ft The DAILf QURNAL. VOL. III. NEW BERNE. N. C.. THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1884. NO. 117. LOCAL NEWS. Journal SXIalature Almanac. Ban rises, 5:19 j length of day, Sun sets, 6:50 1 13 hours, 31 minutes. Moon rises at 1 1 :58 p. m , - ' . ' - vThf "buizarda now congregate on the rf of the Masonio building -Phillip Wiggins was master of cere : monies &t the indignation meeting. The three masted schooner L. S. Mel aon,' CapLHolloway, arrived yesterday fromRockport, Main, with a cargo of joe for" Watson & Daniels. Blue fishing is at its heighth at More head City . A party went out from the New Berne House yesterday morning and caught eighty before breakfast. The steamer Gotdsboro arrived from Baltimore on Tuesday night with gen eral merchandise. She was at the mar ket wharf on yesterday loading lumber. Tue Craven county bonds reported to have been stolen from Mrs. Polly Chad wick a few months before her death, we learoeife suddenly brought to light last Saturday morning and turnSd over to the proper xwner. - The question now is, was the indigna tion meeting really for the purpose of formulating and. expressing grievances to the Board of City Council or was it the beginning of a courtship between the (freenbackerj and Republicans? 'Mr. L. H. Cutler is having the paint brush used on, his buildings on Pollock street. This is commendable. There are, several fine 1 residences on Craven street that might be wonderfully im proved in appearance by the paint brush, i--' 5 - Since Gen. West has declined the 2nd place on the. Greenback ticket, it is grayely proposed to tender the honor to the presiding officer of the recent indig nation meeting at the Frog Pond. If he should', accept, it will be the only tickcf in thj field with a true Southern man )n it- Rev, Samuel M. Smith and family; of Washington , N. C. , are in the oity . Mr. Smith ; will conduct the services and lecture for the Presbyterian congrega tson this evening at 8. o'clock, and will " preach in the Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and at 8 o'clock p. m. He is well known in this community as being one of the ablest ministers of the State. Pergonal. Miss Mary L. Bryan who has charge of the Western Union telegraph office at Portsmouth Va., is in the city on a visit to her sister Mrs. Rhem. We are glad to learn that Miss Bryan is pleased with her situation and that her manage ment of, the office gives satisfaction to tne company. Cool, bnt General, not Local. - : . The cool wave that has passed along lurnianB' ncqnef amusing iiiuiuems in reference to the various summer resorts, Each seems to think the coolness local with him, The,Waynesville paper says: . "Three quiUs were essential to comfort to sleep under," and exultingly cries "who savs this is not a delightful cli mate?" At another a young lady just arriving writes iback for heavier wraps . and says it is "awful cool up here," and so it goes on, while in fact it has been a cold wave anifright hei;e in New Berne we have seen the overcoat donned and have heard it was a nocturnal amuse ment for the beads; of families to claw the mosquito bars cut pf the way to get a square neaye.in tprowiug on pianKets and quilts both. ',, ! . '.,?-.. y: Proceedings of Cltr Council. Friday Evening, Aug. 8th, 1884, - Pursuant to adjournment the, Board met thfe;vepfrigV Mayor E. H. Meadows presiding. All the Board present ex cept Councilman B. M. Gates. , ; y The nibnthly bills were'called for and were allowed Jy a - unanimous vote, except tff iflaw Berne gas bill which was reduced from $03,50 to ,P2.00, and the bills of the New Berne and Atlantic Fireengiaft companies which were re fered to the Fire Department Committee for investigation. .'S-:, .. r ." Councilman Simpson, chairman of committee on wharves and docks re ported that he had investigated the complaint against Mr. D. Congdon; that the property mentioned as being blocked was Mr. Congdon 's private property and that the oity had nothing to do with it. On motion of Councilman Street, the chairman of the fire department com mittee1 was instructed to notify the different fire companies that hereafter none of their bills would be allowed unless approved by the fire department committee.. ;,, : , Mr. Wai, Ellis, on behalf of the At lantio Engine Co., asked the Board to allow tbem to - exchange the steam en trine "Eliiah .Ellis" for one of Silsby's latest improved engines Referred to the Finance and Fire Department com' r iiitees to took, into the matter and re port at the next meeting of the Board The minutes were read and adopted i. ll the Board adjourned. J. 11. V II., Clerk. The Indignation meeting. On Tuesday night, according to an nouncement previously made, a mixed crowd, composed of whites, colored. women and children, assembled at the Frog Pond to take into consul oration the recent action of. tho Board of City Council in passing an ordinance com pelling owners of lots to keep their side walks and gutters clean. At about 8 o'clock three piles of dross that had been collected together for the purpose were fired and the crowd began to assemble. The crowd of boys that frolicked around the fires appeared glee ful instead of indignant; Mr. John O. Gardner, the prime mover of the events of the evening, looked calm and thoughtful as he sat on the steps of Bates's store with a bunch of water melons at his feet, while Philip Wig gins, another leading spirit, was flying around getting things in order. At about 8J o'clock Wiggins walked upon tne stand and rapped the meet ing to order. He moved an organiza tion by calling Mr. John O. Gardner to the chair; he put the motion and it was carried unanimously. Wiggins then suggested that the editor was present and things must be done "pointedly." He moved that Seth Fisher be elected secretary, which motion was declared adopted. Wiggins then called on the chairman to explain the objects of the meeting. Mr. Gardner came forward and opened with a rambling speech about liberty, the constitution, and the tyrants in whom we had "confided our confidence," touching towards the close upon city affairs. He said about the time the city government begau opera tions upon tho present system it was conceded that 84,000 was enough to pay all expenses of keeping tho city in or der, but last year there was collected $19,000, of which $2,000 was for the graded school, or degraded school he would prefer to call it. He stated that he alluded to these matters, not for the benefitof those whom he then addressed but for their little children; "and," said he, "the man who will not look out for his children and try to protect them from these tyrants is unworthy of being a father or mother." He closed his re marks by introducing Hon. o. HUBBS, who had been invited as the speaker of the evening. Mr. Hubbs, on taking the stand, explained more definitely the ob jects of the meeting than did the chair man who had preceded him. He then branched out and made a first-rate Blaine campaign speech, leaving York entirely out in tho cold.. The portion of his speech which reminded us of York was where he said emphatically that he had very decided opinions in politics; that he would be on one side or the other, so that people would know un mistakably his position. We think he made some rather unfair statements in arraigning the Democratic party, espe cially of this city and county. For in stance he said the city debt had been in creased under Democratic rule to $15,000, or somewhere within a thou sand or two dollars of that amount, and that the court house now being built by the county commissioners would cost $40,000. We hardly think either of these statements are true, yet we must oon fess that the way work is progressing on the court house it is hard to tell what it will cost or when it will be completed. We suppose his speech, however, was about as fair as a Democratic speaker would have made under similar circum stances. A portion of his speech we en dorse. It cannot" be published, yet it did not make the women leave nor blush. When Mr. Hubbs closed his re- marks, GEO, H. WHITE , was called for. He had no speech to make. Didn't think he had much to do with the meeting as he lived down town with the white folks 'where the streets had been cleaned up by the city author ities. - He advised them to proceed in a quiet way by adopting resolutions ana a ppomting a committee to pre sent tbem to the board of Coun- cilmen asking a repeal of the ordinance, and if they failed to do it he would not advise them what to do but as for himself if he owned five hundred lots he would not work a single one un less he chose to. He promised not to make a speech but came near swinging off a time or two. When Mr. White had taken his seat, Phillip Wiggins arose and , walked slowly across the stand. ' He was discovered bv some one who wanted to hear more Bpeaking, and he was called for. He took the stand reluctantly after hearing the smart men speak. He said the Councilman that had offered this ordinance must have bee a thinking about New York, where they bave paved streets, he had forgot taat Worth Carolina had done and growed all up with grass. v At this juncture the reporter, not in dignant, but tired of much speaking, retired from the . scene. He learned, however, that a committee of ten was appointed to present their grievances to the Board of Council at their next meet ing. There were about one hundred and fifty present, perhaps more or may ,be less, many of whom were from the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Wards, who went to . see what Ihrj cmH see. ' s The New Berne Likewise. We learn that the New Berne Steam Fire Engine Company are in receipt of an invitation from the Wilmington Steam Fire Engine Company of the same tenor and date as that mentioned as having been received, by the Atlan tic's in yesterday's Journal. We Think So. The WaynesvUle News has a squash measuring two leet two inches in cir cumference and two feet seven inches in length and asks: Can any eastern paper beat this mountain growth? We think the Journal can. We hear of one in Jones county which weighs 110 pounds and is still growing. Two weeks ago it measured five feet in cir cumference and three feet in length and is named Cleveland, An Acknowledgement of Courtealei. The Atlautic and New Berne compa nies have received the following com munication from the Wilmington Com pany, which was here on a visit in June. It is a handsome thing, handsomely said: Wilmington, N. C July 1st. 1884. To the Firemen and Citizens of Newbern uescenaeu trom tne same line oi an cestors, standing shoulder to shoulder through all the troublous times that beset the early colonists, bound closer by their common struggles in the great American revolution, and thus inherit' ing a community of feeling, as well as possessing a community of interest, which has Kept their ideas and desires well soldered during the unprecedented trials of later days, which this present generation is just bravely surmounting, no Wilmingtonian could feel in visiting Newbern that he was among strangers. And so the members of this Fire Com pany, just returned from an ever to be emembered trip to the Citv of Elms." having experience of a hospitality, the fame of which is coeval with the ex istence of that beautiful town, feel that the kindnesses of which they have been the delighted recipients were simply the overnow or a great hearted and a gen erous people. lo say that the trip was a continued series of pleasures, the memory of which will long be treasured among our hap piest recollections, is to express but lit tie ot what we feel, and yet we believe that our fellow-firemen of Newborn, in the generosity of their hearts, will be fully repaid for their exertions by the knowledge that their labors, intended for our enjoyment, were not in vain. lhat we returned victors from friendly contest of emulation is of course a source of gratification.enhanced by the knowledge that the victory was hardly won, and only dampened by the fact that our success was the defeat of such brave and generous competitors. lhough the quick "Manning" of our engine helped us to a fortunate result on this occasion, we are not so sure that when the New Berne firemen visit us next year, the laurels plucked upon the Neuse, will not wither in our grasp on the tape t ear. To the ladies of New Berne, what can we say? Except for making trouble at home much could be said, but as it is, a world of tribute is contained in our prudent silence. The fair sex of New Berne inspired the great Gaston to write "And her daughters the Queen of the forest resembling. So graceful and constant, yet to gentlest breath trembling; Yet true lightwood at heart, let the match be applied them, How they kindle and flame! None know but who have tried them.1 And the stock had not died out. Thos. D. Meares, John Cowan, W. N. Jacobs, Committee. Fiom News and Observer. SCALES AND YORK Meet at Morganton A Great Assent blage In Mass Meeting Flag - Railing:, Etc. MOROANTON, Aug. 11. To-day this old town was crowded with the adherents of both political parties, drawn to hear the disoussion between the gubernatorial candidates, The browd was estimated at 2,000. Each side had a flag-raising. There was at the same time a Democratic mass meet ing for the purpose of choosing dele gates to the Senatorial district conven tion. The Republicans made a desperate effort to make a big impression upon the people and spared no pains to get up a boom. The leading spirits on their side were negroes and revenue officers There was shown a singular lack of in terest on the part of the Republican rank and file which has thus far characterized the campaign.- Of the crowd the Demo crats composed by far the greater part. Two years ago Burke county gave a Democratic majority and all the changes since nave been in ravor oi that party. Scales' speech to-day was a fine effort, This was the admitted opinion of all present. It was also conceded by all that he demoralised York. Hence the Democrats were jubilant and enthusias tic. Persons who bad heard Scales speeches asserted that to-day's was the best during the canvass. ' There were some incidents. When York stated that the laborers in England were paid eighteen cents per day. and that John Bright was the enemy of the laboring classes, a venerable Scotchman exclaimed: -' He is the father of story," alluding to York. The impression made by Gen. Scales was gratifying. York made his usual speech, minus mud. Ladies were pres ent. York is boasting. was a prominent feature of this speech, as it has been of all the others. He bragged loudly of his "record.". He claimed that to! him was due the credit for the reduction of the pay of legislators. Scales replied promptly, Bhowing that the reduction had been made by the convention and is embodied in the amended constitu tion. York then said "he did not recall that; he did not remember." As a matter of interest to Republicans. it may be stated that Scales' health is now better than in years. York is evidently on the defensive. He is ingenious in defending his record, and bold and reckless in his assertions. Scales meets him with the truth, man fully and elegantly stated. Burke county is awake and ablaze for Scales. The feeling was never so good. here. D. R. Walker. Jones County Items. Trent river is considerably swollen and is still rising. Crops in the low lands alone the river will be largely in jured, many adres are now under the water. , - ; The Trenton Cleveland and Scales Club has been called to meet at Trenton on Saturday, Aug. 16th, by order of the President of the Club, for the purpose of a more complete organization. I see our worthy Superintendent of public schools, Mr. P. M. Pearsall, has returned to Trenton again, having been rusticating at the springs and at More- head; he looks like he has been out in the sun, as he is badly sunburned. Mr.i Benjamin Dillahunt. of Polloks- ville township, informs me that the cot ton is considerably miured bv the con tinued rains in his vicinity, but the corn is doing yery .well, and he thinks this crop will, if no disaster occurs, turn out more than an average. The farmers are complaining that the coons are destroying their corn badly. Mr. Uub Uxley says that the great place for coons is Pitt county and that during one winter while he was a resident there he caught 160 coons and that Mr. Wm Pugh had a colored man that caught 800 the same winter. William E. Ward informs me that he was standing in the door of his dwelling a few days since viewing the course of the clouds, when he was prostrated by lightning and was in a speechless state for a considerable time. The lightning struck the earth at the corner of the home and did not touch the houso at all. Died, in Trenton township, of a con gestive chill, Mrs. Eliza Andrews, wife of Mr. Ivev Andrews. Mrs. Andrews's maiden name was Quinn; she was raised in Duplin county where she has many relatives. She leaves a grief- stricken husband and several children, most of them grown, together with many relatives and a host of sorrowing mends both in Dupun and Jones to mourn their irreparable loss. Charles Smith, who had Charles Bayly arrested ior stealing his watch and pis tol, has had the sheriff after him for robbing a store a short while since in Onslow county. The sheriff found a large quantity of cloths, flannels, bjots kand fiddle strings concealed in the house where Smith had been stayiug, and had a woman, Jane Uibbs, concealing them for him. bmith has taken his departure for unknown parts, while the goods are in possession or the sheritr. Mr. J. B. Banks, one of our most suc cessful farmers, some time since had a swarm of bees to pitch in a tree in his yard and he mounted np the tree to saw the limb off. After Bawiug a while the limb broke and the whole swarm lighted on the back of Mr. Banks's neck when instead of jumping out of the tree as 1 would have done he quietly slid down the tree, went to the bee house and called for some one to come and brush them in it, which was done, and he never received even a sting from them. , Gen. Gaston Lewis has been down in specting the Quaker Bridge and Onslow Road. I have been informed that he was favorably impressed with tho work; and while on this road he was cought in a hard beating rain in the midst of the pocosin and walked about ten miles through the briars and mud. Gen. Lewis is an officer who don't mind walking, where duty calls him. He also inspected the Trenton and Core Creek Road, and was highly pleased with it, the location of it and the fertile lands which are near it. I am also in formed that he. said that it was possible that this road might in the near future be a part of a railroad leading from Norfolk, Va., to Wilmington, N. C. Stonewall Items. The rains have - seriously damaged cotton, and peas. 1 Leon, aged three years, son of R. M, and Alice Daniels, died yesterday morn ing oi maiariai lever. ih editor of the Enterprise is at his poBt after a short recreation, and so is Miss &mma to the gratification of . Martha, aged about two and a half years, daughter of Richard and Eliza beth JUouotter, died on Tuesday of con gestive fever., rfl' H wm. . mgh, H. H. Dowdy and L. miner nave returned trom their rainy and boisterous trip tolPortsmouth, N. C. xney report a good time. C. M. Caroon, J. B. Quick, Thos. Bax ter and others have returned from a trip to Currituck county and report crops very poor not near so good as in this county. - ' No Journal last Saturday and none yesterday. You intimated that the trouble was not at your office when the last complant was made, that your office was u. tL, xhere is but one between here and New Berne and that is Grants boro, and the postmaster there says he forwards all that comes, to his office. It is worse than provoking to have two dailies come at a time. Your colored P. M. had better look to his laurels; he U not too well fortified. -, : .y ; . :,;' Notice. V;..: On account of running an excursisn to Little Washington, the steamer Elm City will not make ber trip to Hyd county until Thursday morning, Aug, 81, at a. m.t returning, leaving Hyd county for New Berne Friday morning, aug. zaa at . a. m. Ralph Qm, Agt. WAR I WAR! WAR! The greatest political war perhaps for the last century is now about to open. and that every Cleveland or Blaine man may take an active part in this great political nght, it is of great importance that he should commence at once to lay in his supplies of Groceries and Dry Goods at the Great Cheap Cash Store of HUMPHREY & HOWARD'S, that he I ni?r give the necessary time to achieve the greatest victory ever gained in these United States. The war has actually begun from the Presidential Chair down to the lowest county offices. Some may cry peace, peace, but there will be no peace until every man shoulders his pocket-book and goes down to the Great Cheap Cash Store of HUMPHREY & liOWAKD s, and buys a supply of Dry uoods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes, etc. bold at the lowest living prices, d w COMMEKCIAL. Journal Office, Aug. 13, 6 P. M. COTTON-New York futures closed steady: Spots quiet. Uplands 107-8; Orleans 11 1-8. FUTURES. August, 10.87 September, 10.81 October, 10.52 November, 10.37 DOMKSTIC MARKET. Turpentine Hard, 81.00; dip, 81.75. TAR 7oc. to S1.Q0. Corn 80c. Seed Cotton $3.50a3.50. 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 134c. per lb. Eggs 13c. per dozen. Fresh Pork 7a8c. per pound. Peanuts $1.00al.50 per bushel. Fodder 80c. to $1 per hundred. Onions $1.50a2.00 per bbl. Field Peas Hides Dry, 10c; green 5c. Tallow 6c. per lb. Uhickens Urown, 40a50c, ; spring auasuc. Meal 85c. per bushel. Apples 25a40o. per bush. Peaches $1.25al.50 per bush. Wool 12al7c. per pound. SniNGLES West India,dull and n m. inal; not wanted. Building 5 inch,! hearts, $3.00; saps, 81.50 per M. wholesale prices. New Mess Pork 818.50. L. C, F. Backs, and Bellies loalOJc. Shoulders Smoked, No. 2, 7ic. prime, 74c smoked Joles 5c. Lard 9a9Jc. Sugar 5a8c. Flour $3.25a7.00. Salt 90c. per sack. Molasses and Syrups 20a45c. Farm for Rent. I will offer to rent, to the highest bidder, at I the Court ntuse door In the City of New Heme, on Monday, September 1st, The Farm connected with and upon which the Comity Poor House Is situated, for one ear, The Board of Commissioners reserving the right to reject any and all bids. By order of the Board, JOSEPH NELSON, Clerk. Per B. B. BLACKLEDU E, aul2dtd Deputy Clerk. For Rent, THE HOUSE AND LOT at the corner of JolmBon and Middle streets, formerly occu pied by Dr. J. T. Honse. Apply to aulOtf F. DUFFY. CITY ORDINANCE. Chap. IX.. Sec. 10. No norson shall be al lowed to keep day or night more than two neaa oi cauie wuuin tne city limits, except hotel keepers, who are allowed to keep three; rroviueu, iuih ordinance biuui not apply to persons bringing cattle for sale, and who do not keep them on hand more than one week. The above ordlnnnce to be in full force un til October 1st. 1884. Parties ownlni more cattle than the above ordinance allows are tven five days to remove them from the cltr lmiui. an7d2w E. U. MEADOWS, Msyor. NOTICE. Valuable City Property FOR SALE. Pnrsuanttoan order of the Superior Court of Craven county, mode in a special proceed ing pending therein, In which J. J. Roberts and wife et als are plaintiffs and J. A. Uulon, B. M. Oulou and E. McK. Roberts are defend ants I will sell at tne oonrt House door In the city of Newbern, at TWELVE o'clock. M., on MONDAY, the EIGHTHday of SEPTEMBER, 1H94. at mono Auction iur casn Two lots of land In said oity: One lot being a part of lot 295 aa known In the plan of the city of Newbern a full description of which may be had bv reference to the petition filed In said Proceedings: The other lot beginning at the northeast corner of New and Hetcalf streets, running northwardly with Metealf street to Johnson street, thence eastwardly wHh Johnson street to the western line of tne newneru Acaaeraj s grounds, inence southwardly along said western line of said Newbern Academy's grounds and parallel with Metealf street to New street, thence westward i y witn New street to the begin ning: the same being lots Kos. 811 and 1130 as known In the plan of the city of Newbern witn ail improvements wereon commonly known as tne "ttODerraiToperty." ;., AUg. 4, IBM. . PHIL. HOLLAND. J . anSdwtd Commissioner. For Rent, THE STORE, DWELLING snd OUTBUILD INGS on the corner of Pollock and Norwood streets, now occupied by Wm. Colligan, eur. ruNWBBioii given Aug, t, APDlV to Jy26dtf O. HUBBS. en N i i i . ( on ch pk oj Ita GENUINE I n i Rich and bMjti ul 0s is "the. outsicI oj W pLjz, Ik CfiTEfiTS fi even mofe ftttl'actiV c,nd Pu f i4y o" bo. 10jmlinTokcco I I! ' qums mis. i The Genuine can always be rec ognized by trade-Mark ' of the BULL. Watch the papers for our large . advertisement; different portraits of leading men each time. W. 11. M0R11IS. F, MOItRIS. ' ESTABLISHED 1X17. J. J. BURGESS, of N- C, with W. H. MORRIS & SONS, Commission Merch'ts, Nos. 23, 25 & 27 Commerce St., ; " NORFOLK. VA. Specinl attention elven to sales of Cotton. Grain, Peanuts and Country Produce gene-:-rally. Liberal cash a dvances mode on con-, slgnments. Prompt returns and highest mar- net prices guaranteed, , aitt dw Uanl :i; ; v NOTICE. VALUABLE CITY PROPERTY POH SALEl: OTE on(t Cut Pursuant to a. iudemfint of tVi nrK.r)rV' 'v; Court of Craven county, In an action wherein i X Thos. A. Green et al are plaintills, and Kliza ! p , r W. BUsell et als are defendants, we will sell"75 at Public Auction at the Cou; t House door in . s " the Cttv f Newborn mi. TWPl.Vli n'nlb midday. MONDAY, the FIRST ilnv of HWl' '1 ( v .:v. TEMBKK.A.D. 1884, for cash- : -., ah tnose certain lots ot land situated on vi Middle, Neuse and Hancock streets, lu saloW i - " City of Newbern. and known and rHutin. gulshed in the plan of said city as lots Nnin- ' V bers Two Hundred and Kighty (280), Two ,' v - -Hundred and Eighty-one (2X1), Two Hundred 4 and Eighty-two (282), and Two Hundred anil -' - ' .suur-wuoc &oait wnu vile improvements ! ,: , - j thereon, known as theStanfj Property. - : - V. M. SIMMONS, " . ' ' . . . ; M. DBW. STEVENSON, ' ! dW . ..... Commissioners. ;.:! THE HENDERSON HOUS' ; ;' i Now under the management of THORNTON - , ' - I BROS. . in tirmA.rA4 tn fnmich ir.n,i i V. u 1 Lodging at reasonable rates..; ; j ( .-.? J.. ;,f - , . LIVERY STABLES, I "r,." vyUHVRUVtJ I'll uxuu i ' I transporting passengers to any nekhuoi lug town. . t THORNTON BROS., i Henderson House. Middle street, Jy23dwly New Berne, N.O,. t;v.