t)e t)orlottc bstraer.
SVBSCIIIPTIOH rates :
Vr, (port) advance......-
Six yfontfa.
Three Mont
KjtUuftt county, poitp-
... 2 00
... 75
...S2 00
... 2 10
100
On Monday; Deecmber 8,
Our counters will be loaded with new and beautt
lul goods. We have never had such a display of
FANCY ARTICLES.
Those wishing pretty things for Christmas will do
well to call on us. Do asE to see those beautiful
Opera
COIFFURES.
A magnificent display of Handkerchiefs In Fancy
Boxes. A grand display of Turkish Embroidered
Tidies. A new line of Ladles' Neckwear. Ask to
see the Striped Flannels for Dresses. A tremen
dous stock of Nubias, Hoods and Sacks for Ladles,
Misses and Children. Pussementery Loops and
Ornaments for Cloaks and Dolmans. Nothing
like our
HOSIERY
Department has ever been seen In this market A
very large stock, cheap and pretty.
Wu will commence on Monday, December 8th,
to close out our stock of
Cloaks and Dolmans.
Great bargains will be offered In this line.
Eemember our
CARPET DEPARTMENT
Is the largest and best stocked In the State.
We have lots of pretty goods and we want every
body to call and see them.
Dec. 7.
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CHARLOTTE, N. C, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1879.
NO. 3,369.
THE OBSERVER JOB DXPABTJCKNT
Has been Uwronghly supplied, with evenr, neede4
want, and with the latest styles of Type, and every
manner of Job Printing aa nwR badona wttto
neatness, dispatch and cheacnesa, , - Wa aan fjnji-
ish at abort notloar -
BLANKS, BILL-HEADS. - y
LETTER HEADS, CARDS, .
TAGS, RECEIPTS, POSTERS,
PR0GRA5OO3, HANDBILLS,
PAMPHLETS. CIRCULAES, CHECKS, AC
53 &bMff XtrtMttfl to
CL0K8
AND
DOLMANS
WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED OUB FOURTH
LOT OF
100 Cloaks and Dolmans
TO-DAY.
Call and see the handsome lot of Raid Tartan
Braids, Passamontile Trimmings and 8'.lk Trim
Nov. 27.
T. L. 8EIGLE A CO.,
Tryon Street,
pXisceUaweotts.
45 Years Before the Public.
THE GENUINE -
DR. C. McLANE'S
. CELEBRATED
LIVER PILLS
FOR THE CURE OF
Hepatitis, or Liver Complaint,
SYSrBPSIA AND SICK RBASACHK.
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J. T. ANTHONY,
, DEALER IN ,
Northern. Ice, Coal & Lumber.
it'
llHTlng Just recelred mj supply of Coal for the
ensuing season, I am prepared to fill all orders at
shortest notice. Mf stock Iff the largest erer
offered on this Market and embraces all the
various kinds for Families', Foundries' and Smiths'
use. Persons' who j have, formerly bought from
other Markets In car load-lots-would consult their
Interest by giving me a call before ordering else
where. Special contracts, ior orders In cargo and
air load lots. " 1 -
ice on hand the year round, from first of Octo
ber unHl first of Mar next My cart will not run
on Sundays, but will 10ppirdouble auantltles on
&fshalI"also continue th Lumber business and
keep full stock on hind, together with Lathes,
eningies, so.
ins
Bins ui io , oraer puwvvo u''i",y
vwuy dlreUwestlnWes furnished oft appll
tscon at OCQce, comer of Trade st and K. C. TvR.
J. T. ANTHONY,
P. O. Box, 158, CharlotteN. a
And deaiw Ui CT,T6ba;Mhl;;lTouti VeaV
Orders and
uraen ana iim,u aniifa an
and price llstfarRUWin nnnllcatlon.
DecenTbSr 7 0l 8nd' C0"10"6' N G
tents Solicited. Grain sacks
on application.
Symptoms of a Diseased Liver.
PAIN in the right side, under the
edge of the ribs, increases on pres
sure ; sometimes the pain is in the left
side ; the patient is rarely able to lie
on the left side ;' sometimes the pain
is feltrunderjhe shoulder blade, and
it frequently extends to the top of the
shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken
for rheumatism in the arm. The stom
ach is affected with loss of appetite
and sickness; the bowels in general
are costive, sometimes alternative with
lax ; the head is troubled with pain,
accompanied with a dull, heavy sen
sation in the back part. There is gen
erally a considerable loss of memory,
accompanied with a painful sensation
of having left undone something which
ought to. have been done.. A slight,
dry cough is sometimes an attendant.
The patient complains of weariness
v, and debility; he is easily startled, his
i"'eet are cold r burning, and he com
plains of a prickly sensation of the
skin ; his spirits are low ; and although
he Is'satisned that exercise would be
.beneficial to him, yet he can scarcely
summon up fortitude enough to try it.
In fact, he distrusts every -remedy.
Several of the above symptom's attend
the disease, but cases havg6ccurrea
where flew of them existed, ,yet exam- j
inztiMm$Md. atejr &$th, has
shown 'tKeXJttiT to JiAtateeri exten
sively deranged.
AGUE AN D FEVER.
Dr. C. McLajte's Liver PiLls, in i
cases of 'Ague and Fever, when ;
r taken witb1jurnine, are productive of
-'themost happy results Nobetter
cathartic can be used, preparatory to,
or after taking Quinine. We would
advise all who are afflicted with this
disease to give them a fair trial.
For all bilious derangements, and
as a simple purgative, they are un
equaled. BEWAKE OP IMITATIONS.
The genuine 'are never sugar coated.
Every box has a red wax seal on the
lid, with the impression Dr. McLane's
Liver Pills.
The genuine McLane's Liver Pills
bear the signatures of C. McLane and
Fleming Bros, on the wrappers.
Insist upon having the genuine Dr.
C. McLane's Liver Pills, prepared by
Fleming Bros., of Pittsburgh, Pa., the
market being full of imitations of the
name McLane f spelled differently but,
same pronunciation.
CELEBBATED, "U(
M'a Jp
A stout backbone Is as essentlalfto physical
health as to political consistency. Tor weakness
of the back and disorders of the liver and kid
neys, the tonic and moderate dietetic action of the
Bitters It the one thln needful 1 Remember, that
th stomach Is the mainstay -of every other organ,
and that by Invigorating the digestion with this
nmrjaration. the solnal column and all its depen
dencies are strengthened. 0
rot Bosteners Almanac ior ibsu aypii.w uru
glstsand dealers generally.
Dec,l.-lm. .? : a
: WOMEN GOSSIP.
TtMtmtrtortvny lovely Btory.
There was once a perfectly modern girl,
With perfectly modern ways,
whosaw-perfeetlonlnvenblng
That, happened to meet her gaze.
Such perteetinoTely things she Saw, -
And perfectly awful, too,
That none would have dared to doubt her word,
So perfectly, perfectly true.
The weather, he said, in summer time
Was perfectly, awfully warm;
The winter was perfect too, when there came
Somejerf acHx terrlble.BtornU I
She wf nt to a perfectly iorrfd school,
In a perfectly horrid town;
( ,JLnd the perfectly hateful teachers there
. . Did things up perfectly brown.
Her lessons were perfectly, fearfully long,!
But never were perfectly said .
And when she falied. as often she did,
Her face grew perfectly red.
The church she attended Is perfectly mag
With a perfectly heavenly spire, r
And perfect erowds go there to hea'
A perfectly stunning choir.
I might go on with this "perfectly' poem
And write to the end of time,
But, fearing to wear your patience out,
Will bring to an end m rhyme.
OBSERVATIONS.
There are rumors that Keeley, the motor man,
has turned his attention to a machine for sticking
pins through: a starched collar.
"There is no rale without an exception, my son."
.'Oh, isn't there pa? A man must always be pres
ent when he Is being shayid."
Nobody expects any congressman to distinguish
himself for the first six weeks. After that it is
expected that they will throw their whole sOuls Into
a "here?' at roll call.
The idea of teaching a elrl music because she
may some day have to depend on herself, Is a
good one. If she had to depend on h irself, and
knew how to make her own dresses. It would be
outrageous.
Bummer to educated man on train: "What
house do you travel for?" "My own." "What
line of goods do you deal in?" "Common sense."
" Well, my friend, I must say you carry a very small
sample-case." McGregor New.
A Yankee woman recently mai led a Chinese
laundryman, and in three days thereafter the un
happy Celestial appeared at a barber's shop and
ordered his pigtail to be cut off, saying, In ex
planation, "f oo muchee yank."
In seeking to invent a troche to take away the
odor of onions, a Quebec dnigglst Invented some
thing which removed his breath altogether. The
man who gets ahead of an onloa bas to peel hid
coaL
The ambition of our best young merrls to get an
undercoat just long enough to cover up the rear
suspender-buttons of their pantaloons, and an
overcoat Just short enough to miss being tangled
with the protruding nails of their boot heels. In
the name of modesty we suggest a general average.
Ntur Haven Register.
If old Mrs. Guelph, sometimes alluded to as
Queen Victoria, has a chill or eats too much lob
ster for supper, the enterprising chaps at the other
end of the cable telegraph over here, "Alarming
rumors of her Majesty's dangerous illness." And
likely as not when some great editor over there
dies they won't find It out for three weeks, until
they get American newspapers containing special
correspondence telling all about it.
XHKTK'HEELS Ilf THE HOUSE.
Bills and Petitions Introduced by
Them Monday.
Congressional Record, Tuesday.
Mr. Armfleld introduced a bill (H. E.
No. 2573) to authorize registration and
protection of trade-marks; which was
read a first and second time, referred to
the committee on commerce, and order
ed to be printed.
Mr. Vance introduced a bill (H. R.
No; 2574) to amend section 6072 of the
Revised Statutes of the United States ;
which was read a first and second time,
referred to the committee on the judi
ciary, and ordered to be printed.
Mr. Scales offered a resolution direct
ing the committee on Indian affairs to
investigate the cause of the U.te out
break at. the .White River agency in
Colorado.
- By Mr. Armfield : The petition of citi
zens of Statesville, North Carolina,
against the extension of the cotton-tie
patent of George Brodie to the com
mittee on patents.
.it By Mr. Vance: the petition of citi-
zens oi xonu v;aronna, lace soiaiers in
the United States service; for legisla
tion that will place them on a footing
with the bondholder. To the commit-
ptee on military affairs. 7
By Mr. Vance: The petition of citi
zens of West; N?rlfv Carolina, that the
place of holding the United States dis
trict court "be changed from Statesville
to Morganton, North Carolina; To the
committee on the judiciary.
SOUTH CAROLINA ITG3IS.
Hon. Charles H. Simimton, of Ciiari
leston.is thought to be the ablest? 5tnem
ber of the General Assenbly.
A newspaper correspondent states
that more cotton has been purchased
and more goods sold in Lancaster this
year than any year siace the wax.,.. j
Charters of incorporation, have been
asked for four cotton factories in Ches
ter, county, one for fishing Creek cot
tori factory ; one for Cedar Shoals- cottori
factoryrone fur Mount-Deabornxottori
factory, located.at or near Rocky Mount,
arid one for the1 Chester cottonJ factory,
located in the town of Chester.
The News and Herald says Hugh
Wylie, the son of Mr. John Wylie, living
near Winnsboro, was riding behind a
buggy in which his two sisters were rid
ing: Themule became-frightencd, ran
against the buggy, and bucked several
times, throwing Hugh between the bug
gy and the wheel. His fooc caught in
the spokes and his leg was twisted around
the axle, the thigh being broken and the
bone protruding. He is now doing
well.
A Disappointed Lover.
Balelgh Observer. (
The stern parent is at all times the
terror of young men and maidens lov
ingly disposed, for he is always ready
to nip, 16ve's plans ia the bud andthrow
the coldest of cold water on affection.
Last week in Chatham a young man
was jubilant at his approaching mar
riage to one of the charming girls of
that county. Now he is plunged in the
depths of despair. A local paper pub
lished the news of the approaching
event, giving the names of the parties
to the proposed match. This struck
the eyes of the damsel's father, who re
solved to let the affair go no further.
His way of preventing it had certainly
the merit of novelty. " He waited until
a few hours before the time announced
for the celebration of the ceremony, ap
parently being delighted thereat; and
then hid the clothes of the bride. Of
course she couldn't or wouldn't be mar
ried without clothes, so there was no
match, but an indefinite postponement.
The hearts of. all thevoung people Will
throb in sympathy with those of . this
toair 6f tender lovers;; ;Who ; nre: thus
crueny sai uown u uj umou
Cincinnati's KoadT Completed.
The Cincinnati Southern Railroad,
aa-enterprise upon whfch, that pity.i has
lavished 018,000,000, has -been competed,
the last rail connecting Cincinnati With
Chattanooga TenhJ having been laid
at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening. A move
ment is on foot f oTrbringing to Cincin
nati at aAwiy4aymmfiW excur
sion paxty of 5,0Q(X(Southexn merchants
and business men to celebrate the com
pletioh'df 'thS rc-tfdJ -. ...
. . STATE NEWS.
Thexe was not a .single death in Ral
eigh last week.
The Midgets are winding up a very
successful engagement in Wilmington.
There are rumors of a Republican
campaign sheet, to be started in Salis
bury. Wilmington Review : As near as we
can ascertain Dx. J. F. King had $20,
000 insurance on his life. Of this he
held a paid-up polipy for $5,000 in the
Piedmont & Arlington Company, f ox
raexly represented here by the late Maj.
J. A. Byrne, but not now doing busi
ness in the State, and one for $15,000.
Wilmington Review ; Twenty-six can
non have been taken from Fort Cas
well and placed on scows to be trans
ported to this city to be shipped to
Philadelphia. Recently while one of
the scows was lying at the wharf at
Caswell, it careened and dumped nine
teen of them into -the river, just on the
edge of the channel.
Salem Press: We have a font of
bourgeois and pica type which has en
dured 800,TKX) impressions, and which
wears a pleasant and readable face yet.
The type are from the foundry of Mo
Kellar, Smiths' & Jordan, with whom
we have had : satisfactory dealings for
upwards of fifty years. We are using
job type which are fully fifty years old,
and are yet in style and fair order.
The Chatham Record, speaking of the
audiphone, says that while an inven
tion of this kind may be new and won
derful, yet the principle of it was dis
covered and successfully tested two
years ago by a citizen of Pittsboro, for
merly of Wilmington, Capt. W. E. Bou
dinot, at one time an officer in the Uni
ted States navy, upon the little deaf
anu dumb son of Sheriff Taylor, of
Chatham county.
The Raleigh Observer says that the
reports coming in from the various
commands composing the State Guard
are in the main satisfactory, as show
ing that despite certain drawbacks the
organizations have striven to fulfil the
requirements of the law. There are at
present a total of 52 companies in the
Guard. Of this number 40 are white
and 12 colored. All of the infantry,
save 8 companies, are armed with
breech-loading Springfield rifles.
The Wilmington & Weldon Railroad,
and Maj. A. Pope, of the Atlantic Coast
Line, decline to sell emigrant tickets to
the colored exodusters at less than half
rate fare. Upon which the Goldsboro
Messenger says: This action of Major
Pope's is highly commendable from a
business standpoint. Labor makes
freights for railroads, and as scarcity of
labor would reduce our productions, it
is easily seen how the exodus will hurt
railroads as well as our planters and
land owners.
BKIEF NEWS ITEMS.
Under the revised constitution of the
Republic of Hayti the presidential
term is fixed at eight years and the sal
ary $25,000.
In Baltimore Wednesday Mr. John
W. Garrett was elected president of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for the
twenty-second year.
Mr. Randall thinks- the session will
close by May 1st, and sees no reason
why an adjouxnmfnt cannot be reach
ed by that date. He 1S of the opinion
that there will be no tariff or financial
legislation of importance.
Thieves entered the dressing room of
Emerson's Minstrels, at the Royal Ope
ra House in Toronto, Canada, Tuesday
night, and rifled the pockets of most of
the performers, securing money and
watches. SOme clothing was also laken.
Gen. Wade Hampton has received an
invitation to deliver an address before
the Grand Army of the Republic of
Pittsbnrg, the time of the delivery of
the address to be made optional with
him. Gen. Hampton will accept the in
vitation. St. Louis estimates her cotton receipts
for the year at 450,000 bales about 23
times what they were in 186(5, before
the Iron Mountain and Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas Roads had laid Arkan
sas, Texas and part of Mississippi trib
utary to her thrift.
The Posteffice Department has deci
ded that the acCeptakce by a postmas
ter, whose salary is less than $1,000 per
annum, of the 'Office of supervisor of the
census, will not .vacate his postoffice ex
cept in cases where, for some special
reason, the supervision of the census
will interfere with the attention of the
postmaster to the duties at his post
office. '
CONGKUSSIONAL. COMMITTEE-"'. :
Some ol the Matters Before Commit
,, tees on Thursday
Washington, December It. The
House committee on manufactures to
day authorized Representative McCoid
to report to the House at the earliest
opportunity his joint resolution propos
ing an amendment to the constitution,
giving Congress the power to grant,
protect and regulate the use of trade
marks.
The sub-eommitteC on agriculture re
ported favorably to the full committee
this morning on the House bill provid
ing for the repeal of so much of the
sixrtyf ourth clause of section. 3,244, Re
vised Statutes, asi prohibits farmers and
planters from selling leaf tobacco at re
tail directly to consumers, without pay
ing a special tax; and allowing them, to
sell such tobacco of their own produc
tion to other persons than manufactur
ers," without tax. The committee in
structed its chairman to report the bill
to the House.
The House committee on education
and labor listened to-day to the argu
ments of Prof.Paynter.of Fisk Univer
sity Nashville, and Dr. Harvey, of
Howard University, Washington, in
advocacy of Mr. Goode's biHVto aid the
education of colored people by appro
priating unclaimed bounties and pay of
colored soldiers. No final action will
pxobably be taken on the bill until af
tex the holiday xecess.
A Fraudulent Old Man.
TO the-Editor of The Observer:
Hnr f rifin1- T)r. C. Jj. TTnnter. Tias hfien
;reatly imposed upon as to the age of
Vnsa Wnndis. T remember him . verv
"welt-a barber in Concord in 1826 or '27,
thdn in the vigor of early manhood,
certainly not . above 30 yeaxs, I think
below that age. I have met with hirA
tWo' 'of three times since. Jr 1J-: A
In 1842. or '43 rsaw him at Beattie's
Ford, a welMfgger. ' He! then claimed
to be 70 or 80 years, ol .age, only to be
ridiculed for it. 1 reminded him of my
knowledge of hinv when he was little
more than grown. ' ' - 5
jHe has told of his great age until ha
may now believe that it is true. He, Is
about 80 years of age.. ... .wm.i J
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PREPAEATIOM ir
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ARE NOW BEING MADE FOR A
Grand Bisplay of Holiday
THIS WEEK !
Goods ':;JiM
An immense assortment, which will surpass anything ever offered out of the great Metropolis.
USEFUL, SERVICEABLE AND ACCEPTABLE
C11M1A GIFTS;
Our MR. E. D. LATTA has been in New York for three weeks, and every obtainable novely will be presented upon
our counters. With compliments of the season, we remain, respectfully,
E. D. LATTA & BEO.
OVERCOATS
In large quantities, best styles and lowest prices, at
L. BERW ANGER &:BRO'S.
A new and fresh line of Boys' Clothing, Just received at
L. BERW ANGER & BRO'S.
Broken Suits at half their value, at
L. BERWANGER & BRO'S.
500 Pairs of all wool Job Pants at $2.50, $3.00 and $3.50, worth $5.00 a pair, at
L. BERWANGER & BRO'S.
Only First-Class Goods Sold in Our House.
The enterprise of manufacturing our Fine Clothing ourselves, makes our house beyond any doubt
THE MOST RELIABLE CLOTHING HOUSE IN THIS MARKET.
We Invite the public to call and'see for themselves.
Respectfully, , . . ;.iJu...
Fine Clothiers and Tailors.
CS ILd O SSL S
AND
FANCY ART 1 0 E I
JUST RECEIVED.
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LJlDIES ARE RESPECTFULLY INVITED TO INSPECT OUR (THIS SEASQN) ' ' ' ';' '.
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PACTS ARE STUBBORN THINGS, BUT FACTS ARE FACTS.
The Liveliest Place in Town is . : . ' ;
BPJElINGr' CORNER !
MUD IDT flE TEWJ
And when you want to save dollars in buying CLOTHING, come to Springs' Corner,' where you will get most and bast:
for your money. Webelievein : ;
LARGE SALES AND LITTLE PROFITS. : 7; :
NOW IS TEDS TIME TO BOY
Men's and Boy's Clothing, at Springs' Corner.
COMB AND SEE .
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Nov. 14,
W. KAUFMAN & CO., ;
Cheapest and Bpothlpg Hoqad,
Comer of Tade aod 3jryon Street
P.SCHIFF.
J. SCHTFF.
SCHLIF-JET &c
GROCERS,
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i.hh will b1 I S TrrlJo W Paicis IN OBDEB TOXSiaQtUJCK IT. To tba WaolejUe Trala wa o.taf Iapjj ani mm sateeted rtoofc i
iSSS!SiSSSlSS SboUW et wnliadlt to ftelr latere to Oflf'
H iL'.'lFonimM iiu1o'M:iW of par Kora loctboM of w WP7..lifc .' .''T : ?
' yv:!:. - v1;,:.:'-' ' . - - semFF & GRIER, Trade Street Charlotte, 3ST.
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