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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.
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Ladles' and Gentlemen's Burial Ebbes a
Cue supply.
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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
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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.
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ClOAKC I
LOAKO.
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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.
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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,
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: 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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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-. -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