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-"5c .-.! ,ilSt t-Jft i.e. ;, , ,-:,..; t i : r - r . .-I SfiWSaJtttofiiaiiBB. THE OBSERVER JOB DEPARTMENT- Bm bem oiarougliai 'iiioi Wi &r needed vxmt,andnth the btied Stylet of Type, mi every manner of Job Work can nre be done trith neatness, dispatch and ehMganess.;t,WBcm furmsK'at Short notice, vj, ui BLANKS, BILL-HEADS, -j i t JLETTEIhHEAVSrQAlLDSt 10 TAGS RECEIPTS, POSTERS, PROGRAMMES, HAND-DILLS, PAMPHLETS,' CIRCULARS, CHECKS, 4C. , . k , ? tVBSCRIPTIOlT RATES t v j ir "'-7 Ml oi'tffiljr; J'jfc-jr r .' " IXttZy, li (postpaid) fc advance ftu nn Six Jb?ortA ...-.... ...... 4 nJi S-'"1"' 2 go it II I hi uw " - . ( 75 WEEKLY EDITION : 1 Wir. (i county) tn advance. :, vi . . . .ll$2;00 Out the county, postpaid,. ... 2 10 Six Mor-tht. .U .l t.y,. ; 1 00 VOL. XX. CHARLOTTE, N. C, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1878. :,;..:NP,:2,987. fy nuterai ueaucnonsjor Viuim. , tiV SM I III Hi II r III . III III I .HI- UP KS, ll III lit., I grjj exacts: rpO THE TRADE. I. is with pleasure we announce the purchase of our - - i . !',,- FALL arocK ' I!" 09 . DRY GOODS. Much of It has already arrived, and our arrange uieiiU for this season's business will ta QQmplete fj September 1st prepared to offer Inducements even GREATER THAN HERETOFORE, We Invite Inspection of our IMMENSE PURCHASE. &og27 tivttitttVJC. B URGESS NICHOLS. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DXALKft TN ALL KINDS OF FURNITURE! ' FURNITURE t BEDDING, 4C. BEDDING, Ac. BEDDING, ftp. ' ' BEDDING, Ac. FURNITURE ! FUKNITURE1 A Full Line oV CHEAP BEDSTEADS ! CHEAP BEDSTEADS I LOUNGES ! LOUNGES ! LOUNGES I LOUNGES I LOUNGES! LOUNGES! PARLOR AND CHAMBER SUITS ! PARLOR AND CHAMBER SUITS ! ly COFFINS of all kinds on band. COFFINS of all kinds on bant No. 5 West Trade Stjuekt.: CHARLOTTE, N. C. line Assortment of Children's Carriages, Just arrived. Call and see them. Jan3 B ABGAINS IK D U RBJt W K IT TTTTtT TJRXB KBB L U UB BUN K II T IT UB SB F U U RRR N N W II : T U VKKB KB I V UK BN NN II T U UB BE UU B BN NN II T UU B BBBB AT- E. G. ROGERS' WAREROOMS, ( f Next to Prerromcs, . . TictlT.tfl il ( vii My Stock to very Large and embneet a Full Line of .. ..-j...,. .. ... PARLOR, CHAMBER, DINING BOOM ..: ; ; -r ' i . OFFICE FUBNTTURB., s," ', ., r ;. t. it' i t a i -p. J j I 1" K .1 t 1- - ! -, - i,' i -i '. r. . , v i All Goods Packed Free of Charge. Junli 'ifr jim, it t N XW GOODS FOR TILE A f" TTTT RRR A DDD KEB tv F F Mf f T. RRR A AD D KB fML.L. t: R R AAA n TK M.I.I. 1,1,1,1, T, R RA AlDD KEB OtD CcnoHssg amsfrikkbs in General: After returning VU1W Patronage, I will say to you: I leave lor the North em titles to-day for the nurDom of Sa1m.w a virat Class Stock of DRY GOOS FOB THE RETAIL TRADE IN CHARLOTTE. I would remind you of the fact that this Stock la to be entirely new. Not a dollars' worth of old goods. Also, that this Stock will be bought with all the advantages that Cash Buyers can get, and that you will be able to buy Goods for cash that will be greatly to your Interest. My STOCK will be open for your Inspection by the 15th or 20th Instant, In the BROWN BUILDING, Opposite Charlotte Hotel, Tryon Street : ; , .- T. L. SEIGLE. Charlotte, K. C, Sept 3, 1878. Democrat and Home please copy. G ONE NORTH. 1 A. H. Our Mr. ALEXANDER has gone North for the purpose of purchasing our FALL STOCK ! FALL STOCK ! FALL STOCK ! He will visit all the principal cities, viz : PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK, BOSTON, AC. Where he will, with great care, select a STOCK OF GOODS, Which, whea complete, will, equal any ever before offered by us. Our present Stock Is very low and we will nave to buy almost a New Stock entire. WAIT AND SEE. ALEXANDER & HARRIS. P. 8. Our Canopy Mosquito Nets have come- very cheap and nice. Call and see them. A. & H. augSO ATEST NEWS ! LATEST NEWS I LATEST NEWS ! THE CELEBRATED PEARL SHIRT I THE CELEBRATED PEARL SHIRT I THE CELEBRATED PEARL SHIRT ! Can now be had already finished and ready for wear at the same old price, $1.00. The best and Cheapest Shirt in the Country I The Best and Cheapest Shirt In the Country I The Best and Cheapest Shirt in the Country ! Also, we have Just received by Express, a Large Lot of HAMBURG EDGINGS 1 HAMBURG EDGINGS ! HAMBURG EDGINGS t BROWN DRESS LINEN AND TRIMMINGS I BROWN DRESS LINEN AND TRIMMINGS ! .i-L .m i -x ' " BROWN DRESS LINEN AND TRIMMINGS ! : At Astonishing, Low Prices. At Astonishing LoW Priees. At Astonishing Low Prices. VK! llj-;l:.n::i -.. -j n ". .- - .-! i. CaU at once and secure Great Bargains, r , fj'l' T. SI'' i. Can at once and secura Great Bargains. "17 I- 'Vi '-tJ-i? .. 'hth vfo t Call at once and secure Great Bargains. ' , 'L L - 1- H MORRIS BROS. . : i ; :''t H H. MORRIS BROS. H. MORRIS & BROS. Silk Parasols at less than cost Silk Parasols at less than cost Silk Parasols at less than cost. .1 1: l' 3s S004sf iirtwtifl, c H. MORRIS ft BROS. A RIM5 OF PRAYER. Raleigh News. The following poem was written by Mrs. Mary Bayard Clark, and was sung at a party given at New Berne, on Wednesday evening, for the benefit of the yellow fever sufferers. This air is "God Save the King." "DE FROFUNDIS." Lord, from our Southern Land, In mercy lift thy baud, Which presses sore; For through Its borders wide, Fell pestilence doth Btride, While famine by its side Knocks at each door. I Lord, keep our hope alive, Give us the strength to strive ' Against this foe; Before Thy throne we kneel, Oh Great Physician heal The wounds 'neath which we reel, And end this woe I Aside our strife we lay, Both North and South, and pray "Thy will be done." And with one voloe Implore, That when this plague is o'er, We, as in days of yore, Be truly one. OBSERVATIONS. A Califomlan abroad asserts that Sporgeon 'fondly pawed the Bible while praying." IlSt Of RIlhSArihAra tri tt vollnn, fiinH nHth tha orlft of 8100. yh-I don't know; but you don't look it Frank out the country in aid of the Southern fever suffer- iwu up uuo uuiuon uoiiars. We are willing to contribute our share towards aying KearneyTs expenses to go down and address le woridngmen of Memphis. Cincinnati Times. A GeOTela mil TTUlil la tn Iwa anA In a fam rtnva tnr cash. How lucky ! We were Just casting about for a wedding present for a friend of ours. Cincinnati Breakfast Table. Thnoa vhrt Hranlr becuewere sorry for it afterward. They could not get a wink of sleep while the speeches were being made. Galveston News. ThA 1UUIU1 nf I1.A -nan T .nl. fa Sam Hayes. He is no relative of the President but was appointed by his namesake for his name's sake. Galveston News. The Post savs the loftv nmm of naArivall tha "Kreat statesmen" Of IteaaachuaettH has no more deleterious effect on Ben Butler than a heavy dew on we uacK oi a jjurnam dull A young man married aealnot the wishes of hi a parents, and, in telling a friend how to break the news to them, said: "Tell them first that I'm dead. and gently work up to the climax.'' The man Who "has hAlnml a ln7An vniinir nun to make their fortunes" lives hem aa nlaewheiK. but he never tells what Interest he charged them uur wnai ne iea -em on. Detroit Free Press. This is the season of the vear whan ttttt nlirht air is very dangerons, but the girls face death at front gates with the same heroism which has always been one of the chief est adornments of the sex. The wife of a minister nnar PanrlAt fnnnrt him feeding chickens with dough In the dining-room. She "shooed" the chickens out, her husband boxed her ears, she complained to the church and it com pelled him to resign put him out on a fowl, as It were. Wells and Anderson are calculating, with their usual cold-blooded feroicity, that 10,000 people who would vote against them for Congress will be absent on account of the yellow fever. Being ab sent they wlllinot return in time to register, and they expect to slip into Congress by grace of the piague one pestilence producing another, as u were. THE BURKE MYSTERY. TRIAL OF THE SECBEST MURDER CASE The Evidence Adduced Thursday and Friday The State's Testimony Finished. Specially reported for the Observer. Marion, September 19. The last re port of the Secrest trial stopped with the evidence of Mr. E. M. Bullinger, who lives three miles from Newton in Catawba county. The next place Se crest is heard from is at the house of Mrs. Alonzo Kline, the tenth witness introduced by the State. Mrs. K. lives about one and half miles below Hicko ry, between Newton and Hickory; Here he stopped with the woman and child on the 6th of March, about 8 or 9 o'clock,-, in. Mrs. Secrest here cooked some bread, and they had a rest and ate breakfast on the roadside. After they had finished their meal they asked for ink to write some letters. The writing was done at a lumber pile on the oppo site side of the road from the house. After they had remained out some time Mrs. Secrest came into the house and threw some pieces of paper into the fire, stating as she did so "that he tore up her letters as fast as she wrote them." She told Mrs. Kine that she had one which she was going to mail at Hicko ry. They left there about 12 or 1 o'clock,1 p. in., going in the direction of Hickory. After the cross-examination of this witness the court took a recess of two hours for dinner. The first witness" called in the afternoon was D. B. Mull, who lives three miles from Morganton in Burke county, on the road leading from Morganton to Hickory and Lin colnton. On Wednesday the 7th of March, the prisoner drove up to hisf house, asked for his dinner and wanted his mule fed. Young Mull and his father greased Secrest's buggy, and he swears it was an iron axle buggy. Secrest Was driving a dark bay mule, which has been described by several witnesses.' Secrest was hy himself at this place ajid left going in the direction of Lincoln ton. ' The next witness was J. P. Abram," who lives in the upper part of Catawba" county about two miles from the Burke county line, on. the road leading fronr MorgantontoIincOlntort. Secrest drove up here and stayed all night on the 7th of March, 1877. Secrest was alone and came from the direction of Morganton? said he had been up' above Morganton to see an uncle, but when he got there he found his uncle had movedaway; witness-never saw" Secrest before that time; points him out in the court room. liosea xiuriijS, me iical wiuiess, lives With another Mr. Mull, and on the road Uk Iincolhton, on Thursday, the 8th of March, Secrest overtook the witness four or five miles above lincolnton. This witness had a: good deal of talk with Secrest on the way to Charlotte. Secrest proposed to swap hats with the witness. Thev . lourneved on till they came near Tuckasege ford, on the Ca tawba river, twelve miles from Charlotte . . Witness . stayed all night about eight miles from, the iortt, ana h Tifi-rt mornine. (the 9th of March) witness met Secrest coming up the road from the direction of the ford, saying the river . was too full to cross at the ford: they both then concluded to go by Rnzwii's f errv. Thev crossed the river ani wATit. nn tn Charlotte together. Here they separated about an hour be fore sundown, on the evening of the 9th. The accused was alone in his buggy all thA time the witness traveled with him. This witness also identified : Secrest -in the courtroom. ..: "., :". Here is another day of K which noth ing is known of the prisoner; i mean Mrs. C. 1U Doster, who lives in ,T7n ion county, about two and a half miles from1 where Mrs. Stevenson lived, is in troduced and swears that on the llth Secrest came to her - house about 10 nvirtrfr in the dav. and stayed1 until : af- fir dirmer . lie camec there to get. a trunk left with her by Mrs. Stevenson. She says she told Hoke' secrest ne naa killed Maggie Stevenson and her little girl Minnie. Secrest laughed and said: "Mag and Minnie are all right" "Yes," she replied, "you would say they were 'all right" if they were dead and buried in a hole." Secrest got the Jtrunk and- tooKitaway. . ? B. W. Clark was the next witness on the stand. He was a tenant living on Mrs. Stevenson's place in Union coun ty. He saw Mrs. Stevenson in the bug gy with Secrest on the last day of Feb ruary. When she was starting away, about a quarter of a mile from her house, told this witness that she might go to her uncle, John T. Downs, at 1 Pineville, or she might go to her brother in Georgia, but wherever she went she would write to him and tell him what to do. with her rent from the land he was working. The next time this witness saw the prisoner : af ter this morning, the last ot February, was on the 15th of March, when he came to the house of the witness and took away one or two trunks, bed and bedstead, and several other things. He had an order purporting to be . from .Mrs. Stevenson, for the articles, and Clark gave Secrest his note for $12.25, which ne owed to Mrs. Stevenson. Mrs. B. W.f jDiaxk, the wife of the last witness, was then placed upon the stand. She was in very bad health and quite sick; spoke so low that it was hard to distinguish what she said. Mrs. Stevenson told this witness that she and Hoke Secrest were going to Burke or Buncombe to get married. Also, told witness that she might be back in a few weeks, if she did not take her little girl along. If she did take the little girl she miht be absent two or three months. This was a day or two before she started off with Secrest. The witness also stated that Mrs. Stevenson took two or three dresses with her, leaving her trunks and other things with the witness. When Secrest was at Clark's on the 15th of March he de nied to this witness that he had mar ried Maggie Stevenson, but said that she had gone out West. Abel Helms, of Monroe, was the next witness introduced by the State. His testimony is that Secrest came to him on the 13th or 14th of March and show ed him an order from Mrs. Stevenson di rected to Clark, for the trunks and oth er things, which Clark delivered to him. Secrest further told this witness that he had bought all of Mrs. S.'s property and paid her for it, and that she had ta ken a train in Charlotte on her way to Texas, where her kinf oiks lived. Rev. E. David: He swears that Hoke Secrest came to him on the 7th of ApriL 1877, and asked him to write to Maggie Stevenson as he (S.) would di rect He stated to Mr. David that his object was to send whatever he should write to Mrs. Stevenson and that she would copy the same and send it back to Miss Fannie Dunn, of Union county, who was a cousin of Mrs. S. The fol lowing are the directions of Secrest to Mr. David : "I am on my way to Indian apolis, and expect to eo fifty miles fur ther to take charge of a school. You may have heard that Hoke Secrest and myself were married. It is not so. It was done that I might travel on the trains as a married lady. I sold Hoke Secrest my notes and other papers and some other things." Secrest directed Mr. David to sign Maggie Stevenson's name to the communication. Secrest took the letter when it was finished and said he would attend to the mailing of the same He was cross-examined very closely, but no new facts were elicited. The next witness was one J. W. Bow man, from the lower part of Burke county, about three miles from Hick ory. This r witness and two other boys were out rabbit-hunting, about the 10th of January, 1878, and found a hole dug out of the earth; there was snow over part of it. These boys, found some torn pieces of cloth and some hair, but did not disturb it This witness went home and told his father and mother what they had seen. The next morning, which was Sunday, a considerable crowd gathered at the place and found, when they had cleaned out the grave, several bones, some hair and a, pair of small, copper-tipped shoes, with the stockings in the shoes, just as though the foot or. a child had been drawn out. (Here Mr. Arnev. who crave this testi mony, explained the location of the grave to the court and jury: It is about one hundred and fifty yards from the railroad and three miles above Hickory. Mr. Arnev and Mr. Adams went to the grave on Sunday evening, but did not disturb it; went back the next morning and a considerable crowd was at the grave: they cleaned "the grave out and found some skull-bories in the west end of the grave the grave is laid off nearlv east and west some pieces of calico and other dress-fabrics ; a piece of platted straw, whicn naa Deen a part of a straw hat ; a snuff-box about half full of snuff; some hair and rib bones, and a pair of small shoes leath er r with ccpper-toes, and a red-striped stocking sticking in each shoe. The witness could smell very strongly the scent of a human body decaying in the grave, and on the clothing and shoes. Mr. Arney was subjected to a very ricid cross-examination, which did not bring out any additional facts of public interest. After his cross-examination was con cluded, the box containing the bones, pieces of dresses, hair, snuff-box, shoes, &cvwaa brought out and opened. (The ci'owd, here rose to their feet, and every one was standing on tip-toe to see what was the contents ot tne dox.; Mr. Ar ney identified several ol the things which he found himself, or saw others pick: up.1 The prisoner showed consid erable nervousness wnen tne contents Were first brought out, but soon over came the first exhibition of feeling and settled quietly back in his seat His father sits beside him ail tne time m the court-room. Mr. H. Adams, who was the twenty second witness, examined up to 12 m. to-day, gave in very much the same evi dence as did Mr. Arney ; they lived near the grave, and went to it together. Mr. Adams was cross-examined very close ly as to the buggy-marks made on the bushes between the road and the grave, but nothing of general importance was elicited on his cross-examination. D. Marion, Sept. 19. The last report I forwarded to you, contained the state ment of the witnesses up to the adjour ment of the court, yesterday, at noon. After the recess, as soon as the case was resumed, Abel Whitener was the first witness called on the stand. This gentleman is a magistrate ; lives about three miles from Hickory and about eight and a half miles from the grave. When he went to the grave on Sunday, the 13th of January. J878, - Messrs.. at hey i and ; Adams were there. , He got there' about an hour before sundown; Borne scrapsof clothingwere tanging on the bushes, and some were still lying about on the ground, which had not been picked up by Messrs. Arney and Adams. All the things they pioked up there were taken to Mr. Adams' tobac co barn and locked up there, i Witness Went to Mr. Adams the next rrnorning, and they took them out of the barn and had' them " washed byMrs. Adams. These things were! before the" jury.' of inquest, on Monday evening, the 14th of January. Witness took the shoes home with him, and on Tuesday, the 15th, carried them to Mr. Toniknson, editor of the Piedmont Press. The next time witness saw any of the articles, was at the preliminary trial of Secrest at Icard station. This witness also came down to the table in the bar, where the bones, shoes, hair and peats of the dressing were lying, and identified sev eral pieces of the cloth, the shoes, hair' xc as being the same which were picked up at the grave This -witness.! was croos-examined. but no new: facta were brought out Be-exanunedy fr, Bynum, as to the roads, he said the Hog Hill road led ' out into the main Mor ganton and Hickory road, or as I it is. sometimes called, near Icard station d, the Island Ford road, this is' a piece With some selveged ruf ?n ; that there was very j fling eta it " Looking ; over the samples little difference in the distance, by eith' er roaa. fJ J. S. Tomlinson was the next witness,, the twenty-fourth. He states thatifon Tuesday, the 15th of January, 'Squire Whitener gave him a pair of shoes-: small leather 1 shoes, copper-tipped- . and one black-cloth gaither shoe. :u This, witness kept the shoes , in his .pos session and took them to Icard at the preliminary trial. Swears those pre- 4 sentea to him on the stand are the same shoes. Says further, that the Rev. J. C. Hartsell brought him (some time dur ing the week) pieces of cloth, a snuff dox and oraid qi naar. rnese Were aisof identified by witness. On his cross e; amination he answered to a question f Col. Gaither that none of the things were washed while in his possession, and that no oil was put on the braid f hair. Identifies all the articles named, When this witness was put on his guard he could not, swear positively whether Mr. Whitener or Rev. Mr. Hartsell gave him the snuff box. To a direct ques tion by Col. Gaither this witness swears that he sued out the warrant against the prisoner and that he is the prosecu-V tor. (An elbow neighbor here remark ed : "That declaration was the bravest act of Tomlinson's lif O Mrs. E. M. Bullinger, the next wit ness introduced, lives in Catawba coun ty, six miles from Hickory ; is the wife of E. M. Bullinger. She swears that on the 5th day of March, 77, Secrest came to their house in a buggy and staid un til the morning of the 6th; that he had with him a woman and child. States that the lady told her she had just been married to Hoke Secrest; said she first married a man by the name of ;Steven son. Witness says Mrs. S. washed some clothing and baked some bread at her house; washed a blue and white check ed sack. (Here Mr. Bynum handed her a sample which she swears is just like the saek the same kind of fabric and same color. Other pieces she thought looked like the dresses Mrs S. washed at her house.) Dipped snuff with Mi's. b. out ot a tin box and the box was a little over half full of snuff. Mrs. Nancy L. Zedaker, the 26th witness, lives in Union county, about a quarter of a mile from where Mis. Stev enson lived ; saw her pass by a school house with Hoke Secrest the last day of February, 77 ; had her little daugh ter, Minnie, with her. Witness helped Mrs. Stevenson to cut and make some dresses for herself and Minnie a short while before she went away; also a bonnet of dark and light striped calico, with a selveged ruffle to it. (Here Mr. Bynum handed the witness a piece of cloth from the table and witness swears she believes it to be a part of the bon net described; showed the court and jury what she meant by "selveged edge," exhibiting the piece of cloth handed to her by Mr. Bynum. This witness point ed Out on the table several scraps which she thought were parts of dresses of Mrs. Stevenson, and some of the little girl, Minnie.) Witness swore that Mrs. Stevenson had a skirt which was made out of a bed blanket white with red stripes on it, and picked out a part of a blanket which was found in the grave and said the skirt was made out ot that kind of fabric and the same color. She also described the hair and shoes of both and thought the samples corres ponded with what belonged to the two missing ones. Some samples were handed to the witness, which she thought were parts of Minnie's dress. (This sample was not in the box with the others.) Mr. J. S. Tomlinson was then re-called, and stated that the sample handed to the last witness was one he picked up at the grave and had kept all the time in his possession. S. Ji. Stevenson, tne 27tn witness, lives m union county. Maggie fetevenson was his brother's widow ; lived about 2 miles from she where lived ; says she was medium size, with fan- complexion, light auburn hair. Witness gave Min nie a pair of white and red striped stockings with a slight tinge of purple in the red about two weeks before they left home. He sold Mrs. Stevenson two or three tin boxes of snuff a short time before she left with Secrest This wit ness produced some scraps of goods wmcn he picked up at tne grave m tne presence of Mr. Arney, and also some scraps which he had gotten from Mrs. Zedaker and shows them to the court and jury. Witness swears he believes they are the same goods the ones found at the grave are considerably faded. Mrs. Vedaker. on being re-called a few minutes later, swears that the un laded samples presented by Stevenson were scraps of Mrs. S's and Minnie's dresses which she (Mrs. T.) helpeu to cut out and make up before they went away with Secrest. Stevenson swears further that he met Hoke Secrest on the streets of Monroe and asked him where Maggie Stevenson was ; that Se crest answered that she was in Burke or Buncombe county. Secrest showed liim a paper containing a notice of the marriage of Hoke (J. secrest and Mag gie Stevenson, remarking as he did so that this notice was false. Witness an swered, "he did not think any minister would put such a falsehood as that in the newspapers." Cross-examined by Col. Folk, witness said he had received a letter from Mrs. Stevenson, dated the 2nd of March, '77, and headed "Char lotte." stating that she had been slan dered in the neighborhood and was go ing out West and did not expect to re turn. This letter was called for by the defense but had been misplaced, uoi. Folk asked witness, "did you not read that letter to other parties and remark at the time, 'Damn her, she ought to have been slandered ? " Answer : "No, I never said any such tlnng to any one Mrs. Doster recalled, makes oath to the selveged edge on Maggie Steven son's bonnet ana describes the same to the court and jury by the same sample Mrs. Zedaker had shown before. , Mrs Zedaker again called, stated in answer to questions by CoL Gaither that she had gotten a letter from Mag- fie Stevenson, dated l 2nd ; March, I7, ated "Charlotte," in which she., says she is going out , West and bids farewell to her ifrienda "at " home. The letter was signed, "M-E ; Stevenson." Friday, Septr 2a Court . met , this I morning at '9 o'clock. r The prisoner 1 was Drougnt into uuiuu auu won. .uui seat in the usual place Deruna counsel. His father sits by his: side alii the time in the court room.5,The prisoner, thinks the trial is progressing verv slowlv. Mrs. B. W; Clark, the witness on the tand this morning, lives in Union coun- ty ? was ;living in' Mrs. (Stevenson's house wheni Mrs. Stevenson went away from home; ,her husband, B, W, .Clark, was a tenant oh the place of Mrs. Stev- ehsdn."' ::,:u - : T''!ij';'"'' This witness knew 1 the ' kind of dress Mrs. Stevenson wore away with her. States that she sold . Mi's. Stevenson a , piece of calico a' feW days 'before she left home aha' that she had it made up iuw a areas iwmcu sue xoos away wiin her. She picked out a, sample trojpa the table and said it ,was like the . dress the same roods exceut the sample was faded a good deal! She also recognized a part or a bonnet by ; the color and make which Mrs. Stevenson -wore awav : pctt.uu'uu at me grave: uy nr. iomnn sen,8he found, aisamole like a dress i belonging, to Minnie Stevenson ; thinks the shoes are Hke those of Mrs. Steven- son ana ; Minnie Wtevenson ; 1 also found &' piece 'corresponding exactly to a piece of j sack: .worn by Mrs. Steven- t A. part -of . the pkirt made out of a blanket wa.shtiwh to witness; she hot RheW'whettier it was part of a ekirfeor ii0tbut Mrs. Stevenson told i witness before deleft home that she had a skirt made,out of such material She showed that the piece presented to her had been hemmed. ' J . -; i . After Mrs. Clark was ; through with hei; f testimony. Solicitor Adams an nounced tyhat the State would rest the Case here. 1 He also proposed to the Counsel ior the defense to release Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Clark, on account of the; feeble, health of this lady. She has been quite, .ill all week and is very feeble.: ' r" ' The first witness introduced by the defense was Dr. 1L C. Pearson, ot Mor ganton, who underwent a long and .searclvjig examination about the bones ahd ligaments of the human body and as to the time it took a body td decom pose,. fcc. ; . He swears positively that the ibones are, those of an adult and , of, a child. There are twenty-four bones here from the body of a child and eight bones of an adult, but cannot positively tell, from the bones the sex of the per sons. : After Dr. 'Pearson's lengthy and rigid examination, the defense introduced one Franklin Belk, Sue Adams, colored, from the .hotel; De Griffith, of Char lotte, W. C. Rainer, of Union county, Jonathan Miller and Thos. Ellis. I will not have time this evening to give you any of the testimony for the defence, but will send it in to-morrow's report. D. How an Indian was Baptized. ReldsviUe Times. Prof. Edward Fontaine, who is now in Keidsville. once baptized a negro. Mark Davis, the slave of a nephew of J eff Davis, at Canton, Mississippi. Mark had accidentally killed a young white man wnue possum Hunting, u nder tne gallows the sheriff was so affected he couldn't tie the rope and Mark helped him tie it around his own neek. He thanked Dr; Fontaine under the gal lows : "Master," said he, "when you come to die, I pray God I may be one of them sent to bear you from this world." But the Sunday previous he was baptized. He preferred to be dipped like the oth er negroes. The jailor and Mr Fpntaine ?uietiy took him down to the creek, at lanton, but the thing had got wind and a great crowd was on ine Danks, and among them was a band of fifty: Choc taw Indians. The creek not far from the bank was some 15 feet deep. After Mark had been dipped Dr. Fontaine- made the cross of Christ on his fore head, and iust then. "kerdh" came a sound and a. Choctaw had taken a run ning leaD and plunged head under into the deepest of the stream. As he arose he made a eross on bis face and said with a grunt, " Hell's gone 1" Dr. Fon taine had delivered an affecting sermon on the bank of the creek amd this Indian had understood it. He baptized him self. They all shook hands and the In dian returned to his tribe a converted, man. Gr RAND DISPLAY OF FALL STYLES FALL STYLES FALL STYLES FALL STYLES nn MM MM TIL MMMM ni. M MM M II L M M M II L L IIBK B EEE RRR Y T L HWK NE R R V Y L II N N N ER RRR YY L II X NN B R R Y M M II T.T.T.T.T.T.T.T.UN NNKEBR R Y DRY GOODS; CLOTHING, DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, AC, &C. On WEDNESDAY, the 25th instant, I will hold .my SEMI-ANNUAL GRAND OPENING SEMI-ANNUAL GRAND OPENING SEMI-ANNUAL GRAND OPENING SEMI-ANNUAL GRAND OPENING 01 all the Latest Novelties In PARISIAN HATS AND BONNETS, PARISIAN HATS AND BONNETS, DRESS GOODS IN GREAT VARIETY. U DRESS GOODS IN GREAT VARIETY. COMPLETE LINES OF DRY GOODS. COMPLETE LINES OF DRY GOODS. CCC ccc LLL LLL LLL LLL 000 TTT HHH OOO TTT . HHH OOO TTT HHH m NNN GGG !!f III NNN .GGG; !!! TTT NVH tiCKl HI CCC CCC OOO TTT HHH HTNNN GGGl!l- vtt wi iii.mii ii ii ii ttt . vw nrn fit CCC 1 LLL OOO TTT HHH HI NNN GGO !!f CCC. LLL OOO TTTaHHH HI NNN.GUO !!! CLOTHING 1 1 CLOTHING ! CLOTHING! CLOTHING ! , The . LATEST .. STYLES In Material, Cut Make-up, challenging competition in prices. . and AH are invited to tiie Feast of Extraohflnarr Splendor.attae jl,),,,! . ; .; ; -(,-'...!. . !!; !..' . i. - ... 1 'MS ft i.fij". riiOti JHiiiKM.J f-r. .-.;. . .... x -it; ii&MMOTH ESTABLISHMENT ; J' MAMMOTH ESTABLISHMENT ;. J3 " 1 n OI 'MAMMOTH EST ABI.ISHMKNT ' .4 . : r. fi.' WTTTObWSKY. &.WITTKOWSKYi a WITTKOWSKY. a WITTKOWSKY. QUB ABTUMSL FABRICS j .;! 'III r ; i i J4 .1:.'. - i . ; :i:-i-?n tuT -i . i ! ; !'i!n:- i - .!!: - Il 1 i .!. i,; ' , . ".: . it ui it tiiitlU KKS ' DDD L" li;Wrtttti'k Iers 8mPs faafcj4--''i!lAi .: : : ... t.'j. 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HARVEST FORI THE PEOPLE! ..i i: A GREAT SLAUGHTER ' m ; ...in. ' i ii-' j ii : ! I ff? !' iit'-i rt4i.i ' .' ' ' .! i 'ir.. .. ;h -si ll .7 . i I r ill COO L OO TTTT A I H .It TKK H tlHJO COL OO T H H II NN N O O O LOOT HHH II NNN O. OCL OO T H H II N NN G OO OCC LLLX. OO I H H II N NN QOii AT W. KAUFMAN & CCS, ii We will sell for the next 80 dayB1 the' Greatest Bargains ever known to the people: ' !;,I,MI" We are determined to make room for ' ' FALL AND WINTER GOODS, and have no other chance to accomplish tin Only toy selllng ear entire Stock of Merchandise, on hand, Regardless of Cost i : , i . . . i ; We want everybody to note .this and call ia due time so as to be able to obtain aome of our Clothing at such prices as will never be imitated., , Also, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, ' AND . ' : ;. . jt.Ut : FURNISHING J0ODSUJ ( '. ' j:'r' ' Cheaper than ever before. 1 ''. .. W. KAUFMAN 4 CO.r Springs Comer. Chariotte,'N.!C. r ADIES, ; . . . ! ! mlf k .wioq.f ; ,.J: .' . , ..... 1 . ' -'"' i i i : ' i MM MM n L 1 1 - r!fN W.ITCHM'-1 O !...: two! . '!" "1 M-ti"V ..jil it 3 ' 3Hit, - ' ' .-tl !' iils .jwfrtf I : ,ril'lr'ful GPODS,;,, yr., . ' ' : i'lfi' Ji-J" - '" 'trt'.'tf. 'il.l J, ' , iw.U'i :.u; !. Vi Uf,J III tiniminiinM. m , . , WhlM GOOdt, Ml j ;.;.;! .'u.v-l JlfflV.- ! Lisle, Kid and . IUJ, . . v vLadlesr Underwear, !: ' . , " Lace and Llnert . - . .,. - " Culls and Collart. sols. Fans and Buttons, Hosiery, Zephyr . , Worrted, Material for Fancj Wofk i-tU aUktodsof NeckWear.goto,. v- .iii, !.. . :i A : .j iiI'SVM -"v.;-":t ' C;i ait . )f m mi jmnj.T ji J u e-" -tl:u t1 t? i; in i uilff itii illrvjeyail ' . i..I V 'u'-..t in i s"rK",virr;i " ' K" Where you will And the largest and most 'complete 5 estabaahraent of the kind in the btatef'A full .7 . stock, good business, small expenses and semilog for cash, enables me to sell goods In my line rjm y ,t ". ' 1.11, it 1 J 'I t. li ,it iW 1 f i. 4 4 1 si ? t 5 S o t,;f