North Carolina Newspapers

.. -J--""' " -v-v- .M -i-"TiTfiniTiTrfcKi mm. Wi mi'Hii.... Mini wiaiM mil mi i. n inn i imiii mndi IMilMHT.r'tftO', WVt'lt l-fllr 1 1 1 rTTATTT.OTTTS OSSKBVKfi ; - - - i ; ; fJOD pniNTincs- --u The Oxsrsim Job Department"" o thoroughly supplied with eTery needed want, and with the lateet strlea of Type, and every manner oX Job Work eaa now be don with neatness, dUpaton and eheapnes -j "We can furnUh at short notlee BIXNKS, BILL HEADS,, ,V,;-v , , LETTER HK IDS, CULEDS, t ; TAGS, RECEIPTS, POSTESS, "V , y- rgOQBA MMEfl, 2LAKD BILLS, . ' ' ,PAM-?HLETa, CHECKS, Ae i . h sw iTTr 4i5 &il smcsiTTioa .satis. , , 1 k f5 rally 1 y. (Fflrf? ta:; ig .1 Amos. I ., .i'. T 6 moe. i 3 mos. i mon. 7 WWW ETWli.; the county) in ad van it of the county, posi rklv :in the countyi) in advance, $2 00 nnt of the county, postpaid. 2 10 4 r 4 s. - u k monins. - i w v6Lixm.- Liberal reductfons.for clubs. CHABLOTTE, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1876 N(K!2177 7 3.i k msmmtit I lit l-l 111 W. A. ' 111 A. . I 7 -ttt.rjf W- M- SMITH. ; . . W. S. FORBES. SMITH & FP'KBES; ; THIS BEING THE ONLY EXC5LU81VE WHOLES ALB BOOT sndSIIOR HOUSE in the State, and onr facilities for buying Goods being equal to any,, we feel confident that we can sell BOOTS andSHOES AS CHEAP as any Bait!more6r New'York Jobber. Tye buy only from Manufacturers aud defy c-iLspetition -' - One of the firm is now Nortb, purchasing our SPRING 8TOCK, which, when com plete will be the largest in the gtate- s All we ask is a call from every "Merchant in North and South Carolina and Georgia: OTT A "RXiOTTE, 237 CV fei6 SfOCK ! : -HAS RECEIVED HIS SPR z kt:s 3 x o c udiS', gents; misses s CHILDREN BITS, SHOES i GAITERS, -i f -AND- iVOTK IN STORE, THE BEST ASSORTMENT TO, BE FOUND IN THE CITY. ALL GOODS MARKED DOWN TO BOTTOM PRICES. PLEASE CALL AND BE (MINCED THAT WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD. NEW IRON FRONT "SMITH BUILDING," TRADE STREET, CHARLOTTE, N. C. marlO il '2 I' A- ' F U R W I T U R E DEALERS. WHOLESALE & RETAIL, DEALERS Ilf ALL KINDS OF BEDDING, &C. No. 5, West Trade St., CHARLOTTE, N. C, JUST RECEIVED A 3 1 , if fj ij j tut N jK S or 1 GHILDRENS CARRIAGES, BED ROOM AND PARLOR SETTS, AND A FULL LINE OF COFFINS OF ALL GRADES, ON HAND. mar7 . Lt- 8! I .Hits HyNita."-. - 1 RAND CENTRA L HOTEL STORE. HOC 3HL 3 O 3E; 3R 2ESx3Ln , IS NOW XOUTH, PURCHASING A "f ; f -"l s AND WE ARE IJAIlV RECEIVINO .... ' ' . , "i ' ' MILLINERY, ' WHITE GtQOJDS, r i -' ? i.. ; . f J (I .... V : - 4 i . . - ... i - KID GLOVESj! EMBROIDERIES, T H E :; C I T Y CHARLOTTE, N. C, I 5. J December 20th, 1875 On and after this date, mails will nnon anil close in this office as follows : Notthern, delivered fi.30 a, m., close 9 00 p m Southern, " ., 8.30 " - " 7.30 pm Air-Line. " "8.30 '. ; " 8.30 pm Statesville, " 1100 " " 2.00 pnj C.C. East D., " 8.30 " " 9.00 pm C, C. West D., " 6.30 p m " 9.00 pm Money Order and Register hours from 9 a. m, to 4 p. m. R e Mcdonald, p. m dec21tf ' ' CTPT BXTLLXTTIN No country people in town yesterday ; no business scarcely, and nothing to talk about, everything pretty flat, A good many of the Nerthern people who have been spending the Winter in Florida, are passing through, now, going back home. The shad being received here are very fine. One sold last evening by Mr Zack Anders, weighed 8 pounds. They sell at $1.25 per pair. '; Capt A B Andrews, the Superintendent of the North Carolina Division of the Rich mond & Danville Railroad, arrived in the city last night About the first onions of the season ap peared yesterday at dinner at the Central Hotel, which is always up to the times. So small and yet so "loud." There will be a foreign missionary meet ing in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Chapel, this evening at 7J o'clock. Rey W M Hunter will lecture on the pyramids. The postage on newspapers is one cent per ounce or fraction thereof, and newspapers on which the full amount of postage is not prepaid are thrown into the caste pile, and never forwarded to their destination. Prof L Marcuse,surgeon chiropodist is stop ping at the Central Hotel for a few days, and will be pleased to treat persons who are suffering from corns, bunions, ingrowing nails, and all defects of the feet during his stay. We want our people to remember the lec ture of Prof Tripp to-morrow night. They should never miss the opportunity to attend so rational an entertainment as this will be. Lamartine will be the subject of the lecture, which cannot fail to prove interesting. After a day of clouds, chilliness aad gloom together with occasional showers, the rain began last night coming down in good-fashion. It fell slowly and steadily and at the time this is written, eyerything is favorable to square sleeping. Mr W S Bynnm, of Lincolnton, a son of Hon W P Bynum, of this city, and a young gentleman of culture and attainments, was ordained to the ordei ot Deacons on Sunday in St Barnabas Church, Greensboro, by the Rt Rey Bishop Lyman. Mr Bynum will have the charge of St Barnabas. The envelope makers and printers assert that the government loses $700,000 a year in the manufacture of postal cards, to say nothing of the cost wf carrying them as mail matter, and they claim that if the gov ernment should abolish stamped envelopes, wrappers and postal cards, it would save $2,500,000 a year. Railroad Matters. Mr Paymaster Craige, of the Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Railroad, arrived in this city yesterday afternoon, - having left Columbia in the morning, and paid off all the employees of the road as he came along, for the month of February. With one ex ceptionthe Atlantic, Tenne3see ft Ohio this is the oaly road running into Charlotte which is even with its employees, and its business is now said to be in a flourishing condition. Col J BPalmer, the President of the road, is now in New York, trying to make some arrangement to fund the float ing debt of the company. Runaway Spree. The team of Mr W 3 Forbes, while stand ing near Rudisill's saw mill, corner Tenth and A streets, yesterday, took fright and the lines breaking, got loose from their dri ver. They got into College street, and ran up this until they reached Fifth, into which they turned. Running through this, they struck Tryon and ran up it as far as Butler's jewelry store, where they were caught. The driver was run over by the wagon in the commencement, but was not much hurt. The Richmond & Danville Railroad, it is stated, is about to begin the reduction of both forces and salaries. It is said that the work of reduction has already begun in the principal office at Richmond. The Courts. Two negro boys named Wni Foster, Jr., and Sam'l Smith; were up for assaulting a ittle white boy named Sylvanus Kendrick. and beating him in the streets, without any cause whatever. He is much smaller than either of his assailants, and had done no thing whatever to proyoke their assault. It was a case of pure devilishness. Th e May or suspended the judgment upon the pay ment of cost, and upon the promise of the mothers of the two defendants to giye them genteel dressing down. There were no criminal cases before any of the Magistrates. A week or two ago all the criminal cases were before the Magis trates and the Mayor had nothing; for the past few days the order of things is exactly reversed. PA NO Y ' ANiJ ' DRESS d, sGOODS, n. I. - wst y ft A , ,( 7 -i ' 1 ! '.M r PRICTU SUIT TDB Hli WtO- . - i.it.-: ': -,.(.- . v m i-i. k-c a m-m m --Ma -a. ' -- marH I ' - The Lightning's Work. During the storm on last Sunday evening, the lightning struck a small dwelling near White & aims tannery, occupied by Sam Foreman, colored. The back of the chimney was knocked in, and the mantel-piece thrown down. An old colored woman who was in the room was much frightened, but strange to say, was not stunned or hurt. Weighing the Mails. The mails are being weighed on all the railroads running into Charlotte, and indeed on all the roads in Superintendent Ter rill's division. This weighing of mails is done periodically ; a man appointed for the pur pose, ru3 on the road, and weighs all the mail that passes through, every day for 30 days. Then an average is struck, and the government knows how much to pay the railroad, as the paying is done according to the weight of the matter carried. - . St Patrick's Day. To-morrow is "St Patrick's Day in the morning." our Irish fellow citizens will make no attempt to celebrate the day, think' ing their number here too small, to conduct a proper celebration. Father Hands, the able and scholarly priest of the Roman Catholic Church of this city, has gone to Richmond, where the Irishmen will have a grand celebration of the day, and, on which occasion he will, by invitation, deliyer an oration upon the life of the patron saint of the children of the "Emerald Isle."' Judge Schenckv t Adjourned Mecklenburg Court oa last Friday evening.. No one not familiar with tbe routine of judicial duties, has an idea ho-w mudf Wdrk"io4o be eloiXe; His Honor worked for two weeks from 9. in the morn ing tittili' the evening tnd spent every night attending, to such, cases as dotted be brought before hinrin Chambers court. He is a r salons, hard-working Judge and will have the thanks of the people of this dis trict for his impartial hearing of civil cases and his determination to pat his judicial brand on all connected with crime. -Concord Sun. , t , ' ' Atrocious Murder in Wilkes County. . Passengers who arrived in the city last evening by the Statesville train, give an ac count of , a murder which took place in Wilkes county on Monday evening last, nn der " circumstances of particular atrocity The name of the jaQtimcpnid not De ; re membered, bat he lived, near the .town o: Wilkesbord.'and was known to have $200 or $300 in money in his possession. On the evening mentioned, while, he was sitting at supper TOthTiis faiailr, three disguised men rushed Into the house and " commenced fir ing upon him., was shot in two places, and died In a very short time. The ruffians then instituted search for the money, but though their search was long and thorough, they could nowhere find the hiddentreas ore, arld' iually left, With nothing as a re sult of their yisit, except the heart's blood of a. fellow- being Upon their handVIt seems that they left nothing by which their identity could be established. ' " " Great Southern Freight Line. A, correspondent writing of the different freight lines which compete for freights here in Charlotte, speaks as follows of the Great Southern Freigh t via Charleston : This line is training favor with our mer chants and the business is increasing daily. Shipments come through in five days in many cases. Goods are bandied in the most careful manner and charges quite satis factory. This line, properly managed, will, in a short time, do a greater part of the bus iness with this section of the country. The -managers are active business men, and will do all ih their pawer to give satisfaction." NORTH CAROLINA. The Democratic State Convention to be Held at Raleigh on Jane 14th. Special Telegram to the Observer Ralkioh, N. 0., March 15th, 1876. The Democratic State Executive Commit tee, at its meeting here to day, selected Ral eigh as the place and June 14th as the time, of holding the Democratic Stute Convention for the nomination of candidates for places on the State ticket. J. D . C. Death of a Well-Kuown Character. Frank Cuthbertson, a negro than! whom none in the city was better known, died last evening of pneumonia. He has been missed from the streets for some time past, having for seyeral weeks bean confined to bed by the disease which finally ended his existence. A great many people will learn of his death with sorrow. His habits, his expressions , his general demeanor and his exceeding un- gainliness, all conspired to render Frank a study and an object of unceasing interest. His originality and humor, and the fountain of mirth which continually bubbled up in him, made him always a privileged charac ter, while his deformities and apishness were the subject of many a jest which was atoned for by a dime. Now that he has "joined the great majority beyond." let us hope that whatever virtues he had may shine out brightly in the presence of the Great Judge, and that tears for his ignorance and folly, shed by the Recording Angel, may blot out his iniquities and short-comings, from the book of eternal remembrance. He is a brother of our townsmen. Gen. R, D. and Capt. James F. Johnston, and was here last Summer on a visit, He is an able and prominent lawyer in Selma, and the best evidence of his standing in his adopted home is his election for the high and respon sible position to which he has just been called. We make mention of this honor which has just been bestowed upon him, with a feeling of pride. Captain Johnston is the law partner of Richard M. Kelson, Esq., formerly of Goldsboro, N. C, and the Met tenger, of that place, speaking of the two Carolinians abroad, says "Both of these gentlemen went to Alabama immediately after the war, commenced the practice of law in Selma, and evidence the success which 'Tar heel' pluck and energy always achieve. Neither is thirty-three years old, and Capt Johnston is chairman of the Dem ocratic State Executive Committtee, and Capt Nelson the U S Centennial Commis sioner from Alabama, vice Judge Byrd, de KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. A regular meet ing of Charlotte Lodge, NO, 17, Knights of Pythias Will be held in their Castle Hall, in the Temple Asso ciation Building, to-night. Prompt attendance of members desired Visiting brethren By oider of the C. C, W. L. BOYD, K. R. & B. cordially inyited. marl6 It CRANBERRIES, . -; ;FINEVv5 in - a-j iBALWIN t&uw : APPLES, FLORIDA ., ..HAVANA. vt ORANGES,, ' ' LEMONS, - .'V TTRTCNniT hiV PRUNES, - DATES, . ' -FIGS,,.v;, . ... CHEAP , . .PICKLES,- , it "SEVEN UF . CIGARS ONLY 10 CENTS, FRESH . FRENCH. CANDIES, i - ;'- AT -' ':'t :!!?'.'!! i ;- , 'i : i rt .1 I marl5 N.Y. Russett Apples AND Fresh tEMONSHusr Received ANDREWS & JONES'. mar7 WHITE WASH BRUSHES - r, Paint Brashes. Blacking Brashes. Varnish Brushes, just received by marH "Yrxi BURWELL & CO i -a i rjTIHE BEST CIGAR To be had 3 for 25 centiL.la tha Ta Panm u o oe naa at w Jt BURVYJLli A CO S mi mar!4 I Conviction of Train Wreckers. The Spartanburg Herald says : We learn that the two men, Smith and Strother, ar rested last fall by Capt H C Alley, for throw ing off the express train, of the Air Line Railroad, by which its engineer was killed, were tried at Pickens court last week and convicted. This was a most horrible crime, involving the wholesale murder of innocent people, and culminating in the death of a worthy engineer, and we are glad for the well-being of society and the safety of the traveling public, that the criminals haye been feretted out and brought to punish ment. Much credit is due Capt Alley for his services in this matter, and we feel assured that they will be handsomely rewarded. Koellsch's Book Bindery. It is agreeable to notice the amount of work which is already being done at Mr Koellsch's book bindery. Mr Dix, who has the running of the machine, thoroughly understands his business, and the work which he turns out cannot be surpassed: He has his hands quite full now, and his work gives entire satisfaction. This estab lishment being put in operation here, many people find that they have old books, news paper and magazine files which need bind ing, and these are coming in rapidly. We noticed there yesterday afternoon many old newspapers to be bound, as well as cop ies of AppleiovLS Journal, Our Living and Our Dead, the Fresbyterian Review, and many paper back books which it is desired to have put in more substantial form. Mr Koellsch un dertakes to supply missing numbers of mag azines and periodicals, and has even ordered and received some from across the waters. This book bindery and ruling establishment supplies a want which has been felt here for a long while, and Mr K's enterprise deserves substantial encouragement . Proceedings Against Vagrants. Justice Davidson on yesterday issued 8 warrants for parties who had been reported to him as vagrants, and these will be arrest ed to-day. It would be a great thing for Charlotte if the Justices of the Peace would make this action general all along the line. The town is filled with bummers and dead- Deats of both colors, who never make any thing honestly, but depend altogether upon their wits and their cheek to nil them with bread and whiskj . One fruitful source of the "hard times" of which so much is heard, is that there are bo many non -producers. Every man in a community who depends upon others to produce and purchase that which feeds him, is to just that extent a drag and drawback to the laboiers. If every body would go to woek, times would be much better. "A bird that can sing and won't sing, should be made to sing," and upon the same principle, a man who can work and won't work, should be made to work. An Additional Accommodation. An arrangement has been effected by which the sleeping cars on the Charlotte, Columbia fc Augusta Railroad, will hence forth be run through from Augusta, Ga., to Salisbury, N. C, instead of from Augusta to Charlotte. The reason for this is obyious, when the schedules on the C, C. & A. and N. C. Railroads are remembered. Passen gers coming from the North, and going through, now take supper at Salisbury, and change to a sleeper, three hours later, at Charlotte; coming from the South, they are aroused here at G o'clock in the morning, and transferred from the sleeper on the C, C. & A. train, to a coach on the N. C. train, and at Salisbury get off at 8 30 o'clock for breakfast. Under the new arrangement, they can sleep from their regular bed-time, through to 8. 30, when they arrive at Salis bury, instead of being waked up and chang ed three hours earlier. The Air-Line sleep ers have, for some time past, been running throuzh from Atlanta to Salisbury, and credit is due Mr Superintendent Anderson for affording to the patrons of his road, the same accommodation enjoyed by those of the Air-Line. mm fwiT 8Mks. -AND- The Instinct of the Dog. The closest observer and the deepest stu dent have not yet been able to declare posi tively where instinct and reason separate. We know that man possesses reason, and we know that many animals the dog par ticularly has instinct if not reason, and no one can assert positively and knowiDgly that the dog does not possess reason also. Capt John Wilkes has a dog which gees to the front gate every morning to bring his master his copy of the Daily Observer. He mieht be taught to do tnis by nabit, or we might call it by the powers of instinct ; but if the doe eoes out once for the paper, and does not find it, no whipping or persuasion can make him o for it a second time. His action seems proof conclusive that he reas ons that "having been once, he may not find it by going a second time." Col J Y Bryce has a valuable pointer which also goes to the front gate each morn ing for his master's paper, where it is left by the carrier. On several occasions he has torn or otherwise mutilated the sheet. For this he has been scolded and whipped, and it is a notable fact that be is now very care ful how he catches it in his mouth for "fear he will tear it again. Could anything less than reason account for this precaution ? We have heard of another instance where a pointer dog by accident fell into an old well which had long been indisuse. He managed to make a gentleman acquainted With his situation. A rope was let down to him, which the dog caught in his teeth, and by -which he was raised some ten . feet, bat letting go his hold, he dropped back into the well. , Tbexope was let down to him a second time ; he seized it and held it firmly until he was diawn out of the well,' rafter which he manifested his thanks and joy at his deliverance by evident marks of , intelli gence. In this instance who can tell where instinct ended and where reason began ? For Ladies, Gentlemen, Misses and Children. THE BEST GOODS AT LOWEST PRICES. ". You; are Specially Invited to Examine Our BLBGANT GOQB8, ma!5 OPPOSITE CENTRAL HOTEL, CHARLOTTE, N. C. The Gold Interest Returning. It is clear that the gold fever which raged to such an extent in this section many years ago, is reviving. Anis is eyiaencea dj me influx of miners here, coming on prospect - ine tours, and the increasing amount of "gold talk" which is heard on the streets and elsewhere. Evidences have been abun dant of late, that there is no lack of gold in this part of the State, and that only means and well directed efforts are needed to pro duce it.,We sincerely trust that the new move ment, which seems near an inauguration, will result in shafts being sunk all over this part of North Carolina. There might be hopes of great things of Charlotte in the fu ture if this were the case. Mining and manu factures are her only hope for ever attain ing more than a sectional prominence, and these will make her a great city. Many of our older citizens remember the days before the war when the mining fever was at its height, and the "life" which prevailed here then. They were "flush" times ; something like those in the great West a few years ago, except more civilized, and the material wealth of the people was abundant. It is pleasant to hear the old people talk of those days ; of the elegance, the style of life, and a longing desire is felt for a return of those times. Our people should encourage, by every possible means, all efforts that are made in the direction of a revival of the srold interest: the material is abundant, and j i its production in great quantities would larselv enhance the general prosperity of the people. ' '- Honor to a North. Carolinian. At the meeting of the Executive Commit tee of the Democratic and Conservatiye par ty of the State of Alabama, last week, Capt W L Bragg tendered his resignation of the chairmanship. His resignation was accept ed, and the vacancy was filled by the elec tion of Capt Jos;F Johnston of Selma. Speaking of the selection, the Livingston (Ala) Journal says : - 1 Cant Johnston in our opinion, possesses rare qualifications for the' position, and we regret that his term of office will expire with the meeting of the State Convention. We trust, however, that the position may be aeain conferred on him, His treat . energy and perseverance.' bis thorough' acquaint ance with the party organization' through out the State, and his excellent judgment, peculiar fit. him ffor the place. - Under his leadership we would enter the canvass with a confidence akin to that with which we used to follow that other Johnston the peerless Jos E.V , Capt Johnston is a native of this county. OUZELA-IE3 C3-OOIDS I . ACCORDING to Notice Given on the 1 2th of March, a part of our Goods have Arrived, and are so Cheap that everybody canlafford to buy. f iV541' Weihave the Prettiest NECK TIES In the City. . Deauti- ful DRESS GOODS, PRINTS. Ask for the Gown Cotton. King Shirts for one dollar and a half, worth $a.so. ' ALEXANDER, SEIGLE & CO. marl5 OF- COMPLETE STOCK OF DRH1SS GOODS. ALSO 1000 PIECES SPRING PRINTS SELECTED EXPRESSLY FOR OUR IRET-A-IL TRADE; SECOND StTPPIF OF NEW SHETLAND 8IIAWES, AIX COEOtts' , AND PRICES BLEACHED DOMESTIC LUWLU TIIAH i i EVER; BEFORE OFFERED II TIIIS flARKETf -'V- - - LARGE AND COMPLETE UFI 4 i ' MILLINERY JUST IN LATEST STALES STRAW AND CHIP II ATS T A BTOCI FLOWERS, THAT CAN'T BE EXCELLED ANYWHERE; 4V i H oS ut t-x u-l tr.vi -: U ' " " maris' i i it .F I t ? t "Ti 1 1 ! i i