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l)C Charlotte bscrun:. t HAS. II. JONES, Editor & Proprietor IENTKMD AT THE POST-OFTICE AT CHARLOTTE, N. C, ABStCOND ClASSMATlEB.) SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1880. THE GRADED SCHOOL QUESTION. A few days ago The Observer re published the law in regard to the es tablishment of a graded school in Char lotte. The law is believed to be an ad mirable one, and the community is largely indebted to its author, dipt. 11. P. Waring, for its advantages. How ever, through some unaccountable poli cy, it sleeps the sleep of death on our statute books. This indicates that there is an apathy on the subject which ill becomes our profession of being a very live and progressive community. If we had no such law there might be some excuse, but as we have the law. and even its enemies have never attack ed It, why should we not enforce it? The first section declares that the board of aldermen shall have authority, on the requisition of at least ten voters on each ward in the city, after thirty days' notice, to order an election to be held, to ascertain the sense of the quali fied voters of the city on the question of establishing and maintaining public graded schools, and we rise to ask who will take the initiative t It any person will start the ball, the movement can be made to go forward without jar or bin drance. We do not suppose the present board of aldermen would refuse to or der the election, but if they should, the people, by taking the matter in their own hands, at the next city election, can easily elect a board who would not disregard their wishes. The same sec tion declares that the board is vested with full power as to the time and man ner of holding the election, and power to order a new registration of the vo ters within the- corporate limits of the city, and according to the law they are authorized to appoinf'registrars and in spectors and do all other things neces sary to effectuate the 'aforesaid object," viz: the opening- and maintaining -of graded schools. The second section declares the "said board of aldermen shall designate the maximum rate of taxation proposed to be imposed, which shall never exceed twenty-live cents on the one hundred dollars value of property and seventy five cents on the poll, and on other sub jects of taxation in the same propor tion as the rate on propel ty. If the vote shall be in favor of the scheme proposed, gaid board shall have power to levy such tax as they may think prop er within the limit aforesaid, and the tax so levied shall be collected as other city taxes, and shall not be diminished for two years, after which the board may change the rate of taxation within said limit." Is there a taxpayer in Charlotte who would object to paying a small tax for so worthy an object? AVe hope not. AVe believe the tax proposed when the mat ter was before the people, two years ago was only one tenth of one per cent. That might be sufficient to get the plan on foot, and after it was started It might cost even less. A tax of seventy-five cents on the single poll would bring us about one thousand dollars per annum, which in addition to the pres ent school funds would be a fair start towards permanent schools. Section 5 declares that the "board of school commissioners shall have power and authority to purchase sites and build school houses in the city, open and regulate schools therein, appoint exam iners, exmploy teachers and fix their salaries, prescribe courses of study, unO, in general do whatever may be neces sary to establish and continue within said city a good system of public graded schools, to be kept open at least nine months in the year, without charge for the education of the children of the city, within the ages of six and twenty-one, "XT il . ii . . . . ix ow as me inaiier oi taxation is en tirely optionary with the board would it not be a good plan to begin without taxing the property holders. The prin cipal expense would be the necessary buildings at the start, and we believe that enough public spirited men can be found in the city who would willingly contribute enough money to give the yum i siaiu j.ne city already owns a suitable building lot, and for twenty- Iive liundred dollars a building suitable for the purpose can be 1 1 A .1 . . eiecieu. mere not riity gen tlemen in Charlotte who would con tribute twenty-five dolhirs each toward anouject so worthy Y As a feeler to ward such a sentiment and the estab lishment of such a fund, The Obser ver agrees to be two of such men. In other words we will give fifty dollars to be invested in a suitable building for a good public school. hie observer is read in nearly every family in Charlotte, and we hope every citizen of the city will give the matter some thought. All that is nec s sary is a systematic, organized move ment. Out of nearly fifteen hundred votes, at the election of 1878, only eigh ty-inree were recorded against it, but as a majority of all the qualified voters icuicu ue lecurueu eitner tor or against the measure, it was lost. The vote showed a remarkable unanimity of sentiment and feeling on the sub ject, ana it is believed with the plan proposed that not a single voter in the city will object to its adoption. Fellow citizens, of Charlotte, take the case. AmTTtmtxttW., -n r AN UNINTENTIONAL ERROR. In ves o vBVM we stated that Maj. J. W. Wilson's vote as a director of the Western .North Carolina railroad, was given against the proposition of calline . i J I T ... " an exura session oi me A-egislature, to considerMr.Best s last proposition. We should have' stated that' he voted , for the measure, as we do not intend to do any one an intentional injustice Our conclusions are based upon an hon est conviction, and we have no doubt that every member of the directory so voted, in the matter of calling the Leg islature together In' extraordinary ses- sion; Major Wilson ia out and out for the SSle of the roadand are we, on finy reasonable terms, but ethink he Will agree with us when. we say that -Wevcannoti afford to leap in the dark. AIVOTIIEU R EPUB I , ECAN BOOM. The New York Sunot'ihe 12th con tains a telegram from AVashington City in which it is stated that the intimate personal and political.friendsof Gen. Grant insist that there is not, and tfeere will n t b. any antagonism between Grant and lilaiue ; that Blaine will ac cept the second place on the ticket. It is said mat tne men wuuaiu nciucst iu Grant and who manage his canvass aie industriously but discreetly giving out that the ticket is to be Grant and Blaine. The course of Blaine's trust ed representatives at Ilari'isburgcan be easily comprehended if the assertions of Grant's friends are true. Blaine him self has authorized the most conspicuous one of his representatives at Ilarrisburg to announce in a despatch from Wash ington that there was "perfect ascord between his friends and thoss of Gen . Grant." It is also claimed that the fierce fight in the Pennsylvania convention was made simply to defeat Sherman "There's many a slip. 'Twixt the cup andttie Hp," and there is no telling what a day may bring forth. It is only upon this theory that we can accept Blaine as a candidate for the vice-Presidency on the Republi can ticket. If we remember correctly at the Cincinnati convention, four years ago he got more votes than any other candidate, until it became apparent that he could not be nominated, and to agree to take the second place on the ticket now would seem to indicate a weakness on the part of Blaine that we are not prepared to believe. It also in dicates a weakness in the Republican party- which we can hardly realize. Grant in the lead and Blaine to beat the bushes, is a virtual acknowledge ment that only a strong man can .get into the white house.. It even means more than this as we read it. It means that Republicans leaders as well as the rank and file, are prepared to subordi nate everything to the perietuation of their power. It also means that the pre sidential campaign is to be conducted af ter the "bloody shirt" plan, and that all the old sectional differences are to be brought prominently into the canvass. Are shall see what we shall see. i rlic Wc.Hlcrn Nurdi Carolina Ilailroad To the Editor of The Observer: Please allow me space to state a few facts on: the subject of the Western is orth Carolina Railroad. In the gen eral attention drawn to this question of the sale of the road, the prominence given the directors of the AVestern .North Carolina Railroad is liable to divert from public notice this fact: that the action of that directory, what ever it may be, fails entirely to" relieve Gov. Jarvis of the necessity for calling together the legislature. If the Gover nor favors the proposition of Mr. Best, and even if he does not, his duty is to call together his council and consult with tliem as to the extra session. And more man mis: tne people or JNortn Carolina will by no means be gulled with any attempt to shield the Gover nor s iaiiuie to can tne special session behind the action of the directors of the AVestern North Carolina Railroad. The great mass of tax-payers of this State are weary of the burden of this road; they have become dissatisfied with the careless waste of monev in its construction, and that construction ap parently but little nearer completion than in lfc(i0. And most justly are they so. I he absorption ot appropriations year after year, with the road still but a local line; the repeated promises of completion to this or that point, year after ye'ar, and that completion being finally only after another little, appro priation, has been enough to exhaust the patience of any people. 1 lie opposition ot some or the direc tors to any proposition for .sale of the road, was to be expected, just as the opposition of certain 'interested parties was expected to a bill introduced in the last General Assembly to change the law requiring directors of this road to be appointed from each congressional district, and permit the Governor to ap point at his discretion horn along the line of the road. What interest have a part of the directors in the road out side of the; political influence each can control thro the road, and the free passes? None whatever. And the lon ger the time in completing the road, the better satisfied are theyi Unless some sucn oiler as Mr. Best makes is accepted, the road will never be built beyond Asheville, in case 4 1 should ever reach there. It is nqtufe AU cer tain that Air. Best's proposition will keep. The object of whatever parties ne represents, is undoubted v. to cet a southern connection to the coast for some western line, and if thev can make a connection with some other route upon as favorable terms, or bet ter, they surely will not hold their offer tor the Western IMorth Carolina liail- foad till the next session of our legishv rure. w aitmg for uie regular session of the Assembly is . -Uselessly .,def erring tne completion or tne roaa tor an en tire year, to say the least, while it is more than probable other connections lor the western roads can be made, and tne completion- ot the AVestern North Carolina Railroad beyond Ashe- vine ror many years to come, wi 1 be a dream ot the past. The State has ai propriated now the last dollar its peo ple will consent to. If other parties than Mr. Best desire to make broposU tions for purchase of tlre'roadithey can make thein at the extra session. The people of this State with a small exception, favor the, sale of, the road and are not so simple mi ndfid a to: re quire twelve months to decide mat ter of this kind. Should Governor Jar vis fail to do his duty vith reference to calling an extra session, the people at a time not very distant, will record their views of his action in a manner that is never misunderstood. G. Charlotte, Feb., 13. A nti-brant Republicans. Albany. N. Y.. Feb. 12. Ne'arlv'GOG of the most influential Reuublicans have sisrned a call Tor a oublic meetinsr to be held to-morrow evening, to pro test against the methods taken by John x . Smyth to secure a Grant delegation i iium AiDany to tne state convention. ThA nnnncUi 1,0a a ct irom AiDany to tne inar Mr. Smyth is frightened, and to-1 niguL bia. ul ma ueiegatea eiecteu re signed, and a call has Jjeen issuednby his committee for a new ''primary Election. The anti-Grant Republicans will pay no attention to tbis step,-. butwwiU go on and complete their orgpinizatiOT Coadjutor for Archbisuop Purcell Ap pointed Cincinnati, Feb. 12. The Catholic Ttlegraph, the official yrgan of this DI6-ce- announced this inornirtg that ad official letter from the Prefect of Propa- euw, vsmunat .snmoni, iDnmxs? iw formation that the Right RevW.' If jum iiivii ueeii the archbishoti sen appointed coadjatorjff iLtf Cmcinnatl wtQ thf right to succession " In H nriva.J-o lAffk rnrcell the appointee intimates bis wuuvu w accept tne appointment. FOIlTY-SIXin INTER-STATE COiTt JIEliCE. I id i fin Appropriations--! ntfcc'aii fic Canal ConimiCtee Work' dec. WASHiNGTONtebnuivy !3Hoi:sk. motion ofr Forney,' f3r?il.ii.H:i the Senate amendments lo the inilii;u academy appropriaii n bill weiv non concurred in. vr Wells, of Missouri, from the commit tee on appropriation,,- reported back the bill making an additional appropfi1 -ation.of l35,0U0i'ti-..the support, of cer tain Indian tribes during the present fiscal year. Wells spoke in support of the bill, stating that if it were not passed there would' exists great danger of the Indians going on thenar patU, fThe bill was then passed. Frye, of Maine, from the committee on inter-oceanic canals, reported the resolution -calling on the Secretary of the Navy for all information touching the international canal now in his pos session, and not heretofore published. Covert, of New York, chairman of the committee on agriculture, asked leave to report the bill authorizing the Commissioner of Agriculture tu attend in person or by deputy tne international wool and sheep ex labition to be Jield in Philadelphia in September next, but Beale, of Virginia, objected. The Speaker then proceeded to call committees for reports of a private nu rture. A large number or adverse reports w ere presented bv the committee on wu claims and laid on the table. Jolinston, of Virginia, from the com mittee on military affairs, reported the bill removing the political disabilities of Sergeant P. P. Powell, and authoriz ing his appointment as an officer of the United States army. McCook, of New York, supported the bill. The young man had served in the Confederate arrny when he was be tween 16 and 18 years of age. Though he (McCook) was considerable of a Re publican, he would say that any man who had risked his life for four or five years in the service of the United States should not be debarred of the right to promotion. The bill was passed. The speaker announced the special order for to-day to be the bill for the re lief of General Fitz Jno. Porter. Bright, of Tennessee, raised the ques tion of consideration and moved to go fnto Committee of the whole on the private calendar. He raised the ques tion of consideration in behalf of a multitude as against individuals. O'Conner, of South Carolina, support ed Bricht's motion. If the House pro ceeded ro consider the J! itz Jno. Porter bill, the discussion of which would con sume a vast amount oi time, it would be equivalent to slamming the doors ot Congress in the face of every other private claim. The House (ayes 41, noes not counted; refused to consider the bill, and went into committee of the whole on the pri vate calender. The bill for the relief of Charles Clin ton, late assistant treasurer at New Orleans, was reported favorably to the House. The bill refunding to certain citizens of Lynchburg, Va... taxes improperly collected on manufactured tobacco, was passed, yeas 151, noes 39. At 4.10 the House adjourned. I to morrow's session will be for debate onlv.l COMMITTEES. AVashington, Feb'y 13. The House commerce committee took uu the sub ject of inter-State commerce this morn mg. Mc-Lane ottered nis bill as an amendment to Representative Reagan's bill, whereupon Henderson offered his bill as a substitute for McLane's bill, which was adopted. The question then recurring to the original Tuesday's pro ceedings, Henderson s bill was offered as a substitute for Reagan's bill, and af ter being amended on motion of Bliss, in several particulars, was adopted by a voe of 9 to 6, and ordered to be favor ably reported to the House, with the re quest that an earlv day be set for its consideration The House committee on commerce to-day agreed to report favorably to the House instead of Reagan's inter State commerce bill the bill prepared by Henderson, as amended on motion of Bliss. The bill provides for a board of commissioners with powers and duties similar to those proposed by the McCoid bill, and the Charles Francis Adams plan. One of Bliss's amend ments extends the jurisdiction of the commissioners oyet the transportation or an property Dy railroad irom one State or territory into or through one or more otner btates or territories, or from any foreign country, whether. such property be carried by one rail road or by several railroads running in connection with each other, and wheth er sucii commerce be carried on road i . . . .... lying wnoiiy wittnn one fetate or more. Another amendment requires the com mission to inquire into that method of railroads managed and known as pool ing, and state tne result or their in quiry in their first annual report, and whether in their judgment any, and if so, what legislation is expedient in re lation thereto. The exodus committee to-day exam ined several witnesses, whose testimo ny contained no new facts. One wit ness read extracts from Indiana Re publican papers declaring that there .was work In -Indiana for the colored "emigrants;! The committee adjourned nntil Monday. TJIE SPAIiTANHCItfx .V ASIIEV ll.l.Y. 'Whal President Duncan Haa to Say of Ilia Railroad. From a Letter ia the Charleston News. Every water station on the road is supplied by pipes from bold springs, and not a single pump is used on the whole line, ltailroad men know the item saved on this. On the steep grade tlxe train is under complete control and management, is stopped, ascending or descending, and started again, on the steepest portion, at the discretion of the engineer. Nor has the power of the engines ever been fully tested on this grade, the object having been to work the line regularly and economi cally, and above all safely. It is not doubted that if the locomotives daily used were put to their full capacity they would largely exceed'thelr present work. There has yet been no necessity for this. Greater ,peteL and larger loads doubtless, in the language of the engineer, might be permitted with suc cess, but the policy has been to work the track with perfect safety, to risk nothing, and "to obtain and. hold the public confidence." It behooved us to build cheaply, but we have built well. Interested railroad capitalists and offi- feialsof tlieeftbwest-and- West, who- have not long since passed over the ling, ha've saidthat. they did not doubt the ;wisdom ajid expediency of retain ing for all time to come this grade, rather than to. expend the three hun or)ed thousand,donS neeessary :td- seU the trade o s sev0i feet $ the? toiM Comparatively little remains lb Be aone to complete the line. Only nine and three-quarter miles of grading, which responsible bidders have offered to take at &4.000 per mile. Between Asheville MdWxH:Creek,stbe,teminus of the X;inc1nnaU, - Cumberland Gap and Charleston Railroads, now operated by the -&stiTeijn.8sefe, Virginia and ueorgia Railroad, the distance is forty- two mikf, over one-third-of- which is graded. ork will be' resumed bw this portion before summer, and when fin. 5hed, findlhe giading is not heavy, connection is-4hen made with Knox ville. , 1 SOTTH CAROLINA ITEMS. A fire at Barnwell C. H. last Monday night destroyed Mr. Cronheim's store and dwelling with, the entire contents of both. The tire was accidental. Mr. Cronheim lived up-stairs over the store. At an election held in Horry county on Saturday, Mr. T. AT. Daggett was elected State Senator from that county to fill the unexpired term of Hon. W. L. Buck. Mr. Daggett was the Demo cratic candidate. At an-election held in Aiken -county on the 0th inst., Geo. AV. Croft was elect ed State Senator from that county to fill the vacancy caused by the resigna tion of Hon. A. P. Butler. Cornelius Scott, colored, a convict working in Laurens county, made his escape several months ago. Monday night one of the penitentiary guards, who had been detailed to capture an other es6aped prisoner known to be lurking near Eastover, heard that Scott, who lived in the same neighborhood, was secreted in his house. In company with Trial Justice P. II. Joyner and others the premises were visited,' and Scott found under the house. Upon a demand for his surrender he refused to comply, swearing he would not be ta ken alive. He crawled from under the house and made a rush to get away, but was shot by the guard, death ensuing in a short time. The Charleston News and Courier of the llth devotes ten columns to the cotton factories of South Carolina, from which the following is taken: The South Carolina factories have 95,408 spindles with 1,933 looms. They pro duce 101,338 yards of cloth and 17,183 pounds of yarn each full working day, and consume for each such day 54,049 pounds of raw cotton. This, it will be noticed, is equal, on the basis of 300 full working days in the year, to an annual consumption of 16,214,700 pounds, or 3(3,032 bales of 450 pounds each. There are 2,29(3 operatives, upon whom 7,913 persons are dependent for support. The amount paid out in wages monthly is 838,034, and the rate of wages for spin ners ranges from 25 cents to 78 cents a day, according to the situation and the character ot the labor. CABLE FLASHED German Affair ffrish Itelief, and Condition of ihe Unemployed. London, Feb. 13. A Berlin dispatch says but tew clericals ana no progress ists were present at the opening at the Eeichstag. Particular attention was attracted to the fact that no mention was made of the much-talked of Aus-tro-Cerman alliance in the speech. London, Feb. 13. Subscriptions to the Dublin Mansion House Irish relief fund to date aggregate 37,584, and the grants aggregate 27.000. The Times, in an article on last night's debate in the House of Commons, concludes as follows: "The objection of Irish mem bers that a charge upon the Church fund would really be in aid of the poor, and would thus violate the express pro visions of the act of 18G9, is inconsist ent with the claim made upon the im perial exchequer. The measures of the government are intended only to take effect when the poor law system proves wholly inadequate, whether it is at the cost of Church or State." Berlin, Feb. 13. Prussia has pre sented in Bundesrath a bill prohibiting foreign vessels from engaging in the coast trade of Germany, except where a right is acquired by treaty or by special permission. The draft of the bill for prolongation of the anti-socialist law shows that it is proposed to extend its operation to the 31st of March, 1SS6. Dublin, Feb. 13. The unemployed laborers of this city held anather de monstration to-day. In their speeches they declared that they were on the brink of starvation. A TO UNA DO'S AVOItK. Destructive Storm in Tennessee. Cincinnati, February 13. A dis patch from Nashville, Tennessee, says a tornado struck the city at 11 o'clock last night, accompanied by heavy rain. Great damage was done in different parts of the city, and several casualties are reported. The roofs of Rhea's ele vator, on Burns' block, and of the block of the Edgefield manufacturing com pany's building, were blown away. A brick wall of the new custom house fell with a crash from the third floor to the cellar. The Merchants' Exchange was badly damaged, and lifteen dwel lings and twenty business houses par tially. At 1:10 o'clock the wind was blowing forty miles an hour. Men were blown down in the street. A man on a trestle bridge was blown from it and broke a leg. All the trains were forced to lay up on account of trees and rails being blown across the track. No esti mate of the loss is made. Rhea & Sons are the heaviest losers, the unroofing of their elevator exposing 20,000 bushels of wheat to a flood of rain. A number of freight cars which were standing on the Louisville & Nashville ltailroad were preciuitated down an embankment The damage in the city alone is estimated at $100,000, but in the country it cannot be approximated. Several lives are reported lost. Extensive Swindler Caught. Philadelphia, Feb. 13. Frederick Warren has been arrested, charged with swindling operations in collusion with a man, named W. K. Wylan. These men established bogus commission houses here and in New York, and swindled their victims out of $40,000 or SSOO. The Letfteet of the Macon & Bruns wick. Kef use to Take the Read. Atianta, Feb. 13 R, T. Wilson & Co. refuse to purchase or lease the Ma con & Brunswick road. They wanted the Governor to warrant and defend the title to the lessees, which he refus ed to do, except so far as he was au thorized by the lease act. Earneut in its Charity. St. Loins, Feb. 12. At a meeting on 'Change to-day $2,500 in money, 300 barrels of flour and various lots of pork, corn, meal, corned beef, bread and other articles were contributed to the Merchants' Exchange for the Irish re lief fund. Twenty-five or thirty com mittees, representing different branches of business; have been appointed, and will canvass the city at once. It is be lieved that a ship load of food and other supplies will be raised in a very short time. More Bonds Wanted. Washington, February 12. The Sec retary of the Treasury to-day issued a circular iir the usual form, proposing to buy $1,000,000 of sixes of 1880, sixes of 1881, or 5 per cent, of 1881, to be ap plied to the sinking fund. The bonds accepted by the treasury under the eir- cular of February 3d, aggregate abcut $11,400,000. Murder In Tennessee. Cincinnati, Feb. 13. At Columbia, Tenn., Hal HaJcomb struck and knock ed down Milt Carter; Carter then shot Halcomb in the face killing him. It is said that Carter wished, to marry llalcomb's daughter and that the latter had forbidden the match and ordered Carter to leave town or he would kill both him and the lady. Prevention is better than cure, and Dr. Bull's Baltimore Pills are the best preventive of disease known. Thev are used, approved and recommen ded by myriads of people throughout the land. FEOIJLi ANNOXTNOEBSENT. WE ARE NOW PEEP ABED TO OF FEB TO THE TBADE ONE OF THE BEST LINES OF Boots and Shoes to be Found in the City of Charlotte. AND AT PRICES AS LOW AS THEY CAN BE MADE by close buying by one who is -thoroughly posted in the business. ' We have an elegant assortment of LADIES, MISSES and CHILDRENS' Fine shoes of the Best Makes, GEKTS H&HG-SEWEG BOOTS AHQ SHOES ARE GOB SPECIALTY AND WITH A FULL LINE OF THESE, WEAN SUIT AND FIT ANYBODY. ' Yery respectfully, A. E. RANKIN & BHO jan. 3. Trade Street, under Central Hotel. A Curious Patent. Atlanta Constitution, 13th. The public have laughed over the mania to patent even the smallest in vention and it has been said that a man tried to patent a chalk mark drawn around the legs of a cupboard to keep ants out. This was verified in Wash ington yesterday, for Mrs. Kate Strong, on an appeal from the adverse report of the patent office on her patent, to the court of general term, won the case and she i3 now the possessor of the "Ant Guard" which is nothing more nor less than a chalk mark drawn across the floor. Ants will not cross it and if they attempt it, the composition of the chalk makes them sick and they die right away. Everybody will learn its secret, so we don't see where she will get back the money she spent in the litigation. Liability of Mercantile Agencies. Nkw Orleans, February 13 Bonds were filed to-day in this city for an ap peal against the recent decision of the jury in the case of Smith & Ziegler against R. G. Dun & Co's mercantile agency, in which a verdict for one thou sand dollars was given against the agency for a favorable report on a firm snbsequently found o be irresponsible. It is alleged that the courts of last re sort have invariably reversed such ver dicts and decided in favor of the agency as to their non-liability for representa tions honestly made in the course of their business. Tne Metric System. The Scientific American says that the five cents nickel piece in circulation is a perfect key to the metric system of weights and measurs ; its diameter being two centimeters and its weight five grammes. Five of them placed in a row will give the decimeter, and two of them will weigh a decagramme. As the kilolitre is a cubic meter, a key to the measure of length will be a key to measures of capacity. Suspension Announced. New York, February 13. N. S. Prentice announced his suspension to the stock exchange this morning on ac count of recent advances in various stocks. Death of an Ex-United Slates Senator Providence, R. I., Feb. 13. Ex United States Senator Samuel G. Ar nold died last night. Solid for Grant. Troy, N. Y., February 13. Dele gates hence to the State Republican convention, chosen to-day. are solid for Grant. "A better article It is Impossible to get, sir; I have tried them all and unhesitatingly pronounce Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup superior to any.'' i Ext A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A FOR TUNE SECOND GRAND DISTRIBUTION, CLASS B, AT NEW ORLEANS. Tuesday, Mrach 0:h. 1880-118th Monthly Drawing LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPANY. 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Prize $30,000 1 Capital Prize 10,000 1 Capital Prize 5,000 2 Prizes of $2,500 5,000 5 Prizes of 1,000 5,000 20 Prizes of 500 ... 1 0,000 100 Prizes of 100 10,000 200 Prizes of 50 10,000 500 Prizes of 20 1 0,000 1000 Prizes of 10 10,000 APPROXIMATION PRIZES : 0 Approximation Prizes of $300 $2,700 9 Approximation Prizes of 200...... 1,800 9 Approximation Prizes of 100 900 1857 Prizes, amounting to SI 10.400 Responsible corresponding agents wanted at all prominent points, to whom a liberal compensation will be paid. Write, clearly stating full address, for further information, or send orders by express or mail ad dressed only to M. A. DAUPHIN, New OTleans, Louisiana, or same person at No. 319 Broadway, New York. All our Grand Extraordinary Drawings are under the supervision and management of General G T. Beauregard and Jubal A. Early. N. B. This Company has NO AGENTS OUT SIDE the UNITED STATES, and all persons pre tending to be so and soliciting orders by circulars or otherwise are SWINDLERS. feb. 10. Authorized by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and Fairest In the World. POPULAR MONTHLY DRAWING OF THE Commonwealth Distribution Company) AT MACAULEY'S THEATRE, In the City of Louisville, on SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1S80. These Drawings authorized by Act of the Legis lature of 1869, and sustained by all the Courts of Kentucky occur regularly on the last day ot every month (Sundays excepted), and are supervised by prominent citizens of the State. The Management call attention to the grand opportunity presented of obtaining, for only $2, any of THE FOLLOWING PRIZES: 1 Prize,... SSO.OOO 1 Prize, 10,000 " 1 Prize 5.000 10 Prizes, $1,000 each 10,000 20 Prizes, 500 each, 10,000 100 Prizes. 100 each . 10,000 200 Prizes, 50 each, 10,000 BOO Prizes, 20 each 12,000 1000 Prizes, 10 each 10,000 9 Prizes, $300 each, Approximation Prizes $2,700 9 Prizes, 200 " " " 1,803 9 Prizes, 100 " ' " " 900 1,960 Prizes, $112,400 Whole Tickets. 92; Half Tickets, $1; 27 Tickets, 50; 55 Tickets, $100. All applications tor club rales should be made to the home office. Full list of drawing published in Louisville Cou-ler-Joumal and New York Herald, and mailed to all ticket-holders. Send all orders by money or bank draft In letter, or by express. Orders of $5 and upwards, by express, can be sent at our ex pense. Address R. M. BOARDMAN, Courier-Journal Building, Louisville, Ky., or at No. 163, Broad way, New York. Feb. 1. IBuxgess PARLOR AND CHAMBER SUITS. COFFINS OF ALL KINDS ON HAND. Ladles' and Gentlemen's Burial Robes sine supply. NO. 5 WEST TBADE STREET. CHARLOTTE. N. C. BENSON'S AP!fliE mmm plaster A WORD TO THOSE WHO USE POROUS PLASTERS. It is a universally acknowledged fact that Benson's Capcine Porous Plasters are Superior to all Others, The great demand for them has caused a number of unscrupulous parties to make and sell worth less imitations under similar sounding names. As the market is flooded with inferior plasters sel lug nt any price, it is Important for the consumer to know which is the best. It is well known that some" or the cheap plasters have been examined and found to contain injurious Ingredients, which make them dangerous to use, causing paralysis and other diseases. CAUTION See that the word Capcink on each plaster is correctly spelled. SEABURY & JOHNSON, Pharmaceutical Chemists, New York. PRICE 25 Cm Jan. 27 4w. (groceries. SEED POTATOES, GRITS, &C. IX l'OUND HOOP BARRELS, If you don't believe we have the Finest and Best selected stock of Seed Potatoes in Market, Come aad See for Yo .rself. JUST RECEIVED, OKA BBLS. E. K. POTATOES, ZDVJ BBLS. E. K. POTATOES, 50 BBLS. SNOW FLAKE, BBLS. SNOW FLAKE, 50 BBLS. BBLS. PEERLESS. PEERLESS, 100 BBLS. GRITS, BBLS.T.RITS, 10 BBLS. BBLS. LARGE HOMINY. LARGE HOMINY. finrwell & Springs. Feb. 8. USEFUL ARTICLES F0 THE HOLIDAYS AND AFTERWARDS -AT- C. HILKER'S. ince Meat by the bucket or retail; Muscatel Rai sins, Chocolate. Candies fancy and Plain; Cranberries, Pine pples in cans, Peaches, Tomatoes and Jellies - assorted: Balti more Hams. Mess Mackerel, North ern and Mountain Buckwheat Flour, Patapsco and other brands of Flour; Teas, Coffees and Sugars. 25 Barrels Early Rose Potatoes, and many other goods too numerous to mention. Give us a all on corner of Fifth and Tryon streets. C. BILKER. December 25. "just received, 40 FINE TURKEYS, BUCKWHEAT FLOUR, CAPE COD CRANBERRIES, AND SWEET POTATOES, at S. M. HOWELL'S. Jan. 20. ONE CAR LOAD OF POTATOES AND APPLES. just received by LeROY f3P3end for Prices. DAVIDSON. NICE LOT OF r-iALIFORNTA "DEARS, SABS, CELEBRATED OODA BACKERS 0( JODA BACKERS, IN 8 AND 10 POUND TINS. LsBOT DAVIDSON. Feb, 8. . JUST RECEIVED ' TWO GAR LOADS ; t vjr Choice NORTHERN POTATOES. 50 BARRELS APPLES. 25 BUNCHES BANANA& LeROY DAVIDSON. Jan. 30 REMOVAL. LICHTENaTEIN, MERCAHNT TAILOR, 1V1. has removed over John T. Butler's Jewelry Store, where he will be pleased to serve his Custo- men and Friends as In the oast. Southern Home copy. Jan. a7 HTichols, V HOLESALK AND RETAIL DKjLLKB is ALL KINDS OF BEDDING, &C. A FULL LINE OF Cheap Bedsteads, AND . LOUNGES. $ilstclhincoxs. BANANAS, THESII FRENCH CANDIES. WALNUT AND OTHER TAFFIES, CARAMELS, CARAMELS, THE DELIGHT OF EVERY ONE. AND THK ela b t a ted BOUQUET CIG A K, THE BEST 5 CEMT1SS IN AMERICA AT PERRY'S. Jan. 27. A CARD TO THE AFFLICTED. DR. ROBERTSON, 10 SOUTH EUTAW STRKKT, BALTIMORE, MD., From fifteen years experience In hospital and pri vate practice, guarantees a permanent cure In all diseases of the Urinary Organs and of the Nervous System viz: Organic aud Seminal Weakness, Impotency (loss of sexual power;, Nervous Debili ty and Trembling, Palpitation of the Heart, Dim ness of Sight or Giddiness, Pains in the Back ami Nocturnal Emissions, etc, all resulting from abuses in youth or excesses in manhood. Diseases recently contracted cured In five to ten days, and the poison entirely eradicated from the system. Also all skin and blood diseases quickly cured. Dr Robertson, a graduate of the University of Maryland, refers to any of the leading physicians of Baltimore. Special attention given to all fe male complaints and irregulartles. All consultations strictly confidential, and in 'II clnes sent to any address. Call or write, enclosing stamp for reply. septlO It iooo MORTGAGE DEEDS AND IOOO FEE SIMPLE DEEDS JUST PRINTED AND FOR SALE AT The Observer Office Jan. 25 dlwtf. The Charlotte Hotel. M. SCIILOSS Prop'r. TniS old and well established Hotel, under th present proprietor, has recently been retired and refurnished and is now open for the accom modation of the traveling public. The proprietor has had years of experience in the business, an t knows how to keep a hotel. He invites his friem's to ca 1 and see him. The omnibus meets every train. M. 8CHLOS?, Jan. 18. Proprietor. FOR SALE. A Valuable tract of land one mile east of the city of Charlotte, comprising about 150 acres. I offer this land either in one body or in section to suit purchasers. For further information, apply to decll eodtf S. J. TORRENCF. DWELLING FOB SALE- I OFFER for sale my Residence, con taining 8 Room, situated on west rrypn street, within a few minute's walk of tne iPublic Square. It hap all the modern conveniences, with two wells on the prem ises, a Kitchen with 4 Rooms, good stame " Rum nn1 avarvthlnv In nlpft nrriPT and trOOu re- pair. Tne lot ruos irom rryon io unureu street, and on the back of the lot, on Church street, ( there is a nice tenement house, which rents readi ly. Also, for sale, a pair of fine horses and a nhaeftm. Terms accommodating. Apply early. FURNITURE, ML lanw, o. xxjodt. I 7 n -nS TTW
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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