The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-04-19
e.os.f,bserver Mr.. Branch Merri.

NeUs- 6bsercer Mr.. Branch Merri.
mon, brother of Hon. A. S. Merri-
mon, lied at Asheville, aged "A years,
For some years he had lived in Bal.
timore. Nv ithout doubt we have
fallen on hard times. Failures con-
tinue at the North and West. and
business IS far from being on good
AMI settled basis. The price of many
articles is below the cos. of profitable
production. and while the public is
benefited by cheap goods, the general
prosperity is affected by the losses
entalled on the producers. But then
spring trade is opening we'll, and n
better feeling is said to prevail.
Western Sentinel: Winston affords
exc. lent opportunities for any young
man who is casting around for a
place to locate and is willing to work.
Give the Twin City trial. You will
never have cause to pull up your pegs
and seek fairer or more propitious
fielis......A rowing band of Turks
with bears and monkeys have put in
their appearance and make day and
night hideous with drums and yelling
to entice the citizens into their rudely
constructed tents and what in every
81 nse Of the word can be called a
shOac. Salem is without q resident
lawyer and has been for many year.
Contentious and brawls seldom occur
aud legal gentleman would fn6 it
difficult to accumulate much hog and
a very little hominy if he depend
upon local patronage.
Nilsson Adcunce: Wilmington and
Clinton will have Geographic comma.
nicatiOn in two months. The Kin
ston Free Press has entered on its
second volume. We know of no paper
that has done SO we'll from its very
commencement. The President
caught five ten pound troct in Florida
" edne>day and his private secreta-
~ shot an aiiyator......It is reported
here that an inhuman negro mothe.
put her child on the Railroad track
near Toisnot few days ago to be
run over by the cars. >ome one
saved the baby ..... Ben Barnes, u
cOlored man, who lived on Mr.. VIM.
Barnes plantation. about eight miles
from Wilson, was burned to death
lie was hu ming brush few days
ago in field and his clothes beco III.
ing caught he could not escape. .....
We have been very fortunate in Sc.
curing 1he services OF an experienced
stenOgrapher who will hereafter fur
nish us with copious extracts from
DIR. Talmage's sermons every week.
when the doctor fills his pulpit. This
will, we think. add much to the inter.
est of the AdUunce.
WI Star: An italian cigar ped
dler, who gave his name as rrividad
CRUZ. was arrested yesterday for
petdlin2 cigars without license. 800.
We saw yesterday very old publ
cation in the shape Of a copy Of the
Laws Of North Carolina" printed
at Newbern in the reign Of George
H.. ana while Gabriel Johnston was
Governor of the Province. col
ored boy named Willis Hicks was ar
rested and lodged in the guard house
yesterday aiternoon.by Officer Smith,
for throwing recklessl, on the streets.
......Mr +. w. Kerchner has received
letter intimating the possibility of
visit at an early day from Senator
Il. Is. Vance, Of this State, and his
friend Sunset Cox, of New York. who
are thinking Of coming down here on
fishing venture.....Two colored
boys, who gave their names as Cad.
Lowery and b. Evans, were arrested
yesterday morning while engaged in
a fight on the streets. Evans was
taken to the guard house by Officer
Hays. but Lowcry shucked his coat
and skeda ldled, leaving the garment
in the hands OF the officer. "A man
named Henry 'Parham. a resident of
Robson county was run over and
Instantly killed by tram No. on the
Carolina Central Railroad, near Lau-
rinburg, Monday night, We learn
that the unfortunate man was very
much under the influence of LIQUOR
and lay down on the track aud fell
asleep.
Charlotte Journal Observer: Re.
pairrnan Lanier went to Hamlet last
evening to run the wires into the new
warehouses;. MIR. Thomas Fincan.
non, who lived ON Mr.. ". b. Withers'
River View platation, in this county.
died few days ago from injuries re.
celved by a kick from a horse.
That lively little town in this country
known as Piheville, is something OF
a cotton market. The receipts at that
place since September 1st, 1882.
amount to five thousand palps.
Calvin Young. colored. alias CALVIN
Grier, attempted to forge an ortier
on X. Z. Grler of Providence town.
ship few days ago, tut the forgery
was most too patent and the negro
was foiled.......A painful accident DC.
Cured at the Lincoln,on depot yes
tertlay morning to Spence Baker.
train hand in the employ of the Car
Dina Central Railroad. Baker w:s |
engaged in some sort of work about
the engine while it was in motion,