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Has been thoroughly nppU4 Jrjtt wry needed
want, and with the latest tjle Tjpe, and every
manner oL Job mating. jcanJMwJie dona with
neatness, dispatch and cheapness. We can ftmi
lsh at short notice, J i
BLANKS, BILL-HUDS. .
LETTER HEADS, CARDS,
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TAGa RECEIPTS,' POSTERS,
PROGRAMMES, HANDBILLS,
PAMPHLETS; CIBCULACHECKa, AC.
VOL. XX.
CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1879.
NO. 3,374.
liberal KoaucuonMjor vuucm.
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The Mot Attractive Store !
The Most Beautiful Goods
-AND THE
LARGEST flET.iiL SfO K
In Western North Carolina.
The Iirgest and Best Shocked
Carpet Department
In North Carolina.
EVERYBODY
Is Invited to call and see, at
Dec. 14.
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Northern We, Coal & Lambert
Having Just received my supply of Coal for. the
ensuing season; I am prepared to fill all orders at
shortest notice.7 My stock- is -the largest -ever
offered on this Market and embraces all the
various kinds tor Families', foundries' and Smiths'
u-e. Persons who have formerly bought from
other Markets in car load lots would consult their
interest by giving me a alt before ordering else
where. Special contract for orders In cargo and
c t load lota. -:f -iln t - - -. 1
Ice on hand the rear round, from first of Octo
ber until first of My next f My eart will not run
on Sundays, but will supply double Quantities on
Saturday ..-, r -ftta!'"' V ' tois
I shall also continue Che Lumber business and
keep lull, stock on ; hand, together with. Lathes,
8hlnries,'&c.3 ' t
Bills cut to order on shortest notice, of any
quality deslredijjsa estimates futnisbed appli
cation at office, corner of Trade st and N. C. R. R.
, . t . f t ' 'n !: iJ. ST ANTHONY.
P.O.BlM,'Cllarlotte;NC . ,
5 MIO : IOC COUNTERS.
TO THE TRADE: The live business men of the
day are starting these counters. We are the origi
nators and Headquarters I - We have the onlytwo
j.xcmaive 5 ana lue. JODDing nouses ia w u. o.
eenaiortJataiogueanaparucuiars.4 s
.mJTXEIl JIXKOS.,
200202andolph SlraC' Chicago'. Sfc & 28
tSept 24f deodSm
New Arrivals of Dress Goods,
CORSETS, INITIAL HANDKERCHIEFS,
And many other attractive Goods for
CHRISTMAS.
Remember, you can always find the largest and
best selected lines of Dress Fringes, Buttons. Sat
ins In plain and stripes, Passementerie Trimming
and Tartan Braid in the city.
A large and handsome stock of
FANCY HOSIERY
For Ladles, Misses and Gents.
We ask special attention to the sale of
100 Cloaks and Dolmans,
To commence to-day, which we will sell at very
low pi ices for cash. A handsome stock of impor
ted S Li AND WOOL TIDIES.
Something new.
Give us a call.
Tiespctf ully,
Dec. 17.
T. L. SEIGLE & CO.,
Tryon Street.
IHIscctliiuccuis.
THE GENUINE
DR.C.McLANES
Celebrated American
WORM SPECIFIC
OR
VERMIFUGE.
SYMPTOMS OF WORMS.
THE countenance is pale and lead
en-colored, with 'occasional flushes,
or a circumscribed spot on one or both
cheeks ; the eyes become dull ; the
pupils dilate ; an azure semicircle
runs along the lower eye-lid ; the
nose is irritated, swells, and sometimes
bleeds ; a swelling of the Aipper lip ;
occasional headache, with humming
or throbbing of the ears ; an unusual
secretion of saliva ; slimy or furred
tongue ; breath very foul, particularly
in the morning ; appetite variable,
sometimes voracious, with a gnawing
sensation of the stomach, at others,
entirely gone ; fleeting pains in the
stomach ; occasional nausea and vom
iting ; violent pains throughout the
abdomen ; bowels irregular, at times
costive ; stools slimy, not unfrequent
ly tinged with blood ; belly swollen
and hard ; urine turbid ; respiration
occasionally difficult, and accompa
nied by hiccough ; cough sometimes
dry and convulsive ; uneasy and dis
turbed sleep, with grinding of the
teeth ; temper variable, but generally
irritable, &c.
Whenever the above symptoms
are found to exist,
DR. C. McLANE'S VERMIFUGE
will certainly effect a cure.
IT DOES' NOT CONTAIN MERCURY
. in any form; it is an innocent prepa
ration, not capable of doing the sligh test
injury to the most tender infant.
The genuine Dr. McLane's Ver
mifuge bears the signatures of C.
McXane and Fleming Bros, on the
wrapper. -r-:0: -
DR. C. McLANE'S
LIVER PILLS
vare notrecommended as a remedy " for
. all the ills that flesh is heir' to," but in
affections of the iiver; and tn all Bilious
Complaints, Dyspepsia and Sick Head.
ache, or diseases of that character, they
stand without a rival.
AGUE AND FEVER.
No better cathartic can be used prepar
atory to, or after taking Quinine.
As a srnJ'V purgative fhey are un
equaled. ' .. .i IMITATIONS.
The genuine are never sugar coated, "
Each box has a red wax seal on the
lid, with the impression Dr. McLane's
Liver Pills.
Each wrapper bears the signatures of
C. McEane and Fleming Bros.
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 HIcLane, spelled differently but
same pronunciation.
A stout backbone Is as essentlatfto physical
health as to political consistency, for, weakness
of the back and disorders' of the liver and kid
neys, the tonic and moderate dietetic action pf the
Bitters Is the one thing needful. Remember that
the stomach Is the mainstay of every other organ,
and' that by Invigorating the digestion with this
preparation, the spinal column and all Its depen
dencies are strengthened. -,.
For Hostetters Almanac for 1880:appljtoidrug-
glU and dealers generally.
Among the Eeeds.
TtTEODORK TLLTON.
Swim fast, 0 wounded swan, swim fast!
Thy mate awaits thee m her nest,
rot dreaming that the dart was cast
Which quivers to. thy bleedlngbreast!
Swim fast, 0 dying swan, swim fast!
Die not till she beholds thy fate.
Lest she may deem some nekle blast
Hath blown thee to another mate!
Swim fast, O faithful swan, swim fast!
The auverse tide Is swift and strong,
Swim fast, swim fast, until at last
Thou sing to he r thy dying song!
If you sit down at set of sun,
And count the acts that you have done,
And counting find
One self-denying act, one word
That eased the heart of him who heard;
One glance most kind,
That fell like sunshine where it went,
Then you may count that day well spent.
But if through all the livelong day
You've cheered no heart by yea or nay;
If through It all
You've nothing done that you can trace,
That brought the sunshine to one face;
. No act most small,
That helped some soul, and nothing cost
Then count that day as worse than lost.
OBSERVATIONS.
Toombs is worth $500,000. His opinion Is
worth about half a pint of peanuts. iy. Y. MaU.
Professor Now, I ask you as a practical miner,
what spade do you think is the very best? Third
year man (scornfully) Why, the ace, of course.
(Sensation.)
A school mistress asked a child what s-e-e spelt.
The child hesitated. Said the teacher: ' What do
I do when I look at Mr. Smith?" "Thquint," re
plied the pupil.
Michigan is the place for self-sacrifice. When a
young lady who has been eating onions appears at
a country dance all the rest bite an onion that she
may not feel embarrassed or lonely. Detriot Free
Press.
Froude sajs Julius Casar never feared death.
We suppose, then, he would walk Into an editor's
sanctum with a bundle cf spring poetry uDder his
arm without the least shadow or alarm. (Tin. ta'.
Night.
A lady writes an Indignant note to a contempor
ary, in which, with true rustic innocence, she ex
presses a belief that editors never go to heaven.
We thought even country people . knew that journ
alists never went any where. They don't get the
chance. They just sit up nights thinking how to
do good, until the tops of their heads wear holes
through their hair. Bingfuxmion Democrat.
A man with a rusty beard that ran down to a
peak, and a rusty hat that ran up to a peak, board
ed a western train the other day, took a seat near
the stove, and tell into a gentle slumber. In a few
moments a brakeman opened the door and shout
ed, "Queens!" The slumbering passenger slight
ly shiited his position and muttered: ' The pot's
youm; I staid In on jacks."
A C; It EAT A UTIIOIl'S IUOIS A L,S.
IimilCiltATION.
The Dickens Separation Tlic Woman
iu (ho Case.
Jennie June in the Baltimore American.
The recent publication of the intimate
correspondence of Mr. Charles Dickens,
and the death of his wife, have revived
the floating talk and gossip in regard to
their unfortunate separation and its
causes. Of course, the real truth is no
secret among the personal friends of
the great novelist and his family ; but it
has been kept from the public with re
markable loyalty to the reputation and
memory of a popular author, and ven
at the expense of a suffering woman,
who lived and endured, but made no
sign. The nearest to a vindication of
the wife of twenty-five years and the
mother of ten children, which her sister
and daughter have permitted them
selves, is the publication of her hus
band's letters before any person had
ever come between them before the
shadow of his infatuation for the wo
man who blasted her life had crossed her
path.
It is only fair to admit that the reti
cence was partly due to consideration
for the partner in his wrong-doing, who
was known to have struggled for a long
time against a mutual sentiment, and
had maintained, except in this one in
stance, an irreproachable character.
The woman was young, and a gover
ness. She was well provided for bv Mr.
Dickens' will, and went abroad to
Rome soon after his death, wearing
deep mourning, and carrying letters to
some of his American friends there,
who were not informed until a consid
erable time afterward of her true rela
tions to the author of "Pickwick" and
"David Copperrield." It must have
been pretty hard for the wife, in view
of the facts, to submit to see it stated
in the public prints that her "temper"
was the cause of the separation, ; when,
in reality, if it was anything, it was too
easy, too amiable, and made less capa
ble of resistance by delicate health.
Charles Dickens was spoiled by the
adulation of friends and woman, and
grew to believe that genius such as his
was omnipotent and amenable to no law,
divine or numan. Much, of course, is
forgiven to those who have done much
for their kind ; but how much higher
and nobler his place would have been
had he been a true and strong man right
straight through, instead of a weak one,
yielding like a boy to the sudden im
pulse of momentary passion, and leav
ing the cruel result to blight the lives
dearest to him,
Washington Republic
The death of the widow of Charles
Dickens revives the recollection of the
sensation created by the announcement
in his own paper of the domestic discord
which led to the separation of the long
attached couple. No explanation of the
causes of the rupture has ever been giv
en, though many surmises were pub
lished. A friend of mine, who had
known Dickens from his boyhood, being
as much astonished as the rest of society
at the severance, called on Mark Lemon
(up, to that time Dickens'Wtts Achates),
and asked the reason thereof. Lemon
answered : "Dickens is a scoundrel, and
the best proof I can give of my senti
ment is to be found in the fact that Mrs.
Dickens is now under my roof protect
ed by my wife." My informant then
called on Chapman, Dickens' publisher,
and all he said was, "They should never
have come together they were not
adapted to each other." "Airs. Dickens
is simply a fool," was the remark of
Buckstone, the actor. "It is all her fault."
These observations explained nothing,
but when Dickens' will was published
the very first named bequest revealed
the secret. The young woman therein
named is still living.
Oregon Bids for the Colored "JSxo
! duster" - -
Wasbl gtoa Special to Richmond Dispatch.
David Newsome, of Salem, Oregon,
who says he voted for Lincoln, Grant
and Hayes, and means to help carry
Oregon for Grant, has written to Sena
tor Saunders, Republican, of Nebraska,
expressing an ardent wish that the
exodusters" shall fpllow Jthe track of
the setting sun and locate in Oregon,
where they will find a land of milk and
honey. He promises them equality,
plenty of work, and; igood Hatidk 1 l-He
wants them to crowd out the Chinese
pagans. He states that on a territory
capable of sustaining, 20,QO0,QOO i of peo
ple there are ; now only -400,000. "- He
thinks Indiana and Kansas tod . cold
for, the Southern if reedmeri. The mean
ing of Mr. Newsome's long letter is
that he wants Democratic Oregon
made Republican tyn forthe presi
dential'eiection,rbutie. forgets that it
will cost a vast amount of money to
carry-colored men, women and child
ren from North Carolina to Oregon".
Land-Owners, Bead this Circular!
Office Department Agriculture, ) :
RALEion, N. C, Dec. 15, 1879. ) 1
Under instructions from the Board
of Agriculture, I am maturing arrange
ments by which I hope to have agencies
established at an early day in England,
Scotland, Holland, Switzerland and
other countries for procuring immigra
tion to North Carolina. I am also se
curing reduced rates on various steam
ship lines, from Liverpool and other
points. Under section 16 and 17 of
the act establishing this department,
the board is authorized and required to
keep a land and mining registry open
in this office for the sale of such lands
as our people may wish to sell. Accord -ingly,
I have prepared the necessary
books, blank forms, explanatory circu
lars,., for operating the agency.
The agency thus established is essen
tially different from any adopted hith
erto by any Southern State. It is oper
ated by the Department of Agriculture,
a State institution, whose action is un
der the direct supervision of the Gen
eral Assembly, and whose powers are
limited and well defined by law, thus
carefully guarding against the influ
ences, or even possibility, of specula
tiona feature which must commend
it to both buyer and seller.
The Modi of Operation. A party
wishing to offer his land for sale
through this office writes to the com
missioner for blanks. These blanks
are so arranged as to secure a full de
scription of the property with prices,
terms, &c. Separate blanks for mines,
water-powers, and farm lands are fur
nished on application. These descrip
tions are returned to the commission
er, with one dollar for registration. A
true and correct transcript is made in
a book prepared for that purpose. The
lands are then advertised in convenient
circular form, which are distributed
throughout this country and such
European countries as it is desirable to
reach. If a sale be effected the owner
pays to the department two and one
half per cent, commission on the gross
amount of the sale. If no sale be made,
the owner looses only one dollar paid
for registration fee and for advertis
ing. Thus our people are supplied with
a cheap and reliable agency for the sale
of their lands. It will be borne in
mind that one of the most important
and prominent duties imposed by the
law on the department is the collection
and publication of statistics and other
information in relation to our State,
and it is therefore fit and proper that
the department should be required, un
der proper restrictions, to offer homes
to such, as through its agency, may be
induced to come among us. Now that
the work of the department in its vari
ous branches is organized, it is its pur
pose to devote such means and time as
it may command, to the matter of im
migration. It is the policy of the board not to en
courage an influx of a floating, thrift
less population. We want no loafers.
We want no idlers. We need no com
mon laborers. We want neighbors.
We want those men who can bring suf
ficient capital, either "in character or
money, or both, to- buy a home, and
thus identify themselves with us, and
aid in building up our State.
The correspondence of this office
shows there are thousands of such men
throughout the North, and especially in
England and Scotland, who are anxious
to come to our State. But whatever ad
vantages and attractions it may pre
sent, whatever may be our efforts to in
duce them to come, it is all fruitless
until our land-owners offer them homes
at fair, living rates. The Englishman
or Scotchman, before he abandons his
present home, however humble or un
satisfactory, must know where he is to
find another, and have at least an idea
of its approximate cost. The indrus
trial interests of those two countries
especially, are greatly depressed at pres
sent, with no prospect of early relief,
and its effects are peculiarly severe on
those engaged in agriculture. Of the
thousands now coming to thi3 country,
large numbers are settling in the State
of Texas, and, letters received by the
commissioner, enquiring for lands in
our State, induces the belief that had
we lands to offer at fair prices we would
receive a liberal share of these immi
grants. The descriptions furnished the com
missioner, with the price, will be for
warded to our agents in Europe for the
information of those desiring to come
to the State. Hence, those wishing to
place there lands on the market would
do well to have them registered at once.
We have over 200,000 acres registered,
and some of the lands have already
been sold. Letters of enquiry from all
parts of our own, and many foreign
countries, are being constantly received.
The commissioner earnestly solicits
correspondence with our citizens on
this subject. Write for any desired in
formation, and send for blanks.
L. L. Polk.
The Truly Good's Opinions.
New York Sua.
Besides being a truly good man, Dea
con Richard Smith, of Cincinnati, is an
observant politician. He has serious
doubts whether Grant could be elected
President next year, even if the Repub
lican national convention should nomi
nate him. The German-born voters, he
correctly says, are hostile to anything
that looks like imperialism, an.d they
are against the third term almost; to a
man. But without these voters the Re
publican party cannot carry Ohio. He
does not take any stock in the alleged
ex-rebel Grant boom down South, and
he thinks something should be 'done to
make it impossible for tlie Southern Re
publican delegates, who do not repre
sent any assured electoral votes, to
force a losing candidate upon the party.
As to Grant's personal wishes, the Dea
con told the Tribune interviewer that
he had good reason to believe an offer
of lucrative and permanent employ
mentsuch as the presidency pf an in
teroceanic canal company, for instance
would have greater temptations for
Grant than any political nomination.
But this is merely the deacon's opinion.
Tilden's Joke on Dorsheimer.
When Mr. Tilden,, in 1874, was nomi
nated for Governor of New York, Mr.
Dorsheimer received thfi nomination
for Lieutenant-Governor. The ticket
thus headed was elected generally by
about 50,000 majority. A little knot of
Germans in New York city, who usual
ly voted the Republican ticket, took
Mr. Dorsheimer, from his name, to be a
German, and scratched their State tick-,
et in his favor, so that he had a majoriV
ty of nearly 53,000. One day, after Mr.
Tilden and Mr.. Dorsheimer had been
inaugurated, they met at a political
breakfast at the former's house in Gra
mercy Park. Mr. Tilden had al ways felt
a little sore at Mr. DoraheimerV extra
majority, and so when in the current of
conversation, Mr. Dorsheimer jestingly
said. "Well, Governor, you must remem
ber I had 3,000 more-'majority than
yon as quiek as a flash Mr. Tilden re
torted r "Yes, you supplied th 8,000
and I lent you the 50,000?f
M Thousand Ponnds tf vercoats,
ULSTERS AND
ULSTERETTES !
PRICE
PRICE
PRICE
PRICE
PRICE
ONE DOLLAR PER POUND.
TWO DOLLARS PER POUND.
THREE DOLLARS PER POUND,
FOUR DOLLARS PER POUND.
FIVE DOLLARS PER POUND.
Warm, Heavy Overcoat,
Something Better,
Better Still,
Still Better, -Quite
Handsome,
A Stunner, -Very
Desirable, -Excelsior,
-
I 3 50
4 50
5 00
7 50
9 00
10 00
15 00
18 00
E. D. L ATTA & BROTHER ARE DOING IT.
Now, don't buy an Overcoat this winter without seeing ours. We have forty and more styles that wm fit your body and stdt your person. ' AUowlng flve
minutes to try on each different style, 'twould take over three hours; lust a moment to look at each would take quite an hour. Why njpeB eo me ounce
to our store? If you get one and it don't JUST please your wife, or "her mother," or your mother, your sister, your brother, your son, your daugnief, jour
friend, either male or female, snd it back to us uninjured, and we will cheerfully refund Just the amount you paid. No customers take any eaancea in ue
square-dealing Overcoat House of the "sleepless," the "restless," the enterprising Clothiers of Charlotte, w .
deci4 X, D. LATTA ft BRO., Opera House Block.
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. BERWANGER & 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,
Fine Clothiers and Tailors.
C5 ILn O IES.
AND
FANCY ARTICLES!
JUST RECEIVED.
LADIES ARE RESPECTFULLY INVITED TO INSPECT OUR (THIS SEASON) ; ,. i v
If
WITTKOW8KY &d BABTJGH
FACTS ARE STUBBORN THINGS, BUT PACTS ARE FACTS.
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The Liveliest Place in Town is
SPRINGES' CORNER !
m out mi trail
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And when you want to save dollars in buying CLOTHING, come to Springs' Corner, where you will get m03t and; test
f or vour monev. Webelieveiri "';..: . i .", 1
LARGE SALES AND LITTLE PROFITS.
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1,!I: '!;:!
NOW IS THE TIME TO BUT
Men's and Boy's Clothing, at Springs' Corners
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COME AND SEE
Nov. 14.
W. KAUFMAN . & CO.,
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CheafiesanJ Besiflothlng House,
Comarot Jade. and JSyojifeetti
P. SCHIFF.
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ed (Joods. viz: Vegetable Fruit, waters, ;sainwa, Ltoosiera, ura, wwuiuiea wvi ?" ""i1".
S Intarrand ottBraltonbafifceti Oar Uoeof Tms and Coffaes emnot ba Oxeellftd m tm tr. " call spjelal attentio U ear ?Ma ProMM Ion.
fllj torreuww wiEtat very tow PJttCB IN OftDEft TJ wraOWJCBlT. Ttli Wa9lesile'tr4l3 wa oSec fc' Uj anl wA ioejg stock
lew parreisoi wnicn wa wmi sotit jmj . n. Artlltr mnumm ru flnri it tnihiir intaraat ta eall onm tutor inrJhMnr klier.
zooaaiaiwuaiiaiiwBiaminvviiiuuiuj ,w wm.-. .r,.-T r -r--- ; . .-- ..- -, ,.,.-.
iL We "haVa a splendid WaioaYa? tntaeraarof ourstoM lor tbe uje of our eoontrj friends. : ,; v nih-v.-ir: i it hm
tr-.fivA f?i !mft,.VO iWdtU:!''
Having become interested in the firm of Schtff & GrieiCJ Respectfully and cordially invito toy oWirJttr&nd.
tomers to call and see me when ihey want gocAss in my lin ... ;, f i THOBt-ttBLbHi
jctoDer zaiicrre.