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CIIAS. R. JONES, Editor and Prop'tor.
CONGRESSIONAL.
JOHN CHINAMAN IN THE SENATE.
ISarnxD at wra Potrr-Orncs tr cbasmmb,
N. 0.. iJB SBOOKD-CLAflB mwiB.1
THURSDAY MARCH 8, 1882.
RICHMOND & DANVILLE RAIL
ROAD STOCK.
Richmond & Danville stock was listed
at the exchanreN in New York on or
about the 7th of November last, and
when first placed upon the list was
quoted at 1.1624. Almost from the very
day of the first transaction it took an
upward tendency and eoritinued in that
direction until it reached 2.57 in Febru
ary, when it weakened and has since
gone down more rapidly than it ad
vanced, until yesterday, when it was
n noted at 1.10-6U lower than the
The House Hears Reports of Commit
tees and Takes up the Anti-Polygamy
Bill.
Washington, March 8. Seas.
norland introduced a bill for iht con-
atriicHon and completion, repairing and of CaDt D. R. Murohison. and Mr. Liv
preservation of levees on the Mississip-1 ihgston Minnis, of Boston, elected di-
I T! - 'Pnmnnriirilv f &hlOfl OlinlOPT.
John M. Robinson Elected President
of the Carolina Central.
Wilmington, N. C March 8. At a
meeting of the directors ox the Caro
lina railroad, held here to-day. Col. Jno.
L. Robinson, president of the Bay Line,
Seaboard and Roanoke, Raleigh and
Gaston and Raleigh and Augusta Air-
Liine companies, was elected president,
to fill the vacancy caused by the death
pi River. Temporarily taDieo, BUDieci
to his call.
Jackson, from the committee on im
provements of the Mississippi River,
reported uie wigutm um """s
twenty-five thousand dollars to con
tinue improvements of M-m phis har
bor, Tenn. -
Kellogg introduced a bill for a public
building at Baton Rouge, L.
The bill tor a commission ou tue iw
vn Hnnnr traffic came upon the calen
dar, the question being on Mr. Bayard s
motion to commit it to the finance
committee. Rejected. Ayes 19, noes 26.
The vote was a party one, except tnat
rector in his stead.
fieure when it was first :put on 'change, rjameron, of Wisconsin, voted aye with
Just what influences have Deen at wor the democrats ami w
o uao wuo i"" ui. Af niinnia vnM nn v . i the republi-
is unknown to us, but tne rapicnior win u
which it advanced, and the. exceedingly
high price reached, together with the
sudden collapse, leaves the impression
that a job was put up and perhaps
somebody has been hurt by it.
Mr. Harang, of New Orleans, claims
to have invented a process by which
the bagasse, or sugar cane alter tne
juice has been taken out, may be util
ized, and the fiber be preserved for the
manufacture of bagging, ropes, &c. By
the same method he utilizes sorghum
cane and swamp reeds,- all of which he
claims can be made of untold value,
though now worthless.
The Lynchburg Va. News pertinent
ly remarks: "Since the Senate has
voted that Mr. Conkling is'good enough
for a justice of the Supreme Court it
will hardly have the courage to refuse
to confirm his appointment to a cabinet
position in case the President cpncludes
to send in such an appointment.
1
Iowa follows Kansas in her treat
ment of the liquor traffic. A constitu
tional amendment has been passed
through both houses of the legislature
and now goes to the people, under
which the manufacture and sale of li
quor are forbidden in the State.
Ten thousand Russian Jews are ex
pected to arrive in this country in the
next thirty days. It is estimated that
$500,000 will be required to aid these
impoverished people so that they may ding tUat the act Bhall not go into
afterward neip memseives.
A foreigner of excellent address who
visited Richmond.Va., and was received
into the best society there recently, is
reported to be an escaped felon, and so
ciety is very much exercised over it.
The latest cabinet rumor in Washing
ton is, that Bill Chandler, the great "po
litical tramp," is to be made secretary
of the navy. Is this intended to con
ciliate the Blaine men ?
Ex-Gov. I-Iolliday, of Virginia, having
concluded his trip through Cuba and
Mexico, has gone to San Francisco, and
will visit the Sandwich Islands before
he returns home.
Rome, Ga., is going into the cotton
seed oil business in earnest. In addi
tion to the mills now in operation oth
ers are talked of.
Senator Pendleton, of Ohio, and E
B. Wnshburne have been selected to do
the talking at the Mississippi mouth
celebration on the 9th of April.
1 Gen. Hancock says that the country
is to be congratulated on the fact that
the army is now no longer in politics.
It is estimated that 1,500,000 tons of
ice have been taken from the Kennebec
ice fields this winter.
. Hazael, the winner of the New York
walking match, did not touch a drop of
liquor in his GOO mile walk.
Guiteau seems to be having a pretty
good time in jail now. No wonder he
objects to being hanged.
There is an organization in San Fran
cisco, thirty thousand strong, which
says the Chinese must go.
THE SWEEPING FLOOD.
Distributing Rations Among the Vic
tims.
Washington, March 8 The Secre
tary of War has received the following
dispatch from L. H. Mangum, com
missioner for Arkansas at Memphis,
Tennessee "Have issued 100,000 rations
throughout the overflowed country in
Arkansas to about 15,000 sufferers.
That will last seven or eight days. Af
fairs are very alarming, suffering on the
increase, and will continue so from 40
to 50 days under the most favorafble
circumstances. There are not less than
20,000 destitute sufferers from the over
flow in Ark." Also the following from
Wm. L. Hemingway, commissioner
for Mississippi at Memphis:
Eighteen thousand persons are with
out supplies or means for procuring
them. The number will increase rap
idly during the overflow. Rations is
sued will be exhausted by the 15th inst.
Gov. Hawkins, of Tennessee, has tel
egraphed to the Secretary of War as
follows:
I have appointed II. W. James, com
missioner for Tennessee, to receive and
receipt for stores at Memphis, Tenn.
Other points in Tennessee will be sup
plied from that place. Number of Ten
nesseeans made destitute by the over
flow is estimated at from 3,000 to 5,000.
The Secretary to-day telegraphed
Gov. Hawkins as follows:
Twenty thousand rations have been
ordered to be sent to Commissioner
James at Memphis.
The Flood Breaks
into Austin, Muss.
March 8 The river
"Memphis. Tenn.
remains stationary here with 36 feet on
gauge. Passengers wno arrived from
below this morning, report that the
levee at Helena was still intact yester
day afternoon. A force of 300 men was
at work guarding all weak points. The
river thereOteas rising steadily. At
Austin, Miss, between Memphis and
Helena the river cut through theJtown
destroying the principal buildings,
among the number the Masonic temple.
The continual block, a large brick build
tntr is almost demolished, the water be
.;"'wv Hpati all around it. Several
.housesanddwelUngsrewas
The bill was then read and pending
a motion by Davis, of West Virginia, to
amend so as to prevent the commission
from being exclusively partisan, the
morning hour expired and the bill was
laid aside, , , .
The Chinese bill was then proceeded
with, and Piatt, in opposition to it, said
the object of the bill was to suppress
and prohibit absolutely Chinese immi
gration under the guise of twenty years
suspension of the coming of Chinese
laborers. When Piatt had concluded a
vote was ordered upon Ingall's amend
ment, limiting the suspension of the
coming of Chinese laborers to ten years.
The amendment was defeated on a tie
vote, as follows: .
Yeas: Aldrich, Allison, Blair, Brown,
jCorkrell, Conger, Davis, of Illinois,
Dawes, Edmunds, rrye, nams, noar,
Ingalls, Jackson,Lapham,McDill, Mc
Millan, Mitchell, Morrill, Saunders,
Jewell, Sherman and Teller 23.
Nays Bayard, Beck, Call, Cameron
of Wisconsin, Coke, Fair, Farley, Gar
land, George, Hale, Hampton, uu oj.
Colorado, Jonas, Jones of Nevada, Mc
Pherson, Maxey, Miller of Colorado,
Miller of New York, Morgan, Ransom,
Slater, Vest and Walker-23. Davis ot
West Virginia, Salisbury, Butler, John
ston, Kellogg, Jones of Florida, and
Grover, against the amendment, and
Messrs. Windom, Ferry, Hawley, Piatt,
Pnrrn Rnllina and Van Wvck in tne
affirmative. Camden also paired.
Hoar rose and resumed the discussion.
He said the vote just taken showed
that it was the purpose of those having
charge of the bill to force it through
without regard to its effect upon the
public faith of tne government, pledged
hv an act in which the. Senate took its
share to the Emperor of China.
Ingalls offered an amendment pruvi
ne that the act Bhall not go into ef
fect until 90 days after its passage, and
thaamendment was adopted.
-On motion of Bayard amendments
adopted making the 22nd section read
as follows: ,
Thot onv master of anv vessel or
whatever nationality, who shall know
ingly on such vessel brin withing the ju
risdiction of the United States and per
mit to be landed any Chinese laborer,
&c
On motion of Miller, of California,
the provisions directing the removal of
anv Chinese unlawfully found in a cus
toms collection district by the collector,
was amended to direct that he
should be removed to the place
from whence he came. On motion
of Brown, an amendment was adopted
providing that the mark of a Chinese
immigrant only attested by a witness
mav he taken as his signature upon the
certificate of registration issued to him.
The question then recurred on the
amendment offered by Farley, that
hereafter no State court or United
States court shall admit Chinese to citizenship.
Hawley rose to speaK upon wnat, ub
termed "this bill of iniquities," but
yielded for an adjournment.
The Senate, at 6:10, adjourned.
The bill introduced in the Senate to
day by Garland, for the construction,
completion, repairing and preservation
of the levees on the Mississippi River,
empowers the Mississippi River com
mission to cause the construction or re
pair and to keep in order such levees
along the banks of the river as shall be
deemed of the greatest importance to
the preservation of the channel of said
river and to the prevention of devasta
tion from breass and overnows. xne
bill appropriates $15,000,000 for that
purpose
House. Reed, of Maine, from the
committee on rules, reported amend
ments to the rules presented by him
some days ago and printed in the Re
cord. There have been some slight modifi
cations made, the most important of
which is the addition of a clause pro
viding that it shall be in order for the
House on motion to go into a commit
tee of the whole to designate the bill
which shall be first considered.
A rule is also, added according the
second and fourth Mondays after the
morning hour to the consideration of
business relative to the District of Co
lumbialaid over under the rules.
A number of bills were introduced
and referred.
Under a call of committees the f ql
lowing bills were reported:
By Harris, of Massachusetts, from
the committee on naval affairs, author
izing the construction of vessels of war
for the navy of the United States. Re
ferred to the committee of the whole.
This is the bill embracing an expendi
ture of ten million dollars for the pur
pose named.
By Money, of Mississippi, from the
committee on post office and post roads,
providing for ecean mail service be
tween the United States and foreign
ports. Referred to the committee of
the whole.
By Townsend, of Ohio, from the
committee on commerce, amending the
law concerning commerce and naviga
tion and the regulation of steam ves
sels. Committee of the whole. It places
foreign vessels when in our ports, un
der the same rules relative to their out
fit, and to the protection of passengers
ae govern vessels owned in the United
States, and reduces license fees of pilots,
engineers, etc., from $10 and $5, to $1.50
and 75 cents; also exempts owners or.
domestic vessels from personal liabili
ty beyond an amount equal to double
the amount of their respective invest
ments therein.
Haskell, of Kansas, moved that the
House proceed to the consideration of
business on the Speaker's table, stating
that his object was to take up tne ben
ate anti-polygamy bill. Agreed to
yeas 119; nays 86.
The first bill on tiie Speaker's table
authorizing the purchase of property
known as the Freedman's Bank, in
Washington, D. C.., and appropriating
$250,000 therefor, was passed after some'
debate.
Several executive communications
were referred and a number of Senate
Weather.
Washington, March 8. For the"
Middle States. Cloudy weather, with
rain or snow, northeast to southeast
winds, lower barometer, stationary or
a slight rise in temperature.
For the South Atlantic States.
Cloudy weather and iain, northeast to
southeast winds, lower barometer and
stationary or a slight rise in temperature.
The true bloom on beaut 'a face, the rose-tint
of a healthy skin, can be enjoyed in December or
any other month, by using Dr. C W. Benson's
Skin Cure. It does away with all eruptions and
lrrlt ationa of either the akin or scalp.
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kg CURS su.
8,180; grant 8.638; sales 10,000; stock 817.430;
uvvna w mi isruam 6,120; to France ;
coastwise 8347; to continent 2,671; to chan
nel .
Mobili firm; mlddllni flUta low mlddlmc
uwi gooa oroinary lOfec; net receipts liu;
gruna i boidi i
oasc Z8u; nance
to continent -.
Mbkphjb Finn; middling llB&e; low mid
dling lie; good ordinary lojfce; net receipts 265;
"Voio ' mPaeDU z,sz;s ; saies o,ouu; stoge
bliOlS. j
Auotbta Firm: mMdUnc lifter low mid
dling 104e; good ordinary 10c; receipts 204;
shipments : sales 522.
Chablsstoh Firm; middling llfte; low
mld uing llSe; good ordinary 10e; net receipts
615; gross ; sales 4.000; stock 49,815;
exports coastwise ; to Qreat Britain ;
to continent ; to France ; to channel
NkwYjOBK jinn; sales 225; middling uplands
11 8-1 6c: mlddllns Orleans 12 1-lde: consoli
dated net receipts ; exports to Great Britain
; to Jrranee : to continent ; to
channel .
LmsPOOL Noon Hardening; middling up
lands 6 9-16d; middling Orleans 6SAd; sales
15.000: SDeculauon and exnorts 2.000: receipts
43.000; American 28,000. Uplands low middling
clause: March delivery 6 9-16d8 87 63d; March
ana April o y-iea;.7-o4d; Apru ana amy
5fadafl 21-S2d: May and June 645-64dffl-
6 23-32d: June and July 6 25-82d; July and Aug
ust 6 27 82d; August and September oei-o4a;
September and October . Futures, sellers at
previous prices,
Liverpool 5 P. M. Sales of American cotton
11,000 bales. Uplands low mlddl'g clause: March
delivery 6 89-64d; March and April 6 89-64d; April
and Mav A 48-fi4d: Mav and June 6 13 16dffl-
6 57-64d; June and July ; July and August
6d; August and September . Futures clos
ed barely steady.
FUTURES.
Nxw Tori Net receipts 598: gross 2,970.
Futures closed weak; sales 108.000 bales.
Manh ll.82a.83
April ll.94a.95
May I2.12a.18
June. 12.2a.80
July 12.453.48
August -
September ?.22a.23
IVtAha, Il-DOIO.DO
November 11.48 50
December. ll.5ia.52
January
February
The Post's Cotton Market Beoert says: Future
deliveries at the first call advanced 7 to 5, and
showed another slight improvement at the
second call, but were sold subsequently and lost
.mint Thaw urn f bw orders from outside.
Transactions are small as the market is almost
entirely In the hands ot small speculators.
FINANCIAL.
Naw YORK.
Ladies, Gentlemen, Misses, Boys and Idren
CANNOT FAIL TO BS 8UITXD IN
Exchange,
Governments unchanged
New 5's, -
Four and a half Dpr cents,
Four per cents,
Money, -v
State bonds rather dull and lower
8ub-treasury balances oia
' Currency....
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MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH
4.8514
1.0214
1.13
1.18
ea
S78.844
4,403
M. The market onened weak,
and 123 per cent lower than yesterday's closing
prices, tne nasnvuic a. v;uiuiuwb, mo oi.
. aan DVaTwHann nraferred. the Louisville ft Nash-
.411.1 oni th Nm-fnitr a Western nraferred. being '
nMmimnt in the decline, while the Illinois
CenUal opened 1 per cent higher. In early deal
ings a decline ot ia2 per cent took place, the
TJ?.,i-trin Nashville and the Nashville ft Chatta-
nooea belnz most prominent therein. Subse-
auently the market again sold down iS2 per
cent, the Nashville ft Chattanooga, the Louisville
ft Nashville, the Denver ft Rio Grande, the Texas
DonidA and tnn Knfi Dainir mun urumuieut iu iuo
rfA.imn. At 11 o'clock the Nashville ft Chatta
nooga recovered 1 per cent
Btocks Irregular;
Alabama Class A, 2 to 5
Alabama Class A, small
Alabama Class B, 5's
Alabama Class C. 4'S.
Chicago and Northwestern
Chicago and Northwestern preferred,
Erie
East Tennessee
Georgia.
Illinois central.
Lake Shore..-
Louisville and Nashville
Memphis and Charleston
Nashville and Chattanooga
New York Central
Pittabure.
Richmond and Allegheny
Richmond and Danville
Rock Island
Wabash, St. Louis Pacific .........
Wabash, St. Louis ft racinc preierra
Western Union.
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world; and being si: mated in
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EXCEED the product, of AXJj
the leading mannfketories com
bined. &r2fe'm fi-u.ine unless i
bears the trcd-e-mixrlc of the ull.
Mar 22 ly
Guano! (kiiofgllll
83
82
99Vi
1.291A
34
101A
1.67
1.836
1.1 3 Vl
414
1.31 fe
1.H3
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MARCH 8, 1882
FRODUCE.
Wilmington, N. C. Spirits turpentine quiet at
4ftc. Rosin firm; strained $1.90; good strained
SI 95. Tar steady, at 81.80. Crude turpentine
steady, at 82.25 for hard: 83 50 for yellow dip;
$2 80 for Ylrtcln (Inferior). Corn unchanged;
prime white 82Vi83; mixed 77.
Balttmori Noon Flour quiet and steady;
Howard street and Western super 83 50-84-60;
extra 84.75ffi85.00; family 88. 00e7.00;
city Mills, 8uper83.608$4.50;extra84.75ffi85.75;
Rio brands 88.75; Patapsco family 87.75. Wheat
Southern steady; Western higher; Southern red
81.8038183: amber S1.88SS1.48; No. 1 Mary
land $1.41 bid; No, 2 Western winter red spot,
$1.28ffi$l 28A; March ; April $1.80 a -
S1.801&; May Sl-8maSI-81!ft; June 81.27-
Corn -Southern firmer; Western higher and dull;
Southern white 79; Southern yellow 70.
BALnxosa Night Oats firm; Southern 50 2
53; western white 6153; mixed 50; Pennsyl
vania 50ffi52. Provisions lower and dull; mess
ruir i 7 Knii 8 on Hulk meats shoulders and
clear rib sides, packed 7iA9. Bacon -shoulders
8V4; clear rlbsldesl0;hams 12i1814. Lard
refined 11A. Coffee firm; Rio cargoes ordinary
tofalrSaiO. flturar steady; A son 9&. wnisaey
-dull, at Sl.17aSl.18. Freights firmer.
85.75; fancy 86.25ffiS7.00. Wheat-nrmer; No,
2 red winter Sl.273Sl.28. Corn stronger; No.
2 mixed. 6214382. Oats -quiet; No. 2 mixed,
463461& Pork-ftrmer, at 817.50. Lard active
firm and higher, at 810 153810 20. Bulk meats
stronger; shoulders 6Vi; clearrlbs 914; clear
sides . Bacon shoulders ; clear ribs ; clear
Whiskey- steady, at $1.18; combination sales
of finished goods 570 barrels on a basis of 81.16.
Sugar quiet ana uncnangea. nogs uruicr, sum
mon anil light 85.2538.85; packing and butchers
88.25387.00. Receipts ; shipments .
Chicago. Flour dull and nominal. Wheat
excited and higher; No. 2 Chicago spring $1.25
i9ft for Ash: 81.25381.26 for March;
CITY COTTON MARKET.
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Chahlottk, March 10, 1882. 1
The market yesterday closed quiet at the fol
lowing quotations:
UnAH MIHHIInir 1114
Strictly middling,. $..: l1
UMll1n II
JUUU1IIIS - - -- -- -- " -
Strict low middling. J
Td:::::::.::-.v:."v.:.:.v: wZ
Storm cotton 5S8
Sales yesterday 71 bales.
Statements,
Order Books.
Ylsltlng Cards,
Ball Cards,
-AL50-
Pamphlets
OltKrlotte Produce market.
MARCH 8, 182.
BUYING PRICES.
CoBH.perbush'l 853g0
MXAL, "
Bkams, white, per bushel 1.25a2.50
Pxas, Clay, per bnsh. wuai'sX
IjiAv. " 1-50
1.25
... 3.2583.B0
... 2.75a3.00
... 2.6oa8.00
65a75
5a8
81.2Hitri zo 10i A J. i5
81 04la81.05U; Rejected 70375. Corn -in
?oV.h?A nS hteher at 581A for fresh: 6OW1
A - 5
bills passed, among them a bill directing
the Secretary of War to pay over to the
secretary 01 tne army 01 me vjumDer-
lana 55700 to aia in me erecwan ot a
statue or monument to the late James
A. Garfield. .
Finally the anti-nolyeamy bill was
.o.h. R8U fnr March : KHSii for ADril: Rel
59 Oats moderately active and higher, at 42
for cash; 4014 fo' March; 401 for April; Rejected
40 Rye and Barley, steady and unchanged.
Dressea nogs lnacure uu uumimu, wu
Pork active and firm, and higher, at 81 6.37
81650 for cash: 816.37ttS8l6.40 for April.
Lard-active, firm and higher, at 810.20 for cash;
S10 22iAa810.25forAprtL Bulk meats-moder-atelr
active and higher; shoulders 86.25; short rib
89 80; short clear 89.45. Whiskey steady and
unchanged, at 81.18.
Nw York Southern flour, dull and declining;
common to faIrextraS5.1086.60; good to choloe
extra 86.70388.00. Wheat-unsettled and open
ing at 1814 ic higher, but subsequently became
weak and lost most of the advance, then strong
aeain. and closing at a trifle under the highest
rates; N 3. 2 spring $1.30; ungraded red 81-84-i
hk. nnXd whlteS1.2HffiS1.29i: No. 2 red.
March 81 29381.80; April 81. 31 81.3214. Corn
opened 3ft l tfec higher and closing very strong;
nneraded DOCDfl'W; roumeru jm un luutuwi
SngTaded yeUow 70; No. 2. March 6868tt; April
6969!i. OaU l2c higher and more active;
wo 8. 5014. Hops about steady and demand
iteht- Yearlings 12320. Coffee-quiet and very
Arm; Btofta cargoSs 811; in io lots 8f12.
Suear-unchanged and very quiet; fair to good re
fining quoted at 77 7-16; refined easier and
fairiy actlve;Standard AS. Molasses-qulet and
steadr. Bice held very strong and supply light;
Carolina and Louisiana 6V7. Bosln-flrm, at
S2 8582.40. Turpentine dull and unchanged,
at R21A. Wool dull and drooping; Domestic
fleece 8448; Texas 1430 Pork-dull and
quoted at 818 25; new 817 253817 87W;
Mareaa8l7.00S8n,10; April SIJ.IO.
Mlnnlflfl verv urn" BUU uuict ouu ynca uiuuKuwi
lon Tcleai -m, Lard opened 10c higher and
closed weak, with the advance nearly lost, at
810 47lS MaVch 8l0.45810.4Ttt; AprU 810.45
S10.47U. Frelghto to Liverpool market firmer.
CtononTper saU and steam 8-ieJMtd,
6&TTON.
QALTErreH-Steady; middling llc; low mid
dlln liuc: srood ordinary 10c; net receipts
1.177: cross : sales 526: stock 51,268;
porta eoastwise ; to Great Britain
nntinATtt 1 to France : to
1,665.
Norfolk Firm ; middling llo; net receipts
1,624: rross ; stock 42.954; exports iom
wise 877; sales 629: exports to Great Britain
; to continent .
. BALTDfORB Steady t middling 1 lt4c; lew mid
dling llttj good ordinary lOVI; net receipts o;
Soss llY; sales ; stock 89.048; exports
eoastwise ; spinners : exports to Great
Britain ; to continent .
BoaroH-Qulet: middling 12s; low middling
llSho: good ordinary 10c; net receipts 1,887;
Km iljOtQ; sales : tock 10.827: exports to
Great Britain : to France .
Wilmihgtqh Steady: middling 1 Hfcc: low mid-
llng 10 16 16e; gcjod owHnan rio l -l oe: recis ioj :
Lady,
White, "
Fixjub
Family
Extra. .
Super
04T&, shelled,
drub Fruit
Apples, per lb.. oao
PuuhM. neled 18a20
" Unpeeled 7a8
Blackberries Ba5
ZJS?"- 65a70
wsh!::::::::::.. i.25ai.6o
BDTTXB
North Carolina.
Esgb, per dozen..
rOULTRT
Chickens
Spring
Ducks
Turkeys, perm.
Rm. ner lb- net
Mcttoh, per lb., net
Pork, " " w
SELLING PBICE3 WHOLESALE.
Bulk Msats
Clear rib sjdes -
COFTKR
Prime Bto-
Good
8tsR
White.... ..
Yellow
Molasses
Cuba
BILL HEADS,
Deeds,
Receipt Books,
Business Cards,
Programmes
Magistrates' and
Court Blanks
In fact, all kinds of printing done at short notice
Special attention given to Railroad Printing. "
BOOK WOKE
NOTE HEADS,
Circulars,
Envelones.
Handbills,
Invitations,
Checks,
GENUINE-
Kaiaitt, or German Potash Salts.
CALL AND SEE US.
CURES WHEN ALL OTHElf
REMEDIES FAIL!!! '
If you doubt, come to see us, and we will
CURE YOU.
or charge nothing!!!
Write for particulars, and a copy o tue little book
"Message to the Unfortunate Suffering."
Ask any prominent Druggist as to our Standing.
Br&lOOO REWARD will be paid to any chemist
who will find on analysis of loo bottles of 8. S. S.
one particle oi Mercury, loaide 01 Potassium, or
any Mineral substance.
SWIFT BlrBfJUfLV OO.. ITOps .
Atlanta, Ga.
(PER BOTTLE.)
Price of Small Size,.... 8100
Large Size, 1.75
ML
SLJL
decSl
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
College Street.
20
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fl A TTHT ACTION GUARANTEED.
Having a larger supply 01 type man most jod es
tablishments, BOOK WORK has been ana wm
continue to be a specialty with us.
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Address
P. O. Box 182.
THE OBSERVER
Charlotte. N. C,
To Merehau
5!
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VT,- MASS t J,
10al
Sugar 8y rap.,-.
Choice New Orleass..
45
8Bs5n
B75
40a45
Common
8AUverpool fine 1,26Jinn
" coarse Hoai.uu
WHTSXKT
Corn, per gallon
Bye, "
Brandt
Apple, per gallon.
Peach, '
WOT, Scuppemong, per gallon. .
RETAIL.
Chexsx..,. ...,....
Lard. Derm.
Tallow, per lb.
baooh
N. C. hog round
Hams, N. C.
Hams, canvassed.
Bicr -
Frutt
Apples, Northern, per bbl . .
" Mountain, "
Mackerel No. 1
No. 2
" -No. 8.
Codfish
Cabbasi, per lb. -
....S1.75a2.00
....82.00a8.00
....f2.00a3.00
1.50
20
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A LOT OF
Wrapping Paper
-AND
8.25a8.50
8.00
1.25
1.00
75
15
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: to
channel
FREIGHT NOTICE.
-rvr f inanaa H nomot movements ef
I iifVkhrfrom ChariotU Ttne iQllowing rul.s
will beenforced on and after J8n'R1Xfond
for the AUantic, Tennessee ft Ohnd Mchmond
ft Danville uaiiroaos wui V ' th CMnr
ment after 12 o'elock. but freight for the Char
lotte, Columbia ft Augusta nd AUanta har
lotte Alr-Llne Railroads will 'ISfr-rS. 4
o'cloek p. as. T. T. SMiT
feb35 lw 8at
NOTICE.
125: to Great fettfin
away and carried balf a mue.. . ine lpa reached, and Converse raised a point of
of stock continues, ana wo ii,uwuu ia order tnat tne DiU must g0 10 tne com
cross
MMtwtse
continent
Phtladklt'HXa Firm ;
to
middling lgo; low
hourly growing more desperate,
.Western IJnlo'n Dividend.
vT;'vr,TTj- Marfth 8. The Western
TJnlon Telegraph company Jo-u?.
Glared a dividend of one and one-half
- per cent, for the current quarter.
mit tee of the whole.
Pending a decision of the point of
order the House at 4.30 adjourned.
1.
Dtservlng Artie re AlwsysABpeeeiste.
The exceptional cleanliness ot Parker's Hair
Balsam makes It popular. Gray hairs are impos
sible with its occasiuseonal .
mlddilrig 1 1 o; good ordinary 10e; net iteetpts
erosJ 181 J sales ; spinners J0
1 a'ftjS : xsoru Gnat Britain 1,500: 19 continent
18,642s exaoru
8ATAMKAH Steady
; middling lUfce; low mid-
Iferawlse, '957: to 'Great Britain ;
to France . : to continent .
Nrw ORLKATO-Steady; middling llc; low
irdauLvc uWi good ordinary 10cs net receipt!
BY Virtue of the .power granted in amortgage
given by Jonas Hoffman, James D. Moore and
L. P. Btowe, trustees -of the "Gaston Hh8obool
Company," ot Gaston eountr, N- a.to scured-
8ina xor our iiunarea wu"i " ,r
there to credit for Sixty Seven Dollars and Nine
ty Cents, given February 1. 1882 Iswrlng bal :
nnAABtui atim aKnnt: vonr Hundred DouaTS..
whteh mortgage is recorded in the Boc orMort-
gages o. 1, psfl
omce.
court
Of land On th arihnrha nf Dallas, fi. C 001
three acres, more or less, being the same qdoq
which to located the brick building belonging to
aid "GAatnn ttii. oihmf fin. "-mclndln said
building. X1jH0BNBCB W) ;
1 . - Mortgagees.
iMuas, . u., Februarf 28th, issz.
marS w4t
TO THEE I GIVE HEALTH.
'Excellent Tonie, Alterative and Dlurfittc." ;
Medical Association, Lynchburg, va.
"Used with areat benefit In Malaria and Diph
theria.' S. F. Dupon, M. D., Ga.
"Successfully used in dyspepsia, chronic diar
rhoea and scrofula." Prof. S. Jackson, M. D.,
Univ. Penn. '
"Invaluable as a nervous tonic. Hon. L C.
Fowler, Tenn.
"Recommended as a prophylactic In malarial
districts," D. R, Falrex, M. D., N. O.
"Restores debilitated systems to health." T. C.
Mercer, M. D., Ind. . ,
'"Adapted in chronic diarrhoea, scrofula, and
dyspepsia.-" Geo. T. Harrison, M. D N. Y. .
"Successful in diphtheria and neuralgia." J. P.
NfttfiA. M. n.. N. c.
i "Excellent for certain diseases peculiar to wo
men." Frot. j. j. Moorman, si. D va.
'.Prompt in relieving neaaacne, sick ana ner-
vons.1' Rev. R. C. Dodson.
"Used with great'benefy; In drspepela." J. Mo
Ralph, M. D.. Pa. . t . . . . , r
"Suited to bronchitis and diseases of digestive
organs." J. F. Roughton, M. D.? Ala.
"Most valuable remedy known for female dis
eases." Jno. P. Metteaur, M. D., L. L. D. ,
"Of great curative virtue," Thos. F. Bmnfbld,
M.D..MO.
"Benefipial In uterine derangement and mala
jlous conditions.' gT M. VauTll. D. lm&
"Channing on the complexion, making it
smooth, clear, soft and rosy." Hips M., 01 a. u
"The prince ot mineral tonics." Franou tti
Ilam. M. D N. C. . . s
"Inestimable as a tonlo and alterative." m
tar M etrtilTA. H. T.. Va. -
"Fine appetizer and blood purlflar." H. Fisher,
M. n.. n . -
- "Very beneficial in Improving a reduced sys-
tam." Blabon Beclcwun. 01 ua.
"Invalids here And welcome and health." Rev.
John Hanson, late of La., now of Blchmond, Va.
"Has real merit tJoumern jseo. journal -
DonintilAta fiu. nnnM annllittSnn -
m. tau.vu.wa Mwm wiw. . . , i
Wntor. rtnnn. Haas and PDla.25. ETA T&
Mmta Bant annstinm.' '
Rummer season of Springs begins' 1st Jane. t35
rmonxn. Aaaress 1 - .
i' kt ML PA7TJS, Preset of the Co.,
78 ltotoXyngbn V4.. P. Q. Box J7f
WILSON ft BDRWELL; i i
J. H. MeADlDf.and , .
L. B. WRISTON & CO.,
mar27 Charlotte, N. C
Paper Bags.
BOTH ATLANTA AND PDILAUEL
PHI A SIZE,
Ko One Can TJntfefccIl ifc.
HOW TO TELL
GENUINE SIMMONS LIVER IIEUIJ-
I.ATOR, OH OTEDICINE.
Lok for clean neat WHITE WBAPPKR with
I the red symbolic letter stamped upon U in tne
form of a ribbon "gracefully curved into the letter
z emDracing tne emblems or our traae, Bpaiui.
Mortar and (Graduate with the words A. Q. SIM
MONS' LIVJtB RSeUL ATQB or MEDICI N K there
on, also observe Xhe signature of J. n. ZIIUK x
CO., tn red ink on the side.
TAKE NO OTHER,
Beware of those who know nothing of Medical
Compounds who put out nostrums known to sour,
and being anal? zed prove worthless and only mad8
to fleece the public, and to pirate on the well earn
ed reputation of Zellln ft Co's. medicine tuese
frauds have no reputation to sustain and win
cheat you for a few penneys every way they can.
See Wno Endorses tbe Genuine.
Hon. Alex. FL Stenhens.
Rt Rev. Jno. W. Beckwith, Bishop of Ga.,
Gen. Jno B. Gordon, U. S. eenator,
Bt Rev. Bishop Pierce,
Hon. Jno. Gill Shorter,
J. Edgar Thompson,
Hon. B. H. Hill.
Bon. J. C. Breckinridge,
Prof. David Wllils. D, D.
Chief Justice Hiram Warner, of Ga.
Lewis Wander, Assistant P. M. Pnlla., Pa.,
and thousand of others from whom we have let
ters or commenaatlqn and reeommenaauuu.
It is eminently a Family Medeclne; and by be
ing kept ready for immediate resort win save
many an hour of suffering and many a dollar in
time and doctors bills.
Dr, Simmons' Liver Regulator,
AOTTACTURED OHLT BT
J. II. ZEILIN ds CO.,
PHILADELPHI V.
.Sold by all Respectable Druggists.
feb24 .
sscyS
, CITY TAXES.
I AM required by the Board of Aldermen to make
settlement of Taxes due the city for the-year
1881 at once. Delindusnts are hereby notified
that pnless they call and nettle at once their prop
erty wflj be advertised b"n the 21 st -flay -of March,
mar? tdf ' i .i?...Clty TaxjCoilector.
FRESn
FLORIDA ORANGES
Pickled! :Trpe,-. Pigs Feeti CodFUA
' u ' andBi.Hottlnriat, ' : r' .
mar3 ' & M. HOWELL
CONGRESS WATER.
CATHAUriC Amp AL ERtTUi.
Is a well knowp speoluc for CONSUMPTION, IN t
DIGESTION, and all disorders of the 'STOMACH,
LIVER and KrDNETS.
NINETY YEARS' popular use attests Its purliy.
safety and superiority to all waters of this class.
Avoid' all coarse," irritating waters; foreign and
domestic: thef Impair the digestive organs and
kidneys, thereby inducing Irreparable results.
None. Genuine Sola on DrSu
marl 2meod '
' IMPORTANT TO GOLD MINERS.
tejiWIe AcfiDg Concentrate
.Wralarger rWcentate of BULPHUR1TO tuan
any-other known device, or devices, costing douPi
the money. For further .pajtiimlars, address, ai
.Washington, p. C, BBYAN TYSON.
' Seven years experience in California.
mar2d8t wit
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