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Vol. 1.
Greenville, N. C., December 27, 1894.
Local Trains and Boat Schedule.
train going
Passenger and mail .
Going South,
North, arrives 8:22 A. M.
arrives 6:37 P. M.
North Bound Freight, arrives 9:45 A.
M., leaves 10:15 A. M.
South Bound Freight,
M., leaves 2:11 P. M.
Steamer Myers strives from Wash-
ington Monday, Wednesday and Friday,
leaves for Washington Tuesday, Thurs-
day and saturday.
arrives 1:51 P.
a ecel
Weather Bulletin.
Screened
Friday fair, colder.
HIS CLOTHES ON FIRE.
A Young ManTs Narrow Escape
From Death.
gam a rR
(Special to Reflector.)
Tansporo N. C., Dec. 27."Last
~night at a Christmas tree here
Mr. Luther Bryan had a narrow
escape from being burned to
death. He was dressed in cotton
acting as Santa Claus and while
walking near the tree his suit
~on fire, the flame going
over him like a flash. Parties
rushed to his assistance and by
keeping the fire from his mouth
When turned
loose he could not. stand alone.
caught
gaved his life.
His burns are very severe.
THB PARKER-WRIGRT NUP- 4 Besides these new. buildings
e aa ic), Saleem ae jthere has been considerable re
LS ois emi -|pairing and painting done during
{pein to Retector) bet je sanall ropair jobs alone
10:30 0 in the Baptist church;/and much has been done by other} "-
, Miss
4
Year.
No better evidence can be
of the growth of a town
the
up,
to let
buildings from him :
BR. Greene, residence
Hooker & Bernard, prize
house
H. C. Edwards, residence
Public School House
A. J- Gniffin, cottage
Presbyterian Church
Mrs. H. T. Daniel, cottage
* * tenant house
Zeno Moore, residence
A. GC. Nobles, residence
ing mill and prizery,
Elliott Bros., remodelling
cottage ms
R. A- Tyson, remodelling
GREEN VILLETS GROWTH. .
Her Building Record for thc Past
j
given
than in
number of buildings going
and the REFLECTOR desiring
the people know what
Greenville had done in this line
auring the past year hunted up
Contractor W. J- Cowell and ob-
tained the following list of new
W..H. Whita, residence $3,000
Forbes & Moye, Piunters ae
Warehouse ~ 1,850
Miss L. F. Cherry, residence 575
sou} can make you better .
2,500, PYicesthanany arm "
1.600 in Greenville.
o\Remember this is on
1,800) until the ist day of
oso) «=Ssi« MW aMnuary,1895.-
500 =
W. H. Ragsdale, residence 1,600
Moses King, 3 tenant houses 600
Then there have
ll houses built:
oH. A. Suiton, cottage - 400} ee
-) ee residence ged SEAS et
. J. Perkins, two cottages 9.00) : eee
Mrs. King, addicion to hutel 800} FOR THE ee
Mrs. M. D: Higgs, residence 575).
600
J: R. Moore, 2 tenant houses 50}
Greenville Lumber Co., plan- _
1,200
225
Time Growing Shore
To get the benefitofthe
CLOTHING! |
You had better make ~
haste oryou will
Dry
reduction I am
makingon .
Shoes, Hats,
GentsT Furnishings
are inthe reduction. I
FRANK WILSON.
'
NEXT TWO
os.
Reduction will be mad
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DAILY REFLECTOR.
DD, J. WHICHARD, Editor.
Subscription 25 cents per Month.
Entered as second-class mail matter.
LOOKING BACKWARD.
Leading Event of a Memorable
, Twelve Month.
PEE YEAR 18H PASSED. DN REVIEW, | 2x
Failures, Casualties. Crimes, For
eign and Industrial Happen-
ings, Meteorology, Politi-
ocal, Social and Sporting
Events Chronologi-
cally Recorded.
fag. ae persons in railroad
:
Alg. 2"Five by cloudburst at Walde, Tex.
Bre 2"In forest fires in Minnesota, Wis-
and Michigan 466 perished.
Sep. 17"Five in fire in Washington.
Sep. 21"Oyclones in northern Iowa and
sou Minnesota killed 70 people.
ze? at kmh ome in colfision on Lake Huron....
Six on Lake
eo"Five pope railway wreck near
Ww a Noten diowaea drowned by reckless
dri of oSusee ted man at Chaska, Il.
Oct. "_. cyclone at Little Rock. Ark.
Oct. 8"Fi by , bad. vaoston "oe trea
ve e on at
wood, Mich.
8 gy by falling of two houses: in
Oot. 10"Six ew. Seok ty collapse of ~an
anfinished
Oct. 11"Five by botler explosion at Shemo-
mena = in wreen @ stcamer
Oct. by capsizing of a schooner at
Delaware
ash., 16 in hotel fire..
Lebanon, Ind.
Oct. uffocated in a tenement-
house fire sin New York.
Nov. 7"Six in railway collision near Rock-
wood, Pa.
Nov. 14"Eight persons in Tennessee forest
_Nov. 17"Bight by capsizing of barge at Char-
lotte, Fla. as .
oo ae em colway wreck near Lar-
Nov. 7 aed mine explosion at Collier's
. ng eee w.v
Nov. 20"Six he utuiting of achecnst-in Den:
harbor.
Dec. 10"Seven drowned in 6 ee
-. oTen persons bitten by med dog at Mount
ernon.
Dec. 17" Srmaree perished in Sames at Gartt-
Me....Over sallors drowned during
calc . 18 Five i by bowler explosion at
est Bay City. ; "
al i
~lare invited to beeome subscribers.
to oe a
Se Scene eatinitinn tr ttm
Mitchell, of Ric Tex., o"- t Houston.
Feb. 27"Anderson
pomery shot in jail at Mountain Home, Ark.,
or murder.
Mar. Serre oun Biosenter kitiel wife dour ohti-
dren and self at Dolgeville, N. Y.... Four killed
in fight near ~8. C6.
Apr. Two in election row in Kansas
City, Mo., between Catholics rr members of
American Pro A pee y Se pg may
Apr. 4"Thirty killed in fight in Cheyenne
cou
aries Jones, pane poe» ch ges Ky.,
19"Dock Bisho
near Watonga.,
11"Gus Meeks, wife and two children
m at Browning, ste. bY _mnem pouinas
whom they were to appear in court as wit-
May nie s8~"Kloorals Rose. murderer of Assistant
ee ow gong Kuhl at Corton wood Falls, Kan,
June 2"Alexander McCurdy, who had terri-
bly mutilated his ste Settee, Charles Berry,
lynched at Golden. Cal....Hill and Parker,
murderers, lynched at Colfax, Wash.
June i14"Johann Kauffman killed wife,
three children and a at Cramp Hill, N. J....
George ong killed wife, son and self near
Borden, Ind.
. June 25"William Stacy, of Iowa Falls, Ia.,
lynched; land swindling:
June 6"W. M. Pinkerton, all eged assailant
of Anna Baroski, stoned at Spring Valley. i
June 30"Mrs. Merrill Baker, of
Vt... hanged her four children.
July 4"K. B. aum killed his two children
and himself at Butier,S D
July .4"George Hudson ~titlea three deputy
sheriffs at Coalburg, Ala.
Aug. 8"W. D. Jenkins, Chariton, Ia, killed
his sweetheart, her sister and himself.
Aug. 22"W. T. Thompson lynched at Kla-
math Falls, Ore
Sep. 4"Man named Bourke, Mrs. Bond's as-.
sailant, lynched near Watertown, S. D.
15"J, L. Goodman and B. Y. Armstrong,
Gatesville (Tex. ) editors, killed each other.
Sep. 19"Pe Cook, suspected horse thief,
oe eat PowersT fisation. Ky.
t 7" owersT - ~seven oes
groes killed for insisting pon riding in
with white men.
Oct. 14"Oscar Morton, of Stan Ky.,
lynched for murder of Sheriff William yn
Oct. 17"Five killed by militia firing on mob
coms on Yama @hegro at Washington Court
ouse,
ters blew u
Dre _ pone sereaamacnad
Oct.
at Laurel Run, Pa
toot 31"Edward Martin, in Ceittentinn soum-
ty, Ky.. lynched for to turn state's
evidence against Bill Goode, the outlaw.
Nov. 14"G. a Whitworth, of Nashville,
Tenn. failing to secure a arg eet te as
clerk, ~xilled Judge Allison aud shot hi
Nov. 16"Du a boxing match at Syracuse,
N. Y.,. Bod Fi mons struck Con
blow resulting in death.
Nov. 19"Near Wellsville, Mo., Thomas Por;
beot+* an.
temo han billed mother giatar. i-mate te ea
[CONTINUED ON '1HIRD PAGE]
Frantz Siegler, a haraware mer-
chant of Birdseye, -Ind., became}-*
convulsed with laughter over a
joke by a friend and could not.be
quieted. He burst. a blood ves-
4 and death was almost ee
taueous. Siegler was of a jovia
disposition, and was ie ye
miles around for his lang bier.
EEE
Persons out of town receiving
a copy ofthe Dany REFLEcTor
Send 25 centsin stamps to get
the paper a month and see how)
you like it.
=| J. B. CHERRY & CO.
"""-" DEALERS IN-"""
FIRS? CLASS ~- GOOD
_
TREY SELL CEDA?. FOR CASE.
"_O-"-"
" Call on them when you need"
Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes,
Hats, Hardware, Guns, Crockery, Tin-
ware. Plows, Farming Implements,
FURNITURE.
"_"Q"
~| Prices Reduced on all Lines to Meet the
Hard Times.
cet poem
*
Do not fail to call on us,
Everything First-class
| at -:-
D. S. SMITHTS.
Heavy and Fancy
GROCERY -:- STORE.
Acall will Soxvince you
~WILEY BROWNTS 2
"is the place for"
CHEAP. SHOES
}|Have Children Shoes at
15 cents. 15.
"and also have a complete line of"
DRY -:- GOODS
soki at seis ciese Margin.
See his $18 Sewing Mechine.
WILEY BROWN
wife and three © Mo,,
then killed himseif... Geo Brunsen,; | les
Smith and Lee Brown, of the nonoroes Meach-
amite in Clarke county, Mo., I a emg fess
' Bttsell Adams wife,
self near Florence, N. Ga
Masked men lynched W ;
_an Indian, at Fort Jones, fOr killing Con-
7 { Neison mpeenen her
"
~See
2 an oe Saree
feid. K db cy. by white oa ~or wif
BN ee Arthur ©. Beown and Oe ry h,
bee nd kan Fad, ied killed at Deshler, O., by
robbers.
Dec. 11i"David S cut the*throats of his
near Ridgewa
suspected of mis-
~his two 5 enema
uncil Biufs,
oMo., Mrs. William
me ot Se ie_Jom Nagel ree
pe 2 sete self at Counc
Dec. 18"Near Cassville,
Jones cut of her two children, then
killed
FIRES.
sms 2-Glove ~ogaemens and other puildings in
jan. i eper worth $1,300, 000 in Toledo,0.
Jan. 8"On world's fair groun in Chicago,
Casino, Mus Pye and On act of Man-
afactures building; 81, 000,000.
Apr. 12" can Glucose Co.Ts plant, at
Buffalo, N. ¥.;. $1,000,000.
Apr. $8"St, Charles. hotel in New Orleans;
,000.
Ma 1s-"~Talmeee 2 s Brooklyn tabernacle and
Hotel Regent; $1,000,
Ma ihren tel acres in Boston's tenement
dist
" *- 0 Flames in Dubuqve (la.) lumber
$500.000 loss
vernne a al Steck oand Transit Co.'s ab-
atoir in sarees Oe $1,090
June 29 ruff storage warehouses in
Brookl $1,075,000. a
July 5 -Seven ¥ worldTs fair buildings in Chi-
Fay eget Ay Central market building at Min-
nespolis; $m
oy ee firemen killed and 205 horses
pais in fire 3 at a Wachingto:
July 29"Property worth nearly $3,000,000 by
forest fires in po Wisconsin,
009.0 Aug. i"Fire in Chicago lumber district; $1,-
23"F lames on wharf at Portland, Ore.,
dge and Terminal Co.Ts warehouse
and 20) cars at East St. Louis, IiL: $500,000.
Oct. 29"J.. J. Porter & Co.Ts milinery estab-
lishment at Pittsburgh, Pa.; $550,000.
Nov. 2"Hammond Co.'s vag house
and office at South Omaha, Peb.; $500,000
Nov. 12"Texas Pacifico railroad cotton whart
2 New Orleans; $500,000; incendiary.
Nov. 18"~"Twenty-one buildings in in Columbus,
ag eS 29"Lozier bioycle factory at Toledo,
O.; §500.000.... Forests ablaze in Mississippt.
The following towns cn en or almost
quireT ivan Gesteayed by flames: tas,
Ark.; Mich.; Arcadia, Kan.; Pleas-
anton, Neb.; Pros t, os 3 met Point, Vo: Va;
Sutherland, Neb. Ds Tahoe . Gal: Ba :
TL; Palmyra, ~Neb.; 7p in Ia.; cae
Mich.; Mogolion, Col; Hudson, Miss:
Grove, Tex.; ittlesey, Bw a, . ome
arene O.; New pene dsreonbs, N.
Coleae. Iil.; ah ce, Figeld an "Mason,
Tie inneconne, Minn.
Giftord, Tl iis eae Gat Pinang settle-
b ¥ dl
ment, Mic NP Choate
Cape V incent, N.- N.
ley (Sept. 2), Miss eee shleas� Sand-
Corrwelecks a aeene 8 Lake, Seanteors
Glidden. Marengo, | M oShell Lake and
South Henge, is. ; Siansw Ewen and Trout
Greek, Mich.; Rising Sun, 0.; Sheffield, Ia.;
Mudtown, Pa; Metamora, ak:
[ro BE CONTINUED]
Representative Bryan has in-
troduced in Congress two joint}.
resolutions, onéof which makes}
a President ineligible to succeed
himself and the other makes 4
President ineligible + to� a pecane
lS. E. PENDER & CO.,
3; |L.C. LATHAM
25, 25, 25, 25, 35)
Per Cent.
Off Regular Prices .
25,
ned Bor 5 BaysOnly at
=| HIGGS BROS..,|
LEADERS OF LOW PRICES,
GREENVILLE, N. C.
TINNERS ©
And Stove Dealers.
Repairing promptly ati tended to
oDEALERS in
PAINS, OILS, GLASS AND POTTY
Lamp Goods, Bicycles, &c.
Agent for Rambter and Crescent
Bicycles.
Barbers.
yomes A. SMITH,
TONSORIAL ARTIST.
GREENVIELE, N. C.
war Patronage solicited.
LJ ERBERT EDMUNDS.
FASHIONABLE BARBER,
«Under Opera Huuse. |
Professional Cards. |
w* H LONG, ;
ATTOR NEY-AT-LAW;
GREENVILLE, N. C.
Practices in all the Courts. --
MARRY SKitNER
ATHAM & SKINNER,
ATTORNEYS*AT-LAW,
GREENVILLE. N. ©.
y. L, FLEMING,
ATTORNEY -AT-LAW
Greenvile,N.C. .
' Prompt attention to business. Office
at Tucker & Murohy"s old stand.
ALEX. L. BLOW
THOS .J. JARVIS.
A ales: & BLOW, |
A'TTORN RY S-AT-LAW,
\O. L. JOYNER, Prop., a
The Place to Sell your
TO BACCO!
EASTERN
TOBACCO
WAREHOUSE,
Greenville, N.C.
_ ESTABLISHED 1876, _
ARMERS AND , MEKUHANTS BUY
ing their yearTs supplies will find "
their interest to get our prices before: aa
chasing elsewhere. Ourstockts
n allits branchea.
FLOUR, COFFEE, ine
RICE, TEA, ke. vo.
alwuys at LowEst M «Pete:
~TOBACEO SNUFF & C
we buy direct from Manufacturers, ewan
jbling youto pay * at one iain ae os
plete stock of -
kortiy-
lewpracticeT ~i. vulne. Courts.
isn
"_
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY.
i
Caught as They Passed Before
the Reflector.
Faces
Mr. P. J. Bynum, of Farmville,
is in town.
~Rey. C. J. Woodson left to
for Plymouth.
Mr. Sylvester Fleming, of Wash-
ington, is in town to-day- ~
Mrs. ©. Stephens returned
home last night from Hassells.
Mr. and Mrs.-M. H. Quinerly
returned to Kinston last night.
Mr. and Mrs O. L. Joyner left
this morning to spend a few days
in Danville, Va.
Miss Mary A. Bernard arrived
last night from Wilmington to
visit her mother.
Rev. A. D. Hunter, of Raleigh,
passed through this morning. re
turning home from Winterville.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. White of
Hobgood, who have been visiting
here, returned home this morn-
ing.
Mrs. Charles Skinner left this
morning for Salem to see daugh-
ter, Miss Myra, whois at schoo
thére. ; :
Mr. W. J. Whiteburst. of Bethel
camise Over this morning on his
bieycle. He says Le found plen-
ty of mud on the way-
Rev. J. H. Lamberth left this
mo for Mt.. Airy, his new
home. ~The best wishes of ali the
people here go with him.
Miss Bettie Dixon left on last
nights train for her home in
Greene county: Miss Lizzie Pee-
bles accompanied her home.
Mr. G. E. Harris has moved
his ily tothe Fleming honse,
cota Words ~and Cotanch
street,opposite Mrs.Dr. WilliamsT.
Mr. J. Sy Jr., who the
~past six years has been living in
Uhicago, arrived last night to yis-
parents. We are all giad
oTopsy� back among us. ~
day
Sao Sa
d
a
7
=
ee
* You_can still get Dry Goods |:
oth m prices at
DITTLB BITS.
Cream of Local News Boiled Down
for Busy Folks.
a
Cotton 4§ to-day.
The moon changed Jast night.
wind last.
That was a hard
night-
Rather cold and windy for
many people to be on the streets
to-day.
A large number of tickets have
been sold for the oMerry Milk
Maids� tc-morrow night.
Granulated Sugar 5 cents a
pound, and Seedless Raisins at
Olid Brick Store. a
DonTt forget to tell us avy item
of news you know. it will help
to make your paper more inter-
esting.
When a merchant stops adyer-
tising people get the idea into
their heads that his business is
osoing down.�
Yon will be interested in the rec-
ord of importan®é évents during
the year that we commenced pub-
lishing yesterday-
To morrow our carriers. will
call eall on those in town who
have not paid for the Dairy Ke-
FLECTOR- Piease have a quarter}.
ready itor them.
Among the presents given ~by
the Blackwell Darham Tobacco
Company. of Durham, to its em-
" on Christmas day, were
cash Copristmas ike to its em-
pone by a. 8 tere
ompany, of the same city, aggre-
gated $3,190. 3 aA
Shooting at Parmville.
~,
.
There was a shooting affair in
e Wednesday, but no se-
damage done. Policeman
Farmvill
John Baker wen
"
tite
~at botto
jand all persous having
watches and chuins- The!
_ Notice to Creditors.
The undersigned having qualified _be-
tore the Superlur Court Clerk of Pitt
y as administrator to the estate of
| Fernando Fleming, deceased, notice is -
hereby given to all persous indebted to
ithe estate of said decedent to make im-
~mediate payment to the undersigned,
claims against
the said estate must present the same
before the 26th day of Dec. 1895, or this
notice will be plead in bar of recovery.
This 26th day.of Dec. 1804.
SYLVESTER FLEMING,
Adumr. of Fernando Fleming.
Admistrators Sale of Fersonal
Propert7-
On Wednesday the 16th dav of Janu-
ary, 1895, as the adminis:rator of Fer-
nondo Flemiog decease, the under-
signed will ex to public sale for
cash, .at the Joyner farm in Farmville
~township, Pitt county, the persoral
estate of the said deceased upen said
farm, consisting of hogs, mules
horses, corn, tobacco, cotton set
and farming implemeots, &c. ~The fol-
owing day, Thursday, the 17th
day of January, 1895, at the Old Adam
Fieming Homestead in Greenville town-
ship, Pitt county, the personal. proper- "
ty of the said-Fernando Fieming , decTd,
npon the said premises,; consisting of
hogs, mules, borses, corn, fodder, cotton,
cotton seed and farmin implements,
SYLVESTER FLEMING.
admTr of Fernando Fleming, dec.