- ,..a;: rti. SUBSCRIPTION BATES : , HI I 1 1 111 THE OBSERVER JOB DEPARTMEMT ' Bag been thoroughly mriplitd teith every needed vxmt, and with the Latest 8tyle$fType, and every namer of Job Work can now bedonetMhitatnen, dispatch and cheapness. We eon tumish, at Short notice, , ; BLANKS, BILL-BEADS, LETTER-HEADS, CARDS, TAOS. RECEIPTS, POSTERS, PROGRAMMES, HAND-BILLS PAMPBLETS, CIRCULARS, CHECKS, C. , (postfiaid) in advance.... !..800 ! nlJU ..'.;.-::.1..V;.'.'i.-..V. .... 2 00 S" 75 naihi. one year, nix Months Three Months.. One Month. . . . WEEKLY EDITION : Weekly, (in the county) in advance 92 00 Old of tto'county, postpaid,.... .... 2 10 Six Montha 1 00 fW TXtxral Reduction for Chit. J ' VOL. XX. CHARLOTTE, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1879. NO. 3,079. 5 l0tMtI0f $Ct. C ASHMERES AMD ALPACAS. just Received another lot of superior CASHMERES and ALPACAS, Ranging In Price from 25 cento to One Dollar. A Few Pieces of COLORED CASHMERES, all Wool, of superior quality, at sixty cento. worth $1.00. Do not fall to see our LADIES' CLOAKS before buying. It wiil pay yoa ELIAS & COHEN. B URGESS NICHOLS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL HEALER IN ALL KINDS OF FURNITURE ! FURNITURE! BEDDING, &C. BEFCING. AC. BEDDING, AC. BEDDING, Ac FURNITURE ! FURNITURE ! A Full Line of CHEAP BEDSTEADS ! CHKAP BEDSTEADS ! ' LOUNGES ! LOUNGES ! LOUNGES ! LOUNGES ! LOUNGES! : LOUNGES! PARLOR AND CHAMBER SUITS ! HARLOR AND CHAMBER SUITS ! t& COFFINS of all kinds on hand. tr- COFFINS of all kinds on hand. i No. 5 West Trade Street. CHARLOTTE, N. C. i Ladles' and Gentlemen's Burial Ebbes a Cue supply. .'Hill ARGAINS IN I' Hf U URRR NN N II TTTTU URBR. EEK I" U UR RNN N II T U UB BE IV U URRR NNN II T U URBR EB U UR RN NN II T U UR BE H UU R RN NN II T UU BEBR ! . AT E. G. ROGERS' WAREROOMS, Next to Postofficb. , M ,v Slock Is very Lar, J land embraces a FulJ Uoe of PARLOR, CHAMBER, DINING ROO AND OFFICII FURNITURE V ' :ri 'i .ijxiF. 't4 .4;tlit. ''U: A:w'i-M:i' "-H$V-KJ). H:HkM t- All Goods Packed Fre of Charge f ALOSQ I LOSO I WE HAVE THIS DAT MM MM A RRR K KEEKDDD M MM M AA R BK K E D D M MM M A A RRR KK EH D D M M M AAA R RK K E D D M M MA AR BK KEEEDDD DDD OO W W WNS N D DO OWWWWNN N D DO O W WWW NNN D DO O WW WW N NN DDD OO W W N NN About Forty pieces of DRESS GOODS To 25 cents, worth 50 cento per yard. Also 30 or 40 pieces to 20 cents, worth from 33Va to 45 cents. A lot of Dress Goods to 81& and 10 cents, worth from 12 to 15 cents. THESE GOODS t Al UST BE SOLTV I IVIUST BE SOLl f and If you want cheap goods, this Is the place to get them. Very truly, ALEXANDER & HARRIS. P. S. Our whole stock must be reduced, and In order to do so will sell very cheap. . A. &H. ClOAKC I LOAKO. Ci L O A K Q I L O A K O . I have on hand a small stock of HANDSOME CLOAKS, which I will close out without any profit Also a FEW SHAWLS, to be sold before the season Is over. AH shades in WORSTED FRINGES. Call and get some handsome Dress Buttons. A Beautiful Line of DRESS GOODS, AT REDUCED PRICES. i A New Lot of LADIES' AND GENTS' KID GLOVES, in Opera Shades. Be sure and examine my stock of Nottingham Lace Curtains, before making purchases. Respectfully, T. L. SEIGLE, Opp. Charlotte Hotel, Tryon st, Charlotte, N. C. JanlO LADIES' CLOAKS. ADIES' CLOAKS. LADIES' CLOAK O LADIES' CLOAKO. THE GREATEST B A R G A I NO HE GREATEST B A R G A I NO OF THE SEASOAT F THE S E A S O 1 NE HUNDRED CHOICE LADIES' CLOAK O- ' VNE HUNDRED CHOICE LADIES' CLOAlO- JUST RECEIVED BY EXPRESQ U8T RECEIVED BY EXPREsO, ' : Which will be sold without reserve, at sacrt- : : flclng prices. Don't fall to come and look at : THE "THE SWEEPING REDUCTION of FORMER PRICE Q WEEPING REDUCTION of FORMER PRICEO NOW IS YOUR CHANCT7 OW IS YOUR CHANC-Erf frpo BUY A CLOAK FOR A CHRISTMAS GIFrp, O BUY A CLOAK FOR A CHRISTMAS GIF JL AT HA L F PEICTS T-HA L F P R I C-Hf. A loIS ! ' 1 r H. MORRIS BROS.fS ; ',. " - B MORRIS ft BROS. . ,. decl4 CAVIOSON MAP OF T tECKLENBURG COUNTY, 1 J ' NORTH CAROLINA. A ' Productive Lands at Low Prices ; kJff L f I If -A- Good Population settling in and V I ff more wanted. Buy near a conven- J f I f V ient Railroad Centre, and you will fjpZ? I ' alway8 have a Market. iCs? 7r I N DUMOXT c- I! -yy. f CHARLOTTE, N.C. 4 a4, Jv K CHURCHES, MECKLENBURG COIWTY. The above map, gotten up by Messrs. N. Dumont & Co., while not absolutely correct will give the general reader a pretty fair idea of the geography of the county. , THE NORTHERN PART Of this county is gently rolling, with occasional hills; ' is well watered by : creeks, branches, and some very fine springs. Considerable meadow and bot tom land on Keedv, Back, McKee and Mallard creeks. The meadow and bot tom lands easily drained at a trifling cost, and when drained, produce very fine crops of corn, wheat, oats, clover, &c. Very little land in this part of the county not tillable. Schools Davidson College, one of the heaviest endowed and among the first educational institutions of the South, and under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church ; an academy at Huntersville for boys ; a number of pri vate schools; convenient common schools, kept four months in the year, where children between the ages of(j and 21 years attend free of charge for tuition. Churches. Methodist, Presbyterian, Associate Reformed and Baptist. Timber. Oak, hickory, dogwood, ash pine, &c. Near Davidson College much of the timber has been taken off, and it may be said that timber is getting rath er scarce; enough, however, for farm and firewood purposes. It is supposed that not over one-fourth of the land is in actual cultivation. Products. Corn, cotton, wheat, rye, oats, barley, clover, evergreen, orchard and other grasses. Yield very fine un der good cultivation. Stock. Some fine horses, hogs, cattle and sheep have been raised in this sec tion. Stock raising has been very satis factory to the few who have engaged in that business. This district is very healthful. The people are moral, religious, church-going, kind and hospitable, and will wel come strangers who may wish to settle among them. THE WESTERN PART Of this county is wTell watered by Long, Paw and Davidson creeks, small branches, and many yery fine springs. This section is bounded by the Cataw ba river, has much fine water power, some very fine bottom land, which will produce fine crops of corn, cotton,' wheat, oats, barley and grasses. Generally gently rolling land ; little but what can be , Drought into cultiva ion at trifling cost. Schools. The educational advanta ges of this section consist principally of common schools taught four months in the year. Churches. Several Presbyterian and Methodist. Timber, This section is very well supplied with oak, hickory, ash, dog Wood, pine, &c. Best timbered section in the county. There is less land in cul tivation than in northern section. Products. Same as in northern sec tion. Yield good ; under good cultiva tion. Stock. But little attention paid to improved breeds of stock, which would do well under proper' management. Scrub stock thrives well. This district is more broken and roll ing than any other portion of the coun ty, though not hilly nor having ravines. It is traversed at intervals by gold veins, over which lies a gray loam, with clay subsoil, and it is susceptible of high cultivation, - , THE SOUTHERN SECTION, Parts of this section are level, gently rolling, and along the Catawrba river hilly. About two-thirds of the southern half of the county is nearly level, is finely watered by the Catawba river, Steel and Sugar creeks, etc. The soil is a deep dark loam," firjer adapted to all f ormg of agriculture. The greater por tion of this section ha? been cultivated. Some lands have been turned out, but could ' bv roper . management a be brought into cultivation at light postu Some of the most productive Jand in the county is in this section, yielding very large crops of cottton, corn, wheat, rye, oats, and many of the cultivated grasses. It is a healthful district. Stock. But little attention paid' to improved stock. Scrub stock thrives very well. Schools. Several academies for boys, also common schools, kept four months each year. Churches. Presbyterian, Associate Reform, Lutheran, Baptist and Metho dist. Timber. Not so well timbered as the northern or western section, btit some very fine timber near Catawba river, oak, hickory, dogwood, pine, &e. TIIE EASTERN SECTION Is rolling, but not hilly; generally somewhat like the northern section. It is a little broken in the extreme east ern coiner, but has no ravines or hills. The soil alternates a grayish sandy top with red clay subsoil, admirably adapt ed to cotton, tobacco, cereals, fruits and stock raising. There is much timber, mainly oak and hickory, interspersed along the creeks of which there are many with ash; on the upland there is some forest pine. This district is thickly settled, though there is much unoccupied land which can be opened to culiure at slight cost. Its schools are good, society excellent and church privileges equal to any part of the county. The above statement of facts is ob tained from Messrs. Wm. Maxwell, Reg ister of Deeds, J. R. Erwin, Probate Judge, and M. E. Alexander, Sheriff. These gentlemen have spent the greater part of their lives here, belong to old families, and know the county thor oughly. T. L. VAIL, Chm'n Board Co. Cora'rs. Mecklenburg county has a population of about 30,000. Its gold and other mines now in operation, its mining ad vantages and water powers, its six rail roads centering at Charlotte, the county seat, its accessibility to market, its own population and the wide territory trib utary to it, and for which this city is now the market, gives to the manufac turer and farmer an assurance of a ready market, speedy and direct transit with cheap fares and freights by through lines to any point on the conti nent, cotton factories. '"Within 35 miles of Charlotte there are 9 cotton factories, viz: 1. The Mountain Island Mills, 12 miles from Charlotte; 5,000 spindles; makes osnaburgs, plaids, sheetings, yarns and warps ; lights with gas of its own mauufacture; sells its products in Philadelphia, St. Louis and Chicago, and at Charlotte, N. C. 2. The Woodlawn Mills, 16 miles ; em ploying 100 hands, 75 looms, 2,500 spin dles; manufactures about 800 bales of sheeting and about 240 bales of yarn, and sells all its productions from this market. 1 mile from Lowell. 3. The Lawrence Mills, 16 miles; 2, 500 spindles, capacity 5,000; makes warps and yarns ; mile from Wood lawn Mills ; at Lowell, Gaston county, distant one mile, is depot. 4. Mount Holly Mills, 12 miles; 1,200 spindles ; makes warps ; sells North ; is J increasing. 5. Gastonia Mills, 17 miles; 3,600 spindles ; makes warps and yarns and sells North. 6. Stowesville Factory, 16 miles; 2,000 spindles, 24 looms; makes varus and shirtings, for home, market ; is in creasing. 7. Odell & Co. Mills, 18 miles, rims 2,000 spindles and 50 looms; makes yarns and sheetings for home market? 8. Phifer & Allison, 55 rapes; run l ,500 . spindles and 30 looms ; makes shirtings and yarns for home market. 9. Rocky River Mills, 20 miles ; 1,000 spindles, 15 looms; yarns and sheetings for home market. The Lawrence Mills,mentioned above, are entirely new, having only commeneyl 11 r t For upwards of thirty years Mrs. Winston's Sooth .'ing Syrup has been used for children. It corrects aciaity PI ine stomacn, relieves wina couc, regulates tfre bowels, cures dysentery and diarrhoea, whether' arising from teething or other causes. An old and well known remedy. 25c per bottle. Chance. London Society. A word unspoken, a hand impressed, . A look unseen, or a thought uiiguessed; s And souls that were kindred may live apart, Never to meet or to know the truth. Never to know how heart beafwith heart In the dim past days of a wasted youth. She shall not mow how his pulses leapt When over his temples her tresses swept; As she leaned to give him the jasmine wreath. She felt his breath and her face flushed red With the passionate love that choked her breath, And saddens her liff now heryouth is death. A faded woman who Walts for death. And murmurs a name beneath her breath; A cynioal man who scoffs and jeers At woman and love in the open day, And at night time kisses with bitter tears A faded fragment of jasmine spray. OBSERVATIONS. A German prefers lager because it makes him think of foam. Blaine would be a very nice man If he would on ly consent to sit down on his mouth. Edgar Fawcett love ilke a bird." goose. wishes that "man could make He does, Edgar, he does like a He couldn't raise the mortgage on his building lot; and so, poor man, without becoming blind, he lost his site. There was no doubt considerable morning when the sun burst, but where did the day-light? Xeio York News. The Rev. Jack Walklngstlck, the Rev. Poor Wolf and the Rev. Mr. Whirlwind are members of the Cherokee Indian Baptist association in the Indian Territory. The doctors who try to cure diphtheria in the north, and those who do the same thing for yellow fever in the south, ought to swap remedies. No less than three young maidens were murder ed last week by men they refused to marry. When will the women of this country learn to say "yes" when men propose? Bismarck threatens Switzerland, and demands the suppression of Swiss socialistic journals. This is evidently a case of Swiss muzzling. A fat woman of Corinth; Miss., drank asnba.k tea to make her lean, and she skipped for the bai-, ter land just two hours ahead of a lean woman who was eating gumarabic to made her fat. Free Press. A physician, finding a lady reading Twelfth Night said: "When Shakespeare wrote about Patience on a monument, did he mean doctor's patients?" 'No," she answered, "you don't find them on monuments, but under them." Mr. and Mrs. Conkling. Chicargo Times Letter. The engagement is announced of Miss Conkling.only daughter oi'Senator Conk ling, to Mr. "W. G. Oakman, of Utica, superintendent of the Utica division of the Delaware, Lackawanaand Western Railroad. Miss Conkling is a very handsome young lady, resembling Lee father very much. She is tall and very graceful. She has not been in Wash ington for several seasons, nor has Mrs. Conkling. Formerly Mrs. Conkling Eassed all her winters here with her usband, but aboui four years ago, when there was some gossip connected with Mr. Conkling's name, she went away and has never been hack here. The first intimation Mrs. Conkling had of this scandal was one day when a servant handed her a very handsone bouquet with a card attached. Mrs. Conkling looked at the card and saw the name of a very prominent society lady written upon it with a pencil. She said, "This bouquet is not for me;' and turning the card she saw on the other side her hus band's name engraved. She understood it at once. The gallant Senator had given it to a colored boy and told him to take it to the address written in pen cil on the back of the card, but the boy made a mistake and carried it to the ad-i dress on the wrong side, which was that of the Senator's residence. Mrs. Conk ling left Washington very soon, and has since passed her winters in Florida or in her own home at Uica, Lmig Piyision. Louisville Courler-JoumaL On CMstmasToSVin "Brooklyn, "a sta- L-tion-house lodger andgeneral tramp" felt in the street while drunk; and soon after died, leaving in that city , twentv orie children to mourn their, irreparablei loss; which, divided among so many, couldn't have been a Very heavy, task, i , , CHEW JACKSON BEST SWEET NAM TOBACCO. ' CCO L OO TTTT H H n N1V N GGO O O L OOTHHn NN NO G O i ti O O T HHHnNWNO O O L O O T H H ii If NN O GO OOO IiLLL OO T H H n H KH OOO C- L O T H I N p I L O T H I N VT I CL O I H I N.p I LOTHINVTl GREAT REDUCTION. During this week I offer my whole stock of Cloth ingat GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. 400 Pairs Pants at 50c. on the Dollar. THE GREATEST WONDER OP THE A6E. UNLAUNDRIED RSSR H H II RRR TTTT RSS 8, ooa nan 11 ivxvxv i m. o S ti H II K K T , S8 H H II R R T 588s -AT- FIPTY CENTO IFTT CENT GENTS' FURNISHING GOODO FRNISHING GOODO SHIRTS, UNDERWEAR, HOSIERY. HANDKER CHIEFS, At and BBB eee L OO WWW B B E L O O W WW W BBB EE L O O WW WW B B E LOO WW WW BBB EEE LLLL OO W W COST, AT S. WITTKOWSKY'S. Jmc nltSf See. HE WORLD'S STANDARD. FAIRBANKS' SCALES. For Sale Also, PATENT ALARM MONEY DRAWERS Coffee Mills, Spice Mills, and Store Fixtures Gene rally; The Improved Type Writer. Oscillating Pump Co's Pumps. end for Circulars, FAIRBANKS & CO., 311 Broadway, New York For saley Leading Hardware Dealers! septl-dtaww JOTICE. By virtue of the power conferred In mortgage made by T. J. Wilkinson and Laura H. Wilkinson to the Charlotte Building and Loan Association, I will sell at public auction, a house and lot of land fronting on the N. C. Railroad, in square No. 68, beginning at a stake on the N. C. Railroad and run ning with said road to L. A. Phillips' comer, thence with her line 180 feet to a stake, thence parallel with said railroad 49i& feet to J. RShannonhouse'8 line, thence to the beginning, which la now claimed subject to said mortgage by E. W. Mellon. Said property to be sold at the court house door in the citv of Charlotte on the- 1st Monday in March. 1879, for cash, the amount due the Chart ottw Building and Loan Association being $229.25, with cost of advertising and sale. - - R. E. COCHRANE, dec!9 tds Sec'y and Treas. : D. G. MAXWELL. C. F. HARRISON, Auctioneer. lyAXWELL & HARRISOj ..:;-v. . AUCTION and. COMMISSION MERCHANTS, j I Buy and sell on consignment all kinds of , MERCHANDISE AND COUNTRY PRODUjCEr-- ,t . Will give strict personal I attention to all business entrusted to our care. Foot doors above Charlotte HoteL dec3 POSITIVT? OSITIV XZi. PbsiTITTjV OSITIvHi, FFF OO RRR DDD A Y YfiSS F O O R R sty tv n n aa v v FF O QRRR bitty D DAA TY "SSo F O OR R 8IATY g AAA Y W Oft w linn a BaoS J CiUB. ENTIRE ST0CT7" 1 VJUR ENTIRE STOCIV ( -OF- MEN'S, YOUTH'S, BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S RSSo V V n TTTT rSSs s 8 U U II T g 8 SS U U H T BSS T T T o 2 u u n Bss8 uu II A T- CCO OO oSSn TTTT O O O O s 8 T U O O -TJSo T O O O O ft g OOO . OO Bss8 T T OUR STOCTT UR STOCJV -IS- II MM MM MM MM EEE NN N BSSa EEE ii a m m b a m m a e B II MMMM MMMM EE NNN D88 EB 1 IIMMMMMMR N NN 2 E ' II M M M M M M EEE N NN BSSB EEE S We are bound uTSefr, afi3 wffl sell. ATalf'wfll amply repay you. Respectfully, L. BERWANGER & BRO., Fine Clothiers and Tailors. F OR THE HOLIDAYS. JUST RECEIVED at ALLEN'S JEWELRY STORE the handsomest stock of Goods ever offered in Charlotte. Elegant Cameo Sets, Florentine, Masaics, Diamond, Pearl and Onyx Rings, Sterling Silver and Plated Ware in great variety. The Ladles are invited to call early and make the selections. dec8 lm QOX'S and NELSON'S GELATINE, Corn Starch, Italian Macaroni and ' Pearl Ta pioca. L. R. WRISTON & CO. decl3 F BENCH BRANDY Guaranteed to be TWENTY YEARS OLD, AT CENTRAL HOTEL SALOON; ' Especial attention to Che retail trade, and all our Goods are warranted of the best quality. WILSON BURWELL, decl3 Druggists oilerijeiS. JOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY. A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY To win a fortune. Second 'Grand Distribution, Class B, at New Orleans, Tuesday, February 11th, 1879-105th Monthly Drawing. LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPANY. This Institution was regularly incorporated bt the Legislature of the State for Educational and Charitable purposes in 1868, with a capital of $1,000,000, to which It has since added a Reserve Fund of $350;000. Its GRAND SINGLE NUM BER DISTRIBUTION will take place monthly on the second Tuesday. It never scales or postpones! Look at the following distribution: CAPITAL PRIZE, $30,000 100,000 Tickets at Two Dollars eacb. Half Tick ets, One Dollar. LlSf OF PRIZES: 1 Capital Prize 980,000 1 Capital Prize, i.. ........ 10,000 1 Capital Prize,. 5,000 2 Prizes of 92,500...... ..... 5,000 BPrizesof 1,000....- 5,000 20Prizesof 500 10,000 lOOPrizeaof 100. .. . KM00 200 Prizes of . 50 10.000, SOOFrlzesof 20....... . .': 10,000!i 1,000 Prizes of. 10 .. ! .-. 10,000 , APPROXIMATION PRIZES : ! 'iJ ' 9 Approximation Prizes of $300 92,700' 9 Approximation Prizes of 200 l.HOO 9 Approximation Prizes of 100..... . ,900 1857 Prizes, amounting to. ,.. ;. ,... 9110,400 Responsible corresponding agents wanted at all prominent points, to whom a liberal compensation will be paid. " ' l' Application for rates to clubs should only be made to the Home Office in New Orleans. Write, clearly staUnc: full address, for full infor- : I matton or send orders to , , .. Postoffiee Box 692, Ne Cleans, Louisiana , AU our Grand Extraordinary Drawings are under , file supervision and management of GENERALS G. T. BEAUREGARD andJUBAL A, EARLY. , Janl4 .!!. '..: J A. HENDRIX, AGENT, ,'A -AND- . .7 ... , -. -COMMISSION f MEBCHANT.-rr-.- ! I! n Comer Main and Biadding StreetsV- : ' COLUMBIA, 8. C. .. - :.ti taU i.,.t;Tl' ! I.'jJ Special attention paid to consignments. Quick sales, and prompt returns guaranteed In every uv stance. ".-.-ioH v. -Aw-. u t : Janl0 lmeod.. h'.-yr.n xdS TfTill Ji!!".' t QOBN AND WHEAT KCHAGE , - n Posted Adtfress,' tnU Parties having grain to grind or to sett Jtod it tothelr lnterestto call oil the undersigned.' Meat round either fine or coarse, according tofj L;-"? Thankful for former panagef wWieWv rWptpersonal attention to att orders ifcoin ejl bushel to a car load. BOEEB GRAHAM? Superintendent

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