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CHARLOTTE, N. C, SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1880.
NO. 3,M4.
WV III III III III 111 III III III III
MARCH HTH, 1880.
WE ABE NOW KECimkQ ' BIlnHlL
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STOCK 0?
SPRING GOODS.
AVe Have Just Opened a Full Line
of
WOOL BUNTINGS,
BLACK AND ALL SHADEd,
Fichustor the Neck,
LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS,
TABLE LINENS and OIL CLOTliS,
TABLE NAPKIN J, PRINTS,
PIQUES, Etc., Etc., Etc.
Call and see us, and we wCl show you some
pretty goods.
ALEXANDER & HARRIS.
mar. 11.
Hoots and ftojes.
SPRING STOCK 1830.
DIPLETED !
OUR SPRING STOCK OP
boots, mm, HATS
AND
rr m r at i s" oa
Is now Complete. We arejdetermlned to sustain
our fonuer reputation for selling
THE BEST BRANDS
Of goods, which everyj sensible person' knows Is
the cheapest In the end. Please call and see as
before buying. VS We will deal fairly and hon
estly with you.
PEG RAM & CO.
March 11. 1880.
Democrat and Home copy.
L. ASIEIS
Boot Shoe.
HAT AND TRUNK
ESTABLISHMENT,
TttYON STB SET,
Next Door to Dr. J. II. McAden's.
::o::
If shoes you wish to buy,
Call at Aslel's store and try
His bcots and shoes how well they fit;
Also, hats and trunks, so cheap for cash
HU prices are exceedingly lowj
Cash sales, small profits his motto; . .
member, when you wlafe-to-trade,- : -
That money saved Is money made.
By purchasing at A: lei's storje -
Yuu nave full ten per cent, or more.
Prove the fact; .you'll fine kttine
More truth than poetry In my rb.) me ;
So go and try him without fall.
Iioh'w 7Hilvlne connected myself tta the above
2r Tn ?mi8ure that my oki friends-and motor-)
VS cJ&h 9d T lew money tfcajft
.llr g' & ITtANKENTHAL.
: ' : .1 '.IL j x. iJ Jrfi
DR. GEO. W. GRAHAM,
practice wiqTKDj TO
eye, j&mvm&M
rhICHE, WTH ONES GRAHAM. -
INtinn0Sta and Unlte States Courts. Collee
CfiarinS N1L Comej Trade A Try on Btreeti,
.S .1
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1 I. a '
rEN surqeoitSentis'IV -
A MnffiJWtoMll aemces to th crtl-
ITT
Dnj oods, tcrtTxiug, 'Sec
4'.
JUST BECETVED,
A COMPLETE LINE OF
WOOL BUNTING,
In all Desirable Shades.
FRENCH BUNTING,
In Black, the Handsomest ever Brought to
this Market
A BEAUTIFUL LINE OK
Hamburgh Edgings
In Entirely New Designs with Inserting
to Match.
A L.ARGE LOT OF -
SPRING PRINTS,
In New and Desirable Effects, Just Opened
and Reedy for Inspection.
. . - - - Respectfully,
h6 2T. L. SEIGLE & CO.
2JXisccllittie0tts.
IRON BITTERS,
A Great Tonic.
ironbWers,
A Sure Appetizer.
IRON BITTERS,
A Couplet Strengthener.
Highly recommended
to the public for all dis
eases requiring a certai n
and efficient TOXIC;
especially In infiiff ra
tion, Dymptpaia,
Intermittent -vera,
Want iff Ap
petite , I.O8S of
Strength, ImcJc of
Energy, etc. It en
riches the blood,
strengthens the mus
cles, and gives new life
to the nerves. To tbe
aged, ladies, and chil
dren requiring recuper
ntion, this valuable
remedy can not be too
highly recommended.
It nets I Use a ciiarm
on the digestive organs.
A teaspoonful before
meals will remove all
dyspeptic symptoms.
TRY IT.
Sold by all Druggists,
THE BROWS CHHOCAL CI
BALTIMORE, Md.
IRON BITTERS,
A Valuable Medicine.
IRON BITTERS,
Not Sold as a Beverage.
IRON BITTERS,
For Delicate Female.
Nov. 15 d-w
S3 M
Pkbkt, Houston County, Ga.
We hve known "Swift's Syphilitic Specific"
tested in hundreds of obstinate cases of Syphilis,
Mercurial Rheumatism, Scrofula, etc , and testi
fy that It made the most perfect and permanent
cures In every case.
Hugh L. Dknnard,
Gen. Eli Warkkn,
J. W. WlMBKRLT,
Dr. J.C. Gilbert, Drug't.
J. W. MAlfN,
County Treasurer,
Wm. D. PlKRCK, Sheriff,
c. c. duncan,
Dat & Gordon,
Sam. D. Killsn,
Judge Co. Court
J.L. Warrkn, of firm of
J. W. Lathrop 4 Co.,
Savannah, Ga.,
Ed. Jackson,
Dep'tCl'k. Sup'rCt
Wm. brunsok.
We are pewonally acquainted with the gentle
men whose signatures appear to the above certifi
cates. They are citizens of said county, of the
highest respectability and character.
A. 8, GILES,
Ordinary, Houston Co., Ga.
D. H. CULLER,
Clerk Superior Court, Houston County, Ga.
I am personally acquainted with the proprietor,
and also with many of the gentlemen whose slg
natures appear to the foregoing certificates. They
are men of high character and standing.
A. H. COLQUITT,
Governor of Georgia.
Prepared only by the SWIFT SPECIFIC COM
PANY, Atlanta, Ga.
Sold by T. C. SMITH and L. R. WRISTOK CO.
feb. 26-dAw.lm.
The Bitters Invariably remedy yeHqwneraof the
complexion and whites Of the eyes, patns In the
right side and under the right shoulder-blade, fur
red tongue, high colored: -arise, nausea, vertigo,
dyspepsia, constipation, heaviness of the head,
meiuUdespondew apd averm4naes
t ion -or aoeomparflment of a dlstfrdeTea ctfnaTtlon
ot tbe liver. The stomach, bowels and kidneys
1 experience their jegulatlof And tQDteUg'
sale- toy all Bjrngglais aiid lealers geneTally.
HB WASHINGTON GAZETTE,
Published at the National Capital every Sunday
Giving a full resume of the preceding week, news
of all national topics and general; Intelligence, be
sides being the only
REPHEATrSOUTRPAPER,..
There buppo.tlug the Natlqnal Democratic Party.
Edited by GEORGE CJWEDDEREtJttN) of tlrrti
. la, formerly pifblMer of the Richmond (VaT)
Pt, 1 . , jWf!r-.') 1;-, iiM
",ni, 'TERMS gir gvaauBlf iu 1
BfnVle oopiesfcone yoMrpartwpfUL ,l9.
iy copies, TO one aaaress, posiuge paia.
iron AnniAs. tn one address, nostaae paid.
Twenty copies, to one address, -postage pd.i 2(M)0
(Wltoa eeey4tt4r Mm penceoarlnglie clubs.)
tllVfaox 32acWahin8tolfe.AX C, or the Editor
MM
! Fallei Flowers.
Arthur O'SaaughneiSy, in the Athenoeum.
One of the workers of the world
Living toiled and toiling died;
But others worked and the world went on
And was not changed when he was gone;
A strong arm stricken, a wide sail furled;
And only a few men sighed.
One of 'the heroes of the world
Fought to conquer, tben fought to fall,
And fell down slain in his blood-stained mall,
And over his form they stept;
His cause was lost and his banner furled;
And only a woman wept.
One of the singers among mankind
Sang healing songs from an o'erwrought heart;
But ere men listened the grass and wind
Were wasting the rest unsung like a wave;
And now of his fame that will ne'er depart
He has never heard in his grave.
One of the women who trty- love
Loved and grieved and faded away
Ah me! are these gone to the God above?
What more of each can I say?
They are human flowers that flower and fall
This Is the song and the end of them alL
TECHNICAL IPTSXITXTXE
For liiduktrial duca,tion, at Lime
tone Springrs Spartauburg County,
So 11 tli Carolina.
To Southern Friends of Technical Ed
ucation ;
The necessity, as well as utility, of
mechanical and agricultural instruction
for white youths, in consequence of the
organic changes in the social fabric, is
evident in all directions. In 1876, hav
ing visited the beautiful site, at Lime
stone Springs, where the Rev. Drs. Cur
tis formerly maintained their renowned
institution for young ladies, the writer
sketched a plan to bring it into good
use again, for the purpose of industrial
education, now so much needed. Hav
ing called the attention of the venera
ble Peter Cooper, of New York, to the
subject, he finally consented to start the
enterprise. After some delay, I have
now the pleasure of announcing that
he has donated the property necessary
for the foundation of a flourishing in
stitution, "where science and arts shall
be taught as applied to the useful and
necessary purposes of life." This prop
erty consists of the immense seminary
building (254 feet long, 40 feet wide) the
campus and buildings, church, grove,
orchard, etc., and nearly 300 acres of
land.
Tire trust is placed in charge of the
Spartanburg Baptist Association, to es
tabEslran institution on the most liber
al fcefms'possible, for instruction In the
ordinary branches, and for . technical
education. ' The board of trustees is
composed of the following named gen
tlejntsn: J?ev. J. G.Landrum, Land rum,
S.3 . president; Hon. E. S. Allen, Spar
tanburg, S. C; Major J. J. Brown, (iaff
ney, S.C; Hon. A. B. Woodruff, Spar
tanburg, S. C; Hon. John Earle Borrrar,
Spartanburg, 8. C; Rev. J. Ii. Vass,
Spartanburg, S. C. liev.Wm. L. Brown,
Gaffney, S. C, secretary.
The board of trustees are anxious to
obtain funds to fit up the place, at once,
for a school, furnished with all the ap
pliances necessary to accomplish the
purposes designed and supply the press
ing need Tor Instruction in the ordinary
branches, as well as for industrial edu
cation, for both sexes. They will be
separate; troweveryand under appropri
ate instructors, in separate buildings.
It is earnestly desired that this gen
erous donation of Peter Cooper should
meet with liberal responses, speedily,
from all parts of the South. With an
endowment of $100,000, an inestimable
benefit can be conferred upon the pres
ent and coming generations. If $10,000
of this amount can be obtained now,
the board can provide competent in
structors, and put the place in complete
order for the reception of applicants by
or before June 1st. Contributions of
books, furniture, implements, etc., will
also be of much service to enable the
board to put the rates at the lowest
points possible. Donations providing
full or partial scholarships for youths
unable to pay for board, but whose pa
rents will defray their other expenses,
will be of great service to many wor
th v applicants.
Parents -desiring to send their chil
dren to one of the healthiest and most
beautiful loealities in the Piedmont re
gion, should address Iter. Wm. L.
Brown,, secretary, Gaffney, S. C, who
will furnish, them with full informal
tion, anrjalsd concerning board for pa
rents, and families, which can be pro
vided at reasonable rates in the vicinity
whenever desired. Letters concerning
subscriptions and contributions can be
addressed to the secretary, or to the un
dersigned. Parties who desire to erect villas or
cottages at this charming upland re
treat, can purchase villa lots at a rea-
sonable price ; each lot conveys with it
the right to ordinary tuition for one
child without further charge, and every
lot purchased will add to the resources
of the institute at once.
For further details address,
T. Bourne,
General Agent.
Ashley Cooper,
Gaffney, Spartanburg county, S. C.
Note. Editors of newspapers will
confer a favor upon the youths of the
South by inserting the above. Please"
notice the objects editorially, and send
copy of paper for reference,
All About ITJotUer Shipton.
We recently had something to say on
the subject , of the. prophecies so often
credited to 'Mother' Shipton' which" she
did not write, but which were written
after the events "predicted" had occur
red. The New York Journal of Com
merce of Wednesday last tells us all
f-about her and them, as follows:
Mother bhipton was a veritable char
acter who lived more than three hun
dred years ago, and uttered a number
of so-called prophecies. They were,
for the most part, a vague, unmeaning
jumble of seeming predictions, applica
ble to no special event, and without
point or general interest. In 1641 a
Danphlet containing a rnedley of this
port chiefly in haJtiuff verse,, was print
ed in London, and her "Life and Curi
ous Prophecies" were given to the pub
lic in J677.
In 1862 Mr. Charles Hindley, of Brigh
ton, England, issued what purported to
be an exact reprint of "A Chap-book
version" of Mother Shipton's prophe
cies, from "edition of 1848" In this,
for thte first tifne there were point and
liJ$th and special application. AH mod
em aiscovertes-were mraiy;uesvucuj
an$ one prtiphe:y which began
'Carriages without horses shall go,"
and set forth the railroads, telegraphs.
steamers, and other modern inventions,
wound up with , .
"The world to an end shall come '
In eighteen hundred and eighty-one,"
p, 11 ai ojner impprainii, P,veiu 01
fie nineteenth ffceHtUrV haaefcH so
abtlv deacribedr why should not the last
prediction he WlilWdf 'lvcop(ejhe
prophecy, and witjibor fcnowirig any
i.hirjcr of iU 8otrree1souneetL'it;s a
f orgerycEngJlsh TJ3i)errephedm-f
ft was aiexacjriTprtatT
tion for neariy5ryears on Me-in me
British MYmnffl flnrl ppmeAJ.ttlz
wa a ckaphAofeiatuilialitjbs btanagLit
containing?
J. . .
aate 1041 ; a
what rmrwH
her Shipton'
noiner qiioz;
A V e AC.
portrait rotti
Br curious pro
puecies uab-
61 1648, 1662, 16G5; and "Mother Ship
ton's Life and Curious Prophecies" con
plete in an octavo edition of 1797. W7e
then purchased the reprint and sent to
have them compared. This proved that
a fraud had been committed. The old
prophecies were a vague jumble of local
predictions that might have been ful
filled at any and every decade since
their date. All the pointed and inter
esting predictions in the new issue were
not in the old book, and were either in
terlineations, interpolations, or entirely
new fragments, evidently written after
the events they were supposed to pre
dict. We pressed the point, and the
secret then came out. : In the spring of
1873 Mr. Hindley wrote a letter confess
ing that he had fabricated the prophecy
above quoted and ten others in order to
render his little book salable. He had
started in good faith to reprint the old
chap-book, but finding nothing in it ap
plicable to modern times, he had set his
own wits at work to supply the omis
sion. We have given this at some
length, as portions of these literary for
geries are still going the rounds of the
press as veritable antiques.
Xbe Surrey for the Vlrglula Midland.
StatesvUle Landmark.
In the experimental survey which
was begun last week at Statesville,
Maj. Yates and his corps of assistants
have gotten four miles from Statesville,
having crossed Fourth Creek. By Mon
day's mail Maj. Tates received instruc
tions from his superior officers to change
his course and to run the survey by
Turnersburg, Eagle Mills, Yadkin
ville, &c, to Germantown and Madison,
instead of by Cool Springs, &c, to Mad
ison. This does not necessitate a re-survey
of the fonr Tniles over .which the
engineers have already gone, as the
route which they have followed thus
far is the natural route, up to the point
which they have reached, for a road
from Statesville to Turnersburg, &c.
As all the work being now done is pure
ly experimental, it is supposed that af
ter the survey is completed over the
line which Maj. Yates has just been di
rected to follow, he will be instructed
to resume at the point where be now
leaves off and survey via Cool Springs
upon the line which he originally
adopted tor nimselt. As to the Virgin
1a .aiiaiana project: Maj. lates six
month ago canvassed this whole coun
try north of here and received assur
ances from the people that they would
extend the enterprise material aid. We
now have the very best of reasons for
saying tnat the roaa is to be built pro
vided that the people will abide bv
their promises and help to build it. Re
garding the route to be selected : all talk
on this subject at present is the merest
conjecture.
Tbe Nicaraguan Canal Scheme.
The arrival in Nicaragua is announc
ed of Don J. Tomarde Franco, who was
proclaimed as the bearer of important
propositions from Gen. Grant and Ad
miral Ammen looking to the obtaining
01 a concession from the government 01
Nicaragua. The Gacita Oficial states
that Mr. A. G. Menocal is expected at
an early date, "to treat on eanal mat
ters," and says : "We know now that it
is a fact that a respectable company of
American capitalists and French bank
ers, among which figures the name of
Rothschild, and which will be presided
over by Gen. Grant and Admiral Am
men, will be organized as soon as the
concession which will be asked from
this government is obtained, with
which object and with proper power
the civil engineer of the United States,
Mr. A. G. Menocal, will arrive by the
first steamer. Nicaragua papers gener
ally denounced M. de Lesseps's visit to
the isthmus as part of a scheme of
humbug in the interest of a French
company, and await with anxiety the
arriyal of Mr. Menocal.
Grant Appealing to the Negroes.
New York Sun.
Gen. Grant is coming home by the
way of New Orleans, where it is believ
ed his reception by the negroes will
help him on in his march toward the
White House towards the third term
and an empire.
Rich men in New York, it is said,
have promised to echo the voice of the
negroes. They promise that if Gen.
Grant will come to New York they
will give him such a reception as .no
man ever had before.
Well, there never before was such a
man as Grant that is, in this country.
He is the only President we ever had
willing to overthrow a usage and tra
dition dating from Washington. He is
the only President we have ever had
willing to convert our republic into an
empire.
"Let Gen. Grant have his negro recep
tion at New Orleans repeated and ex
aggerated by the monarchists of this
city.
Texas Humor. .
The Hour.
An eminent divine from New Eng
land, traveling in Texas for his health,
impaired by arduous clerical duties, up
on arriving at one of the towns, went
in search of the barber's shop for re
pairs and improvements. On entering
an establishment of this kind, he ob
served a big double-barrelled gun lean
ing against the wall. Having a consti
tutional awe 0 ffire-arms, he hastily ask
edjthe barber if the gun were loaded. A
half-shaved native, who occupied the
chair, turned round his lather-beaten
face and exclained : "Stranger I ef you're
in an all-fired hurry, you'll find a six
shooter what is loaded in my coat-tial
pocket!" This recalls another story of
aq, English tourist who proposed to vis
it Arkansas, and asked a citizen if he
ought to provide himself with a revol
ver. "Wall," replied the citizen, "ye
mout not want one for a month, and ye
rodut not want one for three months,
but ef ever ye did want one, you kin
bet you'd want it almighty sudden!"
Wants the Government to Settle with
the North Carolina Railroad.
Wash. Cor. Richmond Dispatch.
Senator Ransom to-day introduced a
bill directing the secretary of war and
attorney-general of the United States to
re-pen, adjust, and settle the account
between the United States government
and the North, Carolina railroad forth
tt&fo&portation of troops, freedmen,
military supplies, &C, from 1865 to 1871,
inclusive. They are to follow in said
settlement the rules adopted in the case
.between the Western Atlantic road, of
Georgia, and the government, where
similar services were performed and
paid for. Thj bill w'ent to the railroad
committee, of which Senator Ransom
is chairman. . ' 7
. i Bright Disease
and other" aJfecfloneif ' ihe Kidneys and Bladder
are sometimes hrorjght on and often aggravated by
tbe neglect o the symptOBS, which If taken In
time, would 116 doubt in a majority, of oasea yield
to treatment No medicine 1 so well .suited for
jx
this as Rankin's Compound Xxtract Buchn and
Jnaiper. It Is a reliable healing tonic to the parts,
:mys irritation, ana restores ueauny ucuon.
Prepared only by Bunt, fiankln ft Lamar, Drng-
tgists, Atlanta, Ga., and for sale by T. C. Smith and
fl. R. WrtBtonA-Co. ra
it a ' FoKHrra, ga., Dec 1, 1877.
Jueifcave sold Rankin's Buchu and Juniper for 10
TniH ana.it hA alwava efeen -satisfaction, nrev-
ttfg tmfmost valuable preparation of the kind on
the market 7. 0. MATS, Druggist
GREAT CLOSING SALE OF
WINTER CLOTHING,
TO MAKE ROOM FOR SPRING STOCK.
400 Fine all Wool Cass. Pants Reduced from $7.50, 5, 6 & 7
TO ONE UNIFORM PRICE, $3.50.
Other lines in heavy fabrics, also,
February 28.
CLOSING
DDDltBnflnD
GREAT ATTRACTIONS IN FINE SUITS.
WE WILL SELL TO-DAY A SUIT WORTH : .....$25.00 roll $20.00
, 2000 FOR; .A0J5Q
" " 15.00 FOR 12.50
As our Stock consists mostly of fine Goods, and principally of our own manufacture, it is to the adyantage of every
purchaser, and a satisfaction to know, that if he buys a suit now that it will look as well the next season as this. We
don't throw out any baits to the public with a mere small article, but fair treatment to all, and polite attention shown to
every customer.
WE SELL ONLY FIRST-CLASS GOODS,
Notwithstanding the great advance of all Goods we will sell now at REDUCED PRICES, as we don't intend to carry
our Stock over to the next season, but will keep fresh and new styles at all times and each season.
IW We solicit a call from everybody, and everybody is invited.
Respectfully,
Fine Clothiers and Tailors. r
N. B. We are in receipt of Spring Samples for Spring and Summer Clothing to be made to order.
JUST RECEIVED A BEAUTIFUL LINE OF
ORIENTAL DRESS GOODS,
Lace Striped Buntings, Ruchings, Jet Fringes,
AJSTID AITCTHBB LIRO-IE ASSORTMENT OF
Ladies9 and Children's Straw lals, Bonnets,
FEATHERS, TIPS IN ALL THE SPRING AND SUMMER SHADES.
March 1.
1851.
THIS SPRING THE LARGEST AND MOST
Dry Groods, Notions, fec,
Ever offered to their customers. Nearly all bought before the recent advance in prices. Don't buy until see and
learn our prices.
mar.a.
Clothing and
And to make room for them, we will sell our present
DON'T BUY UNTIL YOU SEE
mart.
8CHIFE &
ONE OF
STAPLE AND
Close and
AGENTS 181 IU PL ANTE R'S FAVO Rl TJS InS LONG S' iH?"
Chemical Fertilisers, ; ,.::,:;;:;
loo trail known to need farther comment. Call for Ike boo with tesumoiiiils fwa all section. Aaantr JTaLIMO B VKIX POWDJEB. ttul
the purest and best Chemists e national reputation recommend 1 s Prof Djrojeas, of Ke Ya fc,a4 otasrs. SAMPLE PAC&A9S FBBS. JVar "
Attention Of physicians called to Tt Thx sale bj all leading grocers.. rL- (&
will be sold at a SACRIFICE.
invite prompt attention.
Very respectfully,
SALE OF FALL AND
o o
LACE TIES, FICHUS,
at WITTKOWSKY & BARUCH'S.
TO THE TR AD E.
Twenty-Nine Years Experience has Enabled the Old House of
iSr, CS O 3HT IES
TO PURCHASE
Respectfully,
, , .
WE IK TEND TO LAY IN A SPLENDID STOCK OF
ari' ! X'
Qentlenien's
THE REAL BARGAINS THAT WE
W.
THE LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTED
FANCY GROCERIES
GhRIER
Prompt Trade Specially Invited.
The opportunity is rare, and we
E. D. LATTA & BRO.
WINTER
(DlflDttDnfiriD
S o
I88O.
COMPLETE STOCK OF
JiL.iAo tii tuJS.
IFurnisbipg &ods
3 TRilDK.
stock without regard to costs
ARE OFFERING OUR CUSTOMERS.
KAUFMAN & Cp:
STOCKS OF
IN THE STATE.
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