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1 .Xlv'V j rrn i owniw:$aoo,. pi advance. 1u WJi IWENTY-NDiTII VOLUMES-NUMBER 1490. i "Ttn?.! vim Charlotte Democrat, V PUELI8BXD BT vVILLIAM J. YATES, Editor and Proprietor.; Tkbm8 T WO DOLLA.BS for one , 'vear? o!r . One Dollar for six months.' , ' -. ........ 1 t i f SubteriptUne mutt be paid iadtanst , " Entered at the Post Office in Cbarjotte', N. C; as second class postal matter' according to the rules or the r. U. Department. -- ' n 1 1 r BOBEHT; GIBBOK, H. D.,r , CHARLOTTE, . '' . , ((fce corner 5th $nd pryenBtruuS'r Tenders his rrofessionaV services to the public, as a practical Burgeon- "Will advise, treat or operate in ail tue amerer t aepartmenu oi surgery. March 5, 1881 ' ly Dr. JOHN H. McADEN, Wholesale and Retail Druggist, Has on hand a laree and well selected stock of PUKE DRUGS, Chemicals, Paten Medicines, Family Medicines, raints. uns, varnisnes, uye stuns. Fancy and Toilet Articles, which ho is determines t sell at tne very lowest prices, v i; . . : :, i j ; Jan 1, 187. - ' :, , :., ; - .. DR. ,T. C. SMITHr LT, Druggist and Pharmacist, Keeps a f ull line of Pare. Drugs . and Cbemicalsj KT 1 4-a T .atkA an1 PaIam ILCo Vt n a anil vrtika Oils, Patent Medicines, Garden Seeds, and every thing pertaining to the Drug business, which he will sell at Iqw prices. March 38, Wl . '. U t 1 i J O J. P. XXcCombs, M. D uSers his professional services to the citizens of Charlotte and fuitoonding country. All call, both oignt ana aay, prompuy attenaea to. Office in Brown's building, up stairs, opposite the liiarione uotei. - . Jan. 1, 1873. , , . DR. J. BT. MILLER; Charlotte, N. C. All call promptly ' answered day and night. Office over Traders' National Bank Residence opposite W. R. Myers'. . j Jan. 18,1878. .' DR. M. -A. BLAND, Dentist, CIIAJUQTTjE, ' N. ; C, Office in Brown's building, opposite. Charlotte Hotel. r . ; i ; Gas used for the painless extraction of teeth. Peb. 15.1878. , ' . I DR. GEO. W. GRAHAM, CHARLOTTE, tt. C. .Practice limited t the EYE, EAR AND THROAT March 18, 1881 ly ' ? " A. ptJHWELL. BURWELL & T. D. WALKER. WALKER, ' Attorneys at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Will practice' in' the' State and 'Federal Courte. Office adjoinbg Court House. , Ney. 5, 188Q. ' T . M. P IT T M jELN, Attorney at Law, Opposite Vte Court Houscl Chablottb, N. C.,) Practices In the Sute and U. S. Courts, and gives prompt attention to , busieWiOi . i 1 Will negotiate loan. May 28, 1880. ly : I WILSON & BUR WELL, ' Wholksaus akp Rktail i Pruggists, frqfy Street. Chablottb, N. C, . iiotto ft Wr ftA c6mDlete Btock of everything per taining tb Che Drug Business, to which they invite the attention of all buyers both wholesale ana reiaii. Oct. 8. 1880. HALES & F ARMOR, . u Practical Watch-dealers and Jewelers. Keep a full stock of handsome Jewelry, and Clocks, os.ioa .feft : which thev sell at fair prices. Repairing of Jewelry, Wes, Qlocks, &c7 done promptly; arid satisf adrion assuredi Tnly 1,1879. , , ,4 , , , s, , SPRINGS, & -btowell, Grocers and-PrdyisiQH QeaHTS. HP ftWy in toek Coffee, ;Sugar, Molasses, Mup-Mackerel. Soapsi tarch.Mwti Lard, Hams Kour, Grass Seeds. Hows. &c, which we offer to , whniPoi and Retail trade. AH are m- itfld tn try na from the smallest to the largest buyers. "f Jfan. 17, 188ft. , . Zt Mel AUQHIJN :- Wholesale and Retail Dealer in GoixBtf"STB'rL, ; :f Chxblc(Itx N. C, Jells Groceries at lowest rates for Cash, i 0 and buy. unEifodw highest market price. tfP Cattoin and other country Froduce sold on ihuniision and prompt raturna maae. ; i , f IJARRISON, WATTS, COTTON BUYER, Corner Trade hnd College SU,t up Stairs, 1 y CHARLOTTE. N. C. r : Oct 94. 1880, r Ay , ., t .If DR. A. W. ALEAlfElBB. t. t? Wn'atnn A Co.'fl Drue Store, I r u: c tn unit the times, for Cash. With 25 years' experience I guarantee entire atisf action. Jan. 18, 1878- ' John VarlLandiagliam, Cotton Buyer rxd General Oocimiasion Merchant U in Bunders Blackwood Building,' Korth College St, Charlotte, -"tit. C. JMarch26.1880; EjPTECTS CiV x SrrpvDHl'iTinw A HrVoir was recently before -oae of our Justices of the Ppace, , charged, with steaHng a' sheep. au . mating nigj statement, of tne case be said he had always heard tha ead would po kill sheep.; Beipg out hunting one day, he cae'uppp. sv flock; of . sheep,' .'ujd f giip ,being loaded; wjtb, Jead bulleta ot wip xne ncc io;;8Qfl,i?fLa etlect it, wonld,haY.e.; He; killed , one. He said it looked 'like a jgreat pity for fde sheep to lay darnd rot down,. He didn't 7 i&tei.furoi steal, de 'sheep. ;Ve guess, he is thoronehlv.' cbn- j-Vinced, this ? tinje, hat '. icl; ;jwilV . kill "Wrftf,wy. 3.ViA ..,-:e ri i: NOT1CR III Sheriff's J Sale. I t will sell Yorcasti ai-ihe Conrt ' House door in he city of Chorlotte, on Monday, the 4th of July, wi, iu saiisiy .Executions in my nanas ior: aeDts and State and County . Taxes, the folwing de scribed Tract of Land and City , Lot; to-wit : , ; ,. . ' ! One Tract of Land Charlotte Township ad joining the Lands of Jam.es P. lrin, W..R, Myers, H. L. Creigh ton-arid others,' known as the property - Also; one Heme and. Lot in tho city of Charlotte -adjoining the'Drorertv of Misa 8&r&h Davidnon. A B. Schenck and others, known as the property of I M. E. ALEXANDER, ' June 3", 1861, 5w . : . : i-Sheriff. ' - ' ' 'rr. f r-r i- Z. B. VAKCB.U.J )x. . 1 ."!lvJlWi BU BA.ILKT. I VANCE & BAILEY, r i , Attbrneyis and .Cbtmsellors, i :?;.J;';;cHARLOTrE, sv c. ; ;! , -r 1 Practiee in the . Supreme , Court of 1 the United States, Supreme Court or North Carolina, Federal Courts, and 1 Counties of Mecklenburgy Cabarrus, Union, Gaston Rowan and Davidson. : . : : r r Office, two doors East of Independence Square. Jane 3, 1881 ,. . : HARDWARES. i , breM & Mcdowell, j (Sitccessor fOrWalter Brm Agent,) . Have a full and new Slock of Hardware for the Wholesale and Retail trade and invite an insnection before .purchasing elsewhere. Corner Trade and Tryori Streets, Charlotte. - " J ' Uct , 1880. Attention Farmers! Call at Evle & Hammond's Hardware Hnriae &nd examine thsir "Dexter Corn Shelter" and "Feed Cutters" the latest and best out. Also, new stvle adjustable Iron Foot Plow Stocks, a great improve ment on those sold in this: market last season. , ; We have a heavy Stock of Steel Plows. Clevises Single Trees, Steel and. Iron Harrow Teeth. Heel Screws, Grass' Rods.&c.. which we can and will sell to the Farmers at prices lower - thancther can possibly afford to make them. . ., .-. i . - jan. l. ISfti xxt xr & ntvunvn - : ' ' ' , i - . CONFJECTIONERIESj; GROCERIES, &c. Cakes and Bread; C. S. HOLTON, at the Rising Sim Store, oppo site the Old Market, still keeps a large assortment of Confectioneries, &c; and a-good selection of choice Family Groceries all of the freshest asd Deat quality. . Bread ana uair.es. ' : 'Bis'Bread ti 'cnsldiere'siipAbr iv ail ''who use It, arid his assortment oi Uakes is fine."' - t& Weddina: Cakes and Cakes for Parties pre pared in the best stile at short notice. : . .7 Give me a trial whn you need anything m my line. ... ; , c. a.1 uoL.Ton. Jan. 14,' 1881., Oils! Oils!! Machine. Engine, Straits, Lard, Kerosene, Safety and Linseed Oils, for sale in quantities to suit cus tomers, abk ior prices. ; - . . ; - - . May q, "fiil. , . : : ,L. R, WST. 2. Just Received. ' Qt$A BARRELS . Ot WEST'S KEROSENE fS U VniL,. for Wholesale trade. " 240 Doaen Toilet Soap1, .fine English and American .Toilet and Laundrv SoaB.' : J 10.000 Pounds St. ILouis Southern vy hite x.eaa, at , , , , r J.' U. Mc, ADEN'S, . , , ' ,Feb. 4, 1881. ,. . ,. .Wholesale and. Retail Druggist : ' ; 'JAS. P, IR1PN, : At TflK OLP POST-OITICB S?4NP f ! i . Neari thi Court; Houe ! loi-t ! Offers to the public, at lowest prices, a finestockbf Staple jancT aucy Grpceries, Including yarioub grades of: Flouy; fingat and Mo lasseavio,rn niftB,flpt. )rftu ,'';fc! tkrfi Teas, Coffee? andces i ' , . i Choice Soaa niscuua ana i raii vnurai- ; riAa' .TotliM1 1!nlrli9. &a. ' K Chewing and Smoking Thbaooos and Cigars. . Jiiat renrived choice Buck wheat Flour, -r.c .Tuat received finest auality of .Oatmeal. Also, lO pound Kitts of :beat Maekerel. . Also, Bran,-MillTced, Cora and Peas always, on band.,-. ? rr. t.-:r, r rr - ,. r- . , : , . ,;.-, Mr TheRudisill Gold Minf having, been leased tp Messrs. J. D. STEWAKT anq UYAttu aic noWELL. the undersiened deem it -proper, as'on the occasion of the former lease, to give notice to th mihlta that no one is authorized to contract dht on account of the Rudisill Gold Mining Com pany, and that no denta pwjrapj6, ; ue nawe or on account at tbat company wm oe vatiu sbeciaiiy aulhonaed-by feenintlegiied.-" - unless " JAMES H.ARSON, Treasurer. J. W. WADSWORTH, Share Holder, Charlotte, KQ June 3, 188L. tf r . - ' - . J ' ' ' - - I .... . TRY PERRY'S, CrystVl log dieam, The f nasi eves introduced in thli section. Sup plfed to famUies at the; rate of . i V :TWO BOLLARS PER, GALLON. Together with, i " Strawberrier and CveanU'' Special orders must be handed in the day before LUe urcam : is wanieu. ilay 20, 1881. - , v F;-.onfr OatsCOatsll,,,..-, gQ(Q BUSHELS Fa QATB at " - ' May 13, '8i; SPRINGS & BURWELL'S. Learn to Save. I , The first thing to te learaed by a boy" or Vbuhg man, 'or anybocty else' having the least ambition to become a useful1 member of society; is the habit of saving. i: -No mat ter if a boy or girl has wealthy parents, each' should i learn to save; if for 1 no Other reason than riches are well known to take i to. themselves wings and, fly ;a way? ,,JFew are so , welL-tolo as j to .: secure Against ipoyertj . and r waht VThe . children, of, r the iweI)y0ase 'temiay. wbei&jBn of largo mensave jwmmenced life IthoutbUter .'advantages 'than habits mMitrjf cpytple. . wf th, a, disposition tb say e i: ts , especially impbrtaotr hat lhey children . of : people of, moderate .cifcuin- 5AuL?lW i vub uiuucjr iuey gci. uoy wno is earning, za 3d age ,to save a he can only lay tpau it aoesn't amount to much, it is trrie, bttt'it is "worth savin ; " it is better than wasted better saved than 'thrown away lor tobacco W beef. 6rJanVdther iwurvuiess arucie or oDjecc. xut tne oest u i' i n. -i -r-' . . . auuui ii buait tu uwy woo . saves '25 8. a year on a very meagre-salary ac quires a habit of taking care of his : moneV wnicn win De ox tne utmost value to him. The reason why workiner men as a class do not get' ahead faster," are not-more inde pendent, is that thetr have never1 learned to save their earnings. It does not matter a great deal whether a man receives a. salary of five shillings a day or a pound, if be gets rid of it all. during the week, so that there is nothing left on Saturday night; he will not get rich very, rapidly. He ' will never bave much' ahead,' But the indi vidual who receives five- shillings per'day is able to save a shilling, or the one fretting a Ppund is careful to lay away five shillings, and' inlaying up something1 for' a rainy day. Young people who expect' tb' labor' with, their hands for what they' have of "this o guuu, w uyj nave uu uairu ur wisu or speculators, should by- alf means acquire habits ol economy, learn to save. : So sure ly as they do this, so' surely will' they.be able to accumulate, so sUrely'will they Mbe in a situation to ask no special ' favors. Every man wants' tb'learri tb:look out for himself and rely upon himself.' Every man needs tb feel that he is ; the 'peer of every other man, and he cannot do it ' if he is pen niless. Money is power, arid those that have it exert a wider influence 'than1, the destitute. They are" more' independent. Hence it should be the ambition of every young man to acquire,' and to do this he must learn to save..' This is the first lesson w!vraTennyfhing. ' He will be a dependent; , J . ,'' B The bush of Australia ; is so over run by the multiplying of wild horses that they have -to be shot down in common'' with rabbits and kangaroos. In one district 'an Arab stallion got ' sway some thirty years agd and was never recaptured He "was a chestnut; and took a couple of thorough bred colts witn nim; and it; n as peen je marked that a large propOFtiori 6f the1 wild horses tf the district are ' of hii color. Horses believed to be very old are occasion al! v Been far awav in distant ranges. Une man hashot'SOO in two years. Wheat Bran. . : A lot of Wheat Bran just received at June 24, 1881." J. McL'ATJGHLIN'B. NotiQe, tQ SolAOQi ComnfXitteemen. 7 fa &hcti' Committee of the qoinigof rMecken- burg: - : ' You are respectfully invited to meet the Super intendent of Public Instruction, at theCourt House in Charlotte; at 11 o'clock, A. M.; orl;Wdne&day, the 6th day of July, when business of great import timra win tie lata oeiore von. . i ou are nereDV urged to be present. The good of the "county and the weiiare or me cnuaren aemana n.- i ne oiaie Superintendent of Public Instruction is expected to be present.. !,- ,. . . Kespecttuuy, . w. r. WAiiiiUiu, . Sup't Pub: In. Mecklenburg county, June Z4, 1881 ' ' w- t , ' , t i For Sale;1 A second-hand Soda Water Apparatus: 1 Price low Qeflertoi and four fountabs handsome counteT piece. TutVs'AreriCjVTenneasee . marble,' oottoge style. . For sale by i .DrI .T. C SMITH.-J El 6 ti j . U (Hydrated Oil,) the great English, rerhed or dV yiiuy. rursjicuv . June Z4. looi. ' wiidsurn c$ p.syjuu. 1UUI.- Rhnd nHrrisriest,Ti pv pir. pi A fine line of Shoe Brushes, just received oy 1 ' June B4i leoli o i VViLtSOiS H iiUK VYHiLL., . Dr. Bragg'a IaverT Pills Trv them.- Bold bvi .WILSON BURWELI. ; Jiine24,Kv ' oiovi-ati.'.iJiJj u Wggjsu. NOTICE. I.I ;'i . Nobt,Cboi4i?A RaijJiod Compant, , I , . : Company Shops, N. Pn June 22d, 1881. f The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the North Carolina Railroad Company will be held in Goldsboro on Thursday, July lttb; 1881 Btows holders desirine to Attend can set nassea for them selves and immediate members ot their: families by masnspiWUKUUiu me, uwjug m wu imu their wiah them sent ( Application sh6uld be made at an early day, as fhepasees baV to be procured from the Richmond & uanvuienaiiroaduompany P. B. RUFFIj Secretary; 89 3w 1 Gravelly Tobaocolarjia Fine." ; Cot" mild Cigarettes and choice Clears at J r' - Db. T.; C-. SMITH'S Drog Store. ' : Ja'ne23, lS81. ;n couJ o:r, v ,: i .i. - in r-c Letter! JPiles. .hid V: i - Burlington Letter .FUes. 50 centa each. Will hold 8,000 letters, alphabetioaUy arranged. Best 2188? - 'lT.c;8MtTfli : p or more a day, should man- portida of it - it DOssible. If by ls.J1ai'week.'let him save' &rali Bernliardt l astonishins: a Landlord. EVench, actress, v Sarah" Bernhardt;. whiTe treviwiauMCT is uta uiauuec tu. w OICU., fine IS menting with and Btudymger.artrh5oq even the most trivial. nd r iiwi2nij5cant' m- stances of daily life;. tMfsV. Siddons .is said tohaye ordered a beefsteak wiihTthe, airbf ;9j tragedy queen, but BerrihaTdc sv airs her self 6; every chanCe; remark or action to test'her ideak'ov naturalness and to watch the effect of -her acting on. otJuersJ jo?r-:ni , ! For dllnstritiori, one night,f whie she: was. Ktrmrttiuvr t. t ifa r.KvtfW tb herbelT, was astonished, be rra wiunniuo iiwBu wi.wn tlDS oiun : t "wnat.i vim fponoing u ner dcu, was aatonisneaiobeiilowle?- That' tte; fellow , Vt been, look noid ine star start suddenly jXa ne opened wi, ku.u auu- vravvii a -uair iur supporanii whisper ' hoarFely JiiAugh In very, broken English, ( "Great, heavens 1 Is i uei. hvika i wuwbi . vuunei ves n uiis the closet door. - If this bad occurred ' at a hotel ont here.' the waiter would ; have dis ureeuy wiiuurawu. la inia in stance, now ever,he reported the, incident ati;Vhe,ofnrcet and the proprietor at once proceeded to'en-force- probrieties. -; As 'the landlord enV- tered the suspected ' apartments ' th en star I bnppeu tsiuuuigiy vuwrs mrn .wiui - ine I naive, iresn, gtriisn aaection ol a siiteen-l vearold daughter. - - - : -i ''-- iii i- Be .seated, dear Tather,',; 'she said. "You must, indeed, , be fatigued by your long walk from Rouen 1" "v v:.,.l:;; W-h-a-t?" summered the hotel keeper! t,a M.rA ;mm;.iir .t, Ka.fJ.. Of a oase' ofjewels, and, thecrimitiaT: is that afva ; Mv riv tiir. :: j I u- wav "m. w 4.4-a - a & a uia ; wj vo i taa J W" stre now' convinced that he was talking to a maniac; . "I thodght there was aman.in i "Sh-s-s-sh!" whisoered the star, with her huger on ner lip and. .'an expression Of i --i.u J--- u 1 a . j I ner to thathfa nrn'A wnm attWMin,; I ltood and. gz at'his adversary, who ;.t:;i Wi;;: ' r ore emboldened , tbanyer, i "I t i,o 0i i itf .i.-da. you're a damned coward,nche yelled, " .Mr : Va.toHi.. t tar 4 a .ttkknj I going to oiocK your neaa on," and blood curdle. "Do you Sot hear blood still J0,"0, d.oi?S h Pthf umbrella to him drip on the marble flbor?: He lies in the J11 free m bright hand of Bowie ittlO Ceil vonderl ' Come, let ns ' neeni t I mm. jJive stmeuos in nia. breast. "...'Jlow' Venice will shout in the.morniog and she dragged the trembling man to the ward robe -; 'J -': ' "I don't see anv--anvihiner." he faltered. meditating how he could . make a running "Ah!" she said, peering into his eyes with a searching glance. "Wouldstthou be tray us, then, hare-heart ? 1 Then 'tis thou alone shall fire the palace. . Quick ; here's by torch. 1 will guard the postern " and the facile Sarah handed the wretched man a match, and seizing a ' property dagger rom the mantelpiece, placed her back against the door. .; 1 . - .; . .wow, if l yell out 1 suppose I'm 'a gone coori," said the landlord the perspiration 1 W ' 1. . O I dripping from nis forehead, "lhis crazy uve. , ... ... . billiard: cue wilL: slioe rme all up.1!' Just Bowie looked at his, now thoroughly de then his eye fell tipon the electric fire alarm moralized opponent for a moment, and then button .'' . - i : ;: :r t turning on his heels with the expression, "Certairily.ril fire the palace," he said aloud, arid lighting .the match he held it under the indicator.:. t t t :: .t The result was that in a few seconds the door was burst open and a porter with a Babcock extinguisher dashed into the room an1 ilmoRl; nnnirted "Rmriftrft'a-head ofll The landlord escaped in the; confusion and wftfl annnt genani? inr a, commisBioaer ou lunacy, when manager Abbey ' appeared begun to characterize him at , this time ap and explained matters. But up to the day peared to thaw out. It was on one oeca the troupe left -Mobile the .landlord" gave sion at a dance, when he was in such favpr the tragedienne a wide iberthi : and never able conditions, that I had an opportunity even heard her electric ; voice yelling "over , for a free-and-easy chat with him about the banisters for the chambermaid, or more twAlfl . without shnttincr his : eves and shivering like a dog swallowing a 'bone;; j ' . JP . tr f, . , Good-Night WotSc The last waking thoughts of a child have a peculiar power over his mind- aiidP, heart, and are influential in ' fixing 'his impression and shapbg his" cbaracter forlaU When he turns frorii ;play , and playmates; and leaves the busy occupations of his liUle has a sense of loneliness arid "dependence which" he does 'not feel at any other time. Theri'heraves sympatiiyi' he appreciates kindness: he is grieved by; harshness, or .cold neglect, i How glad he ia ?to kheelb jr i his triothfer'a kneeiri'Tjraver. 6T'tO, havO his fav - " ... t : t'i'ai-i.ii3;tJLiLA I ner Kneei witn mm wuen ue pry b. auwuu i jenjoy s words of approval or ericOTraemenM when they precede tne gooa-uignt isa irom either parent. n : With that warm- and- grateful affection hia Young heart glows' as he feels the'teri - der impress of his mother's hand or lips on his forehead . before he drops asleep. HO w brisht and dear that home seems to him at such an hquT.i "Ho sorry he is feir every word or act of nriklri'djiess, which' he then recaiu iroui u vuuuuuk wx tun . uajr. w nadv rt la ict: make new 'resolves' and pur - poses of better dolrig for thefutufe;1; :vTitr ever else YchUd js from ho dne not readilv outffrotf the en- Torment of hU kind mother's goodnight. : f. AS long as Sne Wulin.lw.visifc'UiH ueu- side, and, cnve him akiss witi a loiinc Vord Inat hf ft'r h eroea to sleeT he' is sure to . . i . r . i . COUnt tnat a privilege ox un douw as wmc LiniTfT snnve nnce. auu wiiuuut wuivu would havfisrseiTBB'Of "ftad luck"-And at no 0 Writ eetr intOr'hte heart; or make an im L&Lijiu.L.3La.i.J iu4 44lMAn4ta1 T flint. many 'parents lose '-sight cf this " truth. .. . fd Simplicity in dress has three ad van Their last words at night to their children tsges : Economy, good taste, and the best . , . m A a.1 4 IV - urKUHHi muni luiuuii: ua luuitvu i are b v no means tneir pieasantesu : 4 i ,7 ' ' James Bowie. 'Anecdotes pf, t7ic inventor of the Hdtoie . uue occasion isowip. vhnRATPnntntMn .uafA pvueu:,iunpnis, arrived oy the Doat ui!, vupr- ratner at what was -then kngwn as the.Third Chickasaw Bluffs.: ; The bapk.fr9rr4 the boat landing; to The' top was aljfut one hundred and fifty feet; highland t uumorcoi people were watching tbe arriyajl , Of . the . strangeri Looking down,-one of thefq repognized .Bowie as he stepped oyer the gaqg-plank and, made !the ; ".WhaCS" homted. a ; big flatboatman. then known as the "Memphis Terror," as ofl iiwwa aown ttne oiufl : r vwoat.l .Ji fibg' tor for months, Jim Bowie 1 i Wby, I x ii wuip aun bo quicK ne won ( Know wnat hdrt him. I'll wbin him if I ndvr . whin another man as long aa I live 1 5' Standby- i dovs. ana see tne inn i" r. r . ... .... . Bowie came slowlv no the bank: : In his hand he carried an old umbrella. I He . had no pistols arid was evidently not expecting or in fact prepared for a fight. This fact did not escape the now - thoroughly inter ested ' spectators; Un went .'the flatboat. t man promptly, as Bowie reached the; top "is your name Jim Bowie r" asked, Bowie replied ihat it was. JCThen " Bhouted the flatboatman. as:ne :ea t J , ? 7 amiieiu ra8Cai M going to whip you right here and now . . J"i-'r " . 1'" ' ,Bowie was a' man of few words. He squared off; ! think you a, damned rascal was think and so J m! Bowie never flinched. ' His keen eye was KWK?r ' - X00V. 4inri jnnbreUa as if to keep his antagc onist at 1 : he "Memphis Terror,".seizing the urn- nmila. ; 7 It ri : Ana hanl tn .Ha a vaaa at ' ;'Z"ZZ 7 r XT ' iT i fwl inventor of the famous knife with the other. r""1""" w. .'",0 ment had been concealed in the folds of the Impromptu sheath. The sight of Bowie standing there-, with the knife in - his hand and the gleam of vengeance in his eye, was too much for "The Terror." ; , I x?rom tne pouncing Dully ne became bnd. "ins face turned pale and "his knees trembled, while the dirk dropped from his hands as he gazed on Bowie's weapon with staring eye?. "Put it up ; put away that scythe, for God's sake, Bowie. I was mis taken m my man." Bowie advanced a step. "Pon't don't kill me I" beseeched the bully; "for God's sake, man, don't go for me with that scythe, and l swear to you .... . . TT i ll never attack another man as long as l "yowaro," waiKed rapidly away, inence- foyth Ine M6,mphis "lerror." was a changed man, anq. udui ine uay i uis uesui uv never lost, the sobriquet of "Pnt-up-that- scythe. . ' ' ; ' ' ' '' Bowie was very fond of music and danc- msr, and on occasions m - - where he conld en- joy both he invariably, appeared in the wn v uumvi. ouu i.uo moi w u.vm I some Of tne encounters in wnicn ne nau I been ensacfed. JKelerring to tne disparity I.. - . . . r . 1 in size Detween nimsen ana some oi ius men whom he had met in conflict. I asked him how he regarded his chances under such circumstances. ; ' ! ' I'Bniiipbse said L . referring to a man of herculean build, who stood near, "suppose a man as I Johnson thetel V: What then 1"t Hob I ..Oh dryly responded Bowie, "I would I 1 -; .' 1 ' I A Business Obitttaet. From a bpan J ish paper is gathered the following : "This 1 morning our saviour- summoned away tne j jeweler, Siebald Illmsga, from his shop to 1 another and a better world. The under- I '.i.t! a ;n 1. 1 eigneu, nis wiaow, wm weep upuu uib vuuiu, as will also his two daughters, Hilda and j jmma, tne xormer oi wnom is marriea ana I the" latter is open to an offer- - The funeral I will take place to-morrow.' His disconso- 1 lateV widow,, Veronique Hlmaga. P. This bereavement will not interrupt our employment, which will be , carried on . as usual, ontv our place of business will be removed from 'Ko3 Sessi de Leinturier to No. 4 Hue de Missionarie, as oar grasping lauuiuru um cu ws cu. 1 ; r" m f Men can be obstinate about things which would seem to extract from the soul all the essence of mule that is in it. On ' the question of the location of a burying- fgrouna odo ui cuureura w uvwu 1 into a tiolerit oontention, and the two dea- I eons were arraved on opposite ' sides. One I ' il . . . . t M TVammam Tahai I moruiu tuu pssior, iue;tuJM xcauuu v vucd, i esiu i xeawu tcriuitu -"ft j ground is located on the hill be will never I Hie, I wilL" 1 ' 1 ' i estnetic eoecu i : The Becotd of Disasters : :tnr. A1 ItiC of the jprihclpal'Adenif pfre--4 ' Zj,,r cent. years on Sea, and Jtfvffr; "Ji- V. I Last year; was; remarkable, for, i;der struction . of steamships, , no fesa" jtna,n 17 hating been losWj Three oi tbe7idUaj(rt)B were of .pecnlia? rinterept,:' a&d exceed, nn,- usual horror tm; account, ojjne number, of persons who i were; eir t drowned ' or, East, river:: and the-, fonnderlna ot. Florida coast of the City" , oi "Start, ; Cruz I The Narragansett, of the. Jrroylderice Linej Narragansett 'kjaufrht: and sunk. vThe- scene's of "the rh!flBta-wera' dri ' board, abemt fiftv were k$tl 1 Closed On the heels of this' disaster came tne barbing ' of the Seawanhaka, by Khich about forty' lives wete lost ''The: boatraiiTSetwen this city and summer resorts prt the north shdre of Xong Island. On the afternoon1 6f Tune 28,' while the u Seawanhaka 5 -was '; abreast of : Biackwell's Island, fire broke out. ' Through : the heroism'of Captain Smith;who, lbough 1 badly burned, remained at the wheelJ ' the " boat was beached, where' she burned to' the ' water's edge.' '-. The recollection ' of tbe awful scenes of that afternoon as the pas-' sengers, with whom the. boat . was well filled,' endeavored1 to save, themselves from death by fire and water, is still fresh.' The -foundering at sea. on Au crust 28th- of the City of "Vera Cruras she was on hefway from; New York to: Havana; caused - a great deal of excitenient wliich was heightened by the two' disasters-which -had preceded it. Thirty-four lives were lost. ij-Two other ' accidents whichf occurred last year resulted '-. in ; heavy -toisW Iifethe sinking" of the4 French steamer' 'Oncle Joseph which 1 met in collision the steamer Oritigua,' off Snez zia, bri Novernber 24th,! 250 persons ; beirig drowned ; and . the foundering, Seventy miles from Bombay, of the British steamer Vingoria, 190 persons losing their lives. One of the most dreadful calamities of recent 1 years was ' the 'blowing a up of tho boilers of the :Staten" Island ferryboat Westfield -on Sundays Jaly 31, 187 1 iust as she was: about to leave 'the slip at the foot of Whitehall street. There' were from 200 to 250 passengers on board at the time, about eighty-of whom lost their lives' and over one hundred of whom were more or less injured by the explosion. The forward half of the boat, where tnost'of ' the passen gers were, seated, was1 blown to fragments. On 'the, night of August !29th in the follow- liw-snmrnflr, jl RChnnrfer ran into tne. -pro-sunk her. The Metis had 104 passengers and a crew , of forty-four men, some of whom floated ashore at 'Watch''. Hill,1 on' .the upper deck of the propeller. Fifty-three persons lost tneir lives oy tne acciueut. iu September. 1878,' an excursion steamer, the Princess Alice, was ran Vdbwnf 'in the Thames, and about 600 lives were 10st.; In November of the same year' the iiamourg- AmericanJSteamer '; Pommerania Carrie into collision with" a bark' and' went'dowri Off Folkestone. 1 Sixty-five' ' lives 1 were lost. On May 31, 1878,' the German1 v Ironclad Grosser Kurfursy while steaming in.; tne British Channel, ! came into Collision with the Konig Wilhelm of the same squadron, and went down almost immediately; j Over 300 lives were lost in this disaster.: One of the stranget accidents of modern: times occurred of the Isle of Wight ri - March 24, 1878. In the afternoon .the . British- training-ship ;- Eurydice, f an old .! wooden sailing vessel, was seen' by. the' people, on shore moving aloiig;under full saiI2o Soon a dnving snow-storm set rand when tne clouds cleared awaVT the Eurydice was riot in ' sights -'She bad iweit eapsizedi and; of the 311'?personsfon ; board: only itw i were saved.' !, Nearly 100c litfeajcwere lost by the wreck of the steamer Metropolis on ,Chrtu tuck beach, N. C.; in January; 18781 -The United States ship Huron, ran ashore pear Oregon'inlet, N, C on Nov. 24; 1 87 7, in a storm, -u and; 'was :: completely ' wrecked. Nmetv-six officers and 'men were lost, i i Within the last fortvears the disasters . . ' . - and lmy stents '"of the Sea1" bave been ' many. Among these are to -be remembeTedibe great loss ot me on tne vmeuniwre, the wreck (of- the Nqrthfteet .wjthS ;er- sons on board,-the loss 9J tne arctic uj 30Q naRsenfirers. the mvsterv of the City of Boston ;by which 480 personsf perished the burning' of the Austria. with 450 victims, tne stranamg oi tne 'jcajiauia. jy death 3. the destruction, of tfce Royal Char ter and 440:liveB; the !6ss?o the! President t25? There is a part v Of thirty-six colored men, women'arid children. 1p Hhe Flatbush Almshouse-7 NewYorkJ awartiig: aid to return to South Carolina, whence they came two weeks ago eipectlri ftf gjo.td lJibena Everything waV made to ippear' to Ihem, they allege, as 'tnongn tney j naa a ensuct to enter a neV Cariaanjind' through r. Covirigt6n,; Sectetardfnhe Colonization Society 'at Washington',' they tbok passage in a vessel owred by J Yates & Porterfield. By chance another vessel owned by the samer firm, came into the port haying on board about thirty negroes, whft said they wee -gUd tor be .able to get iifcack iahve. They told .such a piteous -story, of j destitu tion, starvation and j' death; in j Liberia that the negroes about to embark refused to go. They .had paid out all their, money, and had no whef to go but to:the almshouse, ; ' in . ; .t tSFJWhen the worst elements of society praise you because of your; "liberality!, ia dealing with'the vices by which they live , it is time for you to pause &nd.'meditate - - vllr '-j van I 3 Y. . VI" ourneu tne couision, petwwn-.wia.Jarra-. . gansett jand ; $to.nington ,m-0Lopg 'Island. Sbnnd.i the buTnin'cr of the .Seawanhaka In the with 109 persons on board, the' burning oi the Independence when 140 person ;,were lost, aW therrect of the 'Atlantic, which resulted in the1 death 'bf ' 431 persons.iV w mii. ' .1:1. C. gMSf 1 j. j.noune. . , ji Ut it 0
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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July 1, 1881, edition 1
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