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CHARLOTTE, N.-'Ci, THURSDAY JANUARY 10, 1884.
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Ladies', Gents' and Children's Rubbers in buckle and half
Arctics. Plain and adjustable
Rubber Coats, Gossamers, Overcoats,
At slaughtering
prices, A job
A nice line of Ladies' and Gents' Underwear very cheap.
Blankets and Quilts.
Bargains in remnants of Dress Goods now on our Bargain
Counter. Will call your attention to some special things on
our Bargain Counter in a few days.
Come to see up. You can now get lots of goods for a
pmall amount of the "ready cash.'' We have a few off
numbers in
GENTS' HAND-SEWED SHOKS,
Very cheap. Come and see us.
Truly.
HARGRAVE8& ALEXANDER.
Smith Dnildins:, Trade
When in New York last week we bugiit
some very
HANDSOME GOODS
At greatly reduced prices. Among
them iri a lot of
Ladies'
Wraps,
That we will Bell at about the cost to
manufacture them.
An Elegant I.int of
CHRISTMAS GOODS
At prices that will surprise you when
you see the goods and hear the prices.
Come la on Monday Itloralnjr
and See the Itarfaln We Otter.
Very respectfully,
X. L SEllBtE A CO.
ALARG-E
L Sep & Co.
kill's . Gen
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the liver or kidneys, I .regard it as being
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Boilston. Hepderson county, N. C.
Far superior to. anv liver pad.
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. J. 8. M, DatidsoKt Druggist,
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sells very fast. N A. H. PEiugss,
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THE NEW AFRICA.
Henry Stanley, who has devoted
his time for the past several years to
the exploration of Africa, has demon
strated the fact that the Congo Val
ley, in Middle Africa, while immense
ly extensive, is also immensely rich,
and that it presents a tempting field
for enterprising men of commerce.
The Congo is the Mississippi of Africa,
rich in soil, covered with a valuable
forest growth.among which are India
rubber trees,' oil palms, and a great
variety of other trees. Copper and
iron have also been discovered. This
region is also numerously populated.
The explorations for some time have
been conducted under the auspices of
the International African Associa
tion, at the head of which is the King
of Belgium. This society has obtain
ed, by negotiations with ruling
powers of the tribes, peaceable pos
session of the larger portion of the
territory drained by the Congo, and
stations to the number of about
twenty-seven, as trading posts, have
been established at desirable points
in this region. At these points Ameri
cans and Europeans are employed for
purposes of trade and scientific work.
The flag of the association floats over
them, and is recognized and respect
ed. These stations are doubtless the
foundation of towns, and perhaps
Isome of them of large cities, which
are yet to be built in that dark and
heretofore almost unknown land,
which the boldness and perseverence
of a few men have done so much
within the past few years to throw
light upon. It would not bo surprising
if within a few years more we would
witness a considerable immigration
into that region, for it is not m the
nature of things that such a rich and
extensive field should be left - simply
to the trader in such articles as it now
in its uncultivated state nirmsnes.
When Stanley blazed the way
through the African jungles, discov
ered the vastness of its rivers and the
richness of its lands, he opeued up
the way for the steamboat, the rail
road, the town and the city, and the
farm. Light is breaking and civiliza
tion coming where darkness has
reigned and the savage dwelled for so
many centuries.
Judge Pardee, of the U. S. Circuit
court at New Orleans, has decided
that the Postoffice Department has
no right to withhold mail from the
New Orleans National Bank. Some
time ago the Postmaster General
prohibited the postmaster at New
Orleans from delivering mail to the
bank on the ground that it was acting
. -rnr tT ii
as agent tor tne juouisiana .uoroery
company, and the bank brought suit
to test the leealitv of this order. The
decision of Judge Pardee is practi
callv a triumph for the lottery com
pany.
T V, TXT TIaII rt XTswiwk Cl-rt
O 11. Jr WUJ, JIVU1 w, V . 1
bore the reputation of being a highly
respectable young man, but he e:
tered the house of a respectable
widow named Whitley last Saturday,
.placed his arm around her waist, and
was reminded of the improper famil
iarity of that proceeding by a slap in
the face. He persisted. She ran out
of the house to avoid mm. lie pur
sued. She lan three times around the
house, then ran in, he following. She
reached up, took down her dead hus
band's rifle and bio wed the whole top
of his head off.
Macon Telegraph: The production
of sugar in lower Georgia and Florida
has not yet assumed notable propor
tions, but it is the coming industry in
those sections. The soil and climate
suitable to the business. It will
not be long before Thomasville will
have a sugar refinery r and that whole
section win oe aottea witn sugar
plantations. It will be so because it
ought to be so.
Charles Delmonico,' the broprietor
of the famous Delmonico restaurant
iri New York, who has been for some
time under treatment for nervous af
fection, last Saturday night slipped
away from his attendants and has
not since been seen, though his
friends have searched the city for
him. ' . '
" 11 I I Ml B-
While the business failures of last
year snowed air increase 01 iauures
over the previous year,, it is noted as
. J A - A .
an' evidence oz nauonai prosperity
that the mortgage' indebtedness on
the farms in the United States has de
creased 75 per cent,
It is reported that the orange groves
of Florida have been seriously dam
aged hy the , late severe cold snap,
especiy the yoiJngtrees- The old
grovesTiave not been injnrea much.
: The city of : Baltimore insures the
lives, of her ftreinen for the benefit of
tbWfaiiulieSt an s example which
other cities should follow.
congrem yesterday
After the Holidays" Who were Pres
ent-' Another Delafeo! BillsNorth
Carolina Motes.
Oorretpondenet of The Observer.
Washington, Jan. 7: Most of the
Congressmen were in .their seats to
day. From North Carolina Senator
Vance and Representatives Cox,
Dowd, Green, York and O'Hara were
present. The call of States for bills
and resolutions proceeded as far as
New York in the session of four hours
and twenty minutes, I Gen. Oox held
a good hand in expectation of play,
for I saw it. Ells tune will come to
morrow. He . tried to introduce a
resolution directing the Committee
on Accounts to inquire whether the
number of employees .should . be in
creased or diminished, but was . cut
off with objections. You see the drift
of this. At the last, bill-day 1,800
bills and joint resolutions were in
troduced, the call having been ex
tended ever two days. There will be
at this call not less than 1,400. One-
tentn of these may secure slight con
sideration in the Committees or the
House. Far more than nine-tenths
will be practically buried in the tomb
of the Capulets. - Chairman Scales
must make an effort, one added to
many by others, to cut off the iniqui
ty of prmtine so many useless bills
and reports. Some economy surely
can be instituted wher there is so
much waste.
There were fewer bills conceruinir
the internal revenue introduced than
before. One, by a Kentucky mem
ber, to consolidate the machinery of
the internal revenue and customs of
each State and Territory, is worthy
of special attention. It indicates the
support of the Speaker and a power
ful influence among the Revenue Re
formers for a modifieatidn of existing
laws.
One would think that in this, the
second month of the Congress, the
office-seeker would slightly relax his
lp, especially since the places m
theHouse are about all filled. But I
found-to day a new man from eastern
North Carolina trying to lav wires
after a car load of disappointed aspi
rants from all parts of the State had
departed reluctantly. Now, over in
the Senate, the Olympic game has
only fairly opened with the return of
the Sergeant-at-Arms. Gentlemen
come and gentlemen write. Demo
crats in and Democrats out apply, as
well as Republican ex-office-holders
from the House side ; and so the pret
ty little scene is enacted in the days
of civil service and the age of reform.
Secretary McCook and Sergeant Can
ady say they, will not make a large
number of removals, and only a very
few at first. .But . this is understood
as a move to give them time. They
will both ultimately give the large
majority of positions to men of their
own party.
Mr. fiusbee is here preparing his
brief in the Pool-Skinner election con
test.
This, correspondence at the time
gave a glance at the debate in the
House on the admission of Mr. Skin
ner with reference to authorities re
lied upon by both sides in the discus
sion. In addition, I have secured
from my friend, Daniel R. Goodloe,
Esq.. memoranda which he has
prepared on the leading cases, tt at
of .reriuns, Known as tne JNew Hamp
shire case, and that of Hunt vs. Men
ard, from Louisiana. In the former
case (1st Barlett, p.' 142) the following
facts appear: On the 2d of J ulyj)184b,
the State of New Hampshire was di
vided, by an act of her legislature,
into four Congressional districts. In
March, 1849, a representative in Uon
gress was chosen from each of these
districts, and the gentlemen so chos
en took their seats as members of the
31st Congress. In July, 1850, by an
other act of the legislature, the State
was re-districted, and tne boundaries
of the several districts changed.
James Wilson, who was the represen
tative from the old 3d district, resign
ed in September. 1850. A vacancy
having been thus created, the Gov
ernor ordered an election to be held
by the new 3d district to fill it. Jared
Perkins was chosen at this election.
He was admitted by a vote of 98 to
90. The majority report was in his
favor. McCrary. in his work on
elections, questions the correctness
of the decision. He illustrates his
decision by supposing that the old
district, after the regular election is
divided by the legislature into two
equal parts, and one-half placed in
one new district and the other in
another. "If," he says, "under these
circumstances a vacancy occurs, by
which of the new districts shall it be
filled?" He also supposes that the
old district is divided into three or
more districts.
McCrarv states that the Jared Per
kins case was expressly overruled in
the more recent case of mint vs
Menard (2d Barlett, p. 477.) In this
case the committee said : ' 'The act of
the legislature of Louisiana of Aug.
22. 1868. making a new division of
the State into five Congressional dis
tricts by its terms, purports to repeal
all laws and parts of laws in conflict
with said act. but is silent on the
subject of vacancies that might occur
m the districts as then existing." ine
case of Hunt vs. Menard, was as
follows: James Mann was elected to
the House of Representatives at the
regular November election in 1000,
He died before the expiration of his
term and an election to fill the vacan
cy was ordered for November 3, 1808.
in the meantime, tne legislature nau
passed an act re-districting the State,
by which act the old 2d : district was
composed entirely 01 certain aesigna
ted wards or parts 01 isew urieans
The new 2d district as composed' 6f
the remaining portion of the. city,
together with tne country parishes
of Jefferson Terrebonne. St. Charles,
St. John the Baptist. St. James. La
Fourcheand other parishes of the
State. The act for re-districting ad
ded the above named parishes to the
2d district, and the election for Con
gress in that year was in this new
district. Hunt received 18,341 in the
new district. Menard received '8,678,
For various irregularities, the parish
of Orleans, which constituted the
whole of the original 2d district, to
gether with Terrebonne. St. John the
Baptist, and Jefferson, were thrown
out. This gave the election to Men
ard by a majority of 2,27
PERSONAL POINTS.
The Misses Green have returned
from their holiday visit to Mrs. David
Davis, in Illinois. 1 .
Mr. McNair, of Robeson county, is
Dwuuuis iur several nays in tne citv
. (Jol. A. T. Davidson returned from
his Christmas visit and 'reports
good deal of typhoid fever , in the
State of Buncombe, i
Gen, Matthew P. Tayloff Wil
mington, is a Kinsman ot senator Ben
xiarri8onf or Indiana.; The latter is
of the old Virginia stock. I His grand
father was jrresident, and long before
that a famous Indian fighter. His
great-grancuauier was that Ben Har-
rison who was the friend of V7asluWI weak conprauoiin.io gent
I ton and a noted man of the Revolu
tionary period.
A iNew iprfc artist is preparing
pictures of famous North Carolinians
and other Southerners for Col. C. C.
Jones' "History of the Civil War."
Some of his enquiries will probably
secure likenesses of Pender, Petti
grew, Ramseur and possibly one or
two others. Gov. Vance, having
been applied to, is aiding him in his
efforts. H.
AMERICAN GEMS.
M amber and Vaneiy and the Places
Where They are Found.
Mr. Geo. F. Kun. has contributed
to 4The Mineral Resources of the
Umted States," published by the gov
ernment, an article on American gems
and precious stones. He says syste
matic mining for gems and precious
stones is carried on only at Paris.
Me., and Stoney Point, N. C, but
they are gathered on the surface in
many places as sapphires in Montana.
moss agate in Colorado and agate at
.Liaise Superior.
some eighty-eight different min
erals occur m the United States which
have been used as gems. Twelve of
these occur in the United States only.
Diamonds are not mined in this coun
try, although they have occasionally
found at a number of localities. A
arge diamond was found at Man
chester, opposite Richmond, Va., by
a laborer employed in grading one of
the streets. It was an octahedron.
and weighed, after it was cut, over
ten carats. It was worth $ 5,000 be
fore cutting. The principal localities
tor sapphires and rubies are m New
Mexico, Arizona and Southern Colo
rado, where they occur in the sand.
often on' ant-hills. Garnets occur in
the sanie region, about $5,000 worth
of cot stones being annually produced.
It is estimated that the value of the
tourmalines taken from Mt. Mica.
Maine, is between $50,000 and $65,000.
Tourmaline and hiddenite are being
regularly mined at Stony Point, N.
some $7,500 worth having already
been sold. Rock crystal is gathered
and cuti n large quantities, the sales
at different localities probably
amounting to $40,000 annually. Much
of it is cut for jewelry, as "Lake
George" or "Cane Mav" diamonds."
The clear crystal for optical purposes
is almost entirely Brazilian, as the
good material found here rarely
reaches the proper channels. Al
though agates are abundant here,
nearly all the Polish specimens sold
in America have been polished in
Germany, having originally come
from Brazil and Uraguay. Moss
agates, however, are collected here
in large quantities, although the cut
ting is done abroad The sunstone
and moonstone from Pennsylvania
and Virginia is of good quality, al
though as yet used but little. The
American turquoise is of much inter
est, but is not much used by jewelers.
It is frequently blue when found, but
soon turns green on exposure. Jet
occurs in Colorado and Texas, and
will probably be utilized in the arts.
The Bowenite of Rhode Island and
Williamsite of Pennsylvania are used
as a substitute for jade. The Amer
ican Naturalist points out that in
stating that sphene does not occur as
a gem in the United States, Mr.
Kunz has evidently not been aware
of the beautiful transparent yellow
crystal, often of large size, which
occurs in Delaware county, Pa.
AStorr of Love, Death and Iasanitr.
A Lowell Mass. die patch to the
New York Herald states that Arthur
Legrand Stafford, who claimed to be
a natural son of a distinguished En
glish earl, landed in New York from
an Inman steamer during the latter
part of November last. At tlie St.
Nicholas Hotel he met a sporting
Southerner named Schwartz, and
they decided to go to Lake Pama-
dumcook, in Maine, hunting and fish
ing. On the way they stopped at Ban
gor, Me., where Stafford made the
acquaintance of a Miss Grace, of New
York. They became sincerely attach
ed to each other, and when Stafford
left for the woods they had plighted
troth. On the afternoon of Decem
ber 31 Stafford left the camp with his
rifle for a stroll. Shortlj after a severe
snow-storm set in, and Stafford did
not return. Schwartz and the guide
went to find him, but were then un
successful. Early in the morning of
New-Year's Day, about three miles
from camp, they found Stafford in
the firm embrance of a she bear, both
frozen stiff. A knife was sticking in
the left fore shoulder of the bear. A
short distance away a half -grown
cub, with a Knife wound m its heart.
was discovered. The guide said Star
ford had attacked the cub first, and
was then set upon by the she bear
Schwartz went to Bangor and told
his fate to Miss Grace. The poor girl
lost her reason, and will be sent to
an insane asylum.
The Greatest Country in the
World
BaUimor American.
The President of the London
Sta
"in tistical Society has shown that
the last 100 years the population
of
the United States has multiplied
itself sixteen times, or, in other
words, has doubled itself in each
quarter of a century." A correspond
ing increase for another 100 years
will bring our population to uu,uuu
000. History has no parallel for sue!
wondef ul growth.
I)enson' C peine Porn Plaster
Qer 5000 Druggists and Physicians
have signed a paper stating tnat Ben-
eon's Capcine Porus Plasters are supe
rior to all others. Price 25 cents.
New Rloomfield. Miss., Jan. 2, '80.
t wiah to sav to vou that I have been
iifTarinir for the last five years with a
BPVATA itchine all over. I have heard of
rtan RittArn and have tried it. I have
. nn four bottles, and it has done
me more good than all the doctors and
malin.innR that theV COUld USjB OO OI
with me. I am old and poor but feel to
Mess you for such a relief by your mea
from torment of the doctors.
Thaoi&rl fifteen doctors at me. One
rotra mo aAVAn minces of Solution Of ST-
another took four Quarts of blood
from me. All they could tell was that
it was skin sickness.. JNow, aiter taw
four bottles Of your medicine my skin
is well, clean and smooth as ever.
' HENRY KNOCHE.
What a Queer Climate Thin Is.
First it snowed
And then it blowed,
And then began to rain;
And then it blowed,
' And then it snowed,
And then it rained again.
" With cold in bead
lvm almost dead,
But veVI won't complain;
' Fam aSUs? Mvet i j
" Trom wintry graves
a nA mAK-aa ua well attain.
""Nobody ought to Jjewfthott erry
'TiavtflVPaihjcuIer,, - w-iff t-if.f,;. LH
jEmry' jLlf tie Cathartic Pllln
are BUffloiently powerfut-for the most
robust; yet the safest for children and
1
OBITUARY.
Died at her home in Charlotte, on
the 30th of Dec. 1883, in her 74th
year, Mrs. Martha Bishop Caldwell,
wife of D. A. Caldwell. Esq.
Earth contains nothing so lovely
or so desirable as a human life per
fected and crowned by the beauty of
holiness. Nothing so impresses us
with the truth and power of the
Christian religion as a long lifo of
devotion, unselfishness, truth and love
Society unites in yielding to Mrs.
Caldwell this tribute, "She was. the
best woman we ever knew."
Her piety was so unobtrusive and
yet so glowing so gentle, yet so
strong so loving, yet so firm in ad
herence to duty.
She was the sweetest embodiment
of the fruits of Christ's spirit, love,
ov npeace, gentleness, goodness,
Her life seemed to be one long il-
ustration of the text. "Love is the
fulfilling of the law."
She could rebuke, but she did it
with so much sympathy and affec
tion for the offender, that she never
gave offense. Her bright, beautiful
dark eyes were always full of love.
and generally of happiness.
She was, for many years, a great
sufferer, but her cheerfulness and in
terest in her friends never seemed to
flag. Oh, what a void in her family
and in the community, such a death
creates. The disciples who used to
say to each other, when in deep grief,
Let us go and teu Jesus." could, af
ter his ascension tell him their sor
rows in prayer. But his followers
of the present day, who have never
had the blessing of his personal pres
ence, know what a privilege it is, to
enjoy the companionship of those
who live in spirit, near to Him.
now desolate the feeling when we
involuntarily say, "Let us go and
tell her" the dear friend whom we
have lost, some tidings which would
interest her, or give her pleasure.
w nen a rare or beautiful flower is
seen, we say, "How she would have
enjoyed its novelty and fragrance."
She loved all of God's beautiful
creations with a love which age nev
er seemed to diminish.
These things were especially made
to brighten the dark path of life, and
we lose much when we fail to appre
ciate them at their full value. -
Mrs. Caldwell was a native of
Prince Edward county. Va.. and her
childhood and youth were spent at
Hampden Sydney. Her Christian
character was rounded into such un
usual symmetry, that I think the hol
iest influences must have surrounded
her from her cradle. And in dwell
ing on the influences which produce
such lovely results, the mind natur
ally reverts to that almost inspired
servant of God, Rev. Dr. John Blair
Smith, whose field of labor embraced
her home in that region of country.
Mrs. uaidwell s mother was prob
ably one of the parishioners of that
eloauent saint. Dr. J. W. Alexander.
in describing the churches oi this
portion of Virginia, says their pecu
liar characteristics were owing to
Dr. Smith's ministry. ' "Plainness of
dress, expenditure and manner were
considered by him indispensible to
the Christian character."
In describing a particular member
of Dr. Smith's church, Dr. Alexan
der says: "Her conscience and in-
irepiany exceeded ail that l have
ever read of in books. Her benefic
ence for sixty years has been, so far
as I know, unexampled. She has
been a perennial fountain of good
works. Mere sacrifice of money is
ittle ; in her case it was sacrifice of
health, time, privacy, convenience.
ease, and (virtually) of her life. 1
sincerely think I have never seen the
human being who lived so much for
others."
Mrs. Caldwell's entire self abnega
tion was so like that described of this
lady, that we naturally recall the
tact that she came from the church
formed by Dr. Smith, although he
died in 1799, some years before her
birth.
Her life has been a great blessing
to her large circle of friends and rela
tives. Let hs thank God for it, and
press onward in her footsteps.
H. M. 1.
Annwer Xhls.
Is there a person living who ever saw
a case of ague, biliousness, nervousness.
or neuralgia, or any disease oi tne
stomach, liver, or kidneys that Hop
Bitters will not cure.
Wintry Blasts
WINTRY BLASTS BRING
COUCHS
COLDS
CONSUMPTION
BRONCHITIS
RHEUMATISM
NEURALGIA
Perry Davis' 8 Pain Killer
CURES
COUCHS
COLDS
CONSUMPTION
BRONCHITIS
RHEUMATISM
NEURALGIA
Provide against the evil effects of Win
try Blasts by procuring PERRY
Davis's Pain Killer.
EVERY GOOD DRUGGISt KEEPS IT.
A:
STOCK OF-
Groceries, Cafeetiooeries and
FANCY' GOODS ?
Can be foundat
4. R. NISBET & BRO'S.
AT REASONABLE PRICES
KEKOlsENE OIL,
LUBRICATING OILS.
CHESS-CARLEYCO.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
deereodlm .
Prices
fjeio
tiStlEAVT CLOTOnMS MILE.
MWSKI
Have decided to close the
i j m4.u: ty -'' - : jt '-a-
nave ever enjoyed in tneir vunuiug icpmuucuii uj uumuuv
Of the balance of Clothinsr now onhandNa uch value
were ever before offered the people; oTtKiieoUon.
On Thursday morning, 10th: inst. at JU O'clock, we will
commence the greatest sale of Ready-Made Ootlung ever in
augurated in the Carolinas.
Iii'll
MRS
satin ;
LIKED
Fully equal to Custom Work,
Uentiemens7 Satin Lined (Jvercoats, fully equal to Uustom
Work, at 18; former price
Crentlemeas Stylish Overcoats attlS.et
"
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GENTLEMENS SUITS,
Elegantly Finished, Fully Eqnnvl
nser Price
GENTS' ELEGANT STYLISH SUITS
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Now is the great opportunity to supply your Wants at prices new kefers
heard of.
CHARLOTTE. N. C.
I Merry M.
LITTLE
But you know we are
ALWAYS AHEAD OF OTHEBS
It's just so with our
HOLIDAY GOODS,
SUITS and OTKBCOATS for
Hen, Boys, Youths and Children, whica
we are selling at special . low prices for
this week. Within reach of ererybody.
Special for Holidays.
A Fine line of Handkerohiefs, in Silk,
Irish Linen, Hemstitched and Collared
Borders, Hosiery, Gloves and Under
wear, in endless variety, and don't for
get we have the handsomest line of
NECKWEAR
To be Foand la this Market.
arCALL AND SEE US.
Very respectfully,
L Berwanw 1 Bro.
(Dim
E. M. ANDREW!
Will have in stock the Best Assortment and Greatest Variety of
FURNITURE,
Oi
PaintiiiiK, Glipoiuos Pie
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AT BOTTOM PRICES FOR CASH.
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