ship ment. When he gets under full head way he will be able to do a great amount of work with a small quantity of hired lielp. ' : r';V'" '". '''.' - Mr. Stimson says that with the con venkmce that he has he can cut with ouo saw from thirty to forty thousand fort of lumber per day of ton hours. I! ; j-roj uses to add other machinery as t m piwr.ible. ,' . Uev. "W. It, Coppedge. Mr. Coppedge is spending his Christ mas vacation with friends in ' New Berne. Our citizens will remember him pleasantly as having taught for several years in our . Academy, where he proved himself a faithful and suc cessful teacher. Since that time he has prosecuted his studies for the Gospel ministry, and now is residing at Floyd C. II. in Southwestern Virginia, where he has charge of the Presbyterian Church, and is also Principal of a Clas sical High School. This is his first visit to hw old homo in; our midst, since about six years ago he carried off, as his bride, the fair daughter of the late Dr. Walter Duffy. Mr. Coppedge will preach in the Presbyterian Church to-day, and his former pupils, and other frionds may have the pleasure of hearing him as an Ambassador of the Lord Jesus Christ. More Failures. We regret to hear that some of our Polloksville merchants have been com pelled to make assignments. ' We learn that three of the leading merchants there have failed during tho past week. Our information is not defiinto enough to give names. These gentlemen did a large credit business, and the short crop is undoubtedly the cause of their trouble. As evidence of a short crop, there has been marketed at this place ovor three thousand bales less cotton to date than at the same date last fall. Wo see nothing wrong in a man's making an assignment if he is driven to it by circumstances beyond his control; and an honest man who has been forced to resort to this will not un dertake to fraud his creditors but will do it for the purpose of gaining time to square up his accounts and to prevent the sacrifice of his goods. In other words there is such a thing as en honest failure, and we believe our Polloksville friends belong to this class. We also hear that a prominent merchant of Ons low has failed. Tue Oyster Trade . We copy below from the Carteret Telephone an occount of the extent of the oyster business at Beaufort as con ducted by Mr. Geo. N. Ives. We have some large dealers in this city, but will have to yield the palm to Beaufort: Avery pleasant hour spent in com pany with Mr. J. H. Potter in the office of Mr. Geo. N. Ives on Monday last afforded us an opportunity for investi gating to some extent the oyster busi ness in this vicinity and the extent to which it is capable of development. Mr. Ive3 commenced the business .sev eral years since and has constantly labored under disadvantages which would long sinco have deterred a man possessed of less enterprise from at tempting any enlargement; ' but Mr. Ives is a public spirited gentleman who knows no such word as tail ana eacn reverse but makes him more determined . In the week ending Dec. 24th, 1881, Mr. Ives shipped 853 gallons of oysters, for the same week in 1882 his shipments were 682 gallons and during the week ending on the 24th, this year, he shipped 774 gallons, more than double the jreightof all other dealers combined. On Monday morning last he sent for ward 263 gallons, making about xour tons of weight, which were distribu ted throughout the States North and South Carolina, Virginia and Georgia. We formerly noticed the fact that he was shipping fresh fish to Norfolk, Va., which city has been called tne centre oi supplies and we learn that he is ship ping oysters to unarieston, o. u., wnere they boast of having the finest oysters in the world. Another fact in connection with this is that prices paid by Mr. Ives have, in many instances, excelled those of both New Berne and Washington, places hay ing a local demand almost, if not quite ten times as great as Beaufort. He offers every inducement that indomi table energy, pluck and perseverance can offer to our people to make this the great ovster emporium of the btate. He now employs about forty hands and has four vessels engaged in his business, making his weekly expenses quite an item in the trade of the town, The prices paid for the oysters range from 20 to 60 cents per bushel, accord ing to quality, and in instances where the oysters had been planted his agent, Mr. Potter, paid at the rate of a cent a piece for them. - ' - 1 ' He alwavs pays the highest prices and we say to the oystermen bring on your oysters as he buys all he can get, and will satisfy you in the araoutpaid. ; ,j ; ,, ... , , f0r the Journal X?: VVIhaX is Trnthi ! ' "'" .: " In order to be certain that "what we know is true," we must carefully anal vze the elements of our knowledge: and when such analysis is possible, compare each idea image in the mind to the fact or object, in or out of the; mind, in order to determine their identity; and then judge each idea or image by the harmony of all; and by doing this we shall reach the conclusion that perfect harmony in the elements of our knowl edge, is the great law for the discovery of truth. A learned man has illustrated this principle: "Every man of good sense has some idea of the shape,' bulk and distance of the sun. With persons who have no knowledge of astronomy their ideas are false, although they have observed the sun through the organs of sight all their lives, and although they may be very sure that their sensations, impressions ' and perceptions are true, Their sensations so, are fidse, because such persons, have never been able to compare their ideas with their corre sponding realities. ; But mathematical science has discovered the means to do this. Science has demonstrated the spherical focus of the sun, with a diam eter of 850,100 miles, with a bulk 600 times as large as all the known planets, and with a distance of about 90,000,000 miles from the earth. And by compar ing the idea with the reality, their iden tity has been established in the minds of astronomers.". : But when- this astronomical view of the sun is presented to the mind of a man who has no knowledge of astron omy he is thrown into complete con fusion. He finds in his mind ideas of the sun received by life-long observa tions, which are not in harmony with the teachings of astronomy. He knows if mathematical science be true, then his impressions and perceptions received by observations, must be false. His cognitions must be corrected until they are harmonized through the medium of astronomical science, with the reality of the sun's shape, bulk and distance, be fore such a man can know, that "what he knows is true." Now, therefore, who admits the exactness of mathemati cal science, can doubt man's innate ca pacity and ability to form correct judg ments; or that he possesses knowledge which has not reached him through any one of the five senses. For, all the known astronomical facts in rela tion to the shape, bulk and dis tance of the sun, " are con- tram to the impressions which the observations of the sun make on our senses. Hence our knowledge origi nates partly from impressions made on our senses and partly from some other source. What is that other source ? It is mind, with its intelligence, emotion and will. It follows, then, that there are two elements in our knowledge, and both concerned in its origination the sensual and the mental A man has sensual knowledge of what he perceives by his senses; and mental knowledge of nrhaf tin Kriniya fartti Kw ia orarniaa nf his mind. He knows the sun through bis senses; but be only Knows its snape, bulk, distance and relation to the earth by mental cognition. inductio. Dec. 29th, 1883. s A Horrible Murder. The most unprovoked and diabolical murder that we have ever heard of was committed in this county, on last Satur day night. The victims were two old women and a little girl, Mrs. Olive Gunter, nearly 90 years old, her daughter, Miss Jane, about 65, and her granddaughter, about 8 years old. The two women lived alone about four miles south of this place, and on last Sunday morning, Mr. Baxter Gunter, a son of the old lady and who lived a short dis tance from her, went to her house and found his mother dead in one bed, and in another his sister, and lying by her side was his little daughter (who had gone there to spend the night) barely breathing. tie at once called in some neighbors and what a horrible sight met their eyes I The women's heads were badly crushed and gashed, their brains oozing out and their blood smeared on the bed-clothes, and both cold in death. The little girl's head was fractured and bloody, but she was still breathing, though unconscious All of them were lying on their sides in a . natural sleeping posi tion, and apparently were mur dered while asleep. Near the gate was found a bloody axe, which un doubtedly was the instrument of their deaths. There were no signs of robbery, nothing was missing. A messenger was immediately sent for the coroner, and soon a crowd of excited neighbors was assembled. Upon the arrival of the coroner a lury of inquest was empanelled and viewed tne uead Dodies. a lew witnesses uead bodies. A few witnesses were examined and because of the suspicions excited by their evi dence, three negro men living in the neighborhood and named Lewis rar rer, Fred. Johnson and Frank McClena- han were arrested and confined in jail that night to await a further examina tion next day. Next day the jury of inquest met again, and, after hearing ail tne evidence tnai could men oe od- wueu, uaweu uio umu, cause for the further detention of the prisoners and they were accordingly re- leased. The jury continued their inves- Mention, yesterday but could not find sufficient evidence to justiiy tne arreBj of any one, but "murder will out ' and we confidently predict that the author! of this most atrocious crime will yet be convicted. Of course the perpetration of so shock-1 ing a murder has sent a thrill of horror throughout all this section and has pro duced intense excitement. We are pleased to hear that, on yesterday, there were hopes entertained that the little girl might recover, and, if she does, she may be able to clear up tho mystery. Pieces of her skull were removed and her head skillfully trepanned byDrs. Budd and Hanks. It is thought she was awakened by the murder of her grand-1 mother and aunt, and, as she raised up her head, was stricken with the mur? derous axe. The idea of so fiendish a crime being committed in our quiet and peaceful countyl Chatham Hecora. 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 tnev are very particular aooui weir choice of brands. Gentlemen of refined tastes secure Black well's Durham Long Cut. v-' d Try POTTER'S COUGH DROPS. . i n m. ' , . Mrs. B. B. Nicholson, Littleton, N. C, I Bays: "I took Brown's Iron Bitters for general ill-health and found them pleas ant and benenciai." The most delicate persons enjoy tak ing Emory's Little Cathartic Pills, give a wholesome appetite, put new life in a broken-down tody, lo cents, o Kinston Items. Prof. Meheean contemplates opening a dancing school here soon. Our mayor has kept a sharp lookout in sustaining the ordinances during the past holidays. :.'.. i A large party of gentlemen have been off to Village creek on a hunting and fishing expedition. , A violent thunder and lightning storm visited this place last Thursday evening. The wind blew bard nearly all night. The quick aid of Mr. Sam Radcliff, from New Berne, prevented a fire at Nunn's Hotel last Wednesday night. Caused by the explosion of a lamp Miss Fannie Lane, one of Greensboro's fair beauties, is spending the Christmas holidays with Misses Sue and Laura Phillips, daughters of J. R. Phillips, of Kinston. . Some fine looking young ladies ap peared on the streets last Thursday in military insignia. ' They appeared as superb" as the late Democratic can didate for President. Some reckless person shot a bullet through the window of the dwelling of Mr. Walter La Roque during the Christ mas holidays. Ho damage was done save the shattering of the glass, though it was a dangerous act. The necessaries of life are coming down in this market. Clean rice pells for 6 cents a pound, fresh pork, 6 to 7; eggs, is cents per dozen, and seed cotton at a cents per pound, me low prices are attributed to the election of Carlisle as Speaker of the House of Representa tives. ' It is often Baid that there are two young ladies to one gentleman in Kins ton, but nevertheless there were seven bachelors including others who hardly considered themselves as such yet in a group last Wednesday morning on their way to breakfast at the hotel Young ladies, what is the matter? LOCO (Onslow Cotmty) Items. Mr. S. W. Smith embarked for the West Indies last Tuesday. We presume. however, he has been seen or heard of in your city. Miss Sarah J. Smith and Emery Good in were joined in holy wedlock Dec. 18th by Rev. Job Smith. We congratu late them, hoping they will live a long and happy life, and their last days may be crowned their best days. We have now in operation a good school at Loco Academy, under the care of Mr. L. A. Garner. The school house is new and capable of comfortably ac commodating 70 or more pupils. Board can be had with the best families for from 6 to 7 dollars per month. Having noticed some time since in the columns of the Journal a series of ar ticles of antiquity, such as the cost with which Lord Cornwallis crossed a cer tain mill pond in this county, and be lieving we can present to the Journal some items of antiquity equally interest ing, which are settled facts, we give the following: 1st. Mr. A. J. Hurst has in his possession a piece of hard soap, made from hard wood ashes, which is 75 years old, having been pre sented to him 30 years ago by a lady friend, of Duplin. 2nd. Mr. C. S. Hewitt has a light wood post, upon which his well-sweep rests, that is, according to best information, 150 years old, and is to-day perfectly sound all traces of the ax having been obliterated from the top and by the pelting rams of a century and a half. 3rd. The shirt of shirts- Mr. R. B. Parsons has a shirt which, he rms, is 28 years old, having been worn while saving fodder every sum mer during this period. These will suffice for antiquity, at present. Mr. U. w. ., the great pocosinex -in--,. ft(, st,fttn(i ,v thn Tno itemizfir. fa nnn--iftgp.iT1(, frm n,0 w tntn nf despondency into which he had been thrown by a retrogression of enterprise We will state some of the causes: while in the act of regoling on pork and hay mans,, a few mornings ago, his near neighbor came in opportunely, and cor dially solicited him to breakfast with him on freah veni80n of wnicn he 8ay8 he took under his shirt five or six pounds; and this was followed by a succession 0f hog killings, all of which he attended and partook hugely. We do not say t.hia jjannrnirfim(,t tn t, a - h :a manife8t8 much jntere8t in the success and weifare 0f the neighborhood. He is a goahead fellow. Wanted, SECOND-HAND SAFE and OFFICE DKSIC, cheap Jbr cash, dec) 2t - Market Wlmrf. Trader's License. . . . . . - ... The attention of Traders or personsengaged in any profession or business, Is called to the fact that their lloensos expire on the FIRST DAY of JANUARY. 1H&1, and that Section 8702 of the Code requires the same to be re newed Within ton days thereafter. Attention If called to Seotion 8701 of the Code, which makes the failure to obtain license a misdemeanor, and prescribes a pen. any. . j. , ..; . i. ' . ... . . .. " : JOSEPH NELSON, ! ' docSO d&wtjanll Register of Deeds. r?-LT9 V Wl T T0 iJ A Ud. Eialiy tUto, Mohawk Beans, . . . Onion Sets, , 1 Radish Seed, And other Seeds for sale " ' CHEAP FOR CASH . At v HANCOCK BROS., Druggist, ' ' Next to Post Ofllcfr. dec3-dtjanl COMMEECIAL. . Journal Office, Dec. 29, 0 P. M. COTTON New York futures barely steady; spots quiet. New Berne market steady. Sales of 19 bales at 81 to 9. Sales for the week 63. bales against 225 bales same week last year, making the deficit 8078 bales. Middling, 93: Low Middling, 91; Good Ordinary, 8$. NEW YORK SPOTS. Middling, 10 7-16; Low Middling, 10 1-16; Good Ordinary, 9 7-10. FUTURES. . MORNING. NOON. January, 10.48 10.48 February, 10.69 10.70 March, 10.80 10.85 April, 11.01 11.50 EVENING. 10.46 10.68 10.83 10.98 RICE Quiet at $1.05 for best quality CORN Firm at 55 in bulk. DOHIKSTiC MAntET. Turpentine Dip, $2.25; hard $1.25. Tar Firm at $1.25 and $1.50. Seed Cotton $2.50a3.00. Beeswax 25c. per lb. Honey 75o. per gallon. Beef On foot, 5o. to 6c. Fresh Pork 7a8o. per pound. Eogs 23o. per dozen. Peanuts $1.00al.25 per bushel. Fodder 80c. to $1 per hundred. Cotton Seed 3ic. Onions $3 per bbl. Apples 75c.a$l. 00 per bushel. Peas 85o. per bushel. Hides Dry, 9allc; green 5a6c. Tallow 6c. per lb. Chickens Grown, 45a50c. per pair. Meal 80c. 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, $4.00; saps, $3.00 per M. wholesale prices. New Mess Pork $16.00; long clears 8c; shoulders, dry salt, 6c. Molasses and Syrups 22ia45c. Salt 95o. per sack. Flour $4.00a7.75 per barrel. Notice. Coupons of Bonds of A, & N. C. R. R. Com pany, duo January 1st, 1884, will be paid upon presentation at Bank of New Hanover, Golds bo ro. F. C. ROBERTS, dec2S-lw Treasurer. ASSIGNEE'S SALE AT COST. GREAT BARGAINS ! THIS LARGEST AND Best Selected Stock OF Clothing IN THIS MARKET. Gents' Furnishing Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Piece Goods, Boy's Clothing. Corsets, Lap Eobcs, Blankets, Quilts, Bed Spreads, A fine lot of Shawls, Carpets, Bugs and Mattings. GEO. GREEN, Assigneo of Wm. Sultan & Co., dcc28 Weinstcin Building. 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. Lc:t, 4 A CAMEO BRKABT PIN with Peart set, somewhore on Middle street between John son street and the market. The Under will be suitably rewarded by leaving the same at A. M. BAKER'S store, dec2-at ' National Bank of New-Bern. December 8, 1883. . The Annual Meeting of the Stockholder of this Bank, for the election of Directors, and for the transaction of such other business as may come before them, will be held at the BANKING HOUSE on the BECOND TUE8- -D&.Y. being the EIGHTH day of JANCAUY, ' 1884- J. A. OUION. dec td Cashier. To Tax Payers. The tax collector is hereby instructed to receive in payment of real and per sonal property tax one-half vouchers issued since May, 1883, and one-half cash, until January 1st, 1884. ' Monday is positively the last day, and NO INDULGENCE will be granted. Thos. S. Howard, Mayor. R. D. Hancock, City Clerk. dec7tjt CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY GOODS OF EVEKY DESCRIPTION,' FROM a Tin Horn to a $20 Hobby Horse. Elegant Albums, Vases AND Anything ti Please both Yonng and Old, At fe27-dtf JOHN DUNN'S. JACKSON HOUSE, New Berne, N. C, SAM'L JACKSON, Proprietor. IKS, First-class accommodations for colored people traveling, and a Restaurant for gen eral patronage, from which we furnish meals to many white people and serve families at their residences in any part of the city. tS. Refer to the people of New Berne gen erally. decl5-dly Holiday Goods THE FOLLOWING NAMED GOODS AU1J ALL FRESH AND WARRANTED PUKE : Mince Meat, Buckwheat, Raisins, No. 1 Mackerel, Currants, Plum Pudding, - Citron, Okra & Tomatoes, Cranberries, Baked Beans, Cranberry Sauce, Cheese, Candies, Teas, English Walnuts, Spices, Almonds, Best Flour. Brazil Kuts, Pine Apple Cheese Pecan Nuts, Wax Candles, Filberts, Powdered Sugar, VERY BEST BUTTER. Peanuts, Prunes, Preserves, Jams, Dried Apples, Granulated Sugar, Syrups, MolasseB, Kirk '8 Soaps, French Mustard, Keen's Mustard, Sardines. Powder, Shot, Caps. Yeast Cakes. Clam Chowder, Jelly, Irish Potatoes, Cooked Beef, maple Syrup, Pickles, '(Jhow Chow," Cooked Oats. Oat Meal, Hominy, Samp, Cigars, Snuff, Tobacco, Coffee Ground to Order. Mock Turtle Soup, DRIED PEACHES Ox-Tail Soup, Catsup, nams, Breakfast Strips, Beef Tongues, Corned Beef. Sauce, Horse Radish, . ; Barley, Brandy Peaches, Shrimp, Gelatine, Potted Ham, Condensed Milk, f Chocolate, ,a Currie Powdnr. Codfish, Smoked Halibut, Smoked Herrings, macaroni, White Beans, lapioca, jrruMl JfcOilMttCl UOllee, - - Pickled Lambs Tongues, Sugar Cured Shoulders, ALL KINDS Canned Goods. ' ltoyal Yeast Powder, Flavoring Extracts. Extracts. li. SLOVER. dec4-dtwtf Chas. II. Blank, WHOLESALE and RETAIL DEALER IN Dry Goods, , , -j - :' - Groceries,'..'., t.; V "Provisions AVi ' and Iiqucrs. t I MIDDLE STREET, t NEW13ElirV,;' IV; ' C .II ' '-'''. t ,11
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