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VOL. XXV.
CHARLOTTE, N. O., SATURDAY MAY 14, 1881.
NO. 3,798.
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MAY 8th, 1881.
In a few days we will have open for your inspec
tion a magnificent second stock of
Spring and Summer Goods
PUECHASED BY MAJ. HARRIS,
Who is now in New York. In addition to this, pur
. imi st dally orders to All for goods we consid
er a most flattering endorsement of our
efforts to please, and duly appreciating
this, we will use our best endeavors
to continue to merit the patron
age of our friends.
Call on us early and often, and be convinced that
IT 13 TO YOUR INTEREST
To do so whenever you want anything in the
Dry Goods Line.
Alexander (6 Harris.
The best Glove In Market. Every pair
Warranted.
(PATfirriD futm laxH, 1870.) '
may8 ALEXANDER & HARRIS.
lriniMl881
We are daily receiving our
SPRING STOCK
which will be more complete than ever before
and comprises the
LADIES', MISSES', CHILDRENS,'
GENTS', BOIS', AND YOUTHS'
FINE BOOTS 1 SHOES
A SPCECIALTY.
Lower grades all goods in our line in variety and
all prices.
FULL STOCK
STETSON HATS,
and a pretty line
Straw Hats, Trunks, Valises & Satehels,
ALL SIZES AND RRICES.
Call and see us.
PEGRAM & CO.
feb20 , - - -
JUST RECEIVED
-ANOTHER LOT OF
LACE BUNTING
At 15c Per Yard. - : ,
OItDS and CORDS and TASSELS
In all Colors.
RIBBONS, ALL' SHADES.
A FULL STOCK OF
Ladies1 and Gents' Gauze Underwear.
Dotted Swiss, Unon:ff .
And everything in the White floods Line. Come
- and see ua.
HARGHAVES 4 WILrlELH.
mays-'-- - " '
xl. published 'monthly at Oxford, N. C.at On,
Dollar a year la advance., .. w ;
, The Oxonian Btou at increasing the Interest for
LlteratuxB and Education, and giree original, ar
ticles on Sttbect9 ef Tltal importance as well as
vritldaiqa ef the newest and most raluable publica
tion. ,,v . ' . ,
. 08en dftaWed idyaiifagei to advertisers. High
'rage, octrculatlon. ' Advertlgements axe shown
pwminently, are free front' errors, and: are taste
lr displayed. Its edvertlsing rates are not In
, sei t it talue to. an advertiser.-1 Advertise
-Sl8 loinded for publicantion- In any -Issue,
npuld bg in the oGSce V '2h of te month,
atl6-tf J. KU,i,a Cord, N.C'
MUMS
Best Brands i Latest Styles
WE CALL
The attention of housekeepers to a superb as
sortment of
-PLAIN AND FANCY
CANE M ATTIN Gr
From 20c to 75c per yard.
Nottingham and Ecru Lace Curtains
LAMBREQUINS
Upholstery Goods & Trimmings.
SOME BEAUTIFUL
Nottingham Lace Bed and Pillow Shams.
A FEW ELEGANT
LUNCH CLOTHS
WITH NAPKINS TO MATCH.
We keep constantly in stock a full line of Misses
Corsets. A new lot of WARNER'S NURSING
CORSETS, just in.
T. L. SEIGLE & CO.
apr25
A DELICIOUS DRINK
For Use in Families, Hotels,
Clubs, Parties, Etc.
HUB
PUNCH.
Bottom
C. H. OBATEI 42 BOXS.
The "Hob Pnnch " has Utely boon introduced. m&
meets with marked popular favor.
It is Warranted to Cont&n only the
: r m t rr .'l T T
nesi oj Liquors, unuea wun
Choice Fruit Juices and
Granulated Sugar.
It is ready on opening, and will be found an agreaabl.
addition to the choice things which undeniably enlarn
the pleasures of life nod encourage good fellowship and
good nature if rightly enjoyed.
GOOD AT ALL TIMES
Just the Thing fa Keep in Wine Cellars.
Sideboards not Complete Without Hud Punch.
It can be used Clear or with Fresh
Milk, Ice, Soda, or Hot Water,
Lemonade, or with Fine Ice,
to Suit the Taste.
Sold by leading Wise Merchants, Grocer., Hotels aa4
Druggists every where.
Trade supplied at manufacturers prices by Wfl
son&Burwell, Wholesale ana Retail Druggists
Charlotte, N. C."
B Jan. 23-eod-6m.
indorsed v
PHYSICIANS, CUROYMEM, AND
THE AFFLICTED EVERYWHERE.
THE GREATEST F.1EDICAL
TRIUMPH OF THE AGE.
; 8YNIPTONISF A
TORPID LIVER.
jjpjgf of agpetitoftnaeBbowels costive.
- --Pain in theHead.with a dull sensation in,
the back part. Pain under the faoulder
' Made, fullness after eating with a disiy
olination to exertion of body or mind,
C Irritability of temper, Iiow jytrita, Iiosa
of memory, with a feeling of haying neg
lected soma duty, weariness, Uiwneaa,
fingering of the Heart, T3otbefore tho
-,rr iin . f mi n 'i. A-, n x 1
eyea. x. euow Biin, jaeaaacna, ,&cBLit)-
nesa at night, highly colored XTrine.
.IP TEES! WAEMTJIGS ARB tlTBEEDED,
SERIOUS DISEASES Will SOON BE DEVELOPED.
TU TT'8 FILLS especially adapted to
achcases,one dose effects ucbcfrang
of feeling as to astonish'ttie .offerer.
They Incnu the Appetite, dcause the
-body to Take on JFleibj-thm ,tb. system is
MourlaluMLend by thetrXoiUeAetlwiioo th
DlfnUreOrran Bfntlarteol Mepro
duced. Price ifl cento, S Hf array
TUTT'S HMrfeDYEl
Orat Hair or Whisk ebs changed to a Gixjsst
Black by . single application of this Dye. It
imparts a natural color, acta Instantaneously.
Sold by Druggist., or sent by express on receipt of fl.
Office, 35 Murray St., New York.
CD,. TCTF8 HAKCAL of Taluble InfamatloB ssd
Uwfal Imlptt will be sulbd FBEK am ppUcatien.
Feb 23 deodiwly.
HUGH SISS0N & SONS,
Importers, Dealers and' laiufacturers
or
MARBLE STATUARY,
MONUMENTS, FUBNITDBE BLABS, ! K.
Tile, Mantels," Alters, Tombs,
140 West Baltlmore.Street, -ANDCORNKBNOBTH
AND MONUMENT 8T3
Drawings fctLmates Furnised
1
iipsii
OBSERVATIONS.
They say a cat has nine Ures; so has abase ball
club.
Who is the only nobleman mentioned la the
Bible? Barren Fig Tree.
Might not the maxim, "a little learning Is a dan
gerous thing," be applicable to the tramp?
We could stand eren . warmer weather Boston
Psi. Dont be anxious, young man; you will get
all you want
It Is now belloTed that the' oleomargarine facto
ries put hair in their goods, thus rendering it more
dimoatt of detection than ever.
The Chicago Inter-Ocean, in a fit of generosity,
says Gaaleld is neither a pirate nor a horse-thief.
This is a sly way of reading hin out of the Repub
lican party.
An exchange publishes an article headed, "How
to Tell a Mad Dog." We have nothing to tell a
mad dog that we cannot communicate by tele
phone or postal tard. Boston Transcript.
"Inquirer" asks: "Is It wrong to flatter?" Maybe
It is, but the man who doesn't do it won't get a
partner at the ball when "ladles choice" Is the
dance. Virtne Is not always its own reward.
The New York Herald bewails the bad temner
of the President. "Mother, make Charles steo
erring. Every time I hit blut with the hatchet he
Just bellows.'
Millinery item: "Ma." exclaimed the dot. eazlns
down Into the back yard, where the young lady
next door was talking to his sister; "come and look
at tne oon-nre." bne came and looked and inert
exelalmed: "My son, that isn't a bon-fire; that's a
spring-bonnet" Brooklyn Eagle.
Art in Boston: Some men have hard luck. A
Boston artist painted a picture of a bullfrog hav
ing a spasm in a poi oi rea paint ana tne cnacs
pronounced it a fine copy of Turner's great paint
ing, "The Slave Ship." Boston Post
A medical sportsman: At dinner the host intro
duced to the favorable notice of the comoanv a
splendid truffled pheasant "Isn't It a beauty?"
he said; "Dr. So-and-so gave it to me killed it
himself." "Ah. wihat was he treating It lor?"
asked one of the guests.
The actor who. on the staee. gets off a loke on
the lost Charley Ross, should have a hole drilled
in bis head and about a Quart of oleomargarine
poured into the cavity. The vacuum should be
fill.d with something, and oleomargarine Is
cheap. Norristown Herald. This will also apply
to the paragraphers who apparently find pleasure
In making fun of the few lines poetry or other
wise wnicn many persons in tneir griei tmnK
proper to append to the funeral notices ol their
dead.
JUST FOR FUI.
Genevieve Ward is shocked beyond all
expression because men and women
are compelled to sleep in the same
sleeping car. It is dreadful. We have
often worried over the same thing, and
been afraid to go to sleep lest some
woman should chloroform us and kiss
us in our dreams. No man is safe in a
mixed car. Burlington Hawkeye.
During the Mardi Gras celebration,
Mose Schomburg, upon returning to
his store om Galveston avenue from
dinner, round his clerk very mucn ex
cited. The clerk said that a stranger
came in, and, after asking and paying
the price of a cravat, which was 81,
picked up the entire box, containing a
dozen, and went orr with tnem.
"Did he pay you de dollar?" asked
Mose.
"Yes," responded the clerk.
"Vel, den, we makes anyhow 50 per
cent, prohts on de investment.
Father: "Here you have only been
married four weeks, and almost every
day you come to me with complaints
about your husfland. You ought to be
ashamed of yourself ." Daughter: "But
he fights me all the time." Father
"Foolish child ! Haven't your mother
and I been fighting every day for thir
ty years, and don't we get along peace
ably and quietly with each other r
Judge Thatcher who succeeded Mr,
Quincy on the municipal bench of Bos
ton, was a man of stern and unbending
temper. One or nis prisoners, in ad
dressing the court previous to sentence,
used the words "also"' and "likewise" in
a way which implied a difference of
meaning. "Do you know any differ
ence between the words 'also and 'like
wise ?' " asked the Judge. "Yes, your
Honor," replied the prisoner, "Judge
Uuincy was patient, kind, courteous
and gentlemanly. You are a Judge,
also, but not likewise.
AFRAID OF NEW ORLEANS.
The First Alarm from the New York
SEonopolietfl.
New York, May 11. The taoard of
trade and transportation to-day adopt
ed the report submitted by the commit
tee on legislation snowing tne rapid in
crease of exports from New Orleans
and the corresponding decline of the
same articles from New York. ;The
report says that our port is to-day full
of shipping, the greater part or which
are grain vessels at present unable to
obtain cargoes : while at New Orleans
there are more loadinsr for Eurorjean
ports than are loading here, and that
steamships and sailing vessels are now
almost daily leaving this port in ballast
for New Orleans to obtain cargoes
there. The cause of this, the report
declares, is to be found in high railroad
rates kept up by the pooling system.
The committee say that the present
railroad policy, if persisted in, will re
suit in the permanent decline of the
commercial supremacy xf this port, and
the charging of a greater rate for
short hall than for a long haul. To
that "end the committee says ttjat an
organized movement should be Institu
ted among the business men of the
State, without distinction of party, to
secure the nomination for the next
legislature of representatives of the
people both in the assembly and the
senate, and thwart the nominations of
those Senators who at present repre
sent only monopolizing interests of
railroad corporations. Copies of this
report were ordered to be sent to the
members of the Legislature, and the
chairman was authorized to appoint
committee to take into consideration
the suggestion contained in the last
clause of the report and draft a plan of
action in accordance witn it.
In a Nuteliell.'
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The true inwardness f the Garfield-
Conkling situation -is simply this
jjiaine is a positive iorce. ie came
within a hairs breadth of receiving the
presidential nomination in 1876. He
came pretty near it again in 1880. Both
times Conkling was the man who de
feated him. $ut lor conkling, .Blaine
would be president to-day. COfikling
declines to have any personal relations
with Blaine. Their; feud is one of those
that are irreconciliable and last for life.
Conkling never makes up. Garfield
wants to be nominated again. He needs
juiame s following. $iame nas proba
bly concluded that he cannot be presi
dent himself and that the next best
thing is to be the power behind Gar
field. Men are human. Politicians with
disappointed ambition are human. "To
Set even" is as natural a desire with a
im Blaine as with a Jim Smith. This
is alt, Blaine, thinking of. T6 .and '80,
is simply en joying the- rare" itixury s of
getting even with Conkling
Much valuable time Is wasted ta experinaenlimg
witn uncertain remedlesi ' whereas,1 a bottle of Dr.
Bull's Baby Syrup would at once cure the trpubie
aomeaoilcor diarrhoea affllcttDg tha baby. t ,
! ' ' U..-H. :4'. j " iOt" U,- -.,f f m ;
": Malt Bitters" are tv- brain, -narve and v&lood
food, peculiarly, adapted to, and warmly recom
mended by, our druggists and physicians for gen
.Mi lAKfifw fi.nl.nivHlAn.t AvhtMiaHnn. rm
teria, nerrousnessi sleeplessness, emaciation and
dropsy, - . -
BUYING "STRADDLES."
A Decision of Importance to ETery-
body Who Specalatee in Stock.
Cer. Philadelphia Times.
New York, jMay Uo-Several State
courts are seen following the lead of
Pennsylvania in decisions lately ren
dered on a question of considerable in
terest to mercnants and speculators.
When an "outsider . orders a purchase
of stocks or merchandise through a
broker belonging ta a local exchange,
is the customer bound to abide by all
the unknown - usages of the exchange
and to submit to whatever variations
in his intended speculation they may
authorize? The Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania, in 1872, said that he is
not. In England the course of decis
ion has been strongly in favor of the
brokers. , The courts there have said
quite distinctly that an outsider who
employs a member of the stock ex
change to buy or sell for him impliedly
authorizes the transaction to be made
according to the rules and customs of
the exchange, and that he is bound by
these, where he is shown to have been
acquainted with them or not. In
America the rule is becoming estab
lished that the customer is not requir
ed to inform himself m or brokers
usages in detail ; he may' stand upon
the correspodence or - other contract
between him and the broker. Decisions
during the half vear cast in Massachu
setts, New York and Kentucky strong
ly support this view.
The .New ifork case, which was in
the Court of Appeals, is the more en
tertaining on account of its Deanng en
the notorious course of dealing of a
class of Wall street brokers who have
widely advertised to make fortunes
with certainty and dispatch for any
persons employing them. The story of
the case was that during 1877 a Miss
Harris, living remote from New York
city, received one of the printed circu
lars of the hrm ot Tumoridge k co ,
which described various methods of
speculating in stocks andeproffered the
services of the firm as brokers. It re
commended purchasing "straddle con
tracts as being the safest form ot
speculating in Wall street, and it con
tained a guaranty, in so many words,
"that in a stock we select the fluctua
tions will aggregate at eight per cent,
on a sixty-day contract costing $400,
and in case this does not occur we will
guarantee no loss except commission.'"
Miss Harris wrote in answer, inclosing
$425 for the purchase of a straddle
such as the firm might select, and say
ing, in effect, that she relied on the
guaranty. Tumbridge & Co. replied,
informing her that they had bought
for her account a straddle in Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern shares.
A straddle, as every one knows, is an
operator's engagement that he will
either bnv or sell, as a customer may
choose, the stock named at present
prices a month or so hence ; thus the
customer makes profit if there is either
a fall or a rise. This stock rose some
what more than ten per cent, but Miss
Haeris received, instead of a check for
a profit, a letter, saying that just after
buving the straddle. Tumbridge & Co.
had sold one hundred shares short
against it, and that on account of this,
tne soecuiauon naa resuiteu iu net
owing them $9. She, however, brought
suit. The claim of Tumbridge & Co,
was that thev had acted under a cus
tom among brokers to use a straddle
in this way; they did not, however, as
sert that Miss Harris Knew tne custom
On her part it was not disputed that
such custom existed: her counsel rest
ed case upon the single ground that
the brokers could not, by favor of a
usage of the street unknown to her,
deDart from the contract indicated in
the letters by which they were em
cloved.
The Brooklyn Citv Court, in which
the cause was first tried, and the Court
of Anneals both sustained the suit
The law is said to be that Tumbridge
& Co. could not under any usage or
custom not known tq Miss Harris, or
with respect to which she had not con
tracted, make the short sale on ner ac
count. They could not depart from
the written engagement; nor had they
any right to involve her in a new spec
ulation distinct from the one which
she had authorized. Their simple duty
was to have closed the . straddle con
tract bv exercising their client's option
at the most favorable time for her;
and for their failure to do so she re
covered judgment for the profit which,
under a DroDer performance of their
duty, would have been realized for her,
No Chance for Him.
Detroit Free Press.
He was coming down John R. street
with a "cncic" in nis uacK, a wouuie in
his lt-nans anrt ft t.hnmh tied UD in a rag
Perspiration had wilted his collar and
made nis nanneis crawl up. ana eacn
knee carried the marks of dust. At
Miami avenue he halted a pedestrian,
nnst and asked :
"Sir, do you suppose tnac ueorge
Washington ever fell down stairs with
a bureau after him and on top of him ?"
"1 don't think so"
"Did Daniel Webster ever turn an old
ingrain carpet t'other side up, and haul
it around, and pull his blamed arms off,
and pound his thumbs to a mash in
taking it down?"
"I never heard that he did."
"And, sir, do you believe that Henry
Clay ever lugged a durned old bedstead
all over the house, papered bedrooms,
daubed around with paint, and lifted
stoves until his eyes stuck out like
lemons on a Greeley hat.
"I never heard that Henry was any
sach man."
"No, of course you didn't, and yet you
and the rest of the world wonder why
I don't get up and perorate and philo
sophize and theorize and thunder
around like an ' earthquake. Look at
me! Feel of me ! Go ache as I ache,
wilt as I wilt, and then tell me what
earthly chance a man of moderate
means has in this world for securing
the laurels of fame. Yes, sir, and be
hanged to you, sir, and even now I'm"
on my way down town to buy a white
wash brush, two pounds of putty, a
peck of lime four more papers of tacks."
Oar merchant Blarine
Of the total merchant marine of the
United States, amounting to 4,068,035
tons, but 1,314,402 tons are employed in
the foreign tradOi In 1861 we owned
an aggregate of 5,539,813 tons, of which
there were . engaged in foreign trade
2,496,894 tons. While our carrying trade
has thus largely diminished in the last
twenty years, our commerce has great
ly increased. Our imports, excluding
coin and bullion, for last year were
$667,954,746, as : against, $28910j542 in
1861, and oar exports of domestic mer
chandise, etc., were $8339446 in 1880,
against $229,698,486 in 1861. There is
food for .reflection inthese figures.
Iltl j"HowAIOB,Hj014Frten4t"
tr- Z. .. .
"Oh, I feel mlsera-
, ana my oacK is so
the world don't you
take Kidney Wort? That's what I take when I'm
out of sorts, and It always keeps me in perfect
tune. ; My doctor recommends It for all such trou
bles.' Kidney Wort is the sure : cure for btUious
ness and constipation; Don't fall to try it? Long
Branch News. .---:' '.... ' -v
fmYfiiirTi
etg-pTJ L
For the discovery of the Manufacturer, Dealer, Agent or Piano Pirate. North or South, in
A - . Ti t -n T. 1 rs. m. . :
America or jiiurope, wno sens renauie jrianos ana Urgans cneaper
than they can be bought from us.
NEVER CLOSE
A Piano or Organ trade
Until you have heard from the
NO MAN LIVING
can buy lower than we, and in selling
a fair chance Is all we ask. Every
piano & organ guaranteed for 0 jears.
McSmithMusicHonse
Only the Best Makers Represented.
New schedule, new prices, new instruments Send for catalogues and price lists and
note our variety of styles.
3HT. 3SiIcgs EE H
may8
LEADING CLOTHIERS 11
Are the best in .the State .for
Ve have the largest Stock of
8 T H W H A. T S
At the lowest prices. A good Stock of Manilla and Mackinaw Hats at reduced prices.
The Best Shirt in the Market for $1.00.
Call and see us early and convince yeurself that the above facts are true.
Very Respectfully,
L. BERW ANGER & BRO.,
may8 CLOTHIERS AND TAILORS
8
Our Trade this season having been beyond our expectations, we
find it necessary to buy a second stock. Our Mr. Baruch is now
in the Northern market buying the
The new stock is beginning to arri and will be complete in the course of the week.
Silks and
may8
SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS.
Ladies' Dress Goods and Trimmings, Lawns, Silk Handkerchiefs, Embroideries, Corsets
and Hosiery, all the latest Styles and very Cheap.
Ready-IYIade Clothing and Gents'
Give us a call before buying.
mar2T
BECKETT & MeDOWELl4
ENGINEERS, IRON FOUNDERS & MACHINISTS,
Steam Engines and
CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION AND ERECTION OF MINING MACHINERY 01 EVERY
Also, Slanafaeiare and Sell Agricultural and fyrtjiMe.
COLLEGE
:0:
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OUR $12.50 AND $15.00 BUSINESS SUITS
the money. We defy competition. Come and see for yourself.
ECOND STOCK,
Just Received, a Lot
Eiiriroiis, Mewest $hak
JUST RECEIVED A LABGZ VAEIETY OF
ALSO, A HANDSOME 8TOCK OF
MAlTOFACTtJKEES OF-
DESCRIPTION AND LATEST DESIGNS.
STREET, BETWEEN TRADE AND FIFTH.
Baying from tie North
must be stopped. Why do you . send
North? Can you buy cheaper? ' How
do you know? Have you tried as?
There's the rub! We compete with the
world, and NeW Jersey in particular.
The man does not lire who can un
dersell us. We- keep the best Instru
ments. We give Stools, Covers and
Books. We warrant them for A years.
We seU them on easy terms. We send
.them on 15 days' -trial. tay-vWe do
everything that a reasonable Man can '
ask.- - ' ; s,. i :u -yyiMVy.
"IT1 IHI9
CHARLOTTE, N. O.
I I
of
IIJULIJUJLIjKJ
WITTKOWSKY & BARUCH.
Furnishing Goods.
ELI AS & COHEN;
Mi;:.- lillH
1 ; :.ttiv
Mining M acuineff.y.