VOLUME XXXIV.
CHARLOTTE, N. C THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 1885.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
JERSEY J ACKETS. , JERSEY "JACKETS.
'gilt (Cttavlottc (Ohsfcvtvi
"Teuth. likb thk suit, sometimes submits to
BE OBSCURED, BUT. LIKE THK SUN. ONLTFOBA
TIMS.
JUST
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"By Express, a large and handsome lot of Ladles' and
Misses' Plain and Braided Jersey Jackets, irom $1.25 to
$5.00. Black and White Uanvass Belts. ..; ; ;
Large Stock of Trunks, Valises!, Etc.
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A Few pieces of Ginghams left at 8c per yard. Sum
mer Dress goods cheaper than ever.
CLOTHING AT A SACRIFICE CALL AN SEE
SMITH '.IIIJILDIlVfl. -
Subscription to the Observer.
DULY EDITION. i '
Slnglecopy Scents.
By the week In the city.........:... .... 20
aj tne month; ...... .......... 75
Three months $2.00 .-
SIxmonths 4.00
One year ........ .......i.... ........... 8.00
WEEKLY EDITION.
Three months...! .... .... 50 cents.
Stxmonths ....$1.00
One year................ .....1.75
in clubs of hve and over $1.50.
IVo Deviation From These Rules
Subscriptions always Davable in advance, not
ouiyianame-Dutiniact. . . ,
JAY GOULD.
The
THOM A& Kv-C ARE Y & CO.
CHARLES STREET, BALTIMORE, MD.
PURE OAK LEATHER BELTING
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MANUFACTURERS
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And Dealers In HUBBEB. B SILTING, PACKIWCf, ? HOSE, &c.
COTTON, V04iLE3ff and SAW MILX, STJPPLJES, &c
Agents :
Boston Belting Co.' s
Rubber Belting
ST 'iHoyt's Leather Belt.
iMiyii. "vernon Demng.
W Joseph Noones' Sons
Roller Slasher and
- Clearer Clothe
T, K. Earle's Card ;
Clothing, &c"
iDEQvE
OUR LINE OF
Big lot Black
Ifielze?, from 32 t42 bust measure, at
75 CENTS E AG H .
A beautiful Hemstitched
Slioes
Trunks
Ladies'
Haudkerchiei
Warranted Fast Colore, at
iOo. EACH
SMILE,
T. ILo
.. Aad. Valises is Complete.
Fine line of Trunks and Va-
lises for summer travel.
GOOD GOODS ? LOW PRICES.
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Orders by mail have prompt
attention.
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Will continue until the entire stock is dis
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ALEXANDER S: HARRIS.
Home ; and Family of tbe
Railroad King. ;
Cor. Baltimore Sun. " ' v r ' .' v
Tri Europe there are many, private
Conservatories, but few cau compete'
with Mr. ay; Gould's, v It can be seen
for, miles up and .down the .Hudson
river, there being a river view : from
the mansion of fortyfive miles. The
conservatory is 400 feet long; on the
northern lino and 32 feet wide. The
central house, containing the collec
tion of ferns and palms, is 87 feet
deep and 80 feet long. The east wing,
containing cacti crotons, caladiums,"
and other tropical plants, is 80 feet
long and 25 feet wide. The - west
wing is of the same size and contains
the rose houses and graperies. In
addition to this building there is a
rear house," 250 feet long; and 18 feet
deep, containing sections f or propa
gation and the orchids of air - plants.
In all there are sixteen sections.
There are 75,000 feet of doublethick
glass in the building, weich is heated
by six steam boilers. There are al
ready in this monster conservatory
over 8,000 varieties of plants. These
are the products of every clime and
every country. '.J There, is infinite vas
riety of forms and colors, and the
senses . are bewildered by the lux
variance of the scene.
In one apartment there re 125 va
rieties of double geraniums. Ooe
section 80 feet long by 22 feet wide,
is devoted to roses, of which there
are over 400 varieties". There are
over; 400 varieties c palms; 300 of
them from America and over 1O0
trom Asia, borne ot tne specimeos
cost from $ 250 to $380 each. There
are 40 varieties of the pitcher ; plant
from' Madagascar alone. There are
100 varieties of crotons from the Fiji
ana aoiomon isianas; ouu varieties pi
plants from Central America, , ,.ltast
Indies and the Archipelago Islands
60 varieties of marantas from the
Amazon river; a collection of ferns
rom Central and South America aad
he East Indies, 380 varieties, in
eluding v some exceptional fine tree
ferns; 159 varieties of gloxmea. 1 lne
collection of oracenas is the latest
in the world. There are 80 kinds of
brimelias and tillaadsias. In a room
artificially moistened are some 1,500
orchids, j The collection of calaniums
is verv.large. There are are over 200
varieties of camelies from Japan and
China? over 400 varieties of azalias,
and many kinds of Indian rhododen
drons. One or two sections are de
voted to exotic grapes. ; In the fruit
house luscious espalier peaches were
almost dropping by reason of their
weight. Among other interesting
objects in the open grounds is a cen-
tury plant wtnen Dloomea a snort
time since. Tne dioncea musci33uia
of Carolina, which devours the Hies
which are so unfortunate as to enter
its delicate throat, and the elk horn
fern from the Eaet Indies attract es
pecial attention of visitors. The
tlower and vegetable gardens com
orise about ten acres, and a large or
chard -containing over l,00CLapple
and near trees. About 2,000 orna
mental trees, cn-ieay or roreign im
Dortation. have been planted of late
vears.
L.yndenurst," tne resiaenceoi jay
Gould, was patterned after Newstead
Abbev. in England, and is a fine
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mece or arcniteccure. tiere jar,
Gould coes everv. night during the
summer months from his financial
cares - in New York. His neighbors
say that he is a boy among - his boys
when ne is at nome- Jtie arops at
business thought and goes into any
sort of recreation that may be pro
posed with , as much ' ardor as his
youngest! son: The grounds are se
cluded, and the millionaire can jump
fences, turn handsprings go in swim
ming, indulge in a game, of "one old
cat' or play the cornet without any
body but his own family being the
wiser. . There is a general impression
that Jay Gould pas only qua son, be
cause his wife never, appears in socio
ty and his - children are almost uns
known; v He has a large and i inter
esting .family. His eldest son, George
J. Gould,5 is so1 totally different from
his father that those who know him
seriously doubt whether he will ever
be a business man. Jay Gould has"
given him - such opportunities as no
young mari ever: had by making him
a director in most of the Gould cor
porations; arid in some of them ,maks
ing s him a responsible ' officer, ; but
George:) has f evinced nolpatticular
liking for the career of finance. Jay
Gould'srdaugntNe.who chris-
tfihfid his vacht. promises, to be , a
beauty. She is a slim girl.i neither
light nor : dark with ; charming; mans
ners ana stuaious naoiis.t.Duo
been under the charge of governesses
all- her life. - There is a son, Edward,
who is older than Nellie and younger
than George. I imagine he must be
eighteen: He is studious, well bred,
and respectful. He thinks of becom
ing civil engineer, and has the same
eelf-contained manners of his father.
Howard, who is about fifteen vears
old,has been in delicate health for a
long while. : He knows almost nott
mg about books, and his father keens
hint in the open air. Belle, who is
in ipe neighborhood of eleven or thir-f
teen-years, promises to be.th-3 beauty
of the family. She very much: re
sembles Mrs. Gould. The "baby" is
Frank: :.f' ?- h..,-.
Jay Gould's city and country resi
dences are magnificently : furnished.
He doesn't run to fine-1 horses, costly
stables and blooded steeds. At night,
when he dismisses his operators from
his offices, ha does not go to a club to
carouse, to a. banquet tos steam up
with champagne, or to a theatre; he
retires to the recesses of a peaceful
library, and, : with his young sons
about him, reads the Latin ; classics
the. world forgetting; but not by the
world forgot r He was born in iRox-
bury, N. Y. , on . May 27, 1836, and
began life when fourteen years of age
as& blacksmith's clerk: v He had a
taste ' for mathematics 1 and : studied
surveying. He realized his first cap
ital, about $5, 000,; by making survey
map or UeJaware and Albany couns
ties. . ..He also wrote a very credit
able history -. of Delaware county, N.
Y. which is now scarce and out of
print. After the panic of 1857' he
came to New York- and invested his
ittle fortune ; in railroad securities,
and has continued in this line until
his' millions now crowd close to those
of Yanderbilt. He is a man, how
ever, of finer texture than the : old
commodores son. Mr. Gould's
friends . say he is a liberal man, al-
hougn when he makes a gift he does
not have the information written in
manifold and sent to all the news-
papers.
ATTENTION!
KOUSBKEEPEES !
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Those who have followed up our advertisements and
called on us have found that we offered only desirable goods,
and these at most remarkably low prices.
We Have Prbven That We do not Adver
tise I maginary Bargains. ; ;
THIS WEEK SIIA.EE BE
A week of great offeringsl A week of genuine bargains!!
A week never to be forgotten!!! . .
An important and profitable week for HOUSEKEEPERS.
CARPETS
CARPETS
ARPETS
Grant and the Electoral Commis-
' .sion.
PhiladelpMa Times. '
Mr. Childs was probably the most
intimate personal friend General
Grant had during , the last ten or fif
teen years of his lire, and it is known
that even in grave political complica
tipns, Mr. Childs was often privately
and unreservedly consulted by the
General.
In Mr.. Childs' recollections of Gens
erjal Grant, given over his own signa
ture, ne throws some new light on
Grants view of the Presidential con
test of 1876. He recites a conversas
tiOn between General Grant and sev
eral . leading Republicans, who de
clared that Hayes was elected, to
which: Grant answered:
Gentlemen, it looks to Jne as it
Mr. Tilden was elected. " -
This was "on the morning of the
momentous day," as Mr; Childs stas
it. . To this General Grant added :
'I would sooner have Tilden. than
that the Republicans should have ' a
President who could be stigmatized
as a fraud " .
Mr. Childs might have given an
other conversation of General Grant's
on the subject in corroboration of the
view ne presents. Just berore Grant
started on his journey around the
world, the writer hereof heard him
discuss the same question i in Mr.
Childs' presence. General Grant re
viewed the contest for the creation of
the electoral commission and " the
contest before and in the commission
very fully and with rare candor, and
the chief significance of his view was
in the fact, as he stated . it, that he
expected from the beginning until
the nnal judgment tnat tne electoral
vote of 'Louisiana would be awarded
to Tilden. He spoke of South Caro
lina and Oregon as justly belonging
to Hayes : of Florid a as - reasonably
doubttul. and of Louisiana as for
Tilden. .
In point of fact. General Grant
doubtless influenced Congress to cre
ate the electoral commission, and he
did it believing that the certificate of
election would be given -to Tiiaen.
He did not urge the electoral corns
mission because he desired Tilden's
election,- but because he desired a fair
adjudication of the dispute, and he
did not conceal I his conviction that
such ' an , adjudication would ; make
Tilden President. -Being President,
however, and sworn to execute, the
laws, had ' there been revolutionary
actiori to inaugurate Tilden after the
final judgment of the law by the elec
toral: commission: to whose arbitra
ment . both sides - had : appealed, he
would have sternly suppressed it.
He would have maintained the right
of Hayes to the office 'with exactly
the same earnestness of purpose that
be would have maintained the right
of Tilden to the Presidency had the
decision been in his: favor. ,
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Jflortor. f op ; Sewing
" ' 5 chines. . '." ,
Philadelphia Record. ,
A party "of Philadelphians have re
cently invented, and fnave 1 now on
exhibition at No. 1409 North Fourth
street, a new and interesting machine
design ior tne . purpose or running
sewing machines. ' It is one of those
. ingenious contravagances . which re-
commena, tnemseives. f ,xne myencors
Messrs. George Jiencke and , JV Alex;
McKee, have succeeded in construt-
ing a mortor for a sewing machine
which entirely, relieves .the i operator
of t the fatigue, consequent .upon work
mg the treadle in the old . fashion, a
slight pressure of the foot being suffi
cient to start the macrune ana iregu r
late its speed, Enough power can be
stored in the; ;motor in seven minutes
to run a sewing machme all day at
ordinary; domestic sewing speed. The
inventors.clahiL that they can adapt
then: motor to any kind of a sewing
machine, or other light machinery as
it is very easily adjusted and regulat
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Pieces Orossel Carpet
Are being offered this week only, in lengths
from 6 to 60 yards. at following rates: 1
WEEK AT 53c. Per Yard, Formerly .Oc,
60 c.
7 Sc.
85c
Nottingham Lace Curtains.
40 Pairs Cream, 3J yards long, $1,40 a pair, formerly $2.00
25
32
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White, 34
2.40
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Votice These Three Luk
. 325
5.00
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20 - pieces Heavy Bleached 10 4 JSbeetmg 25c per yard, sold well at bic
II. 10 dozen of 10 4 HoneyiComb Spreads, 5c eacn,
III. 600 yards of All Linen Crash, 8c per yard.
it
$1.25
lie.
We Do Not Hide the Bargains We Offer
Because they are cheap, the less we sell of them the -better
off we are- To the contrary, we display them most conspic
uously. ,
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. ; ;i J u -a m order to make room for our Fall and winter Stock, which is dally arriving, V''1 ' ' ' ,
,; ; i . ve will offer this week at a great sacrifice,- . -.., f
100 Men's Suits at S5.00,
- WORTH $10.00, $12.00 AND 33.50. V
100 Boys' and Children's Suits from $2.00 up.
. These are extraordinary bargains and cannot be gotten anywhere else for , . , j
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Rnt'flipT must be dosed out'. We dont intend to carry any- orer. We make aclean sweep of every gar
Jnn Mid do not take cost into constderatJon., An early call ,wUl pay every economical
purchaser.. ;4 ...
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