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D'iJRNAL. -,.l.,- VOL. III. NEW BERNE. N. C. TUESDAY, AUGUST 12. 1884. NO. 115. LOCAL NEWS. Journal Nlnlatnre Almanac. p Sun rises, 537 I Length of day , : 9 in sets, 6:52 1 13 hours, 85 minutes. - Moonrisea at 10:24 p. m. Regular meeting of Athenia Lodge, " NO. 8, Knights of Pythias, to-night. J. K. Willis has just finished a fine monument for Mr. B. F. Nunn, of Kin- tou to be erected in memory of his Bringing it Down Fine. Wo copy the item below from the Asheville .Advance and commend the ubject to our farmers, many of whom have ponds that may be made useful in the same way that Mr. Deake uses his. A nice pan of fish taken out just when wanted would be no mean audition to the comforts of country life, besides sparing the life of many a'chicken in the course of a twelve month: "'It is a treat to visit the carp pond of our old friend, T. C. T.'Deake, iu the extreme northern portion of the citv and see him feed his fish. ' He calls thorn up ' - , , A cool wave has struck us; but it is ' .v thought lobe better for the orops, after to the edge of the pond and feeds them such heavy rams, than a scortching 6un shine. There is only a few more weeks thai remaineth, to tho children, of the sum mer's vacation, and then to hooks and tho rohool room. ' . uollowell and Petersons excursion from his hands. Some of them aro from fifteen to eighteen inches in length." A ood Idea Mr. Henry Ipock has on hand a ready made speaker's stand, from which I speeches may be delivered at ease upon any and all subjects. As parties have train will pass here to-day at noon for I frequently to erect temporary stands for Morehead City, and return at 1 o clock, out-door meetings, we think it a good p.m., to-morrow, tare for round trip, idea to have one in readiness such as fifty cents. Mr. Ipock has. The rent and drayage Hon. 0. Hubbs brings us a couple of to and from the point of using would be bunches of Scuppernong grapes, one much less than the cost of building one with thirteen and the other with four- It is in no sense a platform, for if it wcs teen grapes and of uniform size. It is I " could only be used by the party in unusual to find so many on one twig. whose interest it was made, unless some Thn countv commissioners were in ntiye genius from the Chicago Con. Mislon yesterday, hearing complaints as to the value of taxables. Township STATU NEWS. Gleaned from our Exchanges. communicated. The Alligator. The capture of the immense saurian, briefly alluded to in the last issue of J Greenville Democratic Standard: the Journal, excited universal interest! Mr. W. Jesse Fleming has fourteen throughout our city, and on Sunday acres of swamp land that will make hundreds of people went to see it. Mr. not less than 150 barrels of corn. T. P. Clarke and Mrs. Morgan, taxi- In the same Swamp, Mr. Elihue derraists, having purchased it of Mr. ollley has some of the finest corn Congdon, who killed it at his mill in m Pltt COnnty. The crops in that this city late on Saturday evening, it wno,e Section are TCry fine, was necessary that operations should be omithfleld Herald: A revival commenced upon it immediately in meeting IS going on at tho MetllO order to prepare it for the State Expo- dist Church here, conducted by the position. It was nine feet eleven inohes pastor, Bev. B. B. Culbreth, the in length and is estimated to have services at night are well attended weighed at least 250 nounds. It was a and th6re. 8eems to be deeP interest. No. S was heard and to-day they will bear complaints from No. 1 township. Capt. Gray's factory on the south side of the Trent river begins to assume quite an imposing appearance, and when completed and the surrounding buildings ire al up, will give quite a tltylikv'air to that Vicinity. Mr. J. M. Howard returned from a trip to Jones county a few days ago, and aaya he had the pleasure of seeing the ninety pound squash raised by Mr. j. H. Basden of Cypress Creek own- hip. He says it is a true story, as win e shown when it reaches the btate ex position. .It is estimated that about twelve hun ventlons could put the patent adiust- ment attachment to it so as any one could stand on it. It is thought that as good a speech can be delivered from this stand as from any now mule or likely to be made. male, and in its- stomach were found one raccoon, one musk-rat, two terra pins, two bits of wood and a lot of rushes. The whole of Sunday was oc cupied in skinning the monster, four persons working on it, and the skin was removed in perfect condition for pre servation. Trench in his work entitled ' The Study of Words" at page 183, says: When the alligator, this ugly crocodile lrjonal, P. W, Hanoook, Esq., left yesterday for Charlotte to attend the Phanuaceu tioal Association, which meets in that I city to-morrow Mrs. D. S. Ryan and children left yes terday for their home in St. Louis. Mrs. Iicyan was sumnwmeq homo, we are sorry to leavn, on account of tho serious I illness of her son, Mr. Lon Richardson is on a visit to Lacey 's Springs, Virginia Et. Rev. Dr. Watson, Bishop of the Tlmp.Aan nf "Raal. Pflrnlina in in t.Vio r.it.r Ar'aA luannla want tn sua t.lifi nllicatfir on I ouuuajr. iB.-u.B-"""" uvt) , ... , ftftern()0n thfl Mf.T,H. larke, secureo; the monster . ,.fl . v llT.I -iM 'V"V. Wl W"? W. Shields, while hero SW" WP uu wm uu. mu"u Mr. N. M. Chadwick who has been on .aw.v.w., "Ma visit to this citv of some weaks has l uispiay. iper uprwueuw wt,? . . - . . . ntt,:fnrnl, mm rP aW u7.'mT.lr Mr. Thomas Powers, formerly a pitl Wey f VvV v vwW"P mu en o tJM c,fc aM Jatel of Indianap. secona to none m uiu ouiie. Mr. Junius LaRoque brought us yes- ' terday the finest specimen of ajptei we have seen here this season, one meas urfng thirteen inches in circumference They were from the orchard of Richard v Dixon, colored. , of thjs county, who has a u,ne o aopieij, pears ana pecnes. brother, Mr. W. H. S. Turner EWepBSnouiu doIUKUU iu nave Bpcuiuieue of bis fruits at the exhibition of the In dustrial Association when it comes off at the Exposition at Raleigh, and we hope" he will look to it. -An intelligent gentleman who attended the Conference here last week, said, he had not been to Smithtield before since 1880. and that if he had suddenly and unex pectedly to himself appeared in Smithfield, he would not have rec ognized the town at all. No town in the State perhaps, has made such an improvement in appearance and in the amount of its business during the last four years. Certain we are of the new world, was first seen by thel that no old settled town. Spanish discoverers, they oalled it, Clinton Caucasian: Tho ravaires with a true insight into its SDeoies. of'hnjr p.lmloi-n. in rAt-rui li cant lAna ri' eiiagato" or "fte lizard," as being this county and Duplin aro unnre 1 1 I A. M il- L 1 111 1 1 A n - vuo largeBi oi tnat species to wnicn it ueuentea. a lew uavs aa belonged. In Sir Walter Raleigh's Messrs. J. B. Begjstft? and G. 0. Discovery of Guiana, the word still re- Butler, on tUo farm of tho latter, tains this its Spanish form. Sailing up kUlo. S coach whip, snalie 7 feet 4 theOrinoca'Wesaw in H," fee sayV, ihpes long. Maj. T. L. Pugh divers sort j of SK.age ,shes of mar- ouvww ua me otuer ay wuat vellous bigness, but for lagewros It ex- 8eemea t0 ns to e a very hne ar ticle oi siarca. i was mat e Dv Mrs. Alon?a Lewis, of Clinton township, from Irish potatoes. A sample of it will be sent to the State Exposition. Quite an interest ing revival of religion closed at Bethel church, in Taylor's Bridge township, last Sunday. It was COMMERCIAL. , I Journal Office, Aug. 11, 6 P. M. COTTON-New York futures steady: Spots firm. Uplands 1015-16; vrieanB 11 FUTURES. August, 10.80 September, 10.70 October, 10.42 November, 10.27 DOMESTIC MARKET. Tdrpkntink Hard, $1.00; dip, 81.75. Tar 75c. to $1.00. Corn 80c. Seed Cotton 2.50a3.50. Cotton Seed $13.50 per ton. Beeswax 25c. per lb. Honey 60c. per gallon. Beef On foot, 5c. to 7c. Country Hams 13ic. per lb. " Lard 13ic. per lb. Eggs 12Jc. per dozen. Fresh Pork 7a8o. per pound. Peanuts $1.00al.50 per bushel. Fodder 80c. to $1 per hundred . Onions $1.5Ga3.00 por bbl. Field Peas Hides Dry, 10c; green 5c. Tallow 6c. per lb. Chickens Grown, 20a40c. per pair, Meal 85o. per bushel. Apples 2oa40c. per bush, Peaches $1.25al.50 per bush. Wool 12al7o. per pound. bhinul.es west lndia,dull and nm. mar, not wanted. Building 5 inch, nearcs, $u.uu; saps, $l.ou per M. wholesale prices. New Mess Pork 818.00. L. C, Fat Backs, and Bellies 9a9Jc. moulders Smoked, No. 2, 7ic prime, 7c. Smoked Joles 5c. Lard 9a9k. Sugar 5a8c FLOUR-$3.25a7.00. Salt 90c. per sack. Molasses and SYnups 20a45o. THE ? P I C K G0E( RGEjT TO TH 3UYER. ThcBk4wll DufLmToUcco C, WnjhLRGEjT i , mi ml i DUVrST II 1 Tkcco Smki n 5 olis, Indiana, arrived on the train last evening, Mr. Joseph Marks of Charleston is on a snort visit to nis brother, Mr. V. Marks, of this city. Messrs. F. W. and Qeo. J. Turner of Boston are in the city visiting their ceeded; tor there were thousands of these ugly serpents, and the people call it, for the abundance of them, the river of lagartos, in their (the Spanish! (an guage." We can perfectly explain the shape which afterward the word as sumed, by supposing that English sailors who brought home the word, and had conducted by Rev. Messrs. Spivey, continually heard, but many probably Herring, and ewton. Sunday never been it wrinen, uienaeu, as nas momng 27 peiSOnS Were baptized noi unirequentiy nappeneu, tne spanisn j at liogers' mill by Bev. D. . Her from this absorption of the a,rtiole it Chatham Reconlj. n ImI. Man. quired the shape in, which we possess day night (when it rained so hard), the right to tetany it now. In Ben Johnson, who writes Sheriff Brewer, accompanied by By order or the Boar -angaria, we see tne word in tne prfr JHeputy sheriffs O. W. Foushee, J, cess of transformation, J. Kuight and Speuce Taylor can jviaurey, in ins geography, at page a, rareu aom Johnson, a white man says, speaking of Venezuela: "A vast who escaped from jail here several extent of these plains (Wwm) li annually months ago. lie was at home asleep overflowed. In the rainy stason the in bed and made no resistance. low flat country of the Orinoco becomes, tm day last week as Mr. S. A. like the borders of the lower Nila. a retry, Ot llattley tOWUSUin, wa8 boundless sea. These waters teem with driving his two-horse wagon along creeping things.with alligators, reptiles, t&e PUOUO roaa near Mrs. Phil. Als- etc. In the dry season verdant plains a,ww muuiuB hi becomo barron waste'ft. ' 'e cattle au aue a nasri at uis uorses, winder for pasture W to the hiils;the tJLT vuwv uvvjv& uuumi uuu a mtk P air. X. a. lienderson ot Norfolk is visiting his brother, Mr. E. H. Hender son, in the city. Dr.- Dick Haywood passed down to Morehead City qu yesterday evening's train Mrs.-Edward S. Street and children left yesterday for a visit to her parents at Webster, N. C, night ana win oe m session iuer w-ujr of di8trict- ig enjoying a short leave to examine tne nnances in mu muei . Farm for Rent. I will offer to rent, to the highest bidder, at the Court lit use door In the City of New Berno, on Monday, September 1st, The Kami connected with and upon which the County Poor House Is situated, for one I year. The Board of Commissioners reserving I and all bids. Board, JOSEPH NELSON, Clerk, Per R. B. BLACKLEDGE, aul2 did Deputy Clerk. ufpos'sin r o cnoi For Rent, THE HOUSE AND LOT at the corner of Johuson and Middle streets, formerly occu-1 pled by Dr. J. T. House. Apply to aulOtf K. DDFFY. Fruit Jars. H ALFS at C. B. HART & CO., mtlns of Grand Olneers. -'Tb'fojiowuig officers of the Grand Lodge-Kniehts of Honor of North Caro lina passed down to Morehead City lost J. C. Kennedy, of Lenoir, Chairman of $19 Roard of Trustees; Messrs. Marsdn Bellamy, of . V"ml'1Ston ma w- u- Brinson, of this city, of the Finance Committee, and ; S. C. Schoffield, of Charlotte, Grand Treasurer. at High Point, accompanied by Mrs. Henry. Mrs. Jesse Claypoole is at the White Sulphur Springs. movement of Steamern The steamer Trent leaves to-morrow Qrning at 7 oVlock for Trenton and landings peiow. . v . . - - . The., steamer - Krnston leaves tins morning at 11 o'clock for Kinston and landings below. TUa atAamai. Tltn din aavaa Yn-nicrrit. at 9 o'clock for Hyde county; touching" "x y at Adams creek The steamer. Elm City arrived last night from Bayboro with freight and passengers. The steamer Kinston arrived yester day w'th a good cargo of naval stores On .Another valuable Plant. - 1884 : Colored State Normal School. Dr. Lewis delivers his closing lecture at this School next Friday morning Aug. 15. His lectures have been prac tical and full of thought. .The public is invited to attend the last. Ninety-two pupils have been enrolled since the com' mencement of the session, ten counties being represented. The model depart ment, under Prof. Carey, numbers , ' Taking everything in considera tion tins is .the school s,, best session, Normal and high school works are com bined. This is what the people need at this stage of their advancement, J. A. Savaqe, ponds dry up, and the alligators bury themselves in the mud to hybernate till the coming of the next rainy season, when they may be seen coming up like hideous spectres from the bowels, of (he earth," The distinction between the crocodile hecue and baskot picnic at and the alligator is commonly supposed place to morrow. It is said to be, that the upper jaw of the former every farmer will be called upon to pSeTK moves, but such is the case with this make a Speech, not CXCCOding ten persons bringing cattle for sale, and who do - . nnt lOAn ihum nn honil mnra than nna waalr specimen. Two gentlemen living near miuntcs in length, in Which he will Swansboro, Onslow county, informed "give inhia experience" about his ' ;f ft XZlSlll the writer, some vears since, that theae crops, vve uuuot noi iney win animals werg very numerous near their n.ave Dtu a pleasant and instruc- Besidences, where there was a creek "VB uy Vl ll- 11 18 a uuu lueu which abounded with them: and that uu vuu w uo ""1'm jr " there were two varieties distinguished farmera every neighborhood bv moveable or unmoveable uooen'aw. JN6Wt0n JLnmpnsc: We are TO Thfir-mnoriiin nf thfl Niio irrnm tn ti. liablv intormed that a well known l?JJ - J L 1 ,-mmBnfifi Innffth ct thirW. nnA fra. I ClulZon OI inO COUnty, nOl DCIIIO quently kills men, whereas the alligator v"7 Sr IZKr Y I s 770 J Pursuant to an order of the superior court ' I n n rhA Uohhnfli rfrtTT i r of rr fl F Mini e . j I.. i rarely attacks men, but is quite ft tnnid - T . BntAi f,i U)R pendina therein, m which j.j. Roberts llnn uuy Oftiuiuaj, uu xuiuou.i . iu. aml lfe t aU are plaintiffs and J .A. Gnlou. 9 I lAfvi a tt tha inal cinnnlrinrf la- R H Cnlnn anil V. MniZ. MnhartM ara HnfAnrl. two eeasone oi iiyDernatinE, or Durrow- . i 1 i i- DIED. Monday evening. August 11th, James McGreggor, a native of Amona; the many valuable medical Scotland, and for about eighteen years plants which nourish in the vicinity of aresiuent ot new uerne. New Berne, one,- not the least in im' portanoe is the Phytolacca Decandra jt ia fond of old gardens and stable lots It thrives close along . old walls and fences. It has abundance of fruit al ways. This, fruit grows in bunches, like grapes, of a beautiful deep purple color. The leaves are of a dark green color wh'en "matured, though a light apple green when young and tender. When these leaves are very yoiingthey are sometimes eaten as a' salad and are very succulent and tender .J The leaves, berriei and root are all used in medicine. The leaves are gathered when the footstalk begins to turn purple. The berries are ready when of a dark, purple color.; The root U dug in the last part of November, l" Jed and dried. The common name of " " )) "-fis role. He was a quiet man, a member of the Presbyterian Church and a good citizen His funeral will take place from the Presbyterian Church at 4 o'clock this afternoon. ' His remains will be buried in the National Cemetery. ; ; 4V Aver Y Sarsaparilla is dosisned for those who need a medicine to purify their blood, buila them up, increase their appetite, and rejuvenate their whole system. No other preparation so well meets this want, it touches the exact spot. Its record of forty years is one of constant triumph over disease. : v - Hanovee, O ' Feb. 13, 1884. After having lung fever and pneumo ma I had a dreadful cough and could not sleep at night. The doctors told me I had consumption and would die. have taken six bottles of Piso's Cure and my cough is entirely gone, and I am well as even Emeunk Ford. jy26 d&w w away. The cow followed in close pursuit for some distance) and died Corner of Middle and South Front ats., in about an hour afterwards, it is au7 dwiw new berne, n. c. supposou max sue nau gone man. -The larmers in tho neighbor- CITY OllDINANCE. hood of Haywood will have a bar- that uhap. ix., sec. io. no person shall be al .. . I lowed to keep day or night more than two that 1 head of cattlo within the city limits, except not keep them on hand more than one week. I The above ordinance to be In full force un- cr 1st, 1SS-I. Parties owning more ian the above ordinance allows are given five days to remove them from the city limits. uuTd2w E. H. M EAUOWS, Msyor. TfitS IS WHY gLlCMLLS CURETTES ARE TflE BEJT. Lool for' id-mfl(0 i i m r mi l 'L 1one vjnui BULL. wn ISTOTIOE. Valuable City Property FOB ALE. Watch the papers for our large advertisement; different portraits ot i leading men each time. notice. ; VALUABLE CITY PROPERTY FOR SAliE. ant ii iLa !. il ft - . , I v nv vvn i 4 Will HUH Ut bUt) VDUIl nUUBe UUUr 111 M1B -aaT TX of the abath. and on Sunday he WVS;5aSS middle of the summer. They arenro-l ij n .i : li . MOUAY.tiieMGHrHdayof September, duced from an egg, a little larger than worked all day in his corn.- Pursuanl to a Judemont of the Superior. Court of Craven county, In an action wherein Thos. A. ureen et al are pinintins, ana enza W. Uissell etalsare defendants, we will nell at Public Auction at the Cou.t House door iu the City of Newbern, at TWELVE -o'clock A 1881. at Public Auction for cash ladv and Pentlaman from llnflsilo. . LVL twJ?! V? P?f? goose egg, and are hatched by the New York, have been in towu this city of Newborn a fun description of which moua y the first day of mkp heat of the sun. They build a nest near WPftt rohr sn.v t.l.Av tnnw - nmv S1S? SL1!.?1?. eyttS? au those ceVtX'iots of land situated o.. the water, and several females will lay Cleveland, our candidate for Tresi I In said Proceedings; The other lot beginning at me northeast corner or rew ana m All those certain lots of land situated on Atnnir Middle, Neuse aud Hancock streets, in mid atrPPta. rnnnlnir nnrt.liwa.nllv with MtJlAlf City Of Aewberll, and Known and OlSHU- In tha finmfi nest until there are morellanf nroll Tlmv enw ha ia inar. H,n l..f,. I t..i,.. 0i,..,, .i,r nt..,,.n,. Iiulshedhi Hie ulan of said city as lots Mim .. ii' ti. wlih Johnson street to the western line of Two Hundred and KlKhty Two August 1st, 1881 dtd V. M. SIMMONS, ' .. M. DKW. STEVENSON. 4 Cornlnlsolonera. t aus dwtd PHIL. HOLLAND. JR , Commissioner. For Sale, Lease or Resit tuananunarea eggs in it. wnen tne best man in the worm, jie is a MU"'V' . ' .r."X";"i Hundred and Eiiihtv.one(28i Two Huhdwd young are hatched, the old male alii- plain, social, whole souled man , the U KairUi "an a a a .14410 cfvi5 wcuit huu uiuuu vx nviaiui, iuuiio at i wiMl Metcail Street to Wew Street. InenOe I nww 11 tjsm ,t furious battles then are waged between working man himself. While in 2aSSTiS?jKSS. n him and his mate. They are very de- Buffalo be always plows and works known in the plan or the city of uewbem structive of pigs, lambs and dogs, his own garden, just as his neigh- kas'K 1 1 T -m m ti r 1 jm.'- 1 1 . 1 ,,.,! - - thoueh thev rarelv attack a full.crown oors ao. mr. j. x, Jiieuaney nas Aug. , hog or larger animal. Ughtwood knots presented the Enterprise with a are frennentlv found In their atomachn. CUT108lty in the Shape Ot a potato, r. ,ora tv.norio n. n h It seems that after growing to more J i., i.i : ji. t 1. - LUctU IUB HVUlitgC Slid lb bUUH a UCW start, and sent ont five branch tubers, each the size ot ordinary potatoes. It weighs 37 ounces. Mr. Mehaffey has a bushel of pota toes that will be on exhibition in Raleigh this fall.4 -The largest crop of wheat we have heard of this year is that of one of onr one legged farmers, Mr. r. w. wintener, oi manner in which they get there, or whether they are swallowed by design or accident. Several persons ate portions of the tail of this one, which were baked, and resembled veal in appearance. The flesh tasted very like turtle steak, and was fully as good. ' H. Bosses. P. S. Mr. Jona. IlavenB informs me W. H. MORRIS. ' F, MORRIS. ESTABLISHED 1817. J. J. BURGESS, of N- :- ' WITH that some yoars since a man was killed Jacob's Fork township. His whole and devoured in a swamp near New I crop threshed ont 1,075 bushels. eerne by an aingotor. a. b. One ten acre clover lot made him 374 bushels, a yield of 37 bushels For its soothing aud grateful influence to the acre. ' This is almost equal on the scalp: and for the removal and to the Maryland and Pennsylvania prevention of dandruff, Ayer s Hair Wheat farming. ViKor has no equal. It restores faded or gray hair to its original dark color. I An indignation meeting has been stimulates the growth of the hair, and called at the "Frog Pond" to-night. If gives it a beautiful, soft, gloasy and much noise made the frogs la the A CI -II T : T.-'.-i-n!1".1 ' jx omaii i arm m doiies uuw six miles from Trenton, six miles from W. H. MORRIS & SONS, Pollock8ville' two mile from Trenr1-; 0-a3JrjE2fL.3-i river, and near the famous Quaker Commission Uerch'ls, Nos. 23, 25 & 27 Commerce St., NORFOLK, VA, t v Special attention Riven to sales of Cotton. Grain, Peanuts and Country Produce gene. rauv. Liberal oasn a dvanoes made on con signments. Prompt returns and highest mar ket prices guaranteed, auxawuani For Rent, silken appearance. I pond will become indignant. TUB STORK. DWELLING and OUTBUILD INGS on the corner of Pollock and Norwood streets, now ooeupled by Wm, Colligsn, senr. jrossession KivenAug. isi. appiv w jyaa atr , O. HTJBBS. A . . .. i ; C. C TAYLOR, ii ' ; dw ; New Bene, N.ff.- '." - -i " 1. '" i THE HENDERSON HOUSE, - Now under the management of TITjORNTO!' BKOS.. Is D re Da red to furnish Knanl uu.l ' Lodging at reasonable rate, i ... " s LIVERY STABLLS. Horses and buggies constant v on hand for ' transporting passenger to any neighboring town.. , , ' THORNTON BROS., . Henderson House. Middle street, Jyffldwly KewBerne.N.Cl .1 !
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