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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-16

A suitable Xmas present for your
father, brother or sweetheart is box
of Geo. w. Childs cigars.
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7 w. Blake
andsoPTlclAN. RaIeIqh. n. c.
Stockholders Meeting.

THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS TANK,
RALE1sH, N ~, Oef H. 1896
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of this bank will he held at sheil Banking
House In the city OF Raleigh on Tuesday,
january 18th, 1887 at $40 p. M.
B. s. JEEMAN, Cashier
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Prof. g. O. Garriott, the famous piano
tuner, of Baltimore, is now In the city.
Orders can be left at Darnell and
Thomas Music store, la Fayetteville
street, or Brnnson House.
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NEW IDEAS.

"FLOwING ENDS" Regular 75c neck
wear All shades and colors just out. bought
especially for holiday trade. EVERYBODY should
see them. Our price, 5OC.
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WANTED.

Registered drag clerk wants position
Address b., care News and Observer,
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GALE AND GET IT.

| have customer who wants TO iene
$500 on city real estate.
@. @. MDONALD.
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w. G.. Mebane g. Co, Greensboro, i
G., will suppls the trade with Geo. w
Child's cigars
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-16

A sure cure for blues-the Geo. w.
Child's cigar.
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WANTED.

Position by registered pharmacist. Ad-
dress, Robt Sledge, Leaksville, n. @.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-16

DR.. NJ. NJ. Marshall went up to HIS
boro yesterday morning to be present at
the marriage Of Mrs w. Il. Shepard or
Edenton, to Miss MIG dred Cameron.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-16
VIZ ARE READY.

For the Holiday Season with the most
attractive line of Books, Games, Leather
Goods and Silver novelties shown in the
city. Mail ORDERS given prompt and care
full attention. Cali and examine our
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ASK TO SEE THESE.

so dozen Tecks, Puffs, Scarfs and Four-in-
Hands, Ties in light col0rs suitable memen-
toes Of christmas 50e kind for Csc,
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COMPETITION RATIFIED.

We have made extra preparations in the
Glove Department, and now offer 81 dozen OF
81 and ST. 30 quality, black and colored Kid
Gloves same as we had once before, al
only soc.
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a Question
Of Intention.

While S0eriff Tim Lee was living at the
Memmenger place, which was ont of town. a
city elt ct on took pace. Ia was very close
in The cid Third, and when Timothy pre-
sentsd his ballot ii was prompt chal-
lenged by the Democratis pollhUlder. who
said:
Tim yop live out of town, and you have
no right to vote here"
Tim very biandIy replied: "Me fFind, Won
are mistaken: ii IL simply QUESTION at In
tintion as TO where man lives. tits true.
stay with my wife and children ia the couu-
try, but it Is my mention to i've TT the iail.
as am the Sheriff of the county
You have heard OF tine mighty bad nlace,
the road to which is D we'd with good fntEn
tions 1t You have been nelptng in that dt
rection take our advtce and turn about,
see how raanv people you can make happy
and enjoy your money v lille you are here,
for when you di. you may stay dead a Ion g
time.
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Dress Shirts (real Modras), all sizes, de
tached cuffs, from the largest manufacture
in the country. Cheap at 81. Our price T5c
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-16

II. ". Deaton sells Geo. w. Child's
cigars.
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ALFREI1 WILLIAMS & CO,
Booksellers and Stationers.
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JUST RECEIVED

10 dozen Club Ties for young gentlemen,
styles fancy, snowy and loud, regular Alc
goods, at G5c
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-16

w. H. King & Co. sell the famous Geo
w. Child's cigar.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-16

We Haven't Week We onv Invite
and Comparison Values and cnstv 9
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SOUTHERN RAILWAYS NEW
YORK AND FLORIDA LIMITED
TRAIN

On January 18th, 1897, the Southern
Railway Company will resume operation
of it's magnificent New York and Flor
ida Limited" These trains will run
solid between New York and Florida
points, and will be composed exclusively
OF Pullman cars, on which the regular
Pullman fares win be charged in addi-
ton to the railroad fare.
a'Geo. w. Child's cigars generously
good"
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FOR SALE.


FOR SALE.
The best stock of Drugs in Raleigh.
Patent and Proprietary Medicines. Toll
ct Articles. Huylers Candy and Hot
Soda. Apply to
w. Fl. KING & CO.,
Corner Fayetteville and Hargett SITS.
r. S.-Saln to be on installment. Any
amount from sc. up.
Messrs. Wynne & Birdsong sell the
Geo. w. Child's cigar.
carry a full line of DR.. Earl $. Sloan's
great Remedies.
Sloan's Liniment cures Rheumatism.
VIM. SIMPSON, Druggist.
The celebrated Geo. w. Child's cigars
are on sale at Robt. Simpsons.
We are making daily
Peanut Brittle,
Butter Cups,
MoI0ses Taffy,
Boston Chips.
A. D. RoYsTER & BRO.
WANTED.
Salesman to handle Lubricating Oils,
Greases, end specialties as a side-line.
Liberal terms to reliable parties. Ad-
dress. The A. r.. Trimmins OIL Co,
Cleveland, Ohio.
The Geo. w. Child's cigar is on sale
at Hicks & Rogers drug store.
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Bargains in

Plaid Silk Searfs Hemstitched 25c.
Piaid silk windsor Ties, 2ec.
Plaid Silk Boas, csc.
Silk Carriers. Garter Buckles. Knit
Skirts, Breakfast Shawls.
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MARGUERITE"

This brand Of Kid Glove is warranted
against any iYaperfection of material or
workmanship. Money refunded or new pairs
given for defective ones. Richly worth 81 so
Our price, 81 90
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KID GLOVE 8.

Four-button "Falkos, p" all sizes and eolOrs,
Tans Reds, States and Blacks, the equal of
any 81 glove, for T5c.
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WANTED.
800 loads of manure.
w. r.. TUCKER.
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Messrs. Wynne & Birdsong sell the
Geo. w. Child's cigar.
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GENTS HANDKERCHIEF

Hemstitched Initial Handkerchief, pure
japanese silk. full sizee CSC
Large size, open nets, initial, SOC
Brocade, satin and Silk Muffiers, 75c
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-16

The celebrated Geo. w. Child's cigars
are on sale at Robt. Simpsons.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-16
HOLIDAY SELLE rs.

The latest New York fad is BLACK CA,
SCARF PINS. Shown only by us. Price 8
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UMBRELLA COMBINATION.

Umbrella and Walking ane Steel Stats
tight roller, detachable handle, easily packed
in trunk, already boxed.
Prices, 81, SIS, SIS, pair
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-02-07
An Americas Kxperiment.
A 9So,0oO Apple Tree

An expensive apple tree stands on the
Albert Smith farm In South Strabana
Township. near Washington, Pa II
has cost Its owner over $4,000. In 1887,
when the Smith poolgushers com
menced 10 break the oil market and
ruin SPECTATORS, the company which
held the lease on the Smith farm de-
eided TO locate a well near the boundary
line Of the Cameron and Smith prop
critics.
The owner Of the land objected to the
location, claiming that II made on the
spot chosen a favorite apple tree would
have to be cut down. The manager Of
the drilling company, believing that the
location was q promising one, decided
TO gain his end and get even with the
troublesome landowner at the same
dine.
He had the timbers hauled = few feet
shanged the intended positions Of the
derrick and boiler house. placed them
lust across the line on the Cameron
farm and drilled the hole within a few
feet OF the original location The vel
produced 1900 barrels of oil per day
A large percentage of this petroleum
must have come from under the Smith
farm, but the hole was on Cameron
and. and he, Of course, received thu
foyaity. The well 10 still producing o.
and the Camerons' share Of the outpua
has reached over $4,000.
The apple tree still lives. but has beez
ruined b. he ~cioseness Of the we'll
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-02-07

Mrs. Augusta Schwarz, aged 4S,
widow Of Anton Schwarz, a wealthy
Brooklyn brewer who died in Decem-
her last, committed suicide by shoot
ing.
Ill health prompted Samuel Edwards,
a Baltimore, Nd, grocer, 50 years, to
drown himself.
The Iowa Senate has passed a bill
making II q crime to manufacture or
sell cigarettes in that State, and the
House will also pass the bill.
Lawyer Frank j.. Bischoff, brother
Of Justice Bischoff, of the New York
Supreme Court, has been arrested on
a charge of misappropriating $500
belonging to Rosalie Miller.
While insane from the excessive use
OF morphine, DR.. Charles West, OF
Clairsville, O., fed from his home
at midnight and ran ~ miles through
d rain storm to Wheeling, W. Va. !
The first experiment with an cleo
trio motor on the Brooklyn bridge will
be made.
An escaped circus leopard at Gin
~cinnati seriously wounded John G,
Robinson, Bon of the manager.
John Bowen, a Boston mining engi-
peer, shot and killed Herman Stun
berg, a ranchman, at Zacatecas,
Mexico.
Engineer E. A. Callahan and Fire.
man Sidin, of the Norfolk and West
ern Railroad, were seriously injured in
a wreck near Renova.
In a crowded Chicago saloon, with
the pianist playing the Swedish ma
tional air, John Malmberg, a.young
Swede, blew his brains out.
A Chinese agent has come to the
Pacific coast for 30, 900, 600 feet of lum-
Der for the construction and repair Of
Government buildings.
Five-year-old Calvin French and z
year-old Harry Evans, of Grand Rapids,
Mich, were drowned in Grand River
while watching ice cutters.
William Deering, a farmer near
Tompkins Centre, Mich, shot and fa-
tally wounded his wife and then shot
himself. He will recover.
For S8 hours Mrs. Emma r. Steiner,
the only woman operate conductor
In the country, has been kept alive by
means Of, powerful stimulants.
Four children of William Ship,
three Of Alexander Gotsi and I'M OF
Edward Kinski were mysteriously poi
soned at CollinsyilIe, Conn. ALI will
probably recover.
Mr.. Ernest Royalson, claiming to be
a member of a prominent Pennsylva-
mia family, is in Mexico searching for
her husband, who deserted her six
years ago, taking $4,000. 2
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-02-07
Pennsylvania
~sss.-- Items.

Joseph Fluri was convicted at Wilkes.
barre of a brutal assault on the five-
year-old daughter of Henry Bloch.
Edward herman, a Pittsburg postal
clerk, accused OF robbing the mail,
made a successful break for liberty
while waiting with an inspector for the
elevator.
The Deputy Attorney General has
decided that under the provisions Of
the Pure Food law of 1895, coffee can
not be sold compounded with chicory
or other substances. 4
An express train at Wilkesbarre
snuffed out the life of little George
Povich.
George H. Dana, of Bradford, re-
ports the Kentucky and Tennessee oil
fields 10 in q booming condition.
A painung by a great artist, Thomas
Hoyenden, sold at a Norristown church
fair for a paltry $50.
Convicted of q serious assault upon
q little girl in Luzerne County, Joseph
Fluri was sent to prison for Is years.
While snooung muskrats at Fort
Washington, Brooks Espenship's gun
exploded %shattering his arm and break
ing his leg. 5
Allegheny City will filter its water.
Four streams of water ars being
poured constantly into the blazing Pet
tebone coal mine.
Hugh Dempsey may return to work
in Carnegie's Homestead steel mill.
The Standard Oil Company is erect
ing chestnut telegraph poles along its
pipe lines in this State.
Mrs. Peter Nellis, accused at Erie of
trying to kill her husband with poison,
has had a preliminary hearing.
State Superintendent Of Schools
Schaeffer has prepared a new edition of
the public school laws of Pennsyiva-
mia.
A quarrel with a waiter at Pittsburg
for one cent, cost Officer Joseph Kelly
just $3.50 before he got through Court.
Robert Struthers, a young man OF
Oil City, fell upon a piece of iron, cut
ting the jugular vein and bleeding to
death. /
Eagle Hill coal mine at st. Clair is
on fire.
Brakeman L. G. Peters wal run over
and killed by a Pennsylvania train near
Altoona.
Stepping in front of a train at Eas-
ton Jacob +. Richter's life was snuffed
out instantly.
Being chastised, 8. Williams. a West
Pitiston miner, shot at Coal Inspector
George Bryant three times but missed
him.
The strike at the Eleanor Iron
Works, Hollidaysbu rg. was declared
off, the puddlers returning to work at
the former price, S3Ia ton.
John White and his wife Amelia. at
Wilkesbarre, have separated after IA
years of welded lifel she claiming tina,
he has been living with another wife
80 years. 2
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-02-07

Tranquility has been restored in the
Province Of Bsrranquilla, Ia the State
Of Bolivar, Colombia, and the state OF
siege proclaimed there . few days ago
has been raised.
Nazif Pasha, who was Turkish
Minister of Finance until a short time
been ago, has reappointed to that Office.
By am explosion on the English
steamer British Army, at Barry, in the
British Channel, two men were killed
and Ave injured.
In the German Landtag the Gov
eminent was thanked for putting a
stop to the business methods of the
American Insurance Companies. which
had grown wealthy through Prussian
clients. 4
The relations between Germany and
England do not show any signs of inn
provement. particularly since it became
known that the diplomatic efforts OF
England have been directed towards
involving Italy in the arrangement be-
tween Russia and Turkey and in an
agreement independent of Germany
and Austria.
1t is said that Germany recently in-
vited Russia and other Powers TO
cooperate with her in q plan hostile to
the British occupation Of Egypt. Rus.
STA refused to accept the proposal.
1t is stated that DR.. Won Boetticher,
Secretary of the German Imperial
Home Office and Representative of the
Chancellor, will resign.
Eight persons were killed and so in
jured by the collapse Of q church in
Maulevrier, France.
A Japanese Imperial proclamation
has been issued declaring Formosa open
to commerce. !
The British warship Mohawk was
hastily Despatched from Kingston, Ja-
macia, TO Havana. There was a belief
in Kingston that there had been a re-
volt among the Spanish volunteers IN
the Cuban capital.
The British warship Blenheim, with
the body of Prince Henry of Batten-
berg ON board, arrived at Plymouth.
England has referred to France for
approval ltsly's request that she be
allowed passage for her troops through
Zoila, on the somali coast.
1t 10 said that Porte 10 negotiating
with the German banking house Of
Bleichroder for a loan OF $4,000, 000
francs.
France hopes to profit by the cool
ness which has arisen between Eng
land and Germany, and expedite Eng
lands evacuation of Egypt.
Ambassador Bayard will resign il
the resolutions of censure are passed
by the House of Representatives 2
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-02-07
wife More rnan Queen.

The marriage OF Queen Victoria,
then only 20 years Of age, to Prince
Albert of Saxe-Gotha. was it Is well
known, q verttable love match, but
for some years the royal lady found
some difficulty In Teconciling her
sense Of dignity and her wifely affec.
tion. The story goes that q day,
after a little disagreement Her
Majesty having expressed herself In
rather q despotic tone, the Prince,
whose manly self-respect was smart
ing at her words, sought the seclu-
sion OF his own a~partmentA closing
and locking the door after him.
In about Eve minutes some one
knocked at his door.
sWho is itps inquired the Prince.
sit is L Open 70 the Queen Of
EnRlandl" haughtily responded Her
Majesty.
There was no reply. After a long
interval there came . gentle tapping
and the low spoken words:
..It is I. Victoria, your wifei"
And then the door was opened and
the young bride was clasped in her
husbands armR-Sydney Cowell In
Tammany Times.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-02-07

Both political parties have selected
their candidates for borough offices,
and every good citizen hopes the best
men will win.
The st. Lawrence River is only
IT'S miles long, but if the lake system
is counted in 1t reaches for 1000
miles.
-Itis estimated that ~forty-six thou
sand out Of 346, DOC, 900 Of outstanding
greenbacks have been destroyed, and
will neye be presented for redemp-
ton.
-Nutmegs are the stone of fruit
found in a heehy hull. They : pre-
pared by being hulled, dried and i'm
mersed in a solution of lime and salt
water.
Apples, grapes and bananas are
rich in nutritious elements, and do not
contain anything which causes the
ossifying blockades in the system.
There is a smith family in Ohio
with peculiar given names. The father
is the Rev. Jeremiah Prophet Elijah
Smith. His sons are named Most No
bic Festus and Sir Walter Scott Bart,
and his daughters Juan FernandeS ISL
| and and Terra Del Fuego.
"A handsome memorial brass toDr.
| Parke, who accompanied Mr. Stanley
in his last expedition, has been put up
in the parish church at the dead Off
GERS birthplace, Kilmorey, Ireland,
Mr.. Stanley and his companion, Lieu
tenant Mounteney Jephson, are the
donors.
CHARLES A. Tyler has been a New
York letter carrier for fifty years. and
has met many prominent men from
Henry Clay down to the present
day.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-02-07

No man who has once heartily and
wholly laughed al be altogether and
rreciaimable u~epraved.
There are some things which evcn
the young people do not know.
a man who studieth revenge keeps
his own wound green, which otherwise
would heal and do well.
Love labor, for, If thou dost not
want it for food, thou masst for
physic.
1t is harder work holling back when
n starts going down the hiilthan It 10
to get mp when one starts going
up.
/ don't like to talk much with people
who always agree with me. 1t Is anus
ing to coquette with an echo for . little
wniie, but one soon tires Of it
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-02-07

Womsn DO not take seriously to liter
stnrs until they hare passed the trade
iasts ara "a
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-02-07

Sayboy-I want to make q match
Madge.
Gayboy-Why don't you do lit
Sayboy-Her father says 1t takes
money to start a match factory IN his
Observation-Disclosures Inquirer.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-02-07

A man likes to think that when he
makes up bis mind, nothing on earth
can move him
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-02-07

PRor. McCosH Of Princeton, con-
fesses that he doesn't know what q
whangdoodle is. 1t is thus seen that
even the greatest men have their
limitations
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-02-07
a Matter Of birthplace.

II should have you know, sir, that |
am a Londoner, as l was born in Lon
don"
"But /, sir, was born in Cork and .
am a Corkeri"-Boston Globa
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-09-15
POLICE SUSPICIOUS.
Miss SOrcnSOn May Have Been
FOully Dealt With.
Months Wages, Which She Had
With Her, Have Disappeared.

NARRAaANsETT PIER, r. l., Sept. l5.-
The victim of last nights drowning acci-
dent was identified this morning as Miss
Julia Sorenson, q German woman, "a
years of age, whose home was 200 West
10th street. New York, and VINO was en-
ployed as a governess at the Sherry COT
tages here. Joseph Laline, one Of
Sherrys' managers, identified the body,
and he stated that Miss sorenson had
planned to GO to her home yesterday ana
that he had purchased her ticket. This
information caused the police Mt once to
start an investigation and 1t has been
Learned that before the young women
left the house where she was staying yes
terday he packed the trunk and had
everything In readiness for her intended
return 10 New York. Moreover, her
months wages amounting to s25, were
paid her as she started for her walk k'.along
tue ocean drive. This money is missing
and the fact has led many to express a
suspicion that her death may not have
heen purely accidental. These develop
ments have exited great interest mere and
the.matter will DO thoroughly looked
into.
The woman:wss unusually pretty and
attractive, besides being we'll educated.
Mr.. Kline states that she could converse
readily in several languages.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-09-15
HOLMES WAS FINED.
Conducted His Own Defence In
Case for Assault.
Other Cases Disposed Of In the Disirlc,
Court This Morning.

The case against William Holmes, col
ored, for making an assault on Joseph
st. Angelo, an Italian. was more of
the principals could not be restrained
by Judge Sweetland. st. Angelo claimed
that the row began in his barn on Bark
street, while Holmes claims that Ii was
on the street. Both talked together.
Holmes con Quoted his own case, and
said that he was the victim Of bad
gang. and that ell Of the witnesses for
St. Angelo were drunk when the alleged
assault was committed. He was fined rs
and costs and was told to keep away from
Bark street. Holmes was particularly
pleased from the fact that His Honor
Judge sweetland said that St.Angelo was
hard character, and had been before
the court several times. Captain Stevens
said so far as he knew st. Angelo had
never been arrested. but the Judge told
him that his memory did not 60 back
far enough.
George Brown, colored, for making an
assault upon Michael Doyle, was fined 80
and costs.
Frank Walton, 13 years old, was sent to
the reform school during minority for
stealing a stamp from the North Main
Street Public Market.
Michael Kneeland, was fined 81 and
costs for making an assault on Patrick
Barry.
Mamie Ross waived examination on
the charge OF keeping house Of ill-fame
on Oliver street and was held for the ac-
tion OF the grand jury in the sum OF fl0Oo
Lucy Windsor was adjudged insane and
was committed to the state Asylum.
Patricls ]. Sexton pleaded net guilty to
the charge OF stealing a coat and vest
from Thomas X. Covell and was held un-
til Friday for trial.
ID. Driscoll was sent to State farm for
six months for being . common drunk
ard.
Alexander Sweeney, who under the
name Of Alexander Sweden was con-
victed yesterday morning OF driving
horse faster than an ordinary pace,
pleaded guilty to over driving . horse
owned by w. q. Nichols and was fined
S15 and costs.
Frank Slavin, the well known teamer,
pleaded not guilty to the charge OF using
a horse unfit for labor and was held un-
til Friday for trial.