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Stye ljariotte bscrucr. rH AS. It. JONES, Fditor A- Proprietor FIUDAY, JULY 18, 1870. THE FEVER ACAI1V. Tr.e distiecnie new 3 comes Memphis of the appearance there yen- tciday, of five new "rasen l' yellow lever. This intelligence will revive the fear which sprang up in all hearts last Tveek, but which had measurably subsided, that Memphis, and for that matter all the Mississippi country, and perhaps other sections, will be scourged this summer by the dread. destroyer. We can only hope for the best while suggesting ihat the part of wisdom everywhere is for people to prepare for the worst. EXECUTIVE CLEWESCT. Men in public positions are constant ly between the devil and the deep sea. A Governor, for instance, pursues a certain policy in a given matter, and is criticised for it. His successor, deter mined to profit by the supposed errors of his predecessor, adopts the opposite policy and is just as roundly abused. We do not mean to say that Gov. Jarvis has been governed by any such consid erations in any of his actions, for he is not the man to go out of his chosen path to avoid criticism, nor yet to seek popu lar applause at the expense of his con science. We cannot but mark, ho wever, the reception which is being accorded his efforts to do his duty in one particu lar direction. The cmestion of the in terposition of executive clemency has been much discussed m this State within 4 he past few yeafg. Gov. Vance was charged with being altogether too free in his use of this prerogative, and re ceived more censure on this account than on all others combined. Gov. Jar vis is altogether indisposed to exercise his right in this regard; he has commu ted very few sentences and pardoned still fewer convicts. He has been ap plauded to some extent for this policy, but at last a complaint is set up, that he is too stern in this particu lar and will listen to no argument on t he side of mercy. Thiscoraplaint conies from our contemporary of the States ville Landmark, very likely because it has in its mind's eye a particular case in which the Governor declines to inter fere when it thinks he should. But this is not the last complaint which will be made against Gov. Jarvis on this ac count. Presently some other newspa per ierhaps one which up to this time has exclaimed "Hosanna!" will htive its sympathies enlisted in behalf of a particular convict, and when the Gov ernor declines in that case to make an exception to his rule, will turn upon him with censure. This whole matter isa grave one and cannot be touched too gingerly in the absence of full informal ion of the facts. This prerogative witli which our Gov ernors are charged (and of which they would doubtless gladly be rid) is of the most delicate and responsible character. The lives of their fellow-men are placed in their hands; on the one side are their feelings of humanity, the petitions of their constituents and the prayers and tears of women; on the other, the law of the land and the solemn rinding of twelve men who are sworn to "true an swer make" and who have declared that the prisoner is an enemy to society and worthy of death. In such a case the man with this great responsibility flpoh his shoulders is entitled to be not trifled with. The strict letter of the law may be such that the veictiittyolyi.ngdefttb is unavoidable -and yet". the circum stances of tlie case sucly thafihe'execu tive may with go ''cause interfere; again, for him ttrdq so majbe justly regarded as unwarrantable interference and an exhibition of womanish weak ness. In either event the Governor is entitled to the benefitf the doubt, and when he is "known to be honest and true and anxious only to doright-as in the cases of such men as Vance and Jaryis it should always be considered that they are sworn officers, that their ac t iona ara based upon; all the 7 available facts, pro and eon, and that it is not only their. highest duty but their best Interest to do that thing which is equit able and just, alike to the prisoner and to the State. This is written without our having i n view any particular case or any spe cial complaint, and only in the interest of public justice. We were indisposed to censure Gov. Yance when he com muted sentences and pardoned convicts, and we are just as little disposed now to censure Gov. Jarvis for seeing fit to leave all law-breakers to the mercies of the law. Doubtless many great crimi nals have escaped punishment through the interposition of Governors in their behalf, but it is just as little to be doubted that many innocent men have been punished and put to death through the refusal of Governors to interpose their authority. But while this is true we do not understand that the cause of justice will be at all benefitted by as saults upon executives who are un deniably circumspect and confess edly honest in their actions ; and while we do not think that Governors are any: more than constables entitled to immu nity from criticism, we do dislike to see; them complicated in their endeavors to administer their offices to the best inte rest of the whole people. In one word, having absolute contP dence in the integrity and wisdom o these men, and feeling sure that they nave Known more or tne tacts or every case of this kind upon which they have acted than it was possible for us to . know, we have considered it no mori ttian fair to refrain from criticisms oi them, believing that public officers are in nowise facilitated in the proper dis charge of their duties by an ignorant clamor raised by press or people at their every step. VcmcI Ashore Live Lost Halifax July 17. The steamer State of Virginia, from New York for -Glasgow, went ashore at Sable Island i txVlAb p. m. Saturday. Three ladies and flva children were lost in the surf while janaing. xne vessel naa it passengeip jv iieaa oi cauie ana a general cargo. THE" FA I LUKES THIS YEAR THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK. -"The mercantile agency of Dun, Bar-low'Vv- Co., has issued its first semi-annual circular for 1879, giving the nhra ber of failures in the United States and Canada for the past quarter and, the past half year. We see from our ex changes that according to this circular the "total failures in the United States for the first six months of 1879 aggre gate 4,058, the amount of liabilities be ing $65,779,390. - Xhege figures, compar ed with the first six months of 187S, show 1,797 fewer failures and a decrease of $85,058,376 in the amount of liabili ties. The failures for the three months ending June 30, 1879, were only 1,534, liabilities $22,066,725, being much less than in any single quarter of the past five years. The average of liabilities is also much smaller than heretofore"; in other words the failures for the half year have fallen off almost one-thirdnd the amount of liabilities precisely one half this as compared with the corres ponding period of last year. Commenting upon the figures which the circular gives the Baltimore Sun draws these wise conclusions: It is a very wholesome sign when the loss or locking up of money by bad debts is curtailed thus rapidly. The circular, after contrasting 1878 with 1879, remarks that "never before in our experience in the compilation of these statistics has the decrease in mercantile casualties been so marked ; in no pre vious period has the comparison of losses by bad debts been so favorable as at the present hour." The decrease in the amount of liabilities, or; in other words, in the amount of money locked up by bankruptcies, is virtually a gain of $65,000,000 to the working business capital of the country in the past six montns. but the best effect of the figures exhibited will be found in the return of confidence which they contribute to promote. As the circular says: "Nu merous failures retard business ven tures in afgreater ratio than any other single circumstance, while the proba bility of lessened disasters begets faith in tlie future, and this feeling of safety contributes almost as much as an in centive to transactions as the hope of gain." The circular also comments up on the increase in the volume of busi ness as indicated by the increase in the exchanges of the banks. This increase is equal to 20 per cent, in the last six months, and shows that the general consciousness of improvement in busi ness is not conjectural, but has a sub stantial basis in facts. This increase in business, it is claimed, has had a great deal to do with the decrease in failures, and in fact shows conclusively that business must now be done at a good profit. A year or two ago the number of failures increased in proportion as the volume of business, showing that there were then no profits. This change in the condition of affairs is more full of encouragement, perhaps, than any other single circumstance in the whole connection. A Jl DE 0 LYSCH LAW. Judge A. P. Aldiich, of" the Circuit Court of South Carolina, in his recent charge to the grand jury of Greenville county, referring to the lynching, last month, of John .1. Moore, in Spartan bmg, said: I am not one to excuse lynch law, nor will you. It is always dangerous and generally wrong, for tlie people to pass by a temple of justice and inflict sum mary punishment. But sometimes hu man nature will and must assert its dignity and defend the virtue and chas tity of woman. Outraged humanity will not and cannot wait for the 'flow vhd uncertain process of the law's de- ly. It too often happens, that by in genious use ot tlie instrumentalities that hedge around the accused, he escapes the just punishment of his crime. It sometimes occurs, that even when juries are brought to the point of conviction, the appeal tribunals on some technical quibble, not affecting the mel ts of the case in the slightest degree, balk justice and send the culprit back for a new trial. Ilence, society becomes impatient, and now and then manifests this impatience by taking the law in its own nanus. ... This is dangerous doctrine to hear enunciated from the bench. It is not exactly upholding lynch law but it is winking at jt. It is right and proper to say that lynch law is "always danger ous and generally wrong," but all the force of thisJisTdestrcvecl when it is said in the next -breath thatrmetimes hu man nature will and Mfcssert its dig nity." And yet .wMjffialoubt that Judge Aldi ich has found the true cause why people take at times the law in their own hands? Surelv none will. but still it would, be better if we all sought to establish the- remedy rather than from Tbench and press condone the crime. Ret. Dr. Peitchakd President of Wake Forest. The board of trustees of .Wake Forest College, at a meeting held Wednesday, elected Rev. Dr. T. H. Pritchard, at present pastor of the Sal isbury Street Baptist church, of Ral eigh, to the presidency of the college, and, it is said, he has accepted, and will enter upon his duties September 1st. The choice is a most excellent one in all respects. Dr. .fntcnara is not only a highly attractive pulpit orator, but a scholar of attainments, and it seems to us that he is eminently qualified for the woi k to wnicn ne nas Deen called, as the president of the leading education al institution of the largest denomina tion in the State. Dr. Pritchard is a na tive of Charlotte, and is, we suppose, under fifty years of age in the very prime of a vigorous and cultivated in tellect. Zaciiy as an Athlete. The Hon orable Zachariah Chandler, LL. D., was recently telling a correspondent of the Boston Traveler of how7 powerful a man he is: said that several years ago he put himself under a professional boxer, the man who had trained Heenan for his prizefight with Sayers, Further than this did the valiant Zachariah go on to say : "No person in the Senate suspects that I am a boxer, or that I can strike a blow of iron, but, if I am ever assailed, my assailant will discover that I pan defend myself without resorting to wea pons." The exact time at which Mr. Chan dler acquired all of this muscle is not stited,but it was probably after Mr. Voorhees, of Indiana, burst the pitcher filled with milk, over his head in the dining-room of a hotel in Washington City,.several years ago. All babies are diminutive Caesars, since they come, they see, they conquer, sometimes by their gentle stillness, but oftener by continued uproar ious crying, Induced by Colic, Teething, Flatulence, etc - Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup, by Its gentle yet spe cific Influence, quiets tbe little ones without ever producing the least Injurious effect Price 25 ctat abottfo : Concealed Deadly Weapons-Tbs Wilmington Star pertinently enquires whose duty it is to arrest a man with a weapon. "On Sunday night last," says the Std-r?" negro man was, on Front street with a shooter obtruding from bis pocket." Our contemporary adds : We have no idea that the law is worth anything. Good, peaceable men will obey the law and be at the mercy of the vicious, violent men, who will be always armed and ready for deviltry and murder. But a negro, with coat off and a shooter stuck in his pants with the handle fully exposed should not be allowed to strut along our thor oughfares as if to defy the law. That's a fact. Let him be disarmed. Unless the law officers are going to take the revolvers from the hip-pockets of the ruffians it will be tlie worse for the good men that the law was ever passed. Massachusetts experienced a blow, "Wednesday, from which she will not soon recover. , We do riot remember that the telegraph ever brought us a story of such wide-spread destruction of property, accompanied by such loss of life, produced by a similar cause. There are things which are worse than heat, and tornadoes are of them. To read of the honors which awaited Hanlan, the oarsman, when he reached Toronto, is calculated to call a con temptuous smile to the lips of sensible people. All this demonstration over a fellow, and an address of welcome to him from the mayor of the city, just be cause he happens to have a muscle on him like a prize-fighter! THE RISING SCOURG K. FIVE NEW CASES IN MEMPHIS. The Plague Break Forth A grain--The People Preparing: for Flight. Memphis, July 17. Five new cases of yellow fever were reported to the board of health this morning. The cases consist of members of two families named Hester, residing under one roof at numbers 84 and 86, Clay street, in the southern portion of the city. LATER. The new cases, of yellow fever are members of the families of Robert and James Hester, two brothers, whose resi dences are in the same neighborhood as Judge Eay's house. The following per sons are prostrated with the disease: Kobt. Hester and wife, Mrs. James Hester and two of her children. Mrs. James Hester has been sick four days. Her children were taken Tuesday.as was Eobt. Hester and his wife. The yellow fever symptoms were not fully develop ed until this morning when Mrs. J as. Hester had black vomit and at noon was dying. The two brothers are river men, Jas. Hester being the night watch man on the Pelee wharf boat, and Robt. Hester a ship carpenter. There will be another exodus of citi zens to-night. FKVER ON SHIPBOARD AT PHILADEL . PHIA. Philadelphia, Pa., July 17. The brig Shasta, of New York, arrived here this morning from Port DePaix, San Domingo, with nine men on board, seven of whom were sick with yellow level-. She had a clean bill of health although the officers say the disease was raging at Port DePaix at the time of sailing, and she had had fever on board before. The board of health has rescinded all permit to visit or leave the quarantine station, and every pre caution will be taken to prevent the spread of the disease. LETT Kit FItOM BUFFALO LIT1IIA. Biiriiin;' or Voltages The Visitors Weal her, A c. Correspondence of The Observer: 11 . T 1 . , -ll HALO JjITIHA SPRINGS, V A July 15th, 1879. It mav interest some of the readers of The Observer, who have at some time or other been visitors here, to know that a tire occurred here last night at 12 o'clock, entirelv de stroying five or six cottages occmried by servants. The occurrence occasion ed great excitement among the ladies in the main building, most of whom are nere without their husbands or other male protectors. They were perfectly panic-stricken, and despite all remon strance insisted upon packing up and preparing to flee. i snouid think there are over a hun dred cottages here, in addition to the three large buildings, in one of the lat ter of whieh is the large dining room and in another the ball-room. l nere are about one hundred guests nere now nnu many more are expected in August. Those here at present form an exceedingly pleasant and agreeable party, mere are accommodations at tne springs tor three or four hundred people. The tare is excellent, the wa per, ior a great many diseases, cannot pe surpassed, and very kind attention is paid to the wants ot guests. ine weather continues awfully hot, but otherwise there is nothing here to oe complained ol. The ChastineCox Trial The Prisoner Convicted. New York. Julv 17. In the Coy tri.nl the case for the prosecution was closed lasu mgnt. ana tne defence will proba bly finish to-day with the testimony of me meuicai experts to snow that Mrs, Mull died during the post mortem ex amination ana not by the hands of the prisoner. Dr. Vanderweyde, in reply lu h iiypoLiieucai question, said a wo man lound as Mrs. Hull was found might not be dead even though cold ana rigid, and that it dead it would be impossible to determine the direct cause or death. .LiAter ine Cox case was given to the jury at 5.15 D. m. Thev returner to the court room at 6.25 with a verdict of guilty ot murder in the first degree Ine prisoner appeared to be entirelv unmoved except that his face blanched a little wjijen the verdict wias announc ed. J udge Cowing then sentenced the prisoner to be hanged on the 29th of August and he was taken back to the Tombs, Poasible Changes in the French Cab1 net London, J uly 17. A Paris dispatch to the 1 imes says : "The rejection bv tne senate oi tne anti-Jesuit clause o J ules .Ferry's education bill, which IS possible, would lead to the resisrnation of Ferry as Minister of Public Instruc tion, and perhaps lead to other modifi cations ot the cabinet. Trial of the Kentucky Judge-Shooter, Owenton, Kt., July 17. In the Bu- tord trial to-day, Mrs. G. w. Meriweath er, of Louisville, testified that she be lieved Buford insane. Dr. W.&Cbipley, an expert, lesunea tnat irom tne test! mony produced he did not believe Bu ford insane at the time of the murder. J. he defence was less confident to-day. A MASSACHUSETTS TEMPEST GREAt'OlM OF PBOP EB;n. fIoute, Fences and Trees Blown Away, Yachts Capsized and , Ruin of Every Imaginable Kind. Boston, July 17. During a storm yesterday at iNantasket, the house of W. II. Lee, on Centre House hill, was blown to splinters. A new grocery store was blown over and driven through - the side of Lincoln's cafe. The skating rink and connection were blown to shreds, and a barn, in which were two ladies and three gentlemen, wras lifted and carried eight feet. Many boats and yachts were lost and the occupants rescued with difficult. A yacht capsized off the beach and f our persons were drowned. The bodies of three unknown men were washed ashore at Hull. Two yachts capsized near Governors Island and one man, two women and two children were drowned. The captains on the Boston & Xan tasket Line say they never experienc ed such a gale before. Many hundred panes of glass were smashed by the large hail which fell. The loss at Nan tasket is estimated at from $30,000 to $50,000. The spire on the Adams Acad emy, at Quincy, wras blown off and an other was damaged. A large wind mill, used by the Boston & Providence Railroad Company for pumping water at the engine house, at Dedham, was completely demolished. A house near Oakdale Station was struck by light ning and badly damaged. Reports from Danvers Port, North Beverly, Marble Head, Jaugus, Xahant, Salem, Lynn and other points immedi ately surrounding Boston, give ac counts of more or less damage, but re port no loss of life. One of the most melancholy inci dents of the storm is the sad fate of the Dundon family, of Charlestown. A par ty numbering six persons, consisting of Thomas Dundon, engineer, on board of the light ship at Woods Hall, his wife, two sisters. Mary Ann and Susan Dun don, his neice, Lizzie Dundon, and Mas ter Arthur Ream, left Charlestown about 8 o'clock in the yacht Myrtle and passed the early portion of the day below. Seeing the approaching storm, Dundon made sail for the city, and was met by the squall on Bird's Island Flats off east Boston point. Finding it im possible to reach the city, Dundon plac ed his wife, her two sisters and niece in the yacht s tender. Betore the boy and himself could could get on board, the tender was blown away from the yacht and swamped, the yacht meeting the same fate. Dundon was forward when the yacht went down and clung to the mast as long as it was out of wa ter, then drifted towards shore and was picked uplin an exhausted condition by the tug Vim, which had a brig in tow. All the bodies were recovered except those of Susan Dundon and Ar thur Ream. At Newton thei'e was great damage. Pittsfied. Mass., July 17. The tor nado yesterday did great damage to buildings, fences, trees and shrubbery. Following the tornado came a second thunder shower, with pouring rain. he shower extended all over the country and was accompanied, particu- arly in L.anesboro, with hail-stones ot enormous size, some measuring seven inches in circumference. Crops are greatly damaged. LATER. Boston, Julv 1". Additional par- iculars are received of the de structive storm which swept over Massachusetts vesterdnv. At Xorth- impton most of the elm trees, or which that city is tamous, were prostrated. Many houses were unroof- en, and several tobacco barns demolish ed. One of the latter buried a man in its ruins. The loss of life is greater than first supposed. Capt. Terrell, of the schooner II. W. Foster, was washed overboard at Hull and drowned. A sloop was seen to overturn off Baker's stand, near Salem, and all on board are known to nave been drowned. Search will be made to-dav for their bodies. An unknown boy was washed off a yacht in the harbor and drowned, md the rest ot the crew was picked up iy the schooner Stanford. J no. Berry, of South Boston, was drowned and his bodv has not been recovered. At Dov er, Mass., an unknown man was killed, and the town hall demolished. The steamer Norman, of the Boston & Phil adelphia Line, was forced ashore at South Boston. An unknown person was killed by lightning back of the Rockland House. Nantasket and Brookline suffered heavy losses, the steeple of the Baptist church being blown to the ground and the town hall badly damaged. Hyde Park and other suburban towns all re port heavy losses and general damage to property ot all descriptions. Two bodies were washed ashore at Hull and identified as Chas. Bacon, of Boston, and a Mr. Churchill. Two boats cap sized off Scituate, and Thos. Harris, of Scituate, Lewis Paul and another man, both of Boston, were drowned. SOUTH CAROLINA ITEMS. A colored man fell from a scarfolding in Columbia Monday atternoon and was injured, perhaps fatally. Saturday last Jas. R. Massey, of Lan caster, shot a negro, inflicting severe if not dangerous wounds. All about a trial before a justice. One day last week several negroes were out hunting in the neighborhood of Cornwell'sTurn Out, Chester county, wnen ine gun in tne bands or one ot the party, Abe AVoodward, was dis charged accidentally, the load entering his body and producing death in a short time. Near Bamberg, last Thursday night. two colored men, going home from meeting, got into a quarrel, and finally into blows, when one of the Dartv drew a knife and cut the other so badly that he died very soon. The man who was cut got off a short distance into a field, and sat down in a fence corner and died by himself. Chester Reporter: Sunday morning, i-iin instant, uetween l o clock and day light, the residence of Mr. W. H. Har din was entered, and the thief proceed' ing into Mr. Hardin's bed-chamber, stole nis watcn ami pocket-book. The pock et-book contained between fifty and sixty dollars. Aleck Berry, colored, a suspicious cnaracter nailing trom Bock urn, nas ueen arresiea ana is in jail. A shooting affair occurred Sunday near uneraw, uetween two young men named i.,ee and 1'rentiss. The two young men were on their way to church, wnen i,ee, at I'rentiss s invitation, dis- inuuiucu, vviicii ui i wo inuuigea in hsticuft, which terminated in pistols, Prentiss, it is saidrtiring first. Some twelve or fourteen shots were fired, Lee otjiug su-uck in tne arm, and LTentiss killed in his tracks. The difficulty is stated tohaye originated about a young lauy. A Brig: in Distress. uoston, J uiy 17. The brig O. A. Car rigan, from Havana, reports, June 29th, sue sirucK on auntie .Bonamia bank, her compass being out of order.- She re mained four days.threwtoverboard from 96 to 10Q hogsheads of sugar to lighten the vessels, lost her keel and five fath oms of chain. She is leaking 4,000 strokes per. hour. i i A telegram from Alexandria, in Pied m nt, states that Capt. Dehoda, an of fic r quartered in that city, shot Gen. 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Or, Instead, new subscribers to any two, three or four of the above periodicals, may have one of the "Four Reviews" for 1878; subscribers to all five may have two of the "Four Reviews," or one set of Blackwood's Magazine for 1878. Neither premiums to subscribers nor discount to clubs can be allowed unless the money is remitted direct to the publishers. No premiums given to clubs. To secure premiums It will be necessary to make early application, as the stock available for that purpose is limited. Reprinted by ' THE LEONARD SCOTT PUBLISHING CO., 41 Barclay Street, New York UI1U lBOX UDU AULA iXCWI.UfX 1 IfA. 1 lir-V Hill Hfil wea? of ie j) jw cent., 2&re the fiexifcmtj pi muavmu scuhiuiu amum noun, FIRST-CLASS GOODS sccllnxumis. ROIl SALE. A SET OF Band Instruments, NEARLY NEW, which cost over S3 OO, can be bought: - VERY CHEAP, By applying to MAXWELL A HARRISON. Charlotte, N. C. June 24- X As the warm maiher is bow fairly open, when Ice has become a necessity, l am prepared to fill orders at shortest notice and with a superior quality of Pure Lake Ice at figures which 1 have been for merly selling. My cart makes daily deliveries to regular customers. Those who do not desire Ice each day in regular quantities can procure tickets by applying to driver oi cart or to me at office. Ice by car load, barrel or otherwise a specialty, and promptness guaranteed in every Instance. In Coal 1 have a full stoik, as Is usually carried In the business, embracing all kinds for families. iounanes ana smim use. uraers nned at short notice. My stock of Lumber Is complete, and of all th various kinds usually carried in the business. sich as 5 4 dressed floorinz, 5-8 dressed ceiling, select dry boards, &c. ; large stock of laths, shingles, fcc constantly on hand. Estimates on special bills furnished on application. Also bills ot all kinds of lumber furnished on shortest notice. Office and Yard corner Trade street and N. C. B. h. P. o. Box 153, Charlotte, N. C. June 25. J. T. ANTHONY. RYE, GRAHAM AND WHEAT BREAD AT PRATHER'S. CAKES ! CAKES ! Pound Sponge. Fruit, jelly, and all kinds of Fancy Cakes at PRATHER'S, Trade Street May 22. zJUST RECEIVED- AT WHOLXSALX AND RETAIL S. M. HOWELL. jul8 1000 FEE SIMPLE DEEDS, MOST APPROVED FORM. Just Printed and For Sale at the OBSERVER OFFICE WILSON I BURWELL, DRUGGISTS. CHARLOTTE, X. C. -JQ CASES Lieblg's Liquid Extract of Beef, Just received. WILSON BURWELL. gURTON'S VERMIFUGE Never fails. Sold only by WILSON & BURWELL -yyiLS0N BURWELL'S Five Cent Cigar cannot be surpassed. "lyjALTINE AND PEPSINE. Maltlne, Pepsine and Pancreatine. Maltine and Cod Liver Oil. Maltlne, Cod Liver Oil and Iodide Iron. WILSON" & BURWELL, Druggists. JttlyfrT CASES Buffalo Lithia Water, fresh, just received by julll WILSON & BURWELL. BOXES Corn Starch, just arrived at WILSON & BURWELL'S jull 1 Drugstore. j 00 OliNCES Powers A Wetghtman's Quinine. 100 ounces SuJp. Clnchonidia. lust received at julll WILSON A BURWELL'S. JACOB'S CORDIAL. Afresh supply at WILSOM BURWELL'S Jtalll Drugstore. w E HAVE Asupplyof the best brand of PORTER. Also French Brandy, Fine Old Whiskey and Wines for medical purposes. jUlll WILSON & BURWELL rpHE BEST 50 Gallon Oil Tank In the market. julll WILSON & BURWELL. GROSS Assorted English Tooth Brushes, all styles, just to hand. Julll WILSON & BURWELL. ClOnn Returns in 30 days on $100 invested. 4IZaJU Official reports and Information free. Like profits weekly on Stock options of $10 to $50. Address T. POTTER WIGHT & CO., 35 Wall street. New York. DEAR SIRl IllutteUCaSoguof RIFLES, SHOT GUNS, REVOLVERS. Address Great Western Gun Works, Pittsburg, Pa. A GREAT OFFER. SS?WS TnwPrices for cash. Catalogues mailed. HOR ACE WATERS, Agent, 40 East 14th street, New York, P.O. Box 8580- - $10 TO $1000 Stocks makes fortunes every month. Boo sent free explaining every thing. Address BAXTER & CO., Bankers, 17 Wall street, New York. The only combination of the SAN FO ID'S JAMAICA true Jamaica Gineer with choice Aromatlcs and French Brandy for Cholera, Cholera uormis, uramps and tains, Diarrhoea. Dysentery, Dys pepsia, Flatulency, want of tone and activity in the stom ach and bowels, and avoiding the dangers of change of wa ter, food and climate. . ASK FOR GINGER. Sanford's Jamaica Ginger, WATERMELONS "Tit. " 1 . m . J,. ,it,. . t . . teaid-made shoes, and cost no mere than ordicai tjirux Alton and Strap Tits BROTHERS fc RANKIN, Trade Street, next door to Mrs. Qaeiy's. OFFICE OF PIEDMONT NURSERIES, , Greensboro. N. C. May 31. 1879. 1 propose to give, to the patrons or the Piedmont Nurseries, The benefitof the travel ing agents' commission on my Nursery stock, consisting of Fruit Trees, &c and h;ive reduced the price 50 per cent. Apples mid Peaches, 1st class. 3 to 6 teet; fine improved Fruits as are grown In North Carolina, and ready for Inspection. Reference given to any Nursery in Guilford county. Peaches and pples running from the earliest to the latest varieties. Tre-s will be packed in good strong boxes or bales, and de livered to railroad depots or express offices without any extra charge for boxes or delivery. I will fur nish at the following low rate: Peaches and Ap ples in any quantity, improved fruit, 10 cents each. Pears, Plums, Apricots, Nectarines, Quince. Crab Apples, Figs, Cherries, 83 cents. Ornamental Trees. Boses and Flowers will be sold cheaper than can be sold by any nursery in North Carolina. Cash to accompany the orders. Any one not hav ing cash may nl! out note, signed by purchaser to oe paid when trees are delivered at depot specified by purchaser. Note to accompany trees and paid wheu trees re delivered, purchasers paying all freights on same. Trees will be shipped in No vember and purchaser notified when to meet them Persons ordering will state plainly where to shio' Name the depots. Letters of inquiry auswen'd' cheerfully. Orders solicited and satisfaction guar anteed, bend In orders at once. Very respectfullv. M. C. DIXON. Tune 7-eod6nTPrletr f Hedmont Nurseries- CharloUe City Taxes--1879. TV0!1?-11' Pfs0"8 residing in the city on the i; lst Monday in February last, and all bodies poinic or corporate, who owned or possed taxable property in the city on the da aforesaid, are here by notified to return to the City Clerk and Treasurer on oath, within 30 nays from and after the 1st dav OI July, 1879, a full true and npr Hat. nf t.het'r taxable noils, real and Dersonni statA. and nf net Incomes received during the fiscal year next preceding the ai l 1 st Monday in February, 87vt By order of Board of Alderman. FRED NASH. City Clerk ami Treasurer. , , Office next door to Court Hous. July 1-lm. CAROLINA CENTRAL RAILWAY, , General Passenger Department, -Wilmington, N. C, June 26, 1878. Through Tickets are now on sale at the office of this company, and also at the Central Hotel. Char lotte, to all points North and East including ex cursions to Old Point Comfort, Va., and Morehead City, N. C, both via Wilmington and Portsmouth, and Hamlet, Raleigh and Portsmouth. The magnificent accommodations and elegant fare which have always characterized the -Bav Line" and l,01d Dominion" Steamers from Nor folk specially recommend this line to the traveling public Fare includes meals and staterooms. Round irip tickets to Smithville at very low. rates. F. W. CLARK. Gen'l Pass. Agt. T. T. SMITH, Agent C. C. R'y. u. w. UKYAJS, June 2- Agt. Central Hotel. H ! FOR THE SEASHORE. An excursion will leave Charlotte. N. C. on the 1 5th July for Beaufort harbor. 110 tickets will be for sale. Apply to L. W. PIGOTT, Charlotte, N. C. or on the train. Fare for round trip, $6.50. jui3 2w M ASON'S IMPROVED FRUIT JARS, In any quantity, at lowest prices, at WILSON & BURW fLL'S Drug Store. ottfectiouerijcs. NEW ANNOUNCEIVIENT. In accordance with the expressed wishes of my numerous customers, I have again In stock a sup ply of those extra CHOICE CRACKERS, which proved such a rare treat to the citizens of Char lotte when first introduced. Housekeepers will please take notice and send In their orders. Noth ing more delicious for the tea table, unless it should be my Crystal Ice Cream, Which is prepared from a recipe obt.iined from one of the finest confeaio .ers in the United States, and as far surpasses the ordinary Ice Cream or frozen custard as those delicious Crackers sur pass the common ones. S. J. PERRY, Dealer in Luxuries. Charlotte. N. C. BARGAINS IN IFUJIRMTIIIEE AT- E- G. ROGERS' VJAREROOMS, N1XT TO PCfcTOFFKE. My stock is veiy large, and enibiaces a full line of Parlor, ( hiimber. Dinlrg R om and Oflice Fur niture. All goods packed free of charge. July 1st, 1879. JUST RECEIVED AT TIPPY'S BOOK STORE, "Destruction and BeconBtrpcflonfn,by Gen. Rich ard Taylor. . ( "Green's History of the English People," VoL III; Just out "Ghost of Redbrook," by the author of "Odd Trump," etc. Shlpman's Manifold Order Books, with extra man- Mold writing paper and carbon sheets. The very thing for Drummers. Congress Tie Envelopes, a new lot jnst received "Resumption and the Silver Question," by Henry V. Poor. "Familiar Quotations," by Bartlett. Any orders received for Books or Periodicals not on our shelves will receive prompt attention. TUDY ft BEO.
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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