the charlotte messenger
VOL. V. NO. 17.
THE
Charlotte Messenger
IS PUBLISHED
Evei*y Saturday,
AT
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
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W. C. SMITH Charlotte NC
Dinizulu, tho rebellious son of Cete
wayo, is au enormous black with a
development of biain above other
African chief. He is a total abstainer
from intoxicants. He is a warrior by
hereditary taste, and hi) tremendous
physical strength and powerful swiftness
as a runner give him great influence over
his soldiers. It is said of him that, un
like his kind, he has a sense of humor
and is a hearty laugher. But ho some
times thinks things funny that to a white I
man arc quite otherwise.
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The most piotitable farming in the
world to day is probably the growing ol
tobacco on the Island of Sumatra. The
business is controlled by a number ol
large Hutch syndicates. Unc of these,
the Deli of Amsterdam, owns twelve
plantations, from which it sold, in 1887,
24,01:1 bales of tobacco ot the 1886 crop,
and sold for other planters 44,410 bales.
Its cash capital is 800,000, its reserve
$902,716, and its total working capital
$0,200,000. It declared a dividend last
year of 110 per cent, besides adding
$174 ,652 to its reserve. The Arends
burg company, of lotterdam, pa d s
dividend of 152 per cent, as the protits at
its Sumatra tobacco business in 1887.
The first of a fresh series of military
bills has been introduced in the ilunga
rian Diet at Pesth, and a similar meas
ure has been introduced in the German
Beichsrath. The bill increases the yearly
number of recruits and extends the age
at which thu recruits are to be taken
from the twentieth to the twenty first
year, it also greatly curta D tho privi
leges hithei to gran cd to the recruits of
the educated clasaes. For instance. It
requires them to serve two years under
the colors if they fail to pass au examin
ation entitling them to become oiticers
at the end of the first year, and compels
students to devote their whole time to
military duties while serving their one
or two years as volunteers.
Plenty of “good,” of “great” and
“wise” Kings have ruled in Europe, and
tome of the other kind,but not since the
iron crown was made from a supposed
nail from the Cross of Calvary has one of
them all, asserts the New York Oraphir,
earned the title given Christian of Dcu
maik by his )>eoplo. Punctuality is the
old King’s hobby, and it makes life a
burden to all the sluggards in his king
dom. It is not the fashion at the Danish
Court to Ijc late. The sovereign is not
only himself punctml to the second,
but expects everybody else to follow his
example. Ho will neither wait for any ,
one nor let anybody wait for him. The
people of Copenhagen, who arc rather an
easy going lot, have dubbed him, half in
amusement and half in annoyance,
Christian the Precise, and .the name has
stuck.
The New York Sun says: “A slue nt
deeply versed in eccledailival matters,
recently advanced a very peculiar idea
while conversing with a friend. He said
that tho established religion of a conn
try owed its principal doctrines less to
faith than to the conditions of its climate
and surroundings. He cited the lieauti
ful religion of the natives of India, who
would not eat anything that once lived,
because while all could lake away life,
only One could give It. He argued that
a religious belief like that could only
have its origin in an intensely hot
climate like that of India, where animal
food la not necesaary to sustain life.
Among the Laplanders such a rel gion
could Dover obtain, because it was abso
lutely necessary for the inhabitant* of to 1
high a latitude 16 keep the warmth of |
the body up to certain best. Nothing,
but animal food could do that.”
ALL OVER THE SOUTH
NEWS FROM EACH STATE.
WORTH CAROLINA.
Tw o ladies, Miss Putty Lewis, a school
teacher, and a pupil, Miss Lizzie Byrum.
were instantly killed and terribly muti
lated by the west bound passenger train
on the Western North Carolina road
1 hurway evening at Alexander’s, twelve
miles from Asheville.
Near Beaufort, there was a heavy
gale, and vessels in the sound had to put
out lib anchors in order to prevent driv
ing ashore. W. J. Roberts, captain of
the schooner, E. It. Eyer, with a crew of
six men, attempted to run an anchor
while the gale was at its height. The
anchor caught in the boat and sunk it.
All were thrown into the water, and
Roberts was drowned, as be could not
swim. The sailors were rescued, but in
a greatly exhausted condition. Roberts’
body has not been recovered. He had
for years been in the coasting trade be
tween Philadelphia and Beaufort.
Governor Scales will in his message to
the legislature, press upon that body the
necessity of creating a railway commis
sion, and clothing it with ample power.
In this view he stands on the same line
as Governor Eliot Fowle, in his inaugu
ral address, will make the same sugges
tion. Kailway oilicials have given notice
that they will antagonize any movement
looking to the creation of a commission.
There is sure to be a lively tight over
this matter, as well upon United States
Senator to succeed Ransom. Governor
Scales will, in his message, recommend
an increase of pensions to the wounded
soldiers, and Governor Eliot Fowle will
follow in the same line. It is proposed
to so increase the pension appropriation
so as to give each wounded soldier sllO
per annum.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
General M. C. Butler was re elected
I Senator by the South Carolina legisla
! ture.
1 About seven hundred bales of cotton,
lying on Bryce's wharf, Charleston, S.
C., were destroyed by fire. The cotton
was owned by Gastover & Co.
The railroad commissioners, in their
annual report recently issued, show an
increase in the mileage of the railroads
of that state of!) per cent, during the
past year, and the remarkable increase of
38 percent, in their net earnings. The
gross receipts increased nearly a million
dollars, while the expenses increased
about $300,000.
Pierre Lorillard and his party returned
from a bunting and fishing tour around
the aea islands with full bags. They left
Wednesday morning for New York,
where a iegular party will be organized
for the winter sport. His yalch, the
Riva. remains at Charleston. Mr. Loril
lard and party will return early in Janu
ary. He lias purchased an extensive
tract of forestand swamp land in Berke
ly county, where game is abundant, and
will shoot and hunt it on his return. The
game in the tract consists of bear, tur
keys, coon, possum, quail, duck, wood
cock, snipe and foxes. Mr. Lorillard will
establish a pack of hounds and will bring
his stables with him in January.
ALABAMA.
At Birmingham the Southern Surgical
and Gynecological Association elected
Dr. Hunter McGuire, of Richmond, Ya.,
president. The next meeting will be in
Nashville, Tenn, Novemlier 2, 1889.
A prominent fsrmer named Bartlett,
visited Hughes & Trippe's hardware
store in Attala, this State, where he got
into a dilVeulty with a smalt boy, a cous
in of Walter Trippe’s, and a nephew of
Miles Hughes. Baitlett slapped the hoy
in the face, w hen a quarrel ensued be
tween the former and Trippe, the hitter
being struck in the face. Bartlett drew
a knife and advanced on Trippe. The
latter seized his revolver, and began fir
ing, but did not succeed in killing Bart
lett, until he had been terribly cut in the
neck, and Miles Hughes received a dan
gerous stab in the abdomen. Both Hughes
and Trippe are fatally injured.
VIKUIAIA.
Theanti-Mahone wing of the Republi
can party ot Virginia held a meeting in
Richmond and adopted a lesolutiou ap
pointing an advisory committee to per
fect the organization of the parly in the
State.
The annual meeting of the stockhol
ders of the Richmond and West Point
Terminal company was held at Richmond j
Monday, Vice President Logan presiding.
A brief report from President John 11.
Inman was road. It says:
“The leading motive actuating your
board of directors in acquisition of this
extensive system has beeo the belief that
unity of management must result in great
economies, in the production of better
facilities and higher efficiency demanded
for the public in w ay of safer and quicker
transportation of freight and |iassengcrs. ”
The treasurer’s reqrort was also sub
mitted, from which it appea-s that gross
earnings show an increase of $1,799,793
over last year's earnings. A resolution
was adopted increasing the hoard of di
rectors from sixteen to eighteen. All
the old officers were re-elected.
TBNNBMHF.K.
Frenzied with rage and drink, Mrs.
Mary McManus set tire to her property in I
Nashville and perished iif the confia-1
gration that ensued.
Governor Taylor ha* Inen enjoined 1
from issuing s certificate of election to 11. j
Olay Evans, Republican ('ongrcasmati
eleet in the 3rd Tennessee district. The !
petitioners charge fraud on the part of
! the Republicans.
I Isacc E. McDonough, of Cbatt*uoog», I
1 has recovered judgment again* the Wes
tern and AtlMtio Kaitroad company for
CHARLOTTE, N. C„ SATURDAY, DEC. 22, 1888
$750 for injuries sustained by the reck
less blowing of steam whistles nenr that
city causing his team to run away. Mc-
Donough was run over by the wagon.
The suit was for $1,500.
GEORGIA.
The Augusta Exposition closed on the
18th of December.
The Confederate Veterans Fair is being
held at Atlanta.
Fire broke out Friday afternoon in the !
Central Railroad cotton warehouse, ad
joining the Ocean Steamship wharf in
Savannah. Baldwin & Co. are the heav- ,
iest looscfs. They had 1,800 bules stored I
and Wood &Co. i, 680 bales. The ware- (
house was burned and with it, between j
3.700 and 3.000 bales of cotton stored by
Baldwin & Co. The total loss on cotton
will approximate $200,000.
FLORIDA.
The New buildings going up in Talla
hassee have created a lively demand for
brick.
At Gainesville the house of A. J. Tins
ley, telegraph operator, was burned on
Wednesday night. He whs just out of
bed from an attack of yellow fever.
About three hundred refugees return
ed to Jacksonville. As no fever or new
cases have been reported for two days
the board of health will issue no more
bulletins.
Irrigation is making Florida a very
productive State. A Marion county man
raised a cucumber so large on his irriga
ted land that when he sent it to a friend
by mail he had to pay fifty cents postage
on it.
Blown to Atoms.
Three men known to have been killed,
one fatally injured aid a number of peo
ple badly bruised by an explosion of
meal-dust which completely wrecked a
three story biick building on North
Halstead street, Chicago. The explo
sion which occurred was a terrific one,
the shock being felt a mile away. The
Imildinirs in the immediate vicinity were
bombarded with flying bricks and tim
bers, and nearly every pane of window
glass within a radius of six blocks was
smashed. Almost before the rumble of
the explosion died away, flumes sprang
up from the wrecked mill and the whob
place was ablaze in a few' minutes. The
tire spread with incredible rapidity, and
it was sometime before the flames were
under control. Losses will aggregate
$150,000.
Sum hern Immigration Convention.
The Southern Inter-State Immigration
Convention met in the City Hall, Mont
gomery, Ala., Wednesday morning with
about two hundred delegates present,
representing all the Southern States and
New Mexico and California, Col. John
D. Roquemore, of Montgomery, was tem
porary president. A speech of welcome
was made by Mayor Reese, of Montgom
ery, and a response by Gen. Cameron, of
Texas. rmanently organized
by the election of Col W. 11. Peeples of
Mississippi, as president, and A. Strass
berger, of Montgomery, and Mr. Elliott,
of Florida, »s secretaries. J. T. Patrick,
of N. C., was made Chairman of the Ex
ecutive Committee.
Stanley Captured.
Henry M Stanley, the explorer who
went to the relief of Emin Pasha, who
was holding Suakim, Africa for the,
English, reached his destination, but has
been captured by Osman Digua, the reb
el chief, together with Emin Pasha and
his force. Osman Digua in his letter
expressed willingness to surrender Emin
Pasha and bis white companion, provid
ed Egypt would agjree to abandon Suak
im. If this proposal is not accepted, it
is believed that both captives will be
killed. The British cabinet are now
discussing the situation.
England will doubtless do everything
possible to liberate Stanley, for Glad
stone too bitterly regrets the Abandon
ment of Gen. Gordon for Lord Salisbury
to abandon Stanley and Emin Pasha.
The Political Situation.
In the midst of the uucertanties of the
political situation the Southern people
must rely to a large extent for the tem
per and policy of the next National I
Administration upon the great body of
conservative political sentiment in the
Northern States. Whatever aggressions
the madness and desperation of the
politicians may propose against the
rights of the Southern States and people
will b« more or less restrained by the
strong sense of justice and deep-sealed
sentiments of patriotism cherished by
the conservative element of the Repub
lic's population.
A Wise Rebuke.
Gen Harrison (to apaityof Visitors
who wished to force a gift of some sort
upon him:) “I assure you that I appro
ciate the kindness and genejosity of my
friends, ar.d also the spirit in which you
make this offer, but wnile I have not got |
a fortune, I cannot accept it, as J be
lieve that no man in the position of j
President of the United Stites can as- |
ford to be under pecuniary obligations j
even to his intimate friends.”
Crying to be Admitted.
Communications have been received
at Bismarck, Dak, from the territories of
Wyoming, Montana, and Washington,
calling upon lead* rs in Dukota to take J
steps toward the holding of an anti-;
territory convention that will act in the 1
intemt of the admission for all territo
ries that are properly e<|tiip|)ed for state
hood. It is quite likely that such a con
vention will lx; held. Dakota is in one
grand mass meeting at present, and will
so remain until she becomes a State.
SHOT THE CASHIER.
That Is Wliat n Stranger DM When
Asked for Identification.
Two strangers from Arizona entered
1 San Bernandino, Cal., National bank
| Thursday morning. One of them pre
sented a check and nsked that it be
, cashed. E H Morse, cashier, told him
,; he would have to be identified. Same
words followed, when the stranger drew
| a revolver and shot Morse through the
, body. The latter returned the fire, and
| put two bullets into his assniKnt. Bix
or seven shots were fired in all The
! strangers were arrested and lodged in
! jail. It is believei that the men entered
the bank with the design of robbery.
Cashier Morse died half an hour after
the shooting. The man who did the
shooting givefcthe name of John Oakes,
but refuses to talk. It is said that a
third man, who has not yet been arrest
ed, was seen trying the side door of the
bank while the shooting was going on.
Oakes was shot in the arm, ear and back
but it is believed his wounds are not
serious.
A Romance of tlie War.
A gentleman from Missouri, who is
now in Washington, tells the Baltimore
Ameri an correspondent of a romantic
incident that fell under his observation
in Western Missouri during the war.
About forty miles east of Kansas City,
and near the little village of Kingsville,
in Johnson County, there lived a man
named Harris, who had two daughters.
The elder of the two was called Eliza.
Those were rough tunes, and very few
people were permitted to live in that
part of Missouri. Quantrell recruited
most of his celebrated guerrilla band
from that section. One of his men was
Si Porter, a tall, straight, athletic
young man, of quiet demeanor, but
great courage. Quantrell counted him
one of his best men. He and Eliza
Harris met and fell in love. She was
a bold, determined girl, of strong
physique, Jind she resolved to marry
Porter and share his fortunes in the
saddle. She did so, and was a sort of
daughter of the regiment to Quaatrell’s
command duriDg one entire summer of
their lighting and raiding on the Mis
souri and Kansas borders. i-hc endured
all the privations and (lungers of one of
the most reckless forms of guerrilla war
fare ever known, and escaped with her
husband unharmed. When the war wa3
over they wcut to California, where
Porter fell into a profitable business and
made a fortune, and to-day that same
Eliza Harris and Si Porter are in Paris
looking after the education of their
children.
This is one of the romances of the
Quantrell command that has never been
published.
The Icy Sahara of the North,
The safe arrival of Dr. Nan en and
his fellow explorers at Codthaub, Green
land, is a cause for rejoicing, but
whether it is an event of much scientific
; importance is yet to be determined.
When the little band of mountain
climbers set out on this expedition, the
plan was to traverse Greenland, the
“Sahara of the North,” at its widest
part, for at least as far north as the
seventieth parallel. That is the region
on the East cqjist visited by Koldeway
and Moresby. A march across country
would have brought the explorers out on
Baffin Bay at U] ernavik, or at least at
Godhaven, and such a trip, of seven or
eight hundred miles, would have laid
open to the eye of science the very heart
oi the mysterious Arctic continent. In
stead, the party has appeared* at God
thaab, on Davis Strait and near the
northern point of Greenland if they
struck in at the same latitu le on the
other side, they have merely tramped for
a couple of hundred mile; across the
snow far south of the Arctic Circle, in a
country already pretty well known—an
achievement of no especial value or
interest. On Dr. Nansen’s return to
Bergen we shall know whether his expe
dition has been merely a snow scram
bling frolic or a conquest of the last
untmveled continent. —Jiew York Tri
lun.
The Forestry Congress.
The joint session of the National and
Southern Forestry Congress convened at
Atlanta, Ga. The Hon. C. It. Pringle,
of Georgia, was chairman of the Nation
al, and Ex-Governoi Bullock chairman
of the Southern Congress. There was a
joint session of the two bodice, at which
an address of welcome was delivered by
Governor Gordon. Among the delegates
were Gen Greely and a number of lead
ing men from different States.
The New World’s Exposition.
The promoters of the great Exposition
of the three Americas, to be held in
Washington in 1890, are beginning to
lay their plans. A meeting of tne na
tional board of promoters was held in
Washington on Tuesday and encourag-
I ing speeches were made by rrfcay protni
! nent men. They all say that the Expo
sition will be a great success, and that
i the whole country will take part in it.
Sailed to Protect Americans.
The sloop of war Galena, manned by j
! 230 men, and the Yantic, sailed from
j the Brooklyn navy yard for Hayti. As
the war ships moved out they received a
salute from the men ou the Richmond,
who mounted the-yard-aims and cheered 1
I lustily.
j The Charlotte OLeerrrr says Pat Moy- j
lun, a tramp, was about to be overtaken
j by a train near Charlotte, N. C., but he
let himself down between the crQ3s-ties
and dropped sixty feet, sinking into
mud up to his hips. He crawled out,
scraped off the mud, and went on un
j hurt. I
SONG OF CH RISTMA3.
, Sound over all waters, reach out from all
lands
The chorus of voices, the clasping of bands;
Sing hymns that were sung by tho stars of
the morn,
Sing songs of the angels when Jesus was
born.
With glad jubilations
Bring hope to the nations!
The dark night is ending and dawn has be
, l
Rise, hope of the age~,’ arise like the sun,
All speech flow to music, all hearts beat as
one.
Sing the bridal of nations with chorals of
love,
j Sing out the war vulture and sing in the
dove,
Till the hearts of the people keep time in
accord,
And the voice of the world is the voice of the
Lord!
Clasp hands of the nations
In strong congratulations;
The dark night is ending and dawn haa be
gun;
Rise, hope of the ages, arise like the son,
AU speech flow to music, all hearts beat as
one.
Blow, bugles of battle, the marches of peace,
East, West, North and South let the long
quarrel cease!
Sing the song of great joy that the angels
began,
< Sing of glory to God and good will to man.
Hark! joining in chorns
The heavens bend o’er us;
The dark night is ending and day has begun;
Rise, hope of the ages, arise like the sun.
All speech flow to music, all hearts beat as
one,
—John O. Whittier.
Christmas in Many Climes.
In Ireland and in Scotland, as well as
in the most of the British provinces, the
Christmas customs are very much the
same as in England, varied chiefly by
local customs and colored by the history
and habits of tho people. The midnight
mass in Ireland, attended by a torch
light procession, is very impressive.
Dancing and open-air games amuse the
peasantry on Christmas Day. In the
Scotch highlands the day is devoted to
feasting and drinking, ball-playing and
open-air games.
“Tho Americans,” says the Two Re
publics, “celebrate Christmas with a tree,
the Mexicans with a pinata. Every night
till the twenty-fourth, inclusive, the pin
ata is broken. It is a large oaken vessel,
gavly decorated and filled with tooth
some dulces or candies, hung from the
ceiling in the center of the room. The
children are blindfolded and armed with
sticks to break the jug. Many are the
clforts made by the laughing, rollicking,
joyoua young volunteers to make them
selves masters of the situation, which
they finally accomplish when some mem
ber of the blindfolded brigade with a
lucky blow shatters the pinata. The
crash of splintered, scattered crockery,
the rattle of bon-bons and the candies
on the floor, is the signal for the wrench
ing oil of the mask, and the children
throw themselves upon the sweets,
knowing that ‘Findings is havings.’”
Presents are then passed around, among
them China baskets, figures and silk and
satin boxes with candies. Dancing then
commences and lasts until morning.
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“RINO OUT THE OLI> KINO IN THE NEW.’
In Holland the patron saint of Christ
mas is Peltz Nickel (Saint Nicholas
dressed in fur); he is also called Santa
Klaus. He is described as a round,jolly
fellow, with a red face and merry,
twinkling eyes and white beard, who ,
with reindeer and sledge drives upon ■
, the house-tops and comet down the j
j chimney with presents for the children, j
! who are taught by their parent* to place :
| their alioes and stockings an tho hearth,
t where he will fill them before morning
| ;f the children have been good.
| In Auatria, Bohemia, Hungary and
! Poland the day before Christina* ia ob-:
] served strictly a* a religious fast No |
meat ia eaten, but toward evening, when
! the first star appears, the table* are
lighted ami the great banquet is spread,
and all partake with appetites sharpened
by the fast At 12 o'clock guns are
fired, drums are beaten about the streeta,
and every aort of noise ia mad* until
• mass begins, I
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Term $1.50 per Aim Single Copy 5 cents.
Christmas Eve with the pious country
folk in fiuabia does not moan a mere ex
change of presents and compliments, but
a devoted thankfulness for blessings re
ceived during the year. The poor and
the rich are for the nonce made one,
their object being to aasist tho few of
their feilow townspoople living in
squalor and want. During the evening
hours of the day preceding the Saviour’s
birth quiet joy holds supreme sway in a
goodly portion of the thrifty villages of
the poetic Neckar*Valley, and a good
will to all is expressed upon the well-fed
faces of young and old.
'1 he largo front room of every cottage,
whose scrupulously clean floor Is covered
with shining sand, is decorated with em
blems suitable to the high holiday. The
DECORATING FOR CHRISTMAS.
broad sill by the quaint, old-fash
ioned, small-pnned window supports a
gay Christmas tree loaded down with
good things to eat and embellished by
dozens of wax candles, whose bright
light dazzles the eye. The square and
heavy flour trough in the corner is cov
ered with gifts for the little ones. The
substantial oaken table, which has dons
duty in the family for perchance a cen
tury, ia almost breaking down under the
weight oft oothsome morsels.
Weather Proverbs About Christmas,
A light Christmas, a heavy sheaf.
A warm Christmas, a cold Easter.
A green Christmas makes a full grave
yard.
A green Chris! mas indicates a whit*
Easter.
December cold, with snow, bring* rye
everywhere.
Christmas wet gives empty granary
and barrel.
If windy on ( hr'stmas day, trees will
bear much fruit.
Wet causes more damage than frost
before C hristmas.
At Christmas meadows green, at Easter
covered with frost.
If it snows on Christmas nigt, we may
expect a good hop crop next year.
If (hristma- finds a bridge, he’ll break
it; if he finds none, he’ll make one.
If ice will bear a man before Christ
mas, it will not bear a mouse afterward,
(English.)
If the wind blows much the day after
Christmas day, the grape will be bad
the next year.
If the sun shines through the apple
trees on Christmas day, there will be an
abundant crop the following year.
The twelve days beginning with Christ
mas day and ending January 5 are said
to be the keys of the weather for the
next year. But some begin December
26 and end January 0. (Probably one
way is as good as the other.)
A Christmas Eve Serenade.
A Nobby Uniform.
The eosume worn by the guard es
honor of Leorgiun Princes at the the
Czar's recent visit to the Caucasus m*de
all the Russian officers look cheap. The
tunic, fittiog elosoto ihe body but wide
io the skirts and sleeves, wua of ruby
velvet, w.tb a bum of gold embroidery
and a border of fur. I uder this was a
red silk waistcoat risible when the
tunic opened toward the throat. Be
neath ihe waistcoat wss a silk shirt,
generallv es pale blue, showing at the
neck and wrists. The trousers were
very full and of some dark colored ma
terial, gathered at the knee into boot*
of white kid, wrinkled it the ankl*, th*
toe* pointed *nd uliitbtly turned up, th*
whole fastened with a row of gold but
tons and tsine's down the outside; also
a belt and collar of gold of beautiful
native workmanship and splendid speci
mens ot the swords and pistols for which
th* Oauoatu* is famous.
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