The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-03-08

butter in warm weather-it won't |
do to have too much on hand at
once.
Reporter A complimentary din
ner, to the pupils and friends of the
Graded School, will be given at the
Far grounds on Friday March 23rd,
by the eEterprising citizens of this
place and vicinity.
Turboro Guide: Duncan C. Win
sion passed on yesterday en- route for
Raleigh, to get charter for a new
railroad from the Cashine river to
suffolk. It is proposed to connect at
williamson with A. & r. Il. X.
Sante Fe, Mexico. is the oldest
town settled by Europeans on the
american Continent. 1t will cele.
brate in July next its $3.50 anniver-
sary. Rev. DIR. Richard S. Storrs,
the grea: Brooklyn orator, is to de.
liver the address.-EG.
The Forty Eight Congress will
have 1871 democrats, 119 republicans,
Is Mahonites. Independents, 2
Greenbackers,2 vacancies ;tota | 1925
democrats majority over republicans
u; democrats majority over all
59.-EG.
The Ashevi1e Ne,vs says that there
were two fires in Ashville on 25th
Feb. one at o'clock in the morning
in the house o: DR.. Hilliard, and the
other at 8 O'clock at night in the
house of Rev. DR.. Burton. The dam
age was not serious in either case.
Wi1miqnton Star: DIR. F. w. Pot
ter. Superintendent of Health, reports
"a deaths in this city for the month
of February just past, of which mum.
kc-a were whites and Is colOred 5 of
the latter having died of consumption
which is considered somewhat re-
markable fact.
LenksviUe Guzette of March 2
says: "a telegram received here last
Sunday night brought the intelli-
gence of the death of Judge Cloud.
From the best information, gathered
by our reporter, he was on his way
home from Florida, and died very
suddenly upon the train, some sixty
miles from Charlotte"
Wilmington Star: We hear that
no choice of president for Trinity
College has been made. The trustees
are looking over the field in search
of the right man. Make haste slowly
is a good rule in such cases. The
trustees of Wake Forest are biding
Their time also. and after awhile the
successor to DR.. Pritchard will be de-
termined upon.
The Gear has ordered 100000
pies for his coronation dinner. The
banqu.ting table will be eleven
miles in length, the brass bands will
number 900 instruments, and when
the national anthem is sung 5000
trained voices will join in the chorus.
Nihilistic performances are not pro
vided for i n the programme.
Hereafter no matter can be for
warded in the mails after it reaches
its original address, without new
prepayment of postage. except letters
which have one full rate paid thereon
namely. three cents. and newspapers
or other periodicals from one postof-
fee to another which is in the same
county where the paper to be forward
ed is published and in whole or in
part printed.
Wilmington Star: The press
| type and other material for the week.
ly paper soon to be started at
Smlthville arrived on the steamer
Regulator and went down the river
Friday ON the steamer Minnehaho.
Among those interested in the enter
prise are the Harper Brothers, (may
they become as famous as their
namesakes of New York;, Mr.. Par
ker, the Signal Officer, and Mr.. Thos.
Savage.
Rocky Mount Reporter: Among
the enterprises of Rocky Mount.
there is none that deserves more sue
cess than the Rocky Mount Iron
works, owned and managed by
Messrs. S. K. Fountain and w. B.
rravlor. These gentlemen are hand
workers and are using their every
effort to please their customers. Their
prices are as low as those Of any
foundry in the South and their goods
are made of the best and most sub
stantial material. Our merchants
would do we'll to handle the Rocky
Mount Turn and Cotton Plows.
Washington Gazette: tits consid.
cred by those be st Informed in Leg
islative matters that the Constitution.
al limit of sixty days affords suffi-
cient time for the transaction
of all necessary business. However
this may he, it is certain that a large
portion of the present session has
been occupied by the passage of pri-
vate bills of purely local character.
The tendency has been as usual to
postpone important bills until near
the close of the session. This is
wrong in principle and is detrimen-
tai to wise legislation.
Goldsboro Messenger, March 2: A
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