The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-03-15
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Thursday, March Is, 1883.
Local Items.
u.|ifax court next week.

-Ferry's Garden Seeds at ..
hollis Il Bros.
Another fire alarm in town Tues |
evening. 1t was not serious. !
Seed Potatoes, Apples, Oranges |
Lemons at Nichols Bros.
We ere indebted to Senator
osom for copy Of Congressional Di- |
tory.
There were eighty thousand
nile at the funeral of Alexander
phens,
Fresh Link Sausage received
,rv week and for sale by E n. Nelson.
mars274t
Mr. James w. Lynch. of w eldon.
d on 2nd inst, after lingering illness
1t is said that Speaker Rose l.
TITLED to Honorable hereafter, and we
o inclined to think SO too.
And now Palmyra is incorpora-
h. it is to be hoped that Saturday
phts will be more quiet there.
Mai. S. T. Wright, of Tarhoro'
G.. committed suicide in Fremont
buse, Broadway, 81 y, on 2nd inst.
LRev. J. f. c. Barham, of War
ton. \. c.. says: Il find Browns
Ritters thorough and complete
ic.''
IA hundred suano carts in town
Saturday. Is it for cotton or for
n: But why ask we know 1t Is ior
ton.
.Call to see Noah Briggs & Co., to
chase your fertilizers. They keep ali
thc leading trahds-over hundred
on hand at present.
Train fall fer the week ending
rch Il 1888. 100 inc,r. Highest range
Thermometer. SIS lowest range OF
fmometer, 25',
~, +. ). Williams, Of Greens
70. ,-at---~sz-: -Prown.s Iron BIT
g permanently cured ilt o. >->1i
te case of dyspepsia.
Rev. J. B. lay lor,o " i!mington,
- offered his resignation as pastor 81 the
Ijrst Baptist Church in that city. His
iel5sienatiGn takes effect on 18th OF July.
1913
Go to Z. II. lights barber
Lon, in postotfice building. You'll fee
ftter. look better. and have pieasan
Inc at home and elsewhere till you neet
wing again.
sH THE Legislature has adjourned
1kere are various comments on the work
Is of the body. The News and Oh
yer compliments them. while al
stern exchange recently suggested tina
III Grissom ought to have charge of then
while.
"a Noah Riggs & Co.. are prepared
s. fun nish either by retail or in whole sal
hts. W I. Blackwell & Cos genuin
0urham Tobacco. The former reputatio
i this high grade of smoking tobacco
efficient to commend it to your use
then we assure you that this reputation
4 still maintains.
III COMMONWEALTH is in Nee
Df a musical editor. We have receive
fom a riend who is always at his pos
10 hiss Office, an instrument of more tina
nl lodious tone. He intends that W
bhali have music in the spring-time,
i not ''o'er the hill.' Thanks, Capt
D." Trot US in HARP next time.
We learn that a man in Cumbel
land county became alarmed at the pre-
Elections for the storm OH Friday last. an
dug cave as place of retreat. He wa
not the only one who was exercised O
the subject, for a we'll known yoic
aroused us from slumber at quite a lat
hour, asking us if we heard Virgins
storm raging outside.
In the early Spring fresh gree,
garden always attracts the eye of an ad
mirer of the beautiful. Then call to Sc
Noah Biggs 4 Co., and get your garde
seed, that you may be first in the season
They have large stock, and can furnis
any kind YOU wish. They also have OF
hand quite variety of the best Irish Pc
tatoes.
On last Sunday night, at 81
o clock, the alarm of fire was given. an,
was Don learned to be the house of Fred
bl!lupS, colored man living near DR.
tails residence. The house caught from
the chimney and sufficient help was no
al hand to save the house. All the prom
erty was saved. Fred. had locked hi
Children up during the day and left then
long enough to go to church, and tn
house had caught twice during the day.
Gov. Vance is rather hard o.
" estern North Carolina. His latest
On blg-footed man up there. A mul
refused to carry any one ON his back, bu
worked well III cart, wagon: and said big
looted mountaineer took the job of ridin
the unruly beast. At first, the mu]
tired the same trick on the new rider tn:
he had with every one before. but seein
the teet of the rider protruding we'll o,
III front, he took them for wagon->haf.
and moved off ouia,ly c,,,o,;