North Carolina Newspapers

YGU A PRETTY -OB 'S ILK Ti FOR IBETTT PAIE SMT& SLIPPERS FOB A CHRISTMAS FBISHf T. Ton Can End Them at Petfai S CO's. A FULL LOOT 01 SOFTS STIFF HATS. ALSO m I deci7 8ft. Wo Caps for Christmas, at PffiRAM & CO'8. -? Ro ! For Christmas, ! 1TAKB the present occasion to extend my grate fol acknowledgments for past favors, and ask lor a continuance of the same. BRE AD, CAKES and CANDIES, I awe fresh xtkbx 1T of the best quality. f" CALL AHD SB KB. m4Bt W. TOT dK20 lw ' NOTICE IS hereby given that an application will be made to the General Assembly of North Carolina, at to next session, to grant a Charter for a Street Hallway Company In the city of Charlotte. ot26 oaw lm FOE BENT. THE two stores, and eight flolshed rooms up stairs suitable for bed rooms, at the Air Line Jepot, Just finished by Mr. M. P. Pegrasa. Apply to F. EL 6LOYJEB, Agent. decl5 lw . A. W. & C. L Alexander, SURGEON DEWXISTS. Jfflee over the West Corner of Trade and Try on ireew. office hours from 8 a. m. to p. m. TREES i DELIVERY. MI Trees are now ready ior delivery, opposite r-rir. Alien rouse's residence, uii iijuuihidd ntveen 6th and 6th. A fine lot of Trees, Plants lowers and Flower Seed on hand for sale. . Any "Wi my line furnished on short notice. . -2 x. W. 8PABBOW. Charlotte. .00 REWARD. CATCHBL between Phlfer's Pond and the Poor V aojue, one hand Satchel, containing papers. ZZ; 030 to the owner only, v , The above reward paid if left at the office of the ., , nn . . SENGJBB MANTPG CO., flec23 it ' . Charlotte, N. C FUNERAL NOTICE. THE members of Phalanx Lodge No. 8l,ft , )L-J- A. M., will meet In their hall, in XX Sunday, December -24th, for the purpose Th?41 01 Brother J. BDBaker. ' ftB members of Excelsior Lodge No. 261, A. F. in j: 1111(1 aI1 master masons in gooa siancunu, JutS1'1 ale invited to attend; . . - ' . of S. H. HILTON, W.SL (toistmas Present, i -AT- l :c: L ttE YOU ASI A K: I -OI- -for Xmas Goods ! WHEN YCU ARE OUT LOOKING FOR THE SLAUGHTERING GOING ON IN THE CITY, CALL-IN AND 8KB If you can't find something In oar house cheap enough to boy. We do not offer all oar Stock at Cost, bat will sell you a great many Goods cheap,and If you will COMPARE GOODS and FBICXS we think we an CONVINCE YOU that we will SELL GOODS CHEAP. Our Stock ef XMAS GOODS Is coming In erery day, and when you want something hand some Mr a XMASPBESENT. Call and see oar Stock and you will find GOODS and PBICBS BIGHT. Yery Respectfully, T. L. Seigle & Co. dec8 a CQ M m p o r3 52 e 3 CHRISTMAS WAITS. it was the eve of Christmas, long before the break of morn. When, with chorusing of angels, and the star that went before, The trembllagshepherds woke to learn that onto . them was born. In Bethlehem of Judea, a king 1 oreTermore. I toeked from out the window, and the sky was thick with stars,,. . - ''4 And, like a winding-sheet, the anew upen the 'fields lay drivenV5?' '.' ; -""'1 The horned moon let down her light in : faint . and silver bars, f That seemed a shining ladder to scale the heights of Heaven; ; .s j Wide the silence stretched around me. Not the chirp of any bird . . Echoed in the leafless branches, and the dead vines at the pane : ' v - . Knocked and knocked like ghostly fingers, and the only sound I heard , , ! Was the wand'ring night-wind as it walled, above the silent plain. Then I turned me from the window, and I sought my lonely hearth: "Lot" I said the year is growing old amid the snow and frost. Yet no one comes to sing to me of comfort er of mirth, And my only faithful comrades are the Joys that I have lost. Long I sat and pondered deeply-eyes as void of tears as smiles. Fastened en the carven mantle, counting all life's pleasures dross ; While our Lord and the Apostles, on the ancient painted tiles. Marched in endless, long procession from the manger to the Cross. So I mused and watched the firelight, playing on the dark old floor, And the shadows danced and beckoned, flee ing as the flame burnt clear, When there came a sound of voices singing at the close-barred door, So sweetly, oh ! so sweetly, I could not choose but hear. I stole into the lattice, and, lo I on looking down, I saw a troop of phantoms pale in garments white and fair: Every hand did bear a palm-branch, every head a golden crown - They left no footprint on the snow, they east no shadow there, Ana one was Borrow ana one was joy, ana one was wan despair. And there were Mfrth, and Vain Regret, and Hope with starry eyes, With spires of light about her brow, and Faith with floating hair - And glory shone around them all, the light of Paradise. Sweet love was borne upon a bier amid the ghostly throng, A frozen smile was on her lip, on her bright head the snow; And by her side her silent harp .... With laughter and wlth-song. She bade the New Year weleome glad in tears it now must go. O, my dead Love! I never thought to see thy - face again The bloom of springtime and of youth long perished in its prime; Dry leaves are rustling by the stream, and in the empty lane The flowers that we used to pluck were with ered by the rime, So sweetly, oh, so sweetly the tears mine eyes o'erflowed, As their voices rose together, thrilling high and higher yet ; And they gathered closer, closer to the door of my abode, And the sweetest tones among them were of Hope and Yain Regret "We are the children of the Past, This night we come to thee. When other hearts are full of Joy, and thou lett desolate; Alone, yet never lonely, from henceforth shalt thou be For thou shalt bear a talisman against the hardest fate. We'll press our arms around thy neck,our cheeks against thine own : We'll come to the at morning tide, and when the firelight gleams ; And nevermore, though Love may sing of days that long have flown, Her face shall be as peaceful, mild as one who smiles in dreams. Not aloue this brief existence. Not the wounds, the stripes, the woe : Not the struggles, bitter losses, and the weary strife with sin : Forth eccolden gates shall open wide, the skies shall melt and glow, And Love, amid an angel band, shall meet and lead thee in." They were silent. Of a sudden all the bells on every side Clashed and clanged a thousand greetings to the day when Christ was born ; And the dav-star naled and' trembled, and, be yond the snow-plain wide, - A golden light did grow and grow, the herald of the dawn. Lo ! I looked my waits had vanished, but a glo ry lineered near, And there came a faint, sweet cadence, by the wind borne back again; Then mv heart, with glad remembrance that thcr loved me, held me dear, Shaned the strain into the legend: "Peace on Earth, Good ipfl toward Men !" A Serious Railroad Accident. ATT.AKrTA.GAJ.Dec. 23. This morn ine a freight train consisting of 15, cars ran on a trescie uu wo jaau jLziaow, -iriwrinid Mr. annrsria Railroad, at Seney, n.or Tt.nAV.Mart Oondoctor Ayres had iTi a leg broken and one train nian ismiss LU hno-: Further details of the accident nonnnr. n nn mm v ou. uiiiuk w uu hoA- nf tAicrranrrifi facilities, but it is thnnffht to have been a very serious one, ttonrin' nrhans bv other ana more I WUDvUwvw Y " F fatal casualties, ,: . t , ,7 Court House Burned. : Monroe, La ;Dec 23.-The Cour i rr,ia at this niaeft was. Durneu laa night and all the records destroyed. j IN COlteRESS. The SenatelGrappIes With the Civil Ser4 vice Pill, While the House Finds It elt ffithout a' Quorum. aa Adjourns tiU AVeduesday. , . Washington, D. d, Dee, $3. -Senate The President laid before the Senate ocomraunication from the Secretary f the Navy trananutuag. me report of the negotiations for the purchase of certain lana aajacem w we jnorioiK NaYY Yard, Referred to the commits tee of naval affairs. At the close of the morning hour the' ciTiUervice bill came up as unfinished business. ? ,, . .. Pendleton in chare or the Mil, yielded the floor temporarily for the transaction of some miscellaneous business, after which the senate re sumed consideration of the civil service bill, the question being on Fugh's amendment providing that the present forcer in th danartment. excent sol diers, etc., shall be subjected to com petitive examination like persons out side, and to facilitate such examina tions shall be divided into tnree classes. Rejected 23 to 19, Yin Wyck's amendment pendine since yesterday was agreed to, striking out. woras, -as iar as pracncauie, so as to require that the appointment of offi ces among the States and Territories, snouia De made absolutely on a oasis of population. On motion of Morgan tne nrst section of $he bill was amended so as to pro vide for three commissioners instead of five and that they shall hold no other official places under the U S. At 10:30 p m the Senate was still in session on the civil service bill. - House. In the absence of the Speaker the House was called to order oy rage, or uanrornia. After the approval of the journal, White, of Kentucky, made the point of order that the journal could not be ap proved in the absence of a quorum, out the Speaker pro tern held that the point was made too late. Feele, of Indiana, moved that the House adjourn, pending which the Speaker pro tern submitted five re quests for leave of absenee, but they were objected to. Amid much noise and confusion the House refused to adjourn yeas 66, nays 58. The roll call was several times inter rupted by White, of Kentucky, with points of order, which created much merriment until the Speaker pro tern at last flatly refused to recognize the eentleman. Leaves of absence were granted and the House, at 12:50, ad jonrned until Wednesday next. lA Difficulty with Mexico Adjusted, Washington. Dec. 23. Senor Ma- thias Romeo, the Mexican Minister, has received a cablegram from his Govern ment dated yesterday at the City of Mexico, informing him that General Piteheco. Secretary of Public Works, has signed a contract withMrTyng, Secretary and Representative of the Leonard, Tehauntepec Railroad Com- oanv. aid of the bondholders of the same road, which settled in a satisfac tory manner for both parties this diffi culty. Weather. Washington, Dec. 23. Middle At an tic, fair weather southwest to north west winds, slight rise in barometer, stationary or slight falling tempera ture. South Atlantic, partly cloudy weather and local rains, north to west winds, slight falling temperature and higher barometer. t Killed in Escaping from a Banting Building;. Terrell. Texas. Dec 23. Three dwellings were burned in this place at an eativ hour this morning. While en- deavoring to escape from a widow, Mrs DAyne fell to the ground and was killed. - . M .... rosimasiers rvominaiea. Washington, Dec 23. Among the nominations sent to the Senate to-day were Charles T Scott, Postmaster at Parkersburg, W Va; J Allen Myers, Bryan, Texas. End of a Drunken Spree. Tallahassee, Fla, Dec. , 23. At Lake City, last evening, Union Fuller, a prominent citizen while drunK snot and killed Parker Adams, late candi date for the Legislature. ill fmt wm Two Men Drowned. Fayetteyille, K. C, Dec. 23. Ed. Hawley and W J Sessions were drown ed to-day through their boat capsizing while they were crossing Cape Fear river at this place. Death of Cardinal Dennet. Pabis, Dec. 23. Gardinal Donnet, Archbishop of Bordeavx,diedyesterday. "How old are yen?" said an ancient dame te a grinning little tar-pot "Well, If I goes by what mudder says, I Is most ten, but II i goes by ae run I'se had, I'se most a hundred.' ' 0 1 that all could measure their years In this way, but how many measure them by long night watches, and almost fatal coughing spells, which could have been cured by a DOttie OI UI. SUITS CUUgu syrup muai iu ow son. ; ;.. ' -Tbe Nig-bt After ChrUtmai. ?Twas the night after Christmas; the boys were After stuffing with turkey, and pudding, and cake, And dnturhfiuts. and oTstATfl. and vlums. ana There were moanlngs and groanlngs and piteous A mv atnmftChP' "O Moses!" "Oh helPP' "I m, T th fhot T hadn't bml half as mnch Dlel" "O mother!" "Come, hurrj!" "O what shall I do?" "Brina something to cure me V "Boo-hoo" and -.. -BOO-hOOl" f . ; ;. And mother, alarmed by the racket and noise, Ban in to see what she could de for the boys. n..ri.a vain miinr ahn hmncht for relief. Ind soon made an end of their noise and their ih Wnmt nan oniet and ioy in the house, anh nr tha lads was aulet and still as a mouse. f -w COME DOWN A SPEC14L BEDUCTI0N TUfSWSSSS.tt? -1"J L C?,rXXX3NJ- ; sr,a lb. best twiesto seta to croTBnr :vlaAr r0"BJW . tor wiling h,.AM k-, .--Si "'.V"T '? .;. 111 " t"uws tii iie r wtrv mense, such as Fine POArvT uttit tid T.IK tin of GENTS' 1CBN1SH1KGS. AN IMltUibl Agenu ior the PlSABli affiaf . We invite Xj. declO M ..-IT V. f HAS A LABGS ooo a O O H O HHH BBB n BSS O. O H H K B II a H B n SSSS 1 in in A" n T MM M A -FROM TUB CHEAPEST o ag f V -f-r.. - pop0 m m -Wis - cCk1$ il i "rr " nr""" 1 "". 1 ." 11 'irt ..' 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