Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-10-20


us under many obligations. +
PAPER MILL WANTED. We notice day
OF two since forty bales of rags at Mr..
Chas. Ii. Keys, intended for Norther n
shipment. large portion of these rags
will probably be returned to this very port
in the form ofpaper. Now why not manu-
facture this paper here ? Why should our
publishers be compelled to purchase in
New York, or Baltimore,o or Raleigh Why
not supply our own market, and many
other towns in this State and North Caro-.
lima? 1t would give employment to sun
dry artisans who would in turn spend their
wages with our merchants and grocers.
Rags could be had here as cheap as else.
where, and we presume large amount of
waste cotton could be had in North Caro-
lima at very moderate terms. will not
some of our capitalists take this into con-
sideration ?
AN ATTRACTIVE CONCERT will be given
tomorrow night, by the scholars of the
CRANKY Street Methodist Church Sunday
school, the occasion being the celebration
of the nineteenth anniversary Of the orga"
nization of the school. Singing and reci>
tstiops will constitute the exercises, and
no little taste and skill ID nantes ted in the
selection of the m asical port ion of the pro.
gramme.
he presentation of certificates, pre-
mlums, and banners will constitute an in.
teresting feature OF the entertain tn ent, and
we trust thsre will BE- a large atten dance
of persoas not connected with the school.
Che programme and prices will be found in
our advertising columns.
PisroL SH1oriNa.-Some ex citement was
created at the circus on Monday night BY
the discharge of four pistol shots, in close
proximity to the canvass, during the per.
fornance. An investigation into the facts
showed that score or so of boys being
very troublesome to the keeper of one of
the side shows he with the assistance ofsome
OF his men and q citizen drove them off
Ore Of the boys, Tom Griffin by name, was
so abusive to the citizen that the latter
slapped his jaws, which so incensed Tom,
that retreating few PAGES, he drew re-
peater aad deliberately but Intellectually
fired four times at his assailant. The party
then treated the circus tent to heavy fusi-
lade of brickbats, one of the missiles
striking MIR. John Robinson, the proprietor
of the circus, on the leg. The disturbance
was at length quelled, but no arrests were
made.
FoR BosroN.-The fine steamer George
Appold, will leave her wharf for Boston at
noon on Friday, the 22d instant
VERY CARsLEss-Almost nightly the
police report find stores unlocked, thus al
fording at once ths opportunity Tor and
the temptation to THEFT. On Monday night
the store of Messrs. Staples d Peed ana
MIR. Gillett's hardware store were found
open, but fortunately nothing was missing.
At these stores had been robbed, as they
might have been by anyone, the robbery
would probably have been attributed to
the use of false keys. Our merchants can
not exercise too much caution in boiling
and barring, especially as the winter APP
proaches, when the temptations to thieve-
ry arc greatly increased.
UspEReoiNa REpAlns.-The schooner
Mary Morris, Captain Gray, and the oys-
ter sloop, Bold Commander, are on the
WAYS at Graves ship yard for repairs
The steamer N. P. Banks will be repaired
at the same place. We wish we could
chronicle more business among our ship
builders, for no port in the American con-
tinent offers such advantages for great
shipbuilding mart. The prohibit duties'
however, levee upon cordage, "copper" iron
and so many articles used in shipbuildings
fall wi b crushing weight on ths Ameri'
can builder, and has almost driven our
own ships from the ocean. AS the atten-
ton of Congress has, however, been called
to the subject, let us hope that these evils
will soon be mitigated if net entirely re
moved and that Norfolk will then reap the
benefit of the great natural advantages
which it enjoys.
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