LOCAL INTtiLMtiEiM'tt.
SATURDAY, JULY lti, 1881.
SOCIETY DIRECTORY.
Phalanx Loim3k No. 31, A. K. & A. SL -Regular
meeting every second and fourth Monday nights.
Kxcklsiob Lodgk No. 201, A. K. & A. M. Reg
ular meeting every first and third Tuesday nights.
Charlotte Chaftkb W. 8, E. A. M.. Regular
meeting every second and fourth Friday nights.
Chaklottk Comma kdaby No. 2, K. T. Regular
meeting every first and third Thursdays.
IC- OF EC.
KifiGfiTS or Honor. Regular meeting every
second and fourth Thursdays.
IC- OIF1 IF
Knights of Pythias. Regular meeting nights
first and third Wednesdays, 7 o'clock p. m. at Ma
sonic Temple Hall.
I- O. O. 3T1.
Charlotte Lodge No. 88. Meets every Mon
day night.
Meckxenburq Declaration Lodge Na 9.
Meets every Tuesday night.
Dixie Lodge No. 108. Meets'every Thursday
night.
Catawba River Encampment No. 21. Meets
First and third Thursday nights in each month.
lnd,x to Now Advertiwemeuiu.
Watermelons, etc H. M. Howell.
(Jrocerles Harvey k Blair.
Application for relief J. A. Reynolds and wife.
1IITIE PENCI LINGS,
E3T The capacity of the Charlotte
Cotton Mills is being extended by the
receipt of additional machinery.
ISiF The Atlanta excursion returned
yt bterday bringing back several visitors
J'rorn Georgia in addition to the crowd
with which it left here.
t"" A re-registration is not required
ci those who voted at the municipal
election in May, but it is well enough
to see that your name is on the book.
J2f Since prohibition went into ef
fect, says the mayor, d and d's are re
markably scarce in my court. In fact
I don't have anything now but a viola
tion of the whiskey ordinances occa
sionly. 3T The Southern Express Company
h;ts just carried into effect a new sche
dule of nites. The charges have been
in many instances reduced, and a small
package can now be sent from Charles
ton to New York for 25 cents.
ItlT We are requested to say that a
prohibition mass meeting of the citi
zens of the eastern portion of Mecklen
burg county, will be held at Mallard
Creek church, Monday, July 28, 1881.
Addresses will be delivered by Col. J.
1'. Thomas, Gen. R. D. Johnston, ttev.
S. Mattoon and others.
df A newspaper man never so fully
appreciates the truth of the maxim
that it is the little troubles in life that
kill us, as when he happens on a good
item in an exchange and looks around
for hi3 scissors to find that they have
disappeared. It destroys all the pleas
ure of the thing.
The Columbia Register says:
"Master N. B.Barnwell yesterday filed
his decision in the matter as to whether
the Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta
llailroad charged cotton freightage by
weight or measurement under the
charter of December, 1846. The Master
decides that the custom has been to
charge by weight."
EJpThe city was visited yesterday af
ternoon by several refreshing showers,
purifying the atmosphere, carrying
away the filth and rubbish from the
streets and gutters, and giving a new
lease of life to the almost perished veg
etation of the gardens. A few more
such will revive the drooping hopes of
a great many farmers.
E3T The Atlanta and Charlotte Air
Line and the Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta ltailroads will sell round trip
tickets to the joint summer meeting of
the State Grange and Agricultural
Society at Greenville, for three cents
per mile, counting each way. The
tickets will bo placed on sale from July
23 to July 26, and will be good to re
turn until August 3.
A Rata Theory
According to a theory asserted and
believed during the war, a few
hours cannonading by heavy guns dis
charged in the open air, produced an
undulatory commotion in the atmos
phere, which nearly always produced
rain. Wouldn't cans of dynamite ex
ploded in the air produce the same re
sult? However the copious rains yes
terday renders such an experiment un
necessary just now.
A Lucky Farmer
Mr. J. T. Julian, formerly a mer
chant in this city, but now conducting
a farm about three miles f rem the city,
brings Tiie Observer the hnest cotton
boll of the season. It is well formed
and about three inches in circumfer
ence. Mr. Julian has had good luck
farming his place he states, having been
visited witn two snowers or ram to
every one vouchsafed to his neighbors.
His crops consequently are consider
ably in advance of others around him.
Personal mention
Senator Z. B. Vance is in the city.
D. J.Carter, Esq., editor of the Lan
caster Ledger, was in the city yester
day. j udge E. P. Dick, who has been mak
ing prohibition speeches in the west
ern part of the State, was in the city
yesterday on his way home.
Col. Thomas B. Keogh, of Greens
boro, passed through the city yesterday
on his return from norma, where ne
has been for several weeks recreat
ing. He was accompanied by Judge
Settle, now of Florida, whose family
are spending the summer at Greens
boro. The latter has fallen off some
what from his usual robust status, and
carries onlv the amount of flesh re
quired for a Florida man.
itlahquerade Ball
A crand maannp.rafiA hall will take
place at Cleaveland Mineral' Springs
next Tuesdav evemne. July 19:
Floor managers Captain Harrison
Watts, Dr. R. I. Brevard, C. N. Vance,
Alex. Hoke, Geo. K. Tate, and Withers
AQ1CKS, JiiSOS.
Lady managers--Mrs. Harrison
Watts. Mrs. C. n. Vanco. and Mrs. W.
It. Burwell. of Charlotte: Mrs. W. H.
lilount, of Columbia; Mrs. Judge Mc
Iver.of Cheraw, S. C; Mrs, Clarke, of
Yorkville, s. C. ; Mrs. WV. Walsh, of
Fayetteville, and Mrs. W. J. Orr, of
luchmond. Va.
The Observer acknowledges the
courtesy of an invitation to be present
ana "trip the light fantastic.
The North Carolina midland
Caot. Wm. Cain, formerly of this
city, is the engineer in chartre of the
survey for the North Carolina Midland
i.auroaa proceeding easu lroui oiu
Jury . Capt, CainV tarty iU
from 'the maty SatisVy foajew
i 'a. OtlSf.
The Watchman says; They will no by
Miller's FerrVf Holmes'' mill on Ab
bott's creek, thence to Asheboro, and,
thence to Pittsboro. The line will be
located Immediately after the prelim
inary survey is made, and the grading
will be bedim aa soon as several miles
Off the road is located. ; Thw Midland
lias been a , pet scheme , of Mr. Best a
tor a lone time and it now seems that
nis
i herpes will be rjgaliijed.
. BECAUS U adds to personal beauty by restor
ipk color and lustre to faded or gray 'natr, and W
beneficial to the scalp, is why barker's' Pair Balr
sum is such a popular dressing.
THE CITY WATER WORKS.
Sball We 'Hare '"nkmif fa the Con
f$ tract to be Drakes? '
Whafr hM become fcf the proposed
City .Water Works?" tea standing
question which has been asked more
frequently than ever before in the last
few days, the unusually long spell of
dry weather having more than ever
demonstrated our need of them. It is
a question we can no longer refrain'
from attempting to answer in some
manner.
At the first of the year the citizens
were agitated on the subject of water
works and the sentiment of the com
munity was ascertained to be in favor
of it. Negotiations were then set on
foot between the board of alderman
and various parties of contractors, and
propositions were finally made by the
former and accepted by a party of con
tractors located in New York. On the
17th day of March a contract was
signed in which was stipulated, among
other things, on the part of the con
tractors that the work should be com
menced within 60 days, and be com
pleted within 8 months, after the date
of the agreement, providing no unfore
seen or unavoidable obstacle inter
vened to prevent it. These specifica
tions as to time, however, were matters
of form, said the agent of the contrac
tors; in point of fact the work would
be begun almost immediately and
completed in a jiffy. They considered
the contract a highly desirable one so
far as they were concerned, and "when
they had once closed a contract they
never slept over it, they said. Shortly
after a tool box arrived, and then a
gentleman named Alger, who it was
said would superintend the construc
tion of the works. The dirt was
turned up in the suburbs east of the
city, a ditch being the result. Nothing
more was then done and the water
Works began to be forgotten. Two
months elapsed, three months and now
four months have gone and the work
has not in reality been inaugurated
yet. Over a week ago a hitch of some
kind was spoken of and the agent Of
the contractors went to New York to
straighten it out, saying he would
despatch as soon as he got there in
regard to the difficulty. The legal
counsel of the contractors to whom he
promised to send the information has
waited in vain for any letter or mes
sage. Several days after the agent left
Mr. Alger, the gentleman who was to
superintend the work also quietly
packed up and returned to New York.
These facts were learned and Mayor
F. S. DeWolfe was asked if he had any
information on the subject. He said
he had been trying for some time to
learn something definite about the
commencement and completion of
the work, but had failed to do so, and
he was now inclined to believe that
the water works "was a flash in the
pan."
This is all that is known at present
in reference to the subject, but the
silence of the parties leads to a be
lief in some that the contract will be
abandoned.
Use of the Lemon.
Many of our exchanges are talking
about the value of the lemon as a health
promoter this hot weather. The Ral
eigh Farmer and Mechanic thus dis
courses: "There i3 no doubt that the
more lemonade one uses at this season
the better ; because under the influence
of the intense heat, nature becomes
torpid, and only those persons whose
habits of life are active and stirring,
can safely rely upon the system s safety
valve, the liver, to do its work without
the assistance of medicine. The acid
of the lemon, diluted in water, is pre
cisely what is needed, and the most
bilious person will secure relief: in a
few days by drinking a lemon, squeezed
in water, half hour before each meal.
It is better without sugar, for the latter
somewhat modifies the acid, and be
sides the sugar of the present day is apt
to comprise a variety of substances not
essential to good health.
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The Cause of Temperance,
A valued correspondent writes us
from Salisbury under date of the 13th
to say, "I thank you for the noble
stand you have taken, and the yeoman
service you are doing in the cause of
that great reform, (temperance,) which
is destined to sweep the State, and in
fact the whole union. The politicians
are already trembling for they will gen
erally be swept off. .Every day brings
information or first one and then an
other of our distinguished men who
are arraying themselves under the vic
torious banner of Prohibition.
Your townsman, Col. Thomas, gave
us, on the 4th inst., as chaste, eloquent
and scholarly an address as it has ever
been our pleasure to hear. He came
unheralded, and every intelligent list
ener was charmed, in fact spell-bound.
Hurrah for vour whole people for
the decided and out-spoken stand they
have taken to suppress the great evil
of intemperance.
Something of a Practical Joke.
If a man meditating suicide was
walking trader the tower, building at
the Central Hotel, and the bricks be
gan to rattle on the scaffolding over
head, the instinct or seu-perflevation
would assert itself so far, probably, as
to make him jump. A well known
and dignified gentleman was passing
the corner yesterday just as the mortar
bucket began to ascend. J. wag stand
ing not far away suddenly conceived
and exectuted what he evidently con
sidered a practical joke. He threw
iilLUSCll 111 I11C llliuuio ui mo pci t yuivuw
cast a slance ur at the scaffolding arid
assifmins an agonized expression of
countenance, doubled himself up and
moved his arms in a dumb appealing
eresture of warning, just as some
bricks began to clatter on the planks
above. The digniued gentleman s
hair mse bd: he made two desperate
springs to escape impending death and
fell Danting into tne arms or me smil
ing wag. He saw by the countenences
of those around that he had been sold
and good naturedly joined in the laugh
against himself.
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Watering: Place Note if.
Miss Louise Morehead is at h:me
f rnm Mnrfihead CitV
Mr.ijeHoy uayiasom is at wewYtianu
Mrs. liesaie X uewey anu uaugm-ei
Miss Bessie, left for Cleaveland jester
dav afternoon.
Kev. Dr. A. vv. jmner, wne anu
daughter went to Saluda Springs yes
terdav.
Mrs. jonn u. loung ana cnnaren
have gone to north Georgia for the
summer. . . . ...
Capt. Kenneth s. incu ana wile re
T.nrn Ad from Cleaveland yesterday.
The trio of amiable unmarnea maies
hAr who met the same numDer or
Macon, Ga., girls at Asheville with such
distinguished success last summer
noma fncramAr VRBittruav auu ui uoiuidu
themselves Into a meeting ancLaaop.
J $alut w tang
gSmiq T whHoh; after setting fo
r. . t ,r .L - j fj.-l.j
esQto a,meBnnRii-u"iiw5u
arm in whinh. after setting XOIXU
miMvfiA that their visit to Ashevnltf
should be repeated.and intimated "how
ftwfnL iolW.it would be if the Maconites
were the same way inclined.- A copy
of ttip pfFnainn was mailed to the fair
Georybns uiid it an
is hiiimWt to-& the yst' fof
lows in me wortu ww. VH..
other in disgust kd Cultivate the com
pany of stheVblttes' ditty, in ..the future
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Km? nntalr MrninM aim A. rifLVIL. nrlnaiT Rffe
tions, BmdrtiDg, frequent or difficult urination, and
maney cuseases. 91 at aruggists. vepw, .
AjcAden, Charlotte, . c.
LEADVILLE, COLORADO.
The Wonderfnl City aa DeocriWA by
m Charlottes A Lana of Fr a its,
Flovrera and Kters.l Baow.
To the Editor of Toe Observer.
In my last I promised to
tell you about Leadville, the wonder of
the age. I spent last Sunday there. It
is a city larger than any in North Caro
lina ; built in three years, and besides
the town being built millions of dollars
of work was done on the mines, as much
as would be done in North Carolina in
50 years. It is not so full of life, has
not the crowds that it had last year,
still it presents a lively scene ; streets
are crowded with men from every land
and mines are being worked by hun
dreds of men; stamp mills and smelt
ers are running all the time, day and
night, and Sunday too. It scarcely
looked like Sunday to me. Stores and
saloons, theatre and gambling houses
all open ; only a few stores were closed.
It seems strange there i3 not some
judgment sent on the place for its
wickedness. I visited some of the
mines in Leadville that are stocked at
from one to twenty million dollars.
One mine I saw is now paying its owner
a net profit of from 50,000 to 100,000 a
month, but this is an exception. The
hills all around the edge of the town are
full of mines and prospect holes and
valued at from one thousand to a mil
lion dollars apiece. It requires so much
machinery to work them properly that
a poor man can't do much with them
and they are generally put in companies
and stocked. I went from Leadville to
Robison, 18 miles, where there is one of
the best mines in the State, stocked at
ten million dollars. I had to stay either
there or at Kokomo, one and a half
miles further, all night, to take the
stage for Georgetown, so I stopped
at Robison, as I had a friend there,
llobison is about 15 months old, has
more stores than Gaffney City, and is
better built. I walked to Kokomo and
took the stage. I went 15 miles over
the roughest road I ever saw, almost,
to 'Frisco, and had to stay there all
night, as they don't travel these roads
at night. I used to think I had been on
a rough road from Asheville to Warm
Springs, but it does not compare with
some of these roads. The next day I
rode 18 or 20 miles in the stage, took
dinner, and then went horseback over
Argentine Pass to Georgetown, 15 or 16
miles. The scenery on and near the
psss is as fine as there is to be seen any-
wnere, i think, it is on a grander scale
than I have ever before seen. Argen
tine Pass is said to be the highest wag
on road in the world, being between
13,000 and 14,000 feet high. I rode by
one snow bank that was as high as my
head I being on the horse. I have
quite a number of flowers which I
gathered on that mountain range,
where there is frost every night and
snow the greater part of the year; and
yet with us flowers can't stand the
frost, while these mountains in some
places are perfect flower gardens, al
though usually there is scarcely soil
enough on which to grow them. I
reached Georgetown very tired, at 7
a. m. to-day, ana took the train for Den
ver. It is quite hot and summer-like
here, and I find there is really summer.
Strawberries are just now in bloom on
the mountains. More hereafter.
Edgar,
God Speed in the Good Work.
To the Editor of The Observer.
It was with much pleasure that the
account in this morning's paper of the
meeting of the colored women and
formation of a prohibition club was
read. This is a step that will lead to
much good and we can hardly com
mend these women sufficiently for the
bold stand they have taken on the side
of right and morality.
it is trom the women of our state,
white and black, that we must expect
great aid in this cause of religion and
morality. The colored women of our
city have made a noble start. They
have begun the good work ana we
trust they will continue to strive earn
estly to put down this curse to our
land. The friends of prohibition every
where will have a strong interest in
this association, and as they have so
well started bid them God speed in
their good work. W. B.
BUEffETT'S 0O0OAI1TE.
A LADY'S HAIR SAVED BY ITS USX.
Burnett's Cocoa lne will keep the hair In a strong
and healthy condition by stimulating the roots of
the hair and restoring the natural action upon
which its growth depends. Twenty years ago a
single bottle sated a lady's hair In a desperate
case where every other treatment had failed; and
since that early success thousands of cases of
baldness, dandruff, loss of hair, and irritation of
the scalp, have yielded to this remedy.
The superiority of Burnett's Flavoring Extracts
consists In their perfect purity and great strength.
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A SURE CURE FOB FILES.
Co you know what It is to suffer with piles? It
you do, you know what is one of the worst tor
ments of the himan frame. - The ' most .perfect
cure ever known is Kidney Wort It cures consti
pation, and then its tonic action restores neaitn
to the diseased bowels and prevents recurrence of
disease. Try it without delay.- The dry, and the
liquid are both sold by druggists. Globay - -
BIAimiED.
On the 13th Inst., by, lev. Win. Martin. Lysan-
der D. Chllds, of Colombia, and Bessie, only
chUd of the late B. A. Springs, of Springston, near
Bock Hill, S. C.
MAKKETSBY TELEGRAPH
JULY 15. 288.1. 1 w
PBOPUCTt .
TtTTTMrmu Noon Flour oulet: Howard street
and Western super: $3.50a4.25, extra S4.25aS.25,
family $5.50a6,50; dty mills-super $3.50a460,
extra $4.75a5.75, family 6.75a7T25; Bio brands
J6.50a.62,Patapsco family 7.25.Wfieat-Boutbem
red I19al25, amber 124a.27. Corn Southern
Bauxmobw in igntuais-r western wnue ow&4u
do mixed 85a87, Pennsylvania . Provisions
mess Dork 17.75 for old; new 18.00: bulk meats
loosefshouldars , clear aides .ditto packed
7UiaHiA bacon snomaers 8. ciear -rro siaes ilh.
bamsl28l3v Lard refined tierces 12fc. .OoSee
Bio cargoesrdlriarytQfair MfcalUA, Sugar
A soft 10. Whisker LiWi.. . ,
CrtrcnrwiTi Flour family &3085.50, "fancy
1 - t X J t
5.90a6.50. 1 Wheat No. ii. red winter
Com at 51. Oats at 41. Pork at 818.00.
Lard at i 2.40. Bulk . meats shoulders 6.50.
ribs 9Ai bacon shoulders 7& ribs 10, clear
sides . Whiskey at 1.08. 8ugar--hards
lOSballUi. New Orleans 7a8u Hosts common
and lUrJht 4.9Qa6.g0, packU ftB4 but&her 5.90a
Ntw Tom-Southern flour steady: eommon
tfe4alrextafa5.25a5.75.K00d to cnoiee 6.75a7.60.
Wheat unirraded red l.usai.z. uorn-r
nnomilari ABftAttSA. ftat 4.1 &43 tar NO. ft. . COf-
iee BiQ cargoes vvtsizw sugar uu u syuu
refining 7wgl, prime 8V6: reaned standard a
9. flolasses New Orleans 80a55, Porto Bioo
86a56. Bosto 2-05a2.10. Turpentine 42aU.
Wool domestic fleece 84a45. Dolled 20a4O.
unwashed 12a82. Texas 14a30. Pork new at
i7tni8 9fi. old : middies ions? clear uut
short clear out. Ions and short . Lara
18.10.
COTTON.
Gh,t8TO Firm: middling 11; low mldal'c
lOUc: irood ordinary Bic: net rects 469; tross
477i sales 817: stock 26,556: exp'ts eoastwlse
; to (ireat Britain : continent
Weeklv net recelots 2.178: ktoss 2.184: sales
2.246: exp. coastwise 1,971 u to Great Brittaln
1,432.: cdnQBent s France, ; - '
Nobjolk-Steady : middling lie: net reeelpts
584: cross : stock 8.074: exports ejtwlM
-.sales : exports to urea uruauu
WeeklTr-net retfta 2.814: gross ; eaies
194: exD'ts coastwise 2.782: Great Britain
channel ; continent. . - . .
BAi.Tfwrnro-i-bnlf't: midd'ir lllto: low mtdtfg
10 8-16c; goo4 ardm 9; net-je!. 4i gross
: exnons to Great JBritala :
t-pet reets 584; gross 2,Bya,jsajes
exports Great BdUiln 2.2W; flOSSt-
Firm! BrJddHnw lilies lam wiUdllrk:
good ord'y e: Thet neetpts 624 gross
safes t stock; , 890: exnorts to Oraat
itatn' -i-5-: WlraneeV': ' '
Weekly net rects 4.185f 08-e7?83;
expartaio owt WSkl SA 4S
WrurnroTOT Firm ; middling lOftc; low" mtC
(jllng Bc; good ordinary 8cj reoelpta 54:
groaa ; sales stock 734 exports eoarf
wise ; to Ores! Britain.
Weekly net receipts 94; gross ; sales ;
exports coastwise 666; to Great Britain.
' Vm'iiwaamiLrtrmi WtMMt Utfce. low
Middling imej goodonHnary 9fce: net receipt
23; groaa 104: sates spinners ; stock
: exports to tires Britain .
Weekly net receipts 64; gross 1,462; sales
2,182; spinners, 2004; coastwise ; Continent ;
to Great Brttaln2,5O0; stock 4,055.
84VAJCIAS-Firm; middling lOtfce: low mldd'g
10c; good ordinary ge.; net receipts 643;
gross ; sales 100; stock 6,185: exp. coast
wise ; to Great Brttatrr : eonOaent
Weekly net receipts 2,668: gross ; sates
000; exports to Great Britain ; France
coastwise 2,526; continent .
Nnw Oklmaxs--Higher; mldd'g Ulbc;low mid
dling 101A; good ord'y 9c; net reeelpts 522;
rss 652; sales 250; stock 84,096; exports
Great Britain ; to coastwise.
Weekly net receipts 3,480; gross 4.317;
sales 8,500; exports Great Britain 8,826; Chan
nel ; coastwise 205; France ; continent
205; channel.
Momlb Steady; middling 10e; low middling
9c; good ordinary 8e; net reeelpts 10; gross
; sales 200; stock 4,630; exp. coast ;
France ; to Great Britain.
Weekly net receipts 687; gross ; sales
1,000; to exports Great Britain 8435; coastwise
2,012; France.
Hocped Firm; middling lie: reeelpts
138 : shipments 444: sales 750: stock 1 2.566.
Weekly net receipts 661; shipments 2337;
sales 625.
Ausobta Steady: middling lO&fee.; low mid
dllng lOVfce., good ordinary 9c; receipts 44;
snloments : sales 141.
Weekly net rects 141; shipm'ts 1,356; sales
1.554; spinners ; stock.
Cmamjbwoh Firm ; middling 10e; low mid
dling lOfte; good ordinary 9e.; net receipts
251 ; gross ; sales 60; stock 8,988; export!
eoastwlse : Great Britain; continent.
Weekly net receipts 706; gross ..; sales
250; coastwise r82; Continent ; Great
Britain.
Nw Y.OBM Cotton dull; sales 371; middling
uplands U a 16c; Orleans 11 13 19c; net reeelpts
: gross 800! consolidated net ree'ts.
Wekly net ree'ts 520; jress 8.620; exports
to Great Britain 2 595; France 120; continent
4,106; sales 8,310; stock 145527.
Montgomeby Steady; mlddlng 10ft; low mld
9toc; good ordinary 8c; receipts 188; ship
ments 349; stock, present year, 2,087; stock, last
yar, 2,565 ; sales 349.
Maoow Firm; middling 10c; low middling
QSijc; good ordinary 8ta; receipts 47; sales
202; stock, present year, 3,008; stock, last year
1,244; shipments 213.
Columbus Firm : middling lOtye; low middling
10c; good ordinary 9c; receipts 145; ship
ments 875; sales 163; spinners 6; stock
2,306.
NASHvnxx Firm; middling lOftc; low mid
10c; . good middling 8c; net receipts 95;
shipments 1,233; sales 501; spinners ; stock,
present year, 4,237; stock, last year, 4448.
Port Eotal, 8. C Weekly net receipts ;
stock 49
Pkotcdxkcx, R. I. Weekly net receipts 460;
stock 4,500; sales 8,600.
Bomb, Ga. Quiet; middling lOftc; low mld
93ic; geed ordinary 8c Weekly receipts 37;
shipments 45; stock 275.
' COHFABATTVB COTTON STATBXXNT.
Net receipts at all United States ports
Bduring week 1 8,6 1 6
Same wek last year 10,282
Total receipts to this date 5.663,991
Same date last year 4,878,150
Exports for the week 81 ,786
8ame week last year 28,184
Total exports to this date. 4,839,246
Same date last year 8,729,063
Stock at all United States ports. 815,062
Same time last year 231 ,452
Stock at all interior towns 80,825
Same time last year 85,847
Stock at Liverpool 826,000
Same time last year 717,000
Stock of American afloat for Great
Britain 73.000
Same time last year 124.000
LrvxBPOOL Noon Cotton market active.flrmer;
middling uplands 6 9-16d; mid. Orleans 6d;
sales 12,000, speculation" and export 2,000; re
ceipts 5,250, American 5,050. Uplands low mid
dling clause: July delivery 6 11-164, July and Au
gust 611 16d, August and September 6 23-82d,
September and October 6 5-16, U-82a5-16d, Oc
tober and November 6 l-16al-32d, November and
December d, January and February d. Futures
steady.
LrmtFOOL. 5 p. m. Sales of American cotton
9,750 bales. Upland low middling clause: July
delivery 6d, July and August 65fed, August and
September 6 2l-82d, September and October 6d
Octobnr and November 6d, November and Decem
ber 5 15-16d. Futures weak.
Sales for the week 65,000
American 49,500
Speculation 6,806
jasori 2, sou
Actual exports 8,000
Forwarded rrom snips' smes
Imports. 50,000
American 40,000
itock,- 826.600
American, 685.000
Afloat 172,000
American 73,000
ITJTGBJtS
nkw Yobk Futures dosed easy. Sales 166,-
000.
July. 11.60a 61
August 11.64&66
bejptember . 11. 01 a. 02
October.. 10.48a.49
November 10.82a.88
December 10.82a.83
January 10.52a.54
February
March
April 10.77a.80
FINANCIAL.
KiwTobx Money 1.02Uta8U. Exchange 4.834
Qoyemments steady; new 5's 1.00. Four and a
half pereents I.14ti. Four per cents 1.1 6& State
bonds dull, except for Tennessee.
Nxw Yobi 1 1 a. m, The stock market opened
generally weak and lower and prices declined uto
U per cent, St Paal, Western Union, Union Pa
cine, Canada Southern and Michigan Central be
ing most prominent In the downward movement.
peculation was iainy active ana a pressure to pen
prevailed at intervals.
Stocks closed unsettled.
New York Central
Krte :
Lake Shore..
Illinois Central.
Nashville and Chattanooga
Louisville and Nashville ..........
Ptttsbunr.
Chicago and Northwestern
1.25V(
1.40
5614
preferred-..
Wabash, St Louis & Pacific
Do preferred..
Memphis and Charleston
91
Hock island........
Western Union
1.39
80
95
Alabama Class A, 2 to 5
Class A, small
" Class B. 5's
" Cl&BS CA'K
821
Sub-treasury balances Gold S72.831.2l
02
currency.... o,oj3,uw
CITY COTTON MABKXT.
Orna or m Ownrn, l
Cubuhrk. July 16, 1881. (
The market yesterday dosed arm, higher.
GoodMlddllna.
Strictly middling
suaaung...........
Strict low middling.
Low middling.
Tinges .-
Lower grades
BECXIFT8 FOB TEX WBBK BMDXB
FRIDAY, 15th.
.. : -5 bales
12 "
16 "
.. 11 "
58 "
18
Saturday.. .,,.....,......
Monday................
Tnesday
Wednesday
xnursoay , .
Friday
Total.
llfi bales
ON JIAKD-
Fine Watermelon?.
CABBAGE,
At wholesale and retail. Expected this morning a
FINE LOT OF CANTALOUPES.
S. M. HOWELVS,
Jalyl5
OUP1RIQB COURT,
O ' Mecklenburg county.
John A. Reynolds and wife JuUa. PUnu.va I. A.
Smith, onn n. , weiea, ue juantre Mining U.
W.V. Davidson. , .
To J. A. Smith and the Empire Mining Company,
una, tu auuro acuon.
Tod are hereby commanded 16 appear fct the.
courthouse to tte eftyef Chsriotte a ? Ti,ert
UtlHII lln - -y, y yyiwui
nnttwftr
the office of
saldcduk or lodsmeni
wlUMtaaei
you toe the renel detaiaded
In
it. The pwtwsee of sail aem
and wile, ; JO,ne-Hrpir saasuig MwpanT'eo us
t.ih f November. 188eonvrins:a tmd e land
Mhg on the bead waters of fieedy creek, to (he
covSy and State aforesaid, adJo4nto the laoisTof
J. a NeweU,jHsef Hfnm as
the FpireMtoe,an.Vto mtrajn the dafttxlant
from setting- up any uus or qumn fa saw
tv nnditr edrt&ta srtaan deed nadekr
8mm to said Welch, and resorted Aagust
29, l&ndj and for such other relief as may be
sroner.
JOHN R. KRWIN.
Julyllw6w
Clerk Superior Court.
4?
i.2ii
1.87
85
v,w
theeiew
Tmrniin
eonuuain
inn,
DAVIDSON fi BEAU,
DURING
DURING
THE SEASON,
WILL RECEIVE SIX. GAB LOADS PXB WIXK
(AND MO BE IF NECESSARY) TO
8UPPLY THEIR TRADE.
JUST THINK:
ORE CAR LOAD
Delicious Georgia Melons,
FRESH AND GENUINE,
EVERY DAY!
Large Arrivals of
FRESH IRISH POTATOES,
LEMONS, ORANGES,
PEACHES, TOMATOES,
CANTALOUPES,
and Fresh Vegetables
of all Descriptions.
JUST IN,
3 Car Loads Fresh Virginia Meal
3 Car Loads Flour, All Grades,
Including Bridgewater and Warerly Patent, which ,
excel all other brands.
In addition, we hare weekly shipments of
Motfs Celebrated Sweet Cider,
NEW IRISH POTATOES.
ASPDiWALL BANANAS,
OA. WATERMELONS,
FRESH PEACHES,
TOMATOES, ETC.
JUST RECEIVED,
A NSW LOT OF MACKEREL, IN PACKAGES
OF ALL 8IZE3.
WE KEEP IN STOCK
A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF
FAMILY GROCERIES
FROM WHICH MERCHANTS CAN
ALWAYS BE SUPPLIED AT .
SHORT NOTICJ.
On Mi: 1,000 Bush. Cora.
DOTDSOH
GROCERIES!
wins mws, caasi
WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED AKOTHEiASE of oub CELEBRATED
50 CENT COMETS; ' 3
Far superior In fit and quality to any other ever introduced In this 'dry, sizes running from 18 to 80.
J v;'.. .
ALSO, A BEAUTIFUL ASSORTMENT OF
Ibadies' ILdnen Ulsters,
In various styles at exeee&lngly low prices. ,
Look at our beautiful PRINTS,
H. MORRIS & B-RO.
un2
NEW STORE!
RODDICK &CO,
TRYON
We hare without
CHEAPEST LINE OF STAPLE AND FANCY DRY
lau owiiun Ui 1UI WUH 1HI.
LAWNS.
A new lot of those 6 cent Lawns Just received
QUILTS.
Honey Comb, full size, 80c;Merrimac, large, $1; Bates, extra large, $1.25.
CORSETS The best value in the market at 40c; extra quality 75c, ail sizes. TOWELS Pure linen
15c: 42 inch German linen, double damask, 25c; these are a decided bargain.
FANS All styles and kinds, very cheap; palm leaf tans, two for 5c. SILK Eureka and Beldlng
Bros, spool silk, 100 yards, 10c per spool; variegated working silk in hanks, 25c per dos.
NEEDLES Boberts' Gold Eyed and Crowley's Drilled Eyed Needles, 5c per paper. SPOOL COTTON
TVi IfAiilao favnrlto AAA vanls An Hav Ra o Hiv Al VMinAnta C? ni Cr -
wvuv svswa vvvwiij uiv jyvi uvi
rSTRICTLY CASH and ONE PRICE.
JulylO
glscjcllatteous
I SELL AS CHEAP
As Any House in the State !
My store Is 145 ft long on the first floor and 140
ft on the second, and I carry an
IMMENSE STOCK
OF WELL-SELECTED
FlUEMflUE IE
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
A full line of
COFFINS AND "BASKETS.
OFFINS AND VASKBTS.
' Thos. W. Andrews, formerly with Mr. B.
Nichols, is now with me.
E. M. ANDREWS,
(Successor to E. O. Rogers.)
WHOLESALE & RETAIL FURNITURE DEALER
apr25
GRAND
RECREATION TOUR
BY
Sea, Rail, Lake, River and Sound !
A Host Eomantio Trip of Ten Days
Old Point Comfort, Fortress Monroe, Boston, Port
land, White Mountains, Lake Sebago, up the
Songo thecrookedestof rivers, and Long Lake,
Newport, Rhode Island, and Long Island Sound.
LEAVING BALTIMORE
THURSDAY, AUG. 4,
At 4 p. m , by the steamer
"Wn CRANE," of the Boston Steamship Line.
Price of Met Only $55 !
Which covers an necessary travelling expense.
such as hotel accommodations, meals and state
room en ocean steamers, transfers by eoaehof
persons and baggage In fact all needed expenses
from Baltimore back to Baltimore.
V Tickets good for 60 days to return from
Boh ton.
Bound trip tickets from Charlotte to Old foint
Comfort ean be bought tor 81 8.60.
For tickets and special lntonnaoon appiy 10
8. J. FEftliY,
Julyl2 Charlotte, N. C.
Fine Watermelons
EVERY DAY, AT
C. L. ADAMS'S,
FIRST DOOR BELQW CHARLOTTE HOTEL
July7
FOR RENT.
THE store room In the Observer bonding next
to W. N. Prattler's is for rent after January
1st. JNO. L. MUKKHKAU
aee rati.
THE OXONIAN,
A JOURNAL OF LITERATURE 4 EDUCATION
xm. published montniy at uziora, . u , at un.
Dollar a rear In advance.
The Oxonian alms at increasing .the Interest for
Literature ana jtaucanon, ana gives original ar
ticles on sabjeeta of vital Importance as -well as
oriOetsms tf the newest and most valaahlepuhllca-
ooers osMea aavantages to advertisers, tugn
averace clreulaOon. AdterUseatents are shown
promlna&Uy, are free from errors, and are taste
fully displayed Its aaverUstag rates are not tat
excess of Its value to an advertiser. Advertlse-
wrla, tesondea for nabaeantlon In any usoe, I
noon ne in we omce ny ue zutn 01 ue monro.
mVlS-CC C. HORNER. Oxford, N. C
'ARKANSAS EXCURSION.
Attend xchrslon to
fiORTfeSMITH, ARK.,
WILL LEAVE CHARLOTTE
JULY 27 & 28, AT 12:20 A. M.
Fare for rtooni Trip, $32.35.
Tickets rood for 80 dars. For farther infonna-
tton write or enquire of A. L. SMITH;
Agent i.tu Arr-une, Chanotte, N. c,
Or Thomas Ntjxah,
Oen. Southeastern Agent,
Memphis & Charleston R. B., Atlanta.
Iulyl5,8t
. t, . .
Just received, only 7c per yard.
STREET,
any exception the
GOODS, TINWARE, ETC., ET1B OFFERED IN
RODDICK Jt CO.
1881. SPRING STOCK. 1881.
Dm and Medicines
OF E V E 11 Y DESCRIPTION
WHITE LEAD
AND
LINSEED OIL.
I CONGRESS AND SARATOGA WATER
-ALWAYS ON DRAUGHT.-
Prescrlptlons carefully prepared by experienced
and competent druggists, day or nlghL
JOHN H. McADEN.
aprll2
For Sale.
A SECOND HAND Soda Water Apparatus. Price
low, terms easy. Will be sold separately, if
desired. Generator and four fountains, hand
some counter-piece, Tuft's Arctic, Tennessee
marble, cottage .style. For sale by
Dr. T. C 8MITH.
Mineral Water.
THE Celebrated Oswego Deep Rock Mineral Wa
ter on draught at
DriT. C. SMITH'S Drug Store.
Deep Rock.
9 9
DEEP ROCK Mineral Water Is recommended
for kidney and liver troubles, headache,
rheumatism and dyspepsia. Sold by
Dr. x. u amija, yruggisi.
' Tobaccos.
G
RAVELLY TOBACCO, Durham Fine Cut, mild
Cigarettes and choice Cigars, at
Dr. T. li SMITH a Drug store.
Cool Drinks.
rlCHY, KSsengen, DsepBock, Ginger Ale, 'and
lee Cold Soda Water, each 5 cents a glass at
3 , Dr. T. aiMCTH'd Drng8tore.ft
' vLett?r Files!
THJRLINGTON LETTER FILE3. 60 cts. each.
T will bold 8)00 Jettera, alphabetically ar-
rangej. Best in bum py v.
" ! S 2! Dr. TiC. SMITH.
'1 t 'wf
Cigars.
'm -
PRINCIPE CIGARS, all Havana, warranted.
I Twenty for a dollar. At
1Z8 VT. T. U. BMl i n n vtuh owre.
Roanoke College,
I A f K Jf f VA ; '
rpWENTY-NINTH SESSION begins September
JL 7th. aasslcal, Sclentlnc, Elective and Prepar
atory courses. French and German spoken in
class-room. Library 16,000 volumes. ListraeUon
thorough, unseetarlaii .. Charehes of flv denomi
nations. Climate unsurpassed.v College surround
ed by mountains. Expenses for 10 months from
$160 to$220 (Including college fees, board, fuel,
hghts and washing.) Students from all section a -
uly6,deod,wlmo
IIS mXfrJZ I M&SWSBto' i
READY
MXED
PANTS