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manner of Job Printing can now be done with
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ish at short notice,
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CHARLOTTE, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1880.
NO. 3,388.
1880. 1880.
Those Who Have Not
SETTLED ! ACCOUNTS
FOR 1879,
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BY DOING SO AT ONCE.
TIIAKING OUR FRIENDS
FOR THEIR
Patronage in the Past,
AND HOPING THEY
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Northern Ice, Coal & Lumber.
Hiving just receired my upplr of (Coal for the
"jiiiiins season, I am prepared toflll'aU order at
xiioitest notice. My'rtoci la the iargtest eer
oil.;ru on this Miiritet and embrace all tile
Titnoiw kinds tor Families'. Fnundries and Smiths'
,ls':- Persons who have formerly bought from
'i ier Markets lu ear load lots would consult their
inkiest by giving me a call before ordering else
N"re. Special contractu for orders In cargo and
s r load lots. , , ,
, ice on hand the vear round, from, first f- Octo
w;r unMl nrst of May hftl My cart wfH'nOt run
n Sundays, but will supply double quantities on
h-iturday.
I shall also continue Ihe lumber business and
Kt ep (uii stock on hand, together with JLathes.
thlngles, Ac. r f. ' ' J
"ills cut to order on Vintmest notice; of any
Quality desired; also estimates furnished on apptl
eailon at oltlce, corner of Trade st. and N. C. K. B.
J. T. ANTHONY,
P- O. Box, 15. ChartotteyN;. '
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TO THK T&ADK: .The Jive business mea of tlie
duy are starting these eoanters. We are the origi
nators and HeadquartersL. We have the only two
exclusive 5 and 10c. Jobbing Houses In the U. a
E Send for Catalogue and particulars. El
BUTLEll, BItOS.,
200 4 202 Randolph Street. Chicago.' 26 A 28
tlmuncy Street, Boston.
u.kept. 24-deod3m
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GREAT CLEARANCE
SALE or
FANCY DRESS GOODS!
To-day we will begin to close out our Fancy Dress
Goods at from 25 tp 40 per cent reduction on
former prices. Come early and get first selection
from the Largest and Handsomest Stock of Fancy
Dress Goods In the city, consisting of BROCADED
SILKS, In all colors, Striped and BROCADED
SATINS. Plain and Figured SATTEEN ; Also a
handsome line of Fancy RIBBONS very cheap.
CLOAKS,
The Largest, Handsomest and Cheapest Stock In
the City. Come, see, and be convinced
FLANNEL UNDERWEAR
for Ladles, Misses and Gentlemen In ali sizes and
qualities these we now offer at greatly reduced
prices. Come and see us, as we are determined to
sell these goods even If at a sacrifice
Respectfully,
T. L. SEIGLFA CO.,
Tryon Street
Dec. 30.
DXisccXIauctfiis.
45 Years Before the Public.
THE GENUINE
DR. C. McL ANTES
CELEBRATED
LIVER PILLS
FOR THE CURE OF
Hepatitis or Liver Complaint,
DYSPEPSIA AND SICK HEADACHE.
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 felt under the 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
and debility ; he is easily startled, his
feet are cold or burning, and he com
plains of a prickly sensation of the
skin ; his spirits are low ; and although
he is satisfied that exercise would be
beneficial to him, yet lie can scarcely
summon up fortitude enough to try it.
In fact, he distrusts every remedy.
Several of the above symptoms attend
the disease, but cases have occurred
where few of them existed, yet exam
ination of the body, after death, has
shown the liver to have been exten
sively deranged.
AGUE AND FEVER.
Dr. C. McLane's Liver Pills, in
cases of Ague and Fever, when
taken with Quinine, are productive of
the most happy results. No better
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
cqualed.. BEWAttE OF IMITATIOXS.
The genuine are never sugar coated.
Every box has a red wax seat 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, spelled differently but
same pronunciation. . , ,
"stress
The Stomach Is Strengthened,
The liver regulated, the bowel put In proper or
der, the blood enriched and purified, and the ner
vous system rendered tranquil and vigorous by this.
Inestimable family medicine and safeguard against
disease, which Is, moreover, a most agreeable and
effective appetizer, and a cordial peculiarly adapt
ed to the wants of the aged and Infirm, i
For sale by all druggiats and dealers generally.
OBSERVATIONS.
Mr. Hart, the pedes' rlan, convinces everybody
that the colored troops walk nobly.
Jules Simon says we "are living at a time "when
nobody can take a rest." Perhaps Jules can give
us one.
A Broadway engraver reeently made this mis
take: "Mr. and Mrs. respectfully request
your presents at the marriage of their daughter."
Claw-hammer coats are fashionable because one
coat will fit twenty men, and It doesn't make any
difference whether the men are all duck legged or
not.
"How nicely this corn pops," said a young man
who was sitting with his sweetheart before the fire
on Christmas Eve. "Yes," she responded, de
murely, "It's got over being green."
A good brother at the hotel table tried to Imitate
GTant by turning his wine-glass upside down. The
waiter saw It Immediately and said: "Yls, yls, I'm
coming with another bottle."
Pope says that beauty draws us with a slagle
hair. Tfiey don't nowadays. When a beauty gets
so bald-headed that she has but one hair left she
don't draw much. Detroit Free Press.
Did you ever notice that If you go Into an office
where the man Is on the street talking politics all
the time he isn't in bed, you will always see a
framed chromo mott" hanging up over the desk,
"Tune Is money." BurlinQton Eawkeye.
An old darky who peddles clams about town was
beard to remark last week that a horse for which
he had paid seventy-five cents had dropped dead
In the shafts on the day atUr the purchase, and he
wound up by saying, "I'se done now, and buys no
more cheap horses. I'se gwine to have a good
hoss nex' time If I have to go to Rahway and pay
four dollars for him." Newark Call.
HORRIBLE BRUTALITY.
A Black Crime in Person A Fattier
Ruins IIi Daughters. lan't it In-
sanity )
Correspondence of the Raleigh News.
On the 29th of Decemoer, coroner J.
T. Critcher was culled upon to hold an
inquest over the remains of an infant
found buried in a box under the kitch
en of the premises occupied by A. C.
Brooks until within three years past,
when he left the county and the State,
leaving his family behind, under a cloud
of suspicion of the darkest hue. Last
August he returned, and moved his
family to Orange, near lied Mountain,
where he has been living for the last
few months.
Warrants were issued for Brooks and
other parties, who were produced be
fore Justices W. C. Satterfield, W. IX.
Webb and G. G. Moore on the 1st in
stant. The presecution was conducted
by X. Lunsford and J. F. Terry, Esqrs.,
and the defence by J. F. Cobbs and S.
C. Barnett, Esqrs. In the course of in
vestigation, the testimony of one of the
daughters of Brooks showed that she
had been delivered of four bastard
children, and that her own father was
the father of the children by force and
compulsion, and that she was held in
fear of her life by threats from him un
til she became of full age and left his
house some two and a half years ago,
and then spoke of his brutal conduct
towards her to some of the neighbors,
which raised a complete fire of indigna
tion in the community, and caused steps
to be taken to investigate his infamous
conduct. And he, getting wind of what
was going on, left for parts unknown,
and remained away until last August,
so that matters might quiet down. But
upon the finding of the remains of the
infant under the kitchen all former in
dignation was revived and a de
termination was aroused to press an in
vestigation so as, if possible, to ascer
tain the truth. And the testimony con
firmed the worst suspicions. Brooks
had not only been guilty of the ruin of
one of his daughters, but of two, and
that by force. After hearing the testi
mony "of one of Brooks' daughters, she
testifying under the deepest emotion
and suffused with tears (and the spec
tators likewise suffused with tears,) the
justices, upon suggestion of counsel dis
missed the warrants as to all parties
except Brooks, and his counsel waived
any further examination as to his case.
He was promptly committed to jail for
trial at the next term of the Superior
Court for the crime of rape.
This is but a brief sketch of this infa
mous affair. Comment upon its atroci
ty is unnecessary. But the good citi
zens of the county are entitled to much
credit on two accounts: First, the in
terest which they have taken in prob
ing this matter to the bottom ; second,
from refraining from laying violent
hands on the guilty wretch, but quietly
resigning his case to the due course of
the Taw. And the prompt action of our
excellent sheriff, J. C. Barnett, is also
worthy of all commendation. The war
rant was issued against Brooks at 11 or
12 o'clock on the night of the 29th of
December, and he was in the sheriffs
custody next morning at sunrise. The
investigation took place on the 1st in
stant, that being as soon as the wit
nesses could be gotten together. The
case was conducted in the court house
in the presence of a large number of
spectators. If there are any mitigating
circumstances in favor of the prisoner,
I have not heard of them. If there is
one person who heard the testimony of
Miss Brooks who did not believe that
sire stated the troth honestly and fairly,
I have not heard it.
THE GHOULS IN RICHMOND.
Forty Bodies Shipped from Oak wood
Cemeteries to Various medical Col
leges. New York, January 5. A special
from Richmond, Va., dated January 3,
says: "It has transpired at a late hour
to-night that grave robbers have been
at work exhuming dead bodies by the
wholesale from Oakwood Cemetery,
sitnated in the eastern suburbs of this
city. It is known now that over forty
bodies, mostly of colored people, have
been stolen since the cool weather set
in, and shipped to medical institutions
in different parts of the country. The
attention of the council committee on
cemeteries was called to this matter
some time ago by the keeper of Oak
wood Cemetery, but no action was tak
en. The affair has created great excite
ment among the people living in the
vicinity of the cemetery."
Outrage and Lynch Law in Virginia.
Special to the Baltimore Sun.
T.vNrrTTTtTTuri Va.. .Tun. 5. Last Mon
day, in the mountains of Amherst, near
this city, a mulatto, naraeu vjoiumous
Miles, went to the house of an Irish
man tiampH Millpr. and told Miller's
daughter he had been sent to take her
toa ball in the neighborhood, lie n -tvrwliiporl
himself ist a white man. and
she got on a horse behind him. On the
way he made improper aavances to ner,
which were repelled. She jumped off
thahnnsA nnrl ran hark hnmfi. Hfl fol
lowed, and, with drawn pistol, drove off
tire iatner ana ntue Dromer oi me iaay,
whom he compelled to go with him to
a school-house some distance away,
wjiere he committed a brutal, outrage,
unnn her. Then hp. ran off . to . Rock
bridge county, where he was caught by
Officers, taKen Deiore tiusuce uuouwiu,
who placed him in charge of eight men,
and started him to Amherst jail. For
ty n?en on horseback took him from the
guards on Friday and hung him - tea
tree, A; number of shots were fired be-
4-if man nraci oartfiireH TTia. .hrHu-
Iwas found Saturday morning, and no
news 01 the event was receiveu nere 1111
to-day.
HIS FIHSTSRINK.
of
An Influence that the Governors
North and South Chrolina Had.
Little Rock (Ark.) Gazette.
"1 am sixty years old, and never got
drunk till day before ytoterday, remark
ed old Uncle Jesse Wliite, as he sat on a
salt barrel in front oft a grocery store.
"I have lived in Arkansas for forty
year cum here trom .hast Tennessv
and the thought that I got drunk in the
evening of my life, when I can just see
my gray hairs shining in the twilight.
is enough to make me throw myself in
to the river."
"Tell us how it occured, Uncle Jesse,''
asked a bystander.
"Well, some time ago, up in my neigh-
Dornood, ana ne stopped talking and
drew his pipe vigorously to see if the
fire was out, "a Good Templar's Lodge
was organized. All the young people
in the community jined, and pretty
soon they came after me. My son Ike
was the leadin' man, and he says to me,
'Pap, I want you to jine this tiling.'
'Ike, says I, I dont know the taste of
liquor, and I don't see the use of jinen.'
'Pap,' says Jie, we want your influence.
We are gwine to voten the local optain
law pretty soon, and we want you pub
licly identified with the work.' Then
my daughter Susan, she come around
and begged me to jine. 'Susan,' says I,
you never seed your old father take a
drink.' 'No pap,' says she. 'but we want
you to help us frown down the curse of
intemperance. Next our parson come
around and sot my wife on me, and
when they all got to drummin' I had to
jine. 1 jined on J? nuay night, and on
the following Saturday I got on the boat
to come down here. Somethin' ailed me.
bomethm kept say in Jesse White, you
ain't a free man. It bothered me, and
when I saw one of the deckhands turn
up a jug I wondered if he had ever tak
en the pledge; and when he sat the jug
down I walked around and look at it,
took hold of the corn-cob stopper, walk
ed away and smelt my nngers. 1 went
up on deck and sat down in front. Pret
ty soon two men come out and sat down.
After a while one of them remarked:
"The Governor of North Carolina said
to the Governor of South Carolina,' and
without finishing the sentence, both men
laughed and drank out of a big black bot
tle. 1 har was somethin in that Gover
nor business that took me. I had heard
my father talk about it and laugh. I
had often heard it, but no one had ev,er
been positive what it was that the Gov
ernor said, only that the time between
drinks had been rather long. Pretty
soon, one of the men reached down, took
up the bottle, took out the cork, and
said : 'The Governor of North Carolina
said to the ' Their both men laughed
and drank. I never felt so curious in
my life. I looked around at the trees on
the bank, and the women who waved
their handkerceiefs at us as we passed.
Those Governors had a ring about them
that tingled through my old blood. Just
then one of the men turned, held the
bottle toward me, and said : 'The Gover
nor of North Carolina ' Before I knew
it I had hold of the bottle. I turned it
up and drank. AH I thought about was
the Governors, and when the shawdows
of Ike, Susan, the parson and my wife
flittered through my brain, the two Go v
eonors, tall and grand, stalked right up
and ran oyer them. 'The Governor of
North Carolina,' and I had taken anoth
er pull, and a long one. I began to see
the Governors in their true light. I
thought that they were the best fellows
in the world. The boat seemed to be
runnin' a mile a minute, and I didn't
care what she did so long as the Gover
nors were with us. "Well, boys, the Gov
ernors kept a remarkin' and I kept pull
in', and by the time 1 got to Little Rock
I was as drunk as an owl. Oh, I was as
drunk as a mule a mink. I got off the
boat and yelled, 'Hoorah for the Gover
nor of North Carolina!' and the first
thing I knowed I found myself in a sort
of a prison. Fust time I ever was lock
ed up. boys. Fust time I ever was drunk,
and I am sixty-odd years old."
To the Top of int. Vesuvius by Hail.
The railway for the ascent of Yesu
vious is now finished. It is 900 meters
in length, and will enable tourists to
ascend by it to the edge of the crater.
The line has been constructed with
great care upon a solid pavement, and
it is believed to be perfectly secure
from all incursions of lava. The mode
of traction, says the Enquirer, is by
two steel ropes put in movement by a
steam engine at the foot of the cone.
The wheels of the carriage are so made
as to be free from any danger of leav
ing the rails, beside which each car
riage is furnished with an exceedingly
powerful automatic brake, which,
should the rope by any chance break,
will stop the train almost instantane
ously. One of the chief difficulties of
the undertaking was the water supply,
but that has been obviated by the form
ation of two very large reservoirs, one
at the station, the other near the ob
servatory. General Graut's Christmas Present.
Philadelphia Times.
General Grant writes as follows to
Frank T. Weldon, of this city, in rela
tion to a Christmas gift made to him
by that gentleman: "I acknowledge the
receipt of the beautiful table ac sim
ile of the centre-table on which Gener
al Lee and myself signed the terms of
the former's surrender at Appomattox
Court House, Ya. made of gold, and
the still more highly appreciated ex
pression with which it is accompanied,
printed on satin. Both will have a sa
cred place among the souvenirs which
I hope to preserve through life, and
then to transmit to my children as
heirlooms to be preserved by them as
equally sacred' t tm
Cotton Seed Oil Factories.
The cotton seed oil factories in New
Orleans are reaping this fall a golden
harvest. Their products oil and oil
cake have risen largely in value, while
the manufacturers have been paying
only the old price for the material.
Every 450 pound bale of cotton when
ginned yields about a half a ton (1,100
pounds) of seea, which are sold to the
factories at $15 per ton. Here the oil
is expressed and the refuse is sold as
oil-cake chiefly exported Europe for
stock food and used by the sugar plan
ters as a fertilizer. Before expressing
the seed they are first linted and hullr
ed. The lint extracted is sold to the
white paper factories and the hulls are
used for fuel and as fertilizers thus is
every part of the cotton fruit .utilized.
Tilden and the "Empire."
New York, January 5. The Sun
will say to-morrow : . "Mr. Tilden does
not hesitate always. He has very pos
itive convictions about the danger of
a third term, and speaks like a patriot
when he says: 'It is the duty of every
sincere lover of Republican institutions
to do his utmost to prevent the re-elec-
rtiori of Gen. Grant. For my part I will
do everything I can to secure the elec
tion of the man who may be agreed ur
f on by the opponents of the third term
conspiracy as me uesc canaiaaie to
"unite the conservative; elements qf all
parties. If a third term can be conferr
ed upon Grant, a fourth and a fifth will
be. in short, Grant s installment in the
White House in 1881 means empire.
THE HOLIDAYS ARE NEAR AT HAND !
And both the young and old are looking forward in bright expectancy, and with joyful hopes that some kind remem
brance may be left as a token of friendship from some relative or friend. We trust that none will be disappointed, and
that old Santa Claus will distribute his favors not only with a liberal hand, but will not show any partiality in his dis
bursements. We are glad to see this time-honored custom increasing in favor with the people. We hope it will continue
to grow, and this joy-giving time will be looked upon as one of the happiest and brightest days in the year. Let us all
extend a willing hand and assist those who desire to carry out their part, but who, owing to numerous obligations and
limited incomes, are deprived from contributing what they would be most willing to do if circumstances did not pre
vent. Let not selfishness but liberality predominate. Be willing to divide a part of your own good fortune with those
who are not so fortunate, and note the change your kindness produces. The gladness that speaks from the heart will be
sufficient evidence of the joy within. There is not one of us who cannot contribute something. The gift may be hum
ble ; that matters not ; it will be acceptable. We trust that not only our old friends but also our young friends will, while
their hearts are joyous and glad, not forget to add their mite to the happiness and pleasure of those who hate not been
so fortunate. We have made a specialty in the selection of r
And have a collection that will prove useful, serviceable and acceptable.
E.D.LATTA & BRO.
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.
r00 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.
THE TIME HAS COME FOR OUR ANNUAL
h et "r is Bar iori o ie& ""st 9
And with a view of reducing our immense stock before making this inventory, we will. In the face of continued and almost dally advances In all Goods,
offer for the next ten days, with
SWEEPING REDUCTIONS IN PRICES,
THE FOLLOWING GO0D8 : ' L'
OUR ENTIRE LINE DRESS GOODS, NOTIONS & FANCY" GOODS,
Hosiery and Gloves, Laces, Embroideries, Germanlown Goods and a splendid stock of
MILLINERY GOODS,
CONSISTING OF
HATS, TRIMMINGS AND ORNAMENTS,
TOGETHER WITH i(
1,000 PIECES OF1 RIBBOMS,
In cord edge goods, Grain double-faced Satin, In every color and shade. Flowers, Tips, Rand", Wings, Birds, &c, &c
A rare opportunity is now offered everybody to buy of the above-named goods, and the Ladles especially we know will avail themselves of It Now
Is the time. Remember the place,
WITTKOWSKY & BARUCH'S
December 21.
DRY GOODS EMPORIUM.
we niEUiMiDS mm
FACTS ARE STUBBORN THINGS, BUT FACTS ARE FACTS.
The Liveliest Place in Town is
8PRINGSM30RNEK !
Ml IDT tm TMJTl !
And when you want to save dollars in buying CLOTHING, come to Springs' Corner, where you will get unat and bast
for your money. We believe in -
LARGE SALES AND LITTLE PROFITS.
NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY
Men's and Boy's Clothing, at Springs' Corner.
COME AND. SEE &J
Wl KAUFMAN & CO.,
lSov. 14.
Cheapest and Best Clothing Boom,
Comer of Trade and Tryon Streets.
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ONE OF THE LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTED STOCKS OF
STAPLE AND FANCY .GROCERIES; IN THE; STATE.
Close and Prompt Trade Specially Invited
AGENTS fgiili' PL ANTE R ' S F A.T OMTM iSS L ON.aSSfSl
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J too well inawn to need runner CMnnremv vau ior tie book, wun wsnmojnais wont au swwai., riiupV. Fri YniiL TrY tu
the-purest atnl best. Chemlstaof national reputation recommend It, as Prof. Daromos, of New Yo, aid others. SAMPUI. fAUUQlHBt i.'j. ,!,,
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