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Friday Morning. Oct. 28, 1887.
VAST AND PRESEKT.
Picl beKWty or killnttrated pa
per that has proved a faithful friend
to the Democratic party, asks the
simple question: "Where is the Re
publican party of Lincoln, Sumner,
Seward and Stanton?" Is it in Ohio,
with Foraker, raving about the bat
tie flags; with John Sherman,prea'jh
ine beace at the South and war at
the North; or with Edmunds, ob
structing the business of the Senate
with a view to embarrass the Presi
dent? No, it is not with these. It is
party perished with Liucoln, and was
succeeded by that of the whisky riDg
and the mpnopolies. It brcame the
party -of Belknap, of Wiiliams, ol
Robeson. It has never risen higher
than Blaine) whose . reputation will
not bear airing, and one of whose
deals in Little Rock bonds was
"given away" by several of his palt
whom he had disappointed. This it
HttTi thai the r Democracy must
root tirt year, and with it con-ln-ihe-Presidfncri
It cannot
and will not present any question ol
more significance or importance than
the battle flags. It does not dare to
enter a canvass upon any legitimate
issue. ffy-wiU, therefore, -repeat the
same8a,clr;vanddeal in the
same stale denunciations that in 1884
- proved flat, stale and unprofitable.
It then, as Puck recalls, declared that
it would not do to elect a Democratic
President because he would pay pen
iolre to f rebel' -veter Ana.' would tike
IpeMiojp&way from the Union "sol
diers, would alter the revenue laws,
cripple the manufacturing industries,
compensate ssoutncrn slave owners
for the loss of their slaves, make i
impossible for the negro to
vote and ruin the businesj of the
country. But Cleveland was elect d
notwithstanding all these dire threat
epings, and still the negro votes, the
South has not been, and is not going
ti) 6e, reimbursed for its slaves, the
pufijeturing interests of the coun
try are 60 per cent, better than they
were in io4, tne revenue laws re
main unchanged, the Union soldiers
draw mo: e pensions and larger than
ever, because the Democratic Presi
dent has signed mi ra pension bills th in
anvr other Prudent, and the bankers,
aad finaociet-a, and business men, and
manufacturers have more confidence
in . Cleveland than they had in
any President since Lincoln. The
Republicans, thus without a case
te must fall hack upon the bloody shirt
and Blaine. Can he be successful?
Can he be elected? We do not
believe he can. We do not believe
"that a career sj creditable as
Cleyelands's, so far above reproach
can saieiy oe conironttd by a ca-
. reer like.Blaine e. He failed in 1884
whej Cleveland was comparative!
unknown and was untried, and n-jt
t tfithstandtng he bad the support, ol
. treacherous Ntw York Democrat,
and: he will fail in ' 1888, because
-Cleveland canhot be successfullj
as8auea. ue Has been honest and
efficient, : faithful and true to his
. cdgeSfand in every case has made
a fair and reasonable construction ol
. ....
the law and has enforced it impar
tially and justly. Such a man c in
not be defeated before the peop'e,
xney Know and nave .confidence in
nim, and wilf re-elect him as an in
i dorsement of bis pure and unsullied
administration.
IBELAIO'B BAD ITOBT.
How sad the story of Ireland is has
never been fully or adequately told
m North- Carolina owes the Irish uation
heartfelt sympathy among our first
( j-settlere were a large number of brave
patriots of true Irish blood. The
truth coming now from that country
is aus long story of wholesale evic
tion and deportation. Between 1841
and 1881 the number of farms in
Irelaru was reduced from 826,616 to
49108, and , the number of houses
Ifrctn i28,839,, to 914,108. i The dis
appearance of 327,400 farms and 414,
731 houseslh forty years is sufficient
proof of evictions, . and. tht during
Victoria's reign 480,000 families, rep
resenting jover 3,000,000 of popula
tion, have been . unroofed and driven
from the island. The government
returns show that 4,186,000 persons
have emigrated during the Queen's
reign, and three-fourths of these were
evicted peasants. Is it any wonder
. that the Irish people agitate for legis-
:-lative independence and are resolute
ly determined to get frjm under a
system that entails such brutalizing
results.
TThkrb is still hope for the Massa
.chusetts spinsters. , Last year there
were 18,18 marriages in the State,
oV,$?6jhbre than In ' the year . pre
vious. The old maids are evidently
getting aroused to the occasion. Six
hured And fifty men and women
, were niarrfed -wter having reached
the age of 50 years; seventeen men
and two women"were over 75 at the
time ot
.t it ?
marriage,
and eight men
were over
80
v.-
Thk ''Mexican
wo'man V who Is
earn her own
hard time of "it.
obliged to
'living has a
- Seamstresaes cannot earn more than
50 cents per1 day,"' cigarette makers
30 to 40 cents, and these are the only
employments that are open to women
in the City of Mexico.
TfTin-.f - . . . . , . j Carolina Central railway has just ar-
Ulay35Q ? rpsemblance to that or the scarcity of one and two dollar rived at Wilmington.
liei-'oS.' The historic Republican silver certificates, which is giving no Shelbv Bra: Mr Fletcher McMur-
nights Each side will claim that the
city will be ruined if the other sue-
cerds. While there is always a right
.apcLftjcroDg side to every question,
Atlanta will continue to crow, no
matter now the "election is decided.
If the predictions of the unsuccessful
side were always true the country
would go to the dogs af ter each elec
tion, but it does not. It is true that
our nation will prosper more under
good laws, but it is so young and
strong and healthy that it can stand
a good deal from bad ones ard thrive
in spite of them.
Speaking of the proposed visit of
the Hon. Jefferson Davis to Colum
bia, the Aiken .Recorder says: "The
veterans and citizens of Columbia are
trying to induce Mr. Davis to extend
his trip to that city during the State
Fair. It is to be hoped that they
may be successful, as it would afford
deep and heartfelt pleasure to thous
ands of old soldiers to see their illus'
trious chief once more before he
crosses the silent river to rest from
the labors of an eventful life
The Washington Critic says: Con
little inconvenience in Charlotte and
elsewhere. The demand upon the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
for internal revenue stamps continues
so large that no other work can be
done. The supply of small notes held
by the Treasuiy has been exhausted,
and it is not known how sxn the
Department will be able to resume
the issue.
Advices from Washington state
that four territories are preparing to
make earnest endeavors for admis
sion to the union as states this winter.
These are Montania Dakota, Wash
ington and New Mexico. The propo
sition to divide Dakota into two
states will be revived, but will prob
ably be defeated in the house.
Real estate is such a vital
est in Kansas that even in the
inter-
midst
of the festivities of a presidential re-
cention the averace inhabitant wnn-
dered whether the President read
the sign boards and saw at what mod
erate prices corner lots could be
bought.
.
Dakota will knock at the door of
Congress next session for admission
to the Union as a State.
Francis Murphy, the temperance
apostle, is filling en engagement at
Chicago this week.
Gov. Gordon, of Georgia, will ad
dress the Democracy at Cincinnati
October 28th.
Thk net receipts of the St. Louis
Exposition this year will exceed 170,-
000.
OP1MUNH OF THK STATE PRESS.
In the presence of the stupendous
question of Democratic or Republi
can supremacy in North Carolina all
other questions sink into utter insig
nificance. To insure success there
must be unity of sentiment and con
cert of action. Wadesboro Messen
ger.
This year's crop is reasonably good.
but it will not pay up back rations
and set the farmer even with the
wor'd. Money is not quite so scarce
as it was a month or two ago. The
farmer has been rushing his cotton
and tobacco into market in order to
meet debts that were pressing. But
he has no surplus. A great manv
farms are undr mortgage. The
sime is true with regard to horses
md mules and crops. How is it pos
sime to can men tnus situated pros
perous? It is not worth while for us
to deceive ourselves; nor is it right
for others to cry "prosperity" when
there is no prosperity. Let the
farmers look things squarely in the
face. Let them know the worst and
prepare for it. Pittsboro Home.
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Sme Civil Swrrtce QueaUwna.
PlttSbnrgCbronlcla.
Among the questions propounded
to the candidates for the position of
chief of the wew York election bu reau
at the civil service examination
last week were as follows:
"Divide l-5th ofl-7th ofl-9thby
3-4 tns and reduce tne decimals.
"Multiply l-8th of 1 7th by 3-8ths
01 l-10th."
"What political parties were there
in George Washington's time?''
Of course it is highly desirable
that, among his other accomplish
ments, f-n election officer should be
able to split up vulgar fractions into
smaller fragments with neatness,
correctness and dispatch, and also to
be informed in regard to the political
parties of one hundred years ago.
But stop there. Why not continue
the catecism, and ask such questions
as these:
What ws your wife's name before
she was married t
Do you play the piano.' If so, do
you promise to reform f
If a New Hampshire legislator
costs $5,000, how much are Fourth
Ward wire pullers worth by the
gross?
If be -f brains are worth ten cents
a pound, what size hat does Henry
George wear?
Do you write poetry? If so, when
did the symptoms of the baneful
habit begin to develop?
Spell Mitkiewiez's name with your
eyes shut and one hand tied behind
you.
Dad Iadlaaa' DwbU.
"The debts of the dead Indians are
paid by their relatives," said an ex -merchant
in an Oregon town. ' ' When
Anderson and Bernhardt," he contin
ued, "killed an Indian several years
ago, he owed me 1345. Since that
time $330 of this amount has been
paid me by his relatives. ; Kentucky
died the othf r day owing me about
$50. Already his relatives have ap
proached me on the subject and
made arrangements to pay the
amount. It is a law with them to
pay the debts'of theirJdeadSrelatives,
and they never break it. I am sure
of getting my money if an Indian
dies owing me, but when a white
man dies leaving no property, no
matter how rich his relatives, I never
expect to get a cent. There is a great
deal ot good about a dead Indian,
anyhow," said the ex-merchant, as he
closed the conversation and walked
away.
Kick 1h Ukmrtw Tww.
There is no country in the world so
rich in its resources ' as tne united
States,
jrOBTH C4BOUM REWfl.
)Mvm4 railed from Oar State
Exchangee, i .
The Secretary of the Treasury has
appointed John W. McKerald to be
storekeeper ana guager at musooro.
Stanly Observer: Green Henley,
who has been incarcerated in the
county jail foi some months, at last
conciuaea mac it was not gooa ior
man to live alone, even in jail, he
therefore took unto nimaeli a wile
Kington Free Press-. The bears
have heen . playinir havoc with the
hogs in Tuctcahoe township this fall
They seem to nave it their own way
as no one has any bear hogs. Meat
will be more scarce another year in
consequence.
Parties in North Carolina having
upon their lands deposits of red hem
atite from superior sulphur and phos-
pheyous can make a sale of it by ad
dressing the North Carolina Land and
Immigration bureau of 22 Dey street,
New York.
The corner stone of the new Dur
ham county court house will be laid
about the second week in November
with masonic ceremonies. Grand
Master C. H. Robinson, of Wilming
ton, has been invited to perform the
ceremonies and has accepted.
Two thousand tons of rail will be at
Wilmington in a day or two for the
railway from Monroe to Atlanta, of.
which a twenty six mile section win
be completed, it is expected, in about
sixty day s. I A cargo of rail for the
Shelby
ray was stabbed yesterday afternoon
just above jthe heart, but the wouxd
is not believed to be fatal. The sno
bing is believed to have been the re
sult of a quarrel, but McMurray has
refused tol give any particulars, or
even to tell who inflicted the wound.
Raleigh Correspondent : Advices
from Wilmington are to the effect
that the people there are practically
unanimous in favoring the issue of
$150,00 J iri bonds to the Cape Feir i
its extension there. Ihe matter will
soon be voted on. The people appt ar
to be sanguine of securing the road
Lincoln! Courier: Frank Smith
has been arrested in this courty for
burning j Mr. Ambus Reinhardt's
barn wnifih, together with one mule,
a cow and other contents had been
consumed a few days before. He
was taken to Newton and placed in
jail in default of bond.
Shelby Aurora : Mr. and Mrs. C.
C. Griggi sold six dollars worth of
butter within one month, the
one month, the pro
duct of two cows for that period, be-
Sides W h&t wa8 used at home. He
also killed an eight mouths'
old pig weighing 157 lbs. net; the;
pig had (jronsuined only 2 bushels of
corn while fattening.
Asbev jlle Citizen : The tu
bacco j market has opened
under the most favorable auspices,
the prices, so far, going beyond
those of (any other market for the
same class of goods. There are a
number iof very large orders here,
and the (buyers are wanting the to
bacco badly. All who have tried
our market have been more than
satisfied!.
J Lock and Pluck.
8ho and Leather Reporter.
Bad lack is simply a man with his
hands in his pockets and his pip in
his mouth, looking on to see how it is
coming but. Good luck is a man ot
pluck, With big sleeves rolled up. and
working to make it come out right.
Sick heidach is the bane ot many lives. To
care and prevent this annoying complaint us Dr
J. H-
MjLean'8 Utile Liver and Kln-y Pellets.
Tney are a?rasaDie to taice ana genue in tneir
tcUon. si cents a vUL.
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PRICES ARE MOST TE
can not be excelled by any
shown here, nor can any of the goods offered
be matched relative to durability as
well as low prices.
A sapreme Coait. .t
ttaleliQ Hews-Otearor, 37th. '.
Court met yesterday morning at 11
o'clock. Appeals from the fifth dis
trict were disposed of as follows : J j
Rigsbee vs. Town of Durham : ar
gued by Messrs. Strudwick & Rbone
and Batchelor & Devereux for plain
tiff, and Messrs. W. A. Guthrie and
Graham & Kumn for defendant. The
argument in this case will be resumj
ed this morning. ,
And tbe eirle are Always With Ve.
Burlington Free Press. s , ,
A man never gets too old to learn
or to make a fool of himself.
Absolutely Pure.
Tbii Powder DtTer TKriea. A mine Kot purity,
trenlh nl whoteaorneness. More 'economical
than the ordinary kinda, and cannot be sold in
co -c petition with the multitude of low tt, ahort
weight alum or phosphate powdora. Sold unly in
cana. ROYAL BAKING K1WDEUOO., 106 WaU
St New York.
BAGGING
and
l,20OBAsfofD Flour
Monogram! Magnolia!
Monogram!! Magnolia!!
LILLY,
LILLY.
100,000 yds Bagging.
2,000
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Mayer &Ross,
Wholesale Giccers,
CH A BLOT I E. - - - -
infest
mm,
H. BARUGH'S
IsOffering as Fine Collection
AS CAN BE FOUND IN THE LABQE8T
CITY RETAIL CLOTHING STORES.
best make, best asb ortment.
CSi(8E3SAMPIN SHOW.WINDOW.), .
JOHNNY GET YUR KITE OUT !
FOR THE BOYS.
Until furthetlnoticetoneo
free with ever,isalein our Boys' Clothing Department.
Elegant Fall and Winter Styles in Clothing.
Gents' Furnishings and Rats, we are displaying.
Special Val
ues in Bops'
School Suit
Hats. Caps,
AND
Children's
Jersey
Suits.
Fxtraordinary
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Orders
Abroad
from
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promptly l-
c' tended to.
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house fin variety of styles
;.it i'-niru'A y.K'A bi:;-"J u;:.-" ' '?(
Regulator.
of Low
fm
fSo:
the best Kites made goes
Gentlem '
fine Business
and Dress
Suits, Top
Coats and
Trousers.
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COLLARS
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ALWAYS GIVE
SATISFACTION
THE ICST MADEI-
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Low Prices
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Leading Clothiers,
Charlotte, N. C.
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EE L ESTATE
Valuable Towr And Country
Property foi Sale
F) Acres or more land adfcrintuK the landso
W Julias Alexander, and Baxter Moon. Good
Spring, Good Young Orchard. Grapea and
Peacbea. 3 Boom House, Good Corn cub and
Stables. Oak Qrove. ovcrloo ing Charlotte. Thef
land la hill aide ditched and in good order, a
few acres of good Bottoms that never overflows.
rnw aw per a-crc.
- f"l ACRES I Farm three Biles from corpo
XUJ rate llmlta of the city of Chariot u. The
lmprorements upon which are a frame dwelling
of 5 rooms, with front and back vorcb, one la
borers nous of two rooms, 2 tenant houses, s
barns and stables, good water and large orchard,'
Machine Shop and Foundry. Lot 135x190. 4
trams buildings, situated ot K t Danville
and Carolina Central Railroads. Planing ma
chine, fail set blind machinery, scroll aud rip saws.
Tongue and Gloving Machine, Turning Lathe tc.
One 25 horse power Engine, One horse power
Engine and other machinery, Prioe $4,600.
TTOC8E and Lot on 11 th and College Lot 99x
" 86 House has 7 rooms and servants3 rooms
omaeineni. rnce HJSUV,
"NK OFTHB MOST DESlRAbLE PIECES OF
v property near the city, containing 8S acres of
land, part woodland, adjoining coC Wm. John
ston and D. M. Rlgler, on southern saburb of
Charlotte. Thirty foot street reserved on this
property. Price, $35 per acre.
ONE tract of valuable land, adjoining 8 H HIV
t n, containing 79 acred. Price, $.
ALSO, two tracts of i and near the Fair grounds
Description given upon api llcation.
ONE House ad Lot In King Mountain two.
story frame building; seven rooms. Lot con
tains about one acre of ground. Price 11,250.
OHE House and Lot (lot 99x198 feet) at corner
Poplar and Tenth streets. House contains Ave
rooms. Price $3,00u.
OHE Tract of Land (two hundred acres) one
mile from town of Chester, H. C. on C. a t A
K. K. (kuown as Bracten place.) Price $3,000
HANDSOME Brick Dwelling House on East
Trade street; contains l rooms, bath rooms,
closets, tc good neighborhood. Lot nii&n feet.
rropen-y cw avpuu, wui seu lor (6,500
FARM 156 acres adjoining J. w. Wadsworth and
Capu J. C. Ixiwd a acres Umber. Price S30
per acre.
TRACT of land containing 58X acres Just be
yond corporate limits ol city, contains nrteen
acres of choice bottom land, suitable for truck
farm. Price $75 per acre.
1 HOUSE and full lot on 5th st. near R. R. House
Acontains rooms and kitchen. Price $1,800. .
VALUABLE PROPERTY on South Tryon St.
adjoining lot of W. Pegram, 4 lots, soxitt feet
rnce ouu.uu eacu.
1 nftALKBS OF LA'D miles from Charlotte,
xvvon Matlon Ford road; dwuiiing and out-'
houses, known as the D. H. smith place, adjoining
lands of D. H. Cowan, Lowry Hart, and others!
Price $1,600
TTOUSK and LOT. on Morehead street, near Ora
AJ-ded School, Two-siory frame bulldlnir. 7
rooms. Size of lot lojrjuo teeu uood water and
fine orchard. Price tzjto),
1LOT coraer College and Fifth streets, 4$ fast
front, 123 feet deep. Price $700.
2 LOTS on College street (one containing two sto
ry brick store.) Lot 198 feet deep. Price
000.
TTOrSE AND LOT next to Charlotte Hotel two
AAstory frame building. Price $5)00.
House and lot on 8th street, next to N. C. R. R
Beautiful grounds. Large lot. Price $3,000.
loc on east XT&oe street, contains about three
H. G. EGCLES & CO.
Ml al 1. 5
North Tryon Street,
AND
Secure Bargains in Groceries. We
are to-day receiving a nice as
sortment ot tancy groceries such as
LEGGETT PEARL TAPIOCA,
SYRUP,
SAGO.
CRACKED WHEAT,
" OAT FLAKE,
OYSTER CRACKERS,
WILSON WAFERS.
LEMON WAFERS,
CORNHILLS,
NUTS.
SPICES,
BAKING POWDERS,
CHEESE.
MACARONI.
MINCE MEAT,
OAT MEAL,
PEARL HOMINY,
BOTTLED PICKLES,
LOOSE PICKLES.
CANNED GOODS,
PRUNES.
CURRANTS,
CRANBERRIES,
GELATINE,
CER ALINE,
WHITE FISH, Etc., Etc.
Call and see us.
Respectfully,
W. H. Lyles & Go.
WE ARE NOW RECEIVING OUR
USUAL LARGE AND COM
PLETE STOCK OF
HILIIHERY GOODS
FOR
FALL AND WINTER.
Ladies will find what they want
in our stock.
We do not offer to sell $1.00 Hats
for 75 or 69c, but will sell Hats and
Bonnets, and all the new novelties
fur trimming or Hats or Bonnets
ready trimmed as . CHEAP for
CASH as any store in this or any
other city.
We have also added to our Fancy
Goods Stock a full line Embroidery
Silks, Filling Silks, Wash Etching
Silks, Filoselle, Chenille, Arra3ine,
Linen Specialties and Art Novelties,
Zephr, Wool, etc., all at popular
city prices.
Mrs. P. Query & Co.
M, Harris Aufreclit,
ARTISTIC
WALL DECORATOR
-and
REFERENCES :
Merchant & Farmer's Bank, J. R.
Holland, Eso., Geo. E. Wilson, Esq.
correeDondence irom au Darts oc
the country solicited.
Trustees' Bale.!
BY VIRTUE of a Deed executed on Aug. sot h,
lwc. Dr the North CaroUnaiMHltooH com
pany to the undersigned aa Trustee, I will sell at
public auction, for cash, on the 10th day of Mot.,
1S8T, at 10 o'clock, a. nu on the premises at
D.W.WflAd llAAM MHIMt. V .1..
tr of said company, consisting ot a tract of land
containing 40 acres, known as the Homer Tract;
also a tract of land containing 750 acre upo
which la situated the Mimoooe Ouarrr. Ma
chine Shops, Dwelling Bouses, Sair Mills, Patent
nuuer r tour am FOunuTT, wo BUre uuuao uiu
all the Mills and Machinery, stock in trade. Ma
terial, Wagons. TooiB and all the other personal
property, together with the franchise of the
company, sum the telephone line of tf miles ex
tending rrom Cameron on the Ralalgh A August
Air line Railroad, via. Carthage to Parte wood. '
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1 Sep. 88, W. Ms-. J Truster