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HOME-DEMOCRAT. YATES & STRONG, Editors and Proprietors. CHARLOTTE, N. C. Friday, December 25, 1885. Important Decision. The Supreme Court of North Carolina ha9 just decided an important case that went up from the Criminal Court of this city. Mr John W.Miller, a commission merchant of this city, was indicted for selling flour on our streets by sample, he not having taken out a Drummer's license. The Magistrate before whom he appeared (Capt. McNinch) fined him $200 for sel ling without a Drummer's license, where upon Miller appealed to the Criminal Court, and Judge Meares decided that the law requiring such license is unconstitu tional. Appeal from that decision was taken to the Supreme Court, which Court affirms the decision of Judge Meares. The decision is a very important one, involving, probably, $70,000 which is about the amount paid by Drummer's into the State Treasury as a tax. .. . . The Home-Democrat will be pub lished next week (Friday, Jan. 1st) as usual. No entire suspension this year. Advertisers will please take notice and govern themselves accordingly. J3f The Joint Committee of the Legis lature which has been examining the books, warrants, vouchers, &c, in the officeB of the State Treasurer and Auditor, reports everything as correct, with a bal ance in the Treasury on the 30th Nov., 1885, of $532,521.32. Next week we will publish the Committee's statement in full. 2Sf A Washington correspondent of the Observer, under date of Dec. 22d, says : "The feature of the day was Mr Beck's attack in the Senate on the financial policy of the administration. It created a flutter in the Senate at the moment, and was dis cussed after adjournment. It becomes more and more evident that the chief line of opposition to Mr Cleveland in the Democratic party will be on his financial views." ISST" Some cases in the U. S. Court here last week showed the great import" ance of Administrators and Executors giving proper notice to claimants and debtors to present their claims within proper time, and also the importance of settling up estates as soon as possible and having the matter recorded on the Supe rior Court Clerk's books. Procrastina tion is net only a thief of time, but also ruinous to the estates of living and dead men and women. The files- of the old Charlotte Democrat (introduced into Court) have sometimes saved people much trouble and loss. J-iT The Spartanburg & Asheville Railroad was completed from Asheville to Ilendersonville this week making the connection between Spartanburg and Asheville complete. t-3?f As this is a day of suits for big things by real or imaginary owners, we are not surprised at any sort of a claim made before the Courts, even to the size of a big town or larger city. The latest claim of the sort is reported by a cor respondent of the Asheville Citizen in regard to the Town of Charleston, Swain county, N. C. The correspondent says : "Quite a sensation was produced here last Friday (18th) by the appearance of Mr Kopo iUias of Jbrankhn, having in his possession a title made by the Sheriff of Macon county, in the year 1838, to Mr Dillard Love, for a Certain tract of land located in what is now Swain county, and situated exactly where Charleston and the town of Bryson stand. MrElias, for his client, Mr John Ingram of Macon county, procured the registration of his deed, and the inhabitants of our twin towns calculate only on holding so much of their property as can by the laws of our country beheld by possession." Hoving frauds are now selling to country people formulas for making fer tilizers or manure. One of the formulas was sent to Dr. Dabney, State Chemist at Raleigh, by a gentleman living in Robe son county, and he pronounces it worth less. . Why will people continue to be swindled by peddlers and traveling frauds of all sorts. If you want anything go to some reliable store in town or country and get it, and don't buy from foreigners who travel through the country. They are here to-day, but gone to-morrow after you find out you have been cheated. People who have refused to pay for the Home-Democrat need not be sur prised if they fail to get a copy after the first day of January, 1886. We expect to mark off, after that date, many names now on our list, and collect from them hereafter the amounts due. Those who want the paper continued and owe for a year and more, must send the amount due and also for renewal. We know that many are in arrears from mere neglect, and not from an indisposition to pay. See if there is a X mark on your paper. We have never been uneasy about the number of subscribers we bad we al ways had more than we could get pay for. . 25f Congress has passed two bills one to relieve General Lawton of his political disabilities, and the other to pro vide a pension for Mrs. Grant of $5,000 a year, with franking privilege. . '' ' New Advert! sements. Relicious Notice -Rev. Max. H. DToyle will preach at Hickory Grove Church on Sun day, ZTtn uec. Land for sale Hugh T. Rhyne, Commissioner, Gaston College, Dallas, N. C Rev. M. L. Little, President. Land for sale W. K. Byrum, Administrator of Wm. Kerr. See large stock of Christmas Goods at A. R. & W. B. Nisbit; also, at S. M. Ilowell's. Southern people who borrow money from Yankee brokers may expect to meet the fate of the Georgia farmers as described in the following statement: The suffering of Georqia farmer $ caused by bor rowing Money from Northern syndieaUs.--Yox three or more years Georgia farmers have been making the practice of borrowing money from .Northern corporations and giving mortgages upon their property to secure the loans. The rate of interest has usually been 10 to 12 per cent a year, and the farmers have paid this in order to get ready money to tide over the embar rassments of short crops. Some few finding themselves unable to meet their paper at ma turity, brought suits against the holders of the mortgages charging them with usury. Last week Judge Emory Speer rendered a decision that the loans can be collected to the very cent : that the exorbitant interest exacted and prom ised by the borrowers to be paid is not usury. This will involve the transfer of thousands of acres of lands to Northern capitalists just be cause the people bit at this sugar-coated bait. There is no appeal from Judge Speer's decision.". The lien law, the mortgage law, and the purchase of commercial fertilizers, are ruining thousands of Southern farmers, and beggaring their wives and children. The TJ. S. District Couet, which was opened here on Tuesday, Dec. 15tb, adjourned Saturday afternoon, Dec. 19th, after transacting a good deal of import ant business. Decisions in illicit dis tilling, retailing and mail-robbing cases were announced in the Democrat last week. On Friday and Saturday some im portant cases : were deoided, as stated below: The old National Exphess Suirs A ; lit tle history of this case miy be Interesting to some of our readers. In 1865 an Express Com pany was organized in the South (originating in Virginia we believe) to do a transportation busi ness, with Gen. Jos. E. Johnston at its head. His name was used because he had "General" to it and not because he had any knowledge of the business. The object " was to supplant the old Adams or Southern Express Company in the South, but instead of supplanting anything it supplanted itself and went to uin, and the Stockholders were assessed to pay debts, as claimed by those who brought suit. There were a number of stockholders in Char lotte, and the suits against them were tried by Judges Bond and Dick last week. The trustee of the dead Express Company, John Glenn of Baltimore, was represented by ex-Judge Fowle and Armistead Jones, Esq , of Raleigh, and W. W. Flemming, Esq , of this city; and the De fendants were represented by ex-Judge Bynum, Jones & Johnston, Burwell & Walker, and Geo. E. Wilson, Esq9. Ten cases were tried, or at least decided by the Judges without permitting them to go to a Jury, although the Attorneys for the Defendants begged that they be submitted to a Jury. The suits against T. J. Sumner, J. S. Phillips, John A. Young and A. A. N. M. Taylor were dis missed on the ground that they had been re lieved by going into Bankruptcy. The suit against Saml. P. Alexander, Administrator of John M Springs, dee'd, was decided against the Express Company because the Administrator had given ample notice, through a newspaper, to claimants to present their claims, and, fur ther, because the Administrator had completely settled the estate and recorded the whole matter on the Books of the Superior Court Clerk of Mecklenburg county. , In the suit against John L. Morehead, Judge Dick and Judge Bond dis agreed, and the case went over by appeal. But in the following cases judgment against the parties named was ordered : Mrs Mary E. Wris ton, widow of Miles L. Wriston, for $1,500 and interest from Dec. 14, 1880 ; S. P. Alexander, (individually,) for $1,500 and interest; H. G. Springs for $1,500 and interest; Wm. Treloar, for $600 and interest ; and John Wilkes, for $1,500 and interest. " If the cases had been submitted to the Jury that sat silently in the box, we venture to say that the bogus Express company would not have got a verdict in a single case. Public opinion is decidedly against 1 he arbi trary manner in which Judge Bond acted in the matter, especially in not letting the cases go to a Jury, or not permitting some of the cases to be continued until the Supreme Court of the United States had decided similar cases carried up from Missouri, in which State the U. S. Cdurt refnsed to give a verdict for the Express com pany in a single case. Indignation at Judge Bond's arbitrary conduct is not confined to lay men or unprofessional men only. On Saturday the case of Thos. H. Gaither against the Richmond & T' iville Railroad Com pany (for damages for i -s received on the Charlotte & Atlanta Air - i.ailroad by a col lision) was postponed to next term of Court, Dr. Johnstone B. Jones, an important witness, being unable to attend. The case of B. F. Long, Receiver, of the old Western Division of the Western Railroad com pany, against the Western N. C. Railroad com pany, was argued on a motion to remand the case to the State Court, but the matter was left unsettled. Senator Hampton of South Caro lina, seems unnecessarily troubled about the annoyance endured by some members of Congress in the way of importunities for office. He wants to make it a misde meanor for any Senator or Representative to ask for the appointment of a friend to office. It is said that the good old Gen eral has never hurt himself much by try ing to aooommodate or benefit his consti tuents in the way of emoluments, and that many of them consider, him a failure as a U. S. Senator. Bdgf With good Florida oranges selling in Charlotte at $1.50 per hundred, or 75 cents for fifty, we don't see where the profitableness of orange-raising comes in. A Civil Rights Decision. In the Iowa Supreme Court the following inter esting decision was recently made : Bow lin, a colored man, applied for admission to a place of amusement, and was refused by the proprietors beoause of his color. The Circuit Court held that it did not ap pear from the averments that the plaintiff had any legal right to enter the place of amusement. The Supreme Court affirms this ruling, and says : "The act com plained of by the plaintiff' was the with drawal by the defendants, as to him, of the offer which they had made to admit him,or to contract with him for admission. They had the right to do this, as to him or any other member of the public. This right is not based upon the fact that he belonged to a particular race, but arises from the consideration that neither he nor any other person could demand as a right, under the law, that the privilege of enter ing the place be accorded to him." The Republicans were only too glad to aid the Democrats in scattering the appropriation bills. The Republicans never lose an opportunity to show the country they are in sympathy with job bery in every form. Superior Courts We publish a full and complete list of the times for opening the Spring TermVbf the Superior Courts in this State. Preserve the list for future reference. If our friends, the Judges, will excuse us, we will here publicly make; the suggestion that they be promptly at their post, on Monday mornings, to open Court, and avoid either private or public censure for neglect of duty. We have heard the people at Court House towns say some pretty severe' (but jusi) things about the neglect of Judges, &c. We are pleased to see that some of the North Carolina members of Congress are moving in the way of introducing Bills to abolish the Internal Revenue Law. We hope they will put every mem ber on the 'record in regard ; to 1 repeal. Gen. Cox is the first to introduce a bill for repeal. - , ; ..;' S2f" Edgecombe county distributed this year $7,527.91 for educating the col ored race, and only $1,504.88 for . the whites. ' Right. The following paragraph in dicates that Congress is not . going to suffer itself to be overawed by - the Presi dent in regard to silver coinage : ... ; Washington, Deo. 22. It i stated on good authority that a majority of both Houses are opposed to the suspension of Silver coinage. In the Senate there are twelve or thirteen Republicans who will stand up for silver, and only five or six Democrats are believed to be in favor of the suspension of its coinage. These; are Mr Gorman of Maryland, Mr Gray of Delaware, Mr McPberson of New Jersey, Mr Camden of West Virginia, Mr Payne of Ohio, and probably Mr Butler of South Carolina. . The silver men show a disposi tion not to wait until they are attacked, but to boldly assume the aggressive and assail the policy of the administration in making war on silver. They have real ized their power in Congress and are defiant. Mad Dog Bites. Cure by Turkish Jiath. Milwaukee, Dec. 21. Jas. Krebla, ant employe of the Milwaukee car. shops, was bitten in the calf of the right leg by a dog about twenty-five days ago,butdid not experience any trouble until last Fri day, when the premonitory symptoms of hydrophobia seized him. r He complained of) a severe prickling sensation at' the wound and at points along his right; side to the crown of his head, bad swelling in the throat, was unable to swallow, and restless to that extent that he could not sleep. He was taken to a bath' establish ment, the theory having recently been advanced here that a treatment of turkish baths would cure the disease if taken in time. Saturday Krebla passed five hours in the sweat room with the temperature at 185 degrees, and Sunday passed two hours there. Saturday uight. he had eight hours sleep and rest, and Sunday again slept soundly. The dangerous symptoms have disappeared, and the man expects to resume his usual work to-day, should they not return. The theory that tbe disease has been brought - on- by imagination is disproved by the fact that be gave no at tention whatever to the dog bite. - He is a Bohemian, and not a reading man, and knows nothing whatever of the symptoms of hydrophobia. Paris, Dec. 21. The four children, who were recently bitten by mad dogs in Newark, N. J., and sailed on December ninth, in the steamship Canada, to be placed under the-treatment of Pasteur, landed at Havre all well. They reached this city to-day, and ' have proceeded to M. Pasteur's' house, where- special ar rangements have been made for treatment of the little ones. Pasteur,; in an inter view to-day, said : "I regret that so long a time has elapsed between the time the children were bitten.; and their arrival here. But there is good ground for hope, as I have previously treated oases with success after two months had passed from the time the patients were bitten." Pas teur deemed it best not to delay, and ac cordingly he inoculated the Newark chil dren to-day. Cause of Earthquakes. The Dutch scientists sent out to investigate the Java earthquakes of 1883 have made their re port. The immediate cause of tbe earth quakes was the suddec irruption of water through a break in tbe ocean , floor upon the subterranean fires under the volcano of Krokatoa. 3 Shock succeeded . shock, causing a large portion of the mountain to fall into the sea. The tremor was felt as far as Australia. The explosions were heard over one-fourteenth of the earth's surface. The air wave produced .by the cononssions traveled around the globe, and the tidal waves dashed against-Asia and the Pacific islands. The fine ashes were thrown up to a height of thirty miles, and have not yet returned to the earth, as the illuminated sun sets still seen in some parts of the world thorough ly establish. This fine dust has made the circuit of the -globe twice. The , report states that the surface of the earth is very thin and precarious, and that the ocean water is at any time liable to break through, causing the fire and water to bring about tremendous earthquake shocks. -. ; ..:;; . : : . i A New Episcopal Bisnor. Rev. Chauncey C. Williams of Augusta, Ga., has been elected Episcopal Bishop of Easton, Maryland, as successor to the late Bishop Lay. Mr Williams was a com promise candidate. There were seven ballots. The Baltimore Sun says: "Rev. Chauncey C. Williams is about 37 years old. He entered Trinity College, Hart ford, Conn., 1867, and graduated in July, 1871, not only taking the highest honors of his class, but receiving the prize medals offered by tbe College. He then went to Atlanta, Ga., where he assisted Bishop Elliott, now of Western Texas,; and. from there to Macon, Ga., where he soon built up a languishing parish. He is regarded as a 'conservative as distinguished from a Mow' churchman." 1 SSI? The London Medical Press learns that "an American lady is driving in a carriage and six horses through our provincial towns, attracting people- by means of her brass band to accept her ad vice and medicine as from the world re nowned American lady doctor." The same paper tells of an English quack "now travelling in America with a very lovely young woman, whom he exhibits as a result of bis medicine, which, he de clares, causes the perfection of her com plexion. He sells a tonic, too, to which he attributes the abundance of her hair, and drugs for the inorease or redaction of flesh to her standard." Washington Items. A Washington correspondent of the Goldsboro Messenger gives the following items: The Commissioner of Internal Revenue will hooq issue a commission to Mr James b. Battle as agent of the higher class, who reei-ive .$7, a , day. , There was at report that At r Battle 6uld take Mr-'Klloggs place, but I uuders; and that ho will simply have a position ut thu same class. Mr W. W. Carraway will go into office at the same time and receive $5 a .lay an t ex penses.' - Ji 1 e "' ' :' Mr Julian of Salisbury, has declined a pjace tendered to him in the, House and returned hdme4' 4J-i-i - u ' x Mr Roth rock ' of Lexington,' who was here seeking office, was successful a day or two since in securing . employment in a notion store on Pennsylvania avenue. He is the , third man during, the year who has passed through a similar experi ence: ' ' ;" y-r.-'.y.ii V - 1 Mr James M. Leach, Jr., has resigned the position of Chief of the Division ' of Receipts and Expenditures in the Regis ter's Office of the fTreasury Department. At the meeting of the 'National Guard Association Geu Johnstone . Jones was chosen first . Vice .President. .The body called on the President and Mr Cleveland made a short speech. The; meetings of the -Association, have been interesting. The committee, of. which Adjutant Gen eral Jones was a member, reported , in favor of a bill providing for an appropria tion oi one million dollars. . The report was adopted. . . ; .. i . t. Senator, Vance has introduced a bill to pay to the States of North Carolina, Geor gia, Alabama aud. Florida the amounts for arms which werer covered into the Treasury because tip efforts were made at the proper time ta draw, the money.,. It is expected by the Adjutant General, who is muoh interested in the matter, that the bill will become a law. It passed one House of Congress at. the. last session, Jbut will have tb'go through bbth'this'time as if it were an entirely uew measure. IrHf Hon.'; Simpson Bubo. , was taken, euddenly ill at his home in Spartanburg, S. C, on 16th instant, and died at 7:45 p. m. He was in his 82d year. Mr Bobo was a leader at the bar of his State.' Cluvebius Sick in, Prison. A Rich-, mond dispatch says: "Thomas. J. Clu verius, who is now confined in jail under sentence of death for tbe murder' of Fan pie Lillian Madison, and awaiting the ac tion of the Supreme Court upon an appeal from the sentence of the Hustings Court, is quite sick, and he was attacked with a chill Wednesday and Sunday. He is suf fering with a heavy cold." ' i ? Mr B. F. Grady of Sampson coun ty, writes to the Raleigh Observer that at one time in 1804 tbe President of the Senate r was SI; Jesse ; Franklinj and the Speaker of the House was Nathaniel Ma con, both of North Carolina. ,A very in teresting fact and scarcely paralleled in l.h hiatnrv of CnnfrrPHU !. -.y-4 :; ? s 'I ( t.f J3f It is not the most pleasant thing in the world to tell a man he acts dis honestly. . While it is unpleasant to us, it should be still more unpleasant to the other man. A subscriber; recently refused to take his paper out of ' the postoffice, when he owed us for more than twelve months' subscription,, We will publish , the name of the next person, who does that, in the paper, and opposite it the amount be owes, and keep it there till he pays up. We will let the people judge of his honesty or dishonesty. The only way to stop a pa per in a gentlemanly manner is to pay up first. Concord Times. A Tender Letter. During his inter val of pain Gen'. Grant wrote an effecting letter. addressed to his wife whioh was found on his person after death: The full text of the letter has not been given to the public, but Rev. Dr. Newman - during religious services at Mt. McGregor gave a short extract from it. ; It is as follows : "Look after our dear children and direct them in the paths of rectitude. It would distress me far; more to think that one of them could depart from an honorable, up right and virtuous life, than it would to know that they were prostrated on a bed of sickness from which they ; were never to arise alive. They .have never given us any cause for alarm on their account, and I earnestly pray , they ; never .will. . With these few injunctions and the 'knowledge I have of your love and affection, and of the dutiful affection of all our children, I bid you a final farewell until we - meet in another and, I trust, a better world. You will find this on my person after my de mise. Hdf, Before the war it ,was - frequently remarked that a judicial decision bad es tablished it as a matter of law and, fact "the d d lie" was equivalent to an as sault. The author of this famous decision, it is said, was Judge William Daniel, the grandfather of Senator Daniel of Vir ginia. , .T-; 1 2" The failure of Mr A. B. Suttle, merchant of Shelby, U reported. His liabilities are said to be about $35,000. ' : i ' - Socialists Severely Punished in Russia. Warsaw, Dec. 21. The trial of the persons accused of belonging to a social revolutionary society has been concluded. Bardowski, justice of the peace at Wat saw; Lury, captain of engineers, and four others have been sentenced to be hanged. In addition to these, eighteen have been sentenced to sixteen years' servitude in the mines of Siberia, two others to ten years in the same place and afterwards to be exiled for life in Siberia, and two more to Siberia for life., ,....,., , . A Curious Case- in England. A cablegram from London says all England is divided just now with one of its higher courts over a judicial puzzle. "In all the annals of the law," it is said, "never was such a proof given of its 'glorious ; uncer tainty' as this afternoon, when the entire bench of the high court,, fourteen Judges sitting, were found equally divided on a question of larceny. A asked B for the loan of a shilling. ,B inadvertently hand ed him a sovereign; which the latter took' without looking at it, thinking it was a shilling, the two coins being of the same size. A and B parted." A went to spend his shilling and, discovered it was a sovereign. At this time be conceived tbe idea of appropriating nineteen shillings, B not consenting. When all was gone B discovered his inadvertence and demand ed back the money., The verdict on the trial was 'guilty of larceny. An equal division of judges affirms the verdict, therefore A remains fulfilling his sentence, although seven judges equally learned as the opposite seven say , A is . wrongfully convicted." . .; in : Congress...;.,.;; V,, Both Houses adjourned on Monday the 21st of JJecc-mber to ; January. 5th. .The House adopted the new Rules introduced by Mr Morrison to 6oatter the different Appropriation Bills among different com mittees, instead of leaviug them alt to be reported by what is known as the "A p propriatioir Comtniltee."s" , Randall ; 'and II!ma, .thtv old ; Democratic ,"watch d 'f;" of the Tr-a-ury, : opposed the scheme, but they were voted down by thos"eWlto want to dip deep into" the pub lic crib, including Republicans and Demo crats.' Most of the North Carolina mem bers, we are glad to see, voted with Rau dall and Holman;' Ji ' t,,f' ' ' ' In the House, on the 21st,' Mr Herbert of Alabama, introduced a bill to provide a mode for vacating patents. : Gen. Uox of North Carolina, introduced a bill for ; the abolition of the Internal Revenue law. ' ' Mr Wheeler of Alabama, introduced a bill to pension , survivors of the Mexican war, and a bill for the relief of Fitz John Porter. Also, a bill to amend the civil service act it amends the act by the ad dition of sections;: calculated -to equalize appointments in . the oivii service among the several States, and provides that an appointing officer may 'designate a cer tain person for examination, and upon his being found capable, may appoint him to office.''!l -.'... t. untif-t'e- L.i i.hs l'-" '': At the suggestion of Mr Curtin of Penn sylvania, it was ordered that-when, .the House meets on January 5th the' call shall be continued where it was left off. I- Though only fourteen ' of the; thirty eight States were reached under the call there were 1,004 bills introduced . and re ferred. A large majority .of these .-bills were of a private nature, while a still larger majority were bills that have been before the previous Congresses.) Meas ures were also introduced for the erection of buildings at the following places : Au gusta, Ga.; Columbus, Ga.; Birmingham, Alf.; Huntsville, Ala.; and Jacksonville, Florida. Jiy ' ' ; ; 1 L'. , ., In the Senate, Mr Ransom introduced a bill for the erection of a public, building at Winston-Salem, N. C, to cost $50,000. Mr.Maxey presented a memorial of the Mexican Veterans' Association praying for the passage of a bill pensioning veter ans of the Mexican war. Referred. ; Among the bills favorably reported and placed on the calendar were the following: By; Mr Edmunds, from the committee on judiciary, in reference to bigamy and polygamy in Utah. Mr Edmunds said he would ask the Senate to. take up this bill immediately after the holiday recess! By. Mr Hoar, from the same commit tee, an original bill to establish a uniform system of , bankruptcy . throughout . the United States. Mr Hoar said he would ask' the Senate to take up this bill ae soon as' possible after tbe holiday recess. By Mr: Cullom, a postal telegraph bill. It provides for the purchase of any existing lines under the provisions of the act of 1665, at the appraised valuation to be ascertained by a commission of five : dis interested persons. r Among the bills introduced and appro priately referred was one by Mr Van Wyck to provide for organization of that part of the territory of the United States now known as the Indian Territory, and the public land ptrip into the territory to be known-as the territory of Oklahoma; to provide a temporary government for the same for the allotment of homesteads to the Indians in the severalty, and to open the unoccupied lands to the Indian settlers. Mr Vest offered the following preamble and resolution, and moved their reference to tbe Committee on Foreign Relations : "Whereas, Correspondence between the Governments of the United States and Austria-Hungary, which has been trans mitted to the Senate' by the President, shows that Hon. Anthony M. Keiley of Virginia, was on April 29, 1885, appointed Minister to Austria-Hungary ; that on May 9, 1885, tbe Government of the Uni ted Stales was officially notified by the Government of Austria-Hungary that tbe "position of a foreign Envoy, , wedded to a Jewess by a civil marriage, would be untenable and even impossible in Vienna;" and on August 4, 1885; the Government bf Austria-Hungary declared its determi nation not to receive Mr Keiley as Minis ter from the United States;1 Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representa tives that the position 7 assumed by this Government, and the principles affirmed in said correspondence by the Secretary, of State, meet with our unqualified ap probation. The Constitution, of the Uni ted Slates provides that, "no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States, and whilst sincerely anx ious to maintain friendly relations with Austria-Hungary, and all other govern ments, the people of the United States deny the right of any foreign Govern ment to assert against any citizen of this country disqualification for office by rea son of bis religious belief, or that of his family." v-.r. v Mr Vest . strongly commended the course of Secretary Bayard in the Keiley matter. Mr Plumb said he thought the incident showed how utterly . useless the whole diplomatio service was. He hoped the committee would report that the ser vice could be dispensed with altogether. The resolution was referred. 1 A correspondent of the Raleigh Ob server Bays in regard to the vote on the new Rules : "In the vote on the adoption of the rules of the House,2 the North Carolina delegation voted for all the proposed changes except the distribution of appro priation bills. Messrs Skinner, Keid, Bennett, Cowles and Henderson voted against this change, on the ground that it tended to open the door to extravagant appropriations, and that the Democrats had gone into power on the platform of reform and economy. They thought that every safeguard should be raised against extravagance. Messrs Cox and John ston were necessarily absent. Gen. Cox would have voted with the gentlemen above named if he had been present." 'J 5" The cause of cold waves, Lieut. Woodruff of the Signal Service Bureau says, is not yet understood. He explains that in various investigations and studies it has been shown that "a fall of temper ature succeeds or follows an area of low barometer, and a rise precedes such an area," and asks the following question : "Is the cold the effect of an area of high barometer, or ia the area of high barome ter doe to decrease of temperature?" The ; prediction of the approach or progress of cold waves is as yet apt to go wrong nine times out of ten. , The most intense cold waves follow severe storms. Local Items. t3 We learn that CoL Wm. R. Myers of this city, recently sold to Mr Baxter H. Moore 133 acres of land at seventy-five dollars per acre. Mr Moore lives near the Eastern boundary of the city, and is one of the best and most success ful farmers in this Beet ion, and understands the value of land. The land he purchased from Col. Myers lies near his farm. On an adjoining tract, Mr McD. Arledge made this year one bale of cotton to the acre without using any extra quantity of fertilizers;' and in the same neighbor hood Mi T. L. Vail made sixty bales of cotton with four mules, besides an abundance of corn, potatoes, &c. " The tame may be said of Mr J. 8. Myers' farm also In the same neighborhood. ' Oh the opposite side of , tbe city, Col.', Myers alEO sold 25 acres of land at one hundred dollars per acre. '".;'- Such sales and prices are an indication of the value of land in this section and the success of farmers who personally attend to their business. Messrs II. C. Eccles and Geo. W. Bryan are going into the commission business on the first of January, in the Store Boom in Central Hotel building recently occupied by Tiddy& Bro. ' The firm will deserve public confidence because entirely reliable in every respect. r. . tST The Central Hotel? on the' first of Jan uary, will pas s into the hands of new proprie tors, Messrs Scoville and Brockenbrough, who will do all they can to please public patronage, and be successful j no doubt in doing so, Mr Scoville being a man of long experience in Hotel keeping. Mr H. C. Eccles retires with the admiration and good will of all who know him or have , visited , the Central Hotel during his management. ; ' The distribution among the poor of the city, on Wednesday last, of clothing and pro visions, was worthy of ' all praise and creditable to the ladies who got up the scheme.: Many hearts, no doubt, were made glad. - The country people . have been much gratified at the general enforcement cf the law against dogging or begging people on the streets for the privilege of sampling their cotton. The law must, be enforced, and town and country people will sustain the City authorities in the matter. , . , . : IS" We are pleased to learn that Dr. John stone B. Jones, who recently suffered a stroke of paralysis, is much better. .Although considera bly advanced in years, hopes are entertained for his full recovery. Burglars, or a burglar, entered the dwel ling house of Mr Thomas Allison of this city, one night last week, and stole $360 in money and a large quantity of wearing apparel. Chloroform was used on the sleeping inmates of the bed room. The Mayor of the city offers a reward of $100 for the arrest of the thiet. s . KTThe Car-Record Office' of the Virginia Midland Railroad has been removed from Alex andria, Va.;to this city, and will be put under Maj. Moody's charge, who has had charge of all the car-records of tbe Richmond & Danville sys tem of Roads. - " ' ; - tW The Telegraphic line between Charlotte and Statesville is now in operation, with offices at Davidson College and Mooresville. The Charlotte Office is at the Richmond & Danville Railroad office. . i j i - . ; - ' : It is curious that people, either in town or country, will keep large amounts -of money in their dwelling houses. It only invites the opera tions of robbers and murderers; "Borne people think no one knows that they keep money in their dwellings,' but they are generally mistaken. No good business man carries on his person more than a few dollars, in change, and does not keep any in his dwelling. See notice of the Gaston College at Dal las, N. C. - Rev. Mr Little, the President is a thorough-going man, and does his duty suc cessfully and manfully and conscientiously. The College is well patronized.' . , ' Rniohts of Honob. At a regular meeting of Mecklenburg Lodge No. 335, Knights of Honor, on Tuesday night, the following officers were elected : Dictator, J S Myers ; Vice Dic tator, C O-Mercer; Assistant Dictator, J G Shan nonhouse ; Reporter, H Baumgarten ; Pi nancial Reporter, W V Perkinson ; - Guide, J S Neisler; Chaplain, N M Woods; Guardian, F R Durham; Sentinel; C S Holton; Treasurer, C L Hunter ; Past Dictator, R M Kopf ; Repre sentatives to the Grand Lodge, R M Kopf, alter nate, Chas R Jones ; Medical Examiner, Dr Geo W Graham; Auditing Committee, Chas R Jones, E K P Osborne, C O Mercer ; Board of Trustees, E K P Osborne, J G Shan nonhouse, J P Strong. .......... j -. List of Letters Remaining in the Postoffice at Charlotte, N. C. for the week ending Dec. 21atj 1885 1 1' Ida Barber, A Blonds, M A ' Bowles, miss L Cook, J L Caldwell, T B Dillingham, Jaa Plow, W W Fleetwood, Demps Gregory, P Geleal, Hulda Harris, A D Harden, J B Kerr, M S Little, Stephen Morten, G Mannel, B Morcus, S Rich ardson, J T Surry, Robt Sheppard, G W Strong, J O Smith, mrs Rosa Turner, 8 R Turner, Emma White. t: i When calling for tbe above please say ad vertised. J. A. Yocsq, P. M. ... CHARLOTTE MABKET, Deo. 24, 1885. " On Thursday there was another decline in Cotton and the quotations stood at about for Good Middling, and 8 for Middling. The market la very much depressed. The Receipts here since 1st September amount to 24,649 hales. In regard to the crop of Cotton this year, a friend informs us that Green & Co'a Circular of New York estimates the crop at 6,900,000 bales, while estimates based on Southern calculations puts the crop at 6,520,000 bales. The acreage this year is 2,600,000 acres more than that of the big crop year, when the crop amounted to about 6,600,000 bales. ;, Flour from country mills $2.25 to $2.50 per sack by. the wagon load. No Wheat oflering in this market. Corn 60 to 62 cents per bushel;-Meal 65; Peas 75 ; Oats 40. ' " Sweet Potatoes 50 cents per bushel ; Irish Po tatoes 65 and 75. if 'i - . .. . '-'.J . Bacon Sides from stores 5 by the box.T ,. Other Markets. NEW YORK, Dec 24, 1885 Cotton quiet 9 J for . Middling market de pressed. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 24, 1885. Cotton easy at 5 pence for Middling Uplands. TOBACCO SEED. ' , We will give to any reliable Farmer in Meck lenburg county as much Tobacco Seed as he de sires and com Diet e directions how to plant. grow, and cure Tobacco. We expect to open a TOBACUV WAKE HOUSE in the centre of the City, and thereby enable Planters to get the best cash prices for their, Tobacco. i?o ;U '.!!,fV. ";"t 7 ; f tSJ Don't ail to give : Tobacco a trial. .It pays better than Cotton. : " - l . ; CARSON BROS. Dec. 11, 1885. 8m. 1 1 MARRIED.: J In this city, on the 23d inst, by - Rev. J. T. Bagwell, Mr David H. Anderson (Teller of Com mercial National Bank) and Miss Sallie Spencer, daughter of Mr J. S. Spencer. . : . . , .u In this county, Mr J. 8. Caldwell and Mhs , Anna A. Brown, daughter of Mr J.F.Brown. Also. Mr W. B. Caldwell and Miss Nola J. Frazier. daughter of Mr A. Frazier. , '!.'- In Gastonia, on the22dinsL.byRevJ. J.Ken- ' nedy, Mr R. A. White (ex-SherhTj and Miss Rachel E. White. , . , V - ' t At Haw River, Alamance county, on the 16th I u mst Mr O. Bruce Wright of Wilmington, and.,, Miss Ella M. Holt, daughter of CoL Thos. M. Holt " ' - ; ' In Cabarrus county, on the 3d inet, Mr Thos. -' Alexander of Mecklenburg county,' and Miss ' ' Mollie White, daughter of Capt N.' G. White. ; j: ' In Mocksville, on the 17th inst., Chas. L. Heit-- . - man, Esq., and Miss Julia, daughter of J. M. Clement, Esq. v,. , ,. .,.-..:'.; j In Salisbury, at the residence , of ,Jflr Luke Blackmer, Mr P. A. Frercks and Miss Fannie , Kelly. Mr Frercks is Proprietor tf the Mt. ' ' Vernon Hotel. i.-Jiu V,.. -;,-- y- ri-.i-s y- tt.i'f In Gaston county ,'at' ML Holly,' on the 16th; - : inst., Mr Francis Abernathy of Mecklenburg county, and Miss Lillie Love.; : (1. j., ;.:., In Gaston county, South Point. township, on the 16th inst , J. G. GuLlick, Esq., and Miss Jane Mellon, daughter of Mr J. Mellon. Also, on the 16th, near Garibaldi, Mr T. T. Craig and Miss Maggie Stowe, daughter of Mr L. Stowe. DIED. - ' v-;' . In Cabarrus county, at . Poplar ' Tent, ' on therj 13th inst., Mr R. L. Caldwell, aged 23 years. ' ' V Religious Notice. 4 Jf ,: I will c reach at Hickorv Grove Church on ' the fourth Sunday In December inst, (27th day) at 11 o'clock, A. M. - ' MAX. H. HOYLE, Pastor Matthews P. O., Dec. 24, 18S5. . , ., ,t LAND FOB SALE. By virtue of a Decree of the Superior Court' of Mecklenburg county; I will sell at the Court House door, in Charlotte, on Monday, the 1st day of Eebruary. 1886, a Tract o! LAND Jyine on the Carolina Central Railroad, in Paw Creek , Township, adjoining lands of W. P. Hipp, and others, known as the Rhyne place, containing 19 ' Acres. There is a sood House on the place and . good out-buildings. , . ; HUGH T. RHYNE, ' . Dec. 25, 1885. 6wT Commissioner. LAND FOR SALE. in On Monday the 1st of February, 1880, by vir- .H tue of a decree of the Superior Court of Meek- ' . lenburg county, I will sell at the Coutt House door in Charlotte a Tract of LAND lying 1 1 "1 Berryhill township, on the waters of -Rocky Sugar Creek, adjoining the lands of W B- Spratt; j5 ? F.Hovis, and others, known as ; the "William Kerr place." The place contains about GO acres,'.' and is in a good slate of cultivation. -: -" ' Terms One-fourth' cash, 'balance uon ' fen.' months credit ; -' 3 ul- '''' 5 !, ,-.:. v r W, K. BYRUM. ;;it I ..... Administrator of Wm. Kerr., j, Dec 25,1885. . 6w , .'.. . , - ! DALLAS, GASTON j CO.. -N." C,1 ,t f A Co-educational Institution.-; Six j Depart- ments xf Study ; -five !,Graduatingif Courses. i-.? Thoroughly competent Faculty. .. Four male and : ,v; three female instructors. .Exceptional advan tages in Music and Painting. Commercial course. ' Normal department. Parental care of students. Female Seminary for Girls. Female upils in Principal's family College building, r 4 ady teachers constantly in charge. Absolutely; ; , healthful location. Minimum of expenses; maximum of -advantages. ' Strict discipline, sound scholarship, moral culture; A thorough, i - live, practical, economical, unsectarian, Christian ,. home school. 210 students in 1884-'85.r .Six ,' States represented. 112 Boarding students. 51 ' music pupils. Board and Tuition $10 per month. v t. , i " The Commercial Department is under the di- " rection of Prof. .8. A. Wolf, A.B of Gettys- ? ' burg, Pa. Penmanship, Book-keeping, Com- '- mercial Arithmetic, Banking, Commercial Law, 7 ; &c, a specialty. ' ' -(1 . ' Spring Term begins February 8, 1886."' ; i "" : - ! REV. M. LT LITTLE, A. Mv g n Dec. 25, 1885. . President. 5 :t 1 1:4 : KingV Moiintain, ; ' :T .,,; HIGHS CH O O L, : j . ;.JEi'n' Mountain, tf. C. , j,f f .:jiiU The largest Male Boarding School in Western' North . Carolina. Health record astonishing. ..hj With over fourteen hundred students, not a., . f single death since it was founded. .Number of Supils already enrolled 132, representing seven ' tates. : Next seseibn opens January '4,1886. T : 1 1 i 1 :.t. 2. f -: cial teaqhers. Diplomas given. t) . tA n ,-'1 Its students have taken honors, at the Uni-; ; ; rv versity and at every College . in the State, ; Send V '. for Catalogue. - ' V '' ' ' s ' - w, t:: R BELL, A. M.,' ' j : ' Dec.18.1885 ;j3w .-. n Principal.r i ;? Book and: Stationery Store. . ; ROSSI fcADAMS, . ; (Successors to Tiddy d Br6. t) ; : Booksellers "and Stationers, ' Having purchased' the stock of Books," Sta- '' tionery, Music, Periodicals Ac, " of Tiddy. Bro., the undersigned respec'f ully ask a share of -: , : public patronage in the line of . business indi cated. By prompt attention to .their Business , . they hope to merit a large share of the trade ' . trade of this section. . ' :!; Next to; First Natiovak ' Bawk',' " v - C HA RLO TTE iVI C. ' A" I Dealers in . Music, Periodicals, ; Wall Paper, Frames, Art Materials, and every thing belonging to a General Book and Sta-' tionery Business. n. ? Graded School Scholars furnished with all tbe : -Supplies they need at Lowest Prices. Or Splendid CHRISTMAS GOODS now on exhibition, to which the attention of the public v is invited. . ' . ROB'T. C. ROSS, - CHAS. C. ADAMS. ' Dec. 18, 1885. J i ...s -m MORE BARGAINS! Better Bargains!! v '1'; The remnant of the stock of ALEXANDER & HARRIS has been purchased by the under signed, with the intention of closing out the same without delay, arid to this end and to make room for new, fresh Goods, the stock now on hand will be sold at prices that will astonish purchasers. . .. .! 7 t -.; We will continue the DRY GOODS busi ness, and are expecting . i . - New Goods l,: ;-,!-.': Daily. With earnest and persistent endeavor to please, we hope to merit not only a continuance of that large patronage which Alexander & Har- . ris so long received, but also a liberal share of the general trade. , : . , I E.' L. KEESLEU CO., . Successors to Alexander & Harris. E. L. Kkesleb, T. G. Wilsos. - -. formerly with Alexander & Harris, y ',; i B. P. HABKY, ' t ,v 'f ) I , formerly with Hargraves & AJexan- V , , . der. .) " , , Dec. 18, 1885. T ; ; ; . ' , " For Rent, : Two nice BED ROOMS in Democrat Office--bujldiog. . HOM E-DEMOCK AT OFFICE. ; Dec. 18, 1885. . ri.: ' . : ; ;' . ' Central Barber Shop. . V GREY TOOLE has again assumed control ar d proprietorship of the "Central Barber Shop", n xt dKir to tne express vmce, wnere ne win be glad t see all hU old customers: and many cew ones. He guarantees satisfaction to all who may be pleased to patronize him. 22 ' '' ..' i GREY TOOLE. is; .-5 i :
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