VOLUME XXXIV.
utuuttiU'I-rifi, JN U; W KIiN uAY NOVEMBER 4, 1885.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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Suggestive of comfort, and we have exercised oaf selves un
usually to meet the wants of all, so don't forget our Stock of
LADIES', MISSES' AND CHILDRENS' : WRAPS,
. the D'a'n NEWMARKET at 44 00 to the fine RUSSIAN CIBGi LAM '.' RArnrrpa xnW '
jSSwat$J00 and $50.00. Come ana see them belore buylng.Aiiff8 mw
MEN3 LADIES7 -aniCHILDRENS1 UNDERWEAR,
tm the coarsest at 25 cents to 'ggagAlggg toGOOMat- $10.00.
Our FLANNELS i and
SILKS ! SILKS ! !
, Combination Silk Bhadames Suits.,
SILKS
Come and;; see our Stock.
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Special Attention- to; Ordetsv;S6r;GoodBoT
Samples,-
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Big Loom
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Cloak tTu?adle.
. The largest Stock In the City, and selling at
prices that's moving them rapidly,
point to see my Soclt " W$t25
Make it a
COLORED stLKS
Are extra good value for the price. Cannot )e beat
In the Northern cities. Bring ; your samples and
compare quality.
KEW LOT JERSETJACKETS.
Also a beautiful line of v
EMBROIDERIED HANDKERCHIEFS.
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The Most Attractive Stock
f; Ever Offered in the State.
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.i. Subscription to the Observer.
DAILY EDITION.' ' ' '
Sliigiecopy..,.....:............i..;..... scents.
By the week In the city...... .20
By the month -75 ,
Three months ...S2.00
Six months... i..'. ... 4.00
One year ; &00 ;
WEEKLY EDITION.
Three months r. 60 cents.
Stx months. $1.00
One year... L75
. In elubs of five and over $L50. . .
If o Deviation From These Bales
Subscriptions 'always payable in advance, not
only in name but in fact
THE ANDREW JOHNSON MAT
TER. -
; Much has been said;' in the papers
kxecently about the course of Andrew
J ohnson, j ust after the surrender in
regard po his proposed treatment of
the Southern people. ? We copy the
following editorial from the Memphis
Appeal completely ' vindicating Mr.
J ohnson, from .? the charges made by
Mr. Depew: ' ' V ! :
51 We devote a large part of our space
thmorning to'a, letter from Green
ville l by - one - of the editors! of "the
Appeal that very- -thoroughly and
completely vindicates tUe late Presi,
dent Andrew . , johnsbn, .'frpjn '1 the
charges made. by'iMr. auncey M.
ttepew, -of New Yorki speaking by
authorityJof thelate Presient Grant.
Tblsymdicatiooi, Crests lupon , M6cu
meutary, evidence, : copied . from K$
private papers of J Mt, 1 Johnson m
possession of Jhisdaughter, Mrs.' Pat !
ter8oiw,r: The. eyidence is' conclusive
as to the President's rectitude of pur
pose 'in all; that he ;did . during the
stormy'period of " national; legislation
when .the reconstruction ! measures
Boots
EL
ats.
Tmnks
VALISES
UMBHELLA3
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Is now being received and placed-In position for
show and sale at our old and well-known stand Jn
the First National Bank building, on West Tryon
street, nearly opposite the Central and Buford
Hotels.
Call and Examine
For yourselves. Orders by Express or Mall prompt-'
ly attended to. . -
ALMA POLISH and BUTTON'S RA
VEN GLOSS for Ladies' Fine Shoes.
ret
b Our stock is being rapidly reduced, but there are thousands of dollars worth of Goods yet to be closed
out, and they are of the most durable lines to ba found anywhere. This Stock Is positively to be closed
out by January 1st. . . ,
Fifteen Sollaro
win
Will buy more goods irom us than twenty dollars
elsewhere, : . , :
COTTON FLANNELS, RED and WHITE WOOL FLANNELS, COLORED
DRESS GOODS, HOSIERY, GLOVES, GENTS', . LADIES' and ;
MISSES' FLANNEL SHIRTS and everything else reduced.
0TJR :-: BLACK GOODS :-: DEPARTMENT
nnnia,ns an elegant line and very mrich cheaper ttiaii can be found anywhere else.v We are going to
lulte business AND THE GOODS MUST BIS SOLD. . '
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25 S, CHARLES STREET BALTIMORE, IVID.
PURE M LEATHER BELTIN
Dealers tn RUBBER : BELTING, PACKING HOSE, &c.
COTTON, AVOOLEN and SAW MILIi SUPPLIES, &c
A.gen.ts :
J miAVrUFSY' ' Rubber Belt nr
Clearer Cloth,
T. Earle's Card , .
Clothino;, &cv
were, being incubated .and immedi
ately preceding his v own impeach-'
ment. It proves beyond a doubt that
he kept the. constitution . steadily in
view,, and, as the sworn executive of
the Republic, enforced the laws, even
the military reconstruction laws that
were ; repugnant to his honesji and
and constitutional purpose of restoKl
ation. - It conclusively proves that he
was loyal and true. - and that so far
from contemplating the accumulation
qf troops at any point for the pur
pose of furthering his own ambition,
he was only desirous of using troops
under the legitimate call of the Govs
ernor of Maryland in order to pre
ven t f: blood -shed at the November
election of 1868. President Johnson
was an obstacle in the way of the
Radicals led by Thad Stevens, who
openly, on the floor of the House, des
clared vit their purpose to humiliate
the executive and degrade the judis
ciary of the : United States. They
could not make use of President
Johnson to effect their purpose of the
destruction of the , States, as they
boasted they desired to do, by oblit
erating all State lines and carving
new State lines out of the territory
thus created. N The South has not for
gotten this nor the Vforty-acre-and-asmule"
cry that went with it. Mr.
Johnson prevented these extreme
measures of vengeance, hence the
effort of the Radicals ta destroy him
by impeachment. And, singularly
enough, it was Gen. Grant's testimos
ny before the Judiciary Committee
of the House, in 1867, to . the effect
that he was carrying out Mr. Lin
coln's plan of restoration, that killed
the first effort at impeachment. As
Senator Beck recently stated to the
Louisville Courier-Journal 'Gens
eral Grant was then Secretary of
War ad interim. Of course he was
then a friend of " the "President, a
member of his political family, and
one of his constitutional advisers.
He vis General of the Army as well.
In his double capacity he was master
of the situation, so far as the recon
struction of the Southern States was
concerned. He had been appointed
secretary after Stanton's removal, as
an assurance to the South that they
would not be improperly oppressed,
and as a guarantee to the North that
the results oi the war should be car,
ried to their legitimate consequences?
If President Johnson had entertain
ed any of the views which Mr. Depew
says Gen. M3rant toldlhim in that
"after-dinner talk- he did, he . would
never have appointed Gen. Grant
Secretary of War, and, Gen.; Grant
could not honestly have-become a
member of his 'Cabinet and testified
as he did in August, 1867, before the
Judiciary ; .Committee ; of -the House
of Representatives."
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- " Positive Care "for Piles.
To the people of this county we would say- we
have been given the agency ef Dr. Marchisl'g Italian
Pile Ointment emphatically guaranteed to cure or
money refundea-internal, external, blind bleed
ing or itching piles. S Price 50c. a box. No cure, no
For sale by L. B. WrWn, druggist, Charlotte;
N.C- - Julyl7eodly.
Ferd. Ward set out for Sing Siug
smoking a 40 cent cigar.. The official
examination showed he was 5' feet 8$
inches in height, and weighed 129
p'-mnde: ."vitality, small;, health,
fair." , His prison, suit of erav and
black ' is four inches too long' as to
pants, and two sizes too big as to the
coat, while the slack of the shirt
couldSbe pulled over his head. His
cell is shared with a German sent up
forimurdert us assault, and the ad
joining cells are occupied, by a mur
derer 9- i i hj 5!a-- will h oc.
cuped in ipolisaing and putting to
gether stoves light work. " '
j ; Texas Cattle Kings.
Hartford Post. " ' , '
Thev public does not : realize the
enormous exteu t of the vast profits
of the " Western"" cattle raising busi
ness, as' this is " now conducted in
Texas, New Mexico and the plains,,
as far north even as Wyoming 'and
Montana.' The little book,' "Cattle
Raising on the Plains' from the Ap
pletons, by Walter Barod von Rich
thbf en; giyesi ' much vnluable inf ors
mation on this subject.f "The auth6r
ha been in ' the ' business and ' lived
among the stockmen of Colorado, and
otner quarters.: The quick ahd large
profits of the business, as this can be
conducted by great; syndicates . of
companies more especially, are tempt
ing; -great numbers of foreigners,
title3ban,d otherwise", to embark in it
andtpi2ep extending not :ouly their
herLa but their . landed : acquisitions
by purchase jDr,apparently r by any
othepraitticableineanes. ,The Pra-
irie Cattle X3ompany controls a do:
imalB m considerably larger, than the
stste ota;otmecticut ) it is portioned
off into, three djivMons, each, having
its; sytem of "government its herd of
thirty.i orJforty ithousand cattle its
army oi rancneros- or cowboys and
its' hundreds of horses, alL busy; and
all especially' ini use? in the annual
round-ups or. gatherings of the cac
tie for counting and for branding the
calves. TheNew Mexico and Texas !
company; aionihast. 140,000 head of
cattle and a property, all told, that; is
rated at between $4,000,000 and $&,!
Q0o;00:lndividual cattle kings are
mentioned who Own 40,000 head Of
cattle and 700,000 acres or more each,
requiring 250 miles of fencing, Scotch
dompanies, English, companies, and
jfrench companies! titled foreigners
and untitled, as well as great num
bars of Americans, are engaged in
this profitable business. , . n -
.' The Prairie Cattle Company began
only three yoars ago, ' yet' they now
have 140,000 head of cattle, after
having: sold enough to pay all ex
penses to date and leave a clean profit
of about $300,000. , Other syndicates
are doing a similar: large and profit
able business. They find it profitable
to grade up their stock. . The im
provement of the old Spanish-Texan
stock by crossing it with a strain of
Hereford or Shorthorn or other blood
ed stock pays very well in the larger
animal and in the increased market
price of the beef. Many of these
great "cattle kings'.' have already be
come millionaires, and many others
are fast becoming such.
1 Ruined Man.
Arkansaw Traveller,
Moseby, who has been away from
town some time, returned the other
day. Shortly af terward a friend met
him and, noticing his seedy and Ioy
spirited appearance asked :
"Moseby, what's the matter, old feN
low?" s ' ' . . -
"Ruined."
"What?1' .
- "A financial wreck."
"How did it occur?"
"Well, you see I had charge of a
bridge not far from here. The own
ers of -the bridge are very particular
about receiving every cent that is due
them, so they put in one of those reg
isters. It ; is a sort of fool arrange
ment, sunk in the foot passage way
at the bridge and makes a mark with
a clicking punch every time anybody
steps on it. WelL everything was
aU right u ntil the other day. A. big
Newfoundland dog got on the blamed
thinrf and began to scratch himself,
and sir, before I noticed him he had
charged me up with two hundred and
seventy dollars. Yes I am a ruined
man
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The Reductions isfiii
We will explain these deductions fully in
mm
-WEEK. MiEESrfe
When we .will have a few more
offer.
lines to
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were
LOO per yard, we offer uowVfor;'-92-;Ycenii;--
CL1K AND COLORED DRESS SILKS
That weVe 75 cents per yard,- we offer now for 60 centL
COLORED S VTINS 131 THE LEAOIO SHADES, " J
were1 55 cents per yard, we Coffer now for ' 32i cent
.-. Ill NUMBERS OF BLACK SILK. -'
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Which readily'sold at $1 -25 per yard, we are; offering now'
at 85 cents per yard. - 1
BLACK BROCADED SILK VELVETS
That were $2.50 per yard, we offer now at $1,25.
. We are not merely naming imaginary Prices, we are posi
tively showing everything as advertised. Parties outv"6f
town should hurry their orders to secure the above Prices.-
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a balm for all those troubles produced by
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troubles, Melancholy, Hysteria, Blues, Ac ' If you
are wasting away from age or, dissipation, or any
disease and weakness of the nervous system, . you
will obtain relief from all such troubles by the use
of Pemberton's French. Wine Coca, the wonder of
Tonics and Stimulants, which will build yon up at
once, and the first dose will prove Its Invigorating
powers. ' - '
For sale by druggists. oct27d2w.
? W. M. Wilson & Co. ,' Agents, Charlotte, N. C.
' In Life's Decline ' . ' ,
Infirmities beset us to which our youth and ma
turlty were strangers, weakness or the loins,
rheumatic ailments, dyspepsia, loss of appetite
and unquiet leep, are among these. As a means
of counteracting the Infirmities of age. Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters Is unrivalled. It quickens and
enriches the sluggish and Impoverished circulation,
begets a hearty appetite and youthful relish - for
the food, and enables the stomach to dlgest.lt. it
soothes and Invigorates the' nervous system and
cbe;ksa tendency to rheumatism. Its Quieting
action upon thegreatr sympathetic- nerve, -whlch
connects the stomach with the Drain, results In
the speedy departure of the restlessness by night
and disquietude by day, which are toe reflected
manifestations of dyspepsia. It is a most effectual
antidote to the poison of malaria, gives a health
ful impetus to the action of the kidneys and blad
der, and is an admirable means of resuscitating
vigor when impaired by overwork or other eause.
C0HKEH CEfiTRftL HOTgL,- . '
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manufacturers. Our stock is the largest, most varied and
best yet shown, and represents all the choicest patterns and
latest designs in Mens', ; Youths', Boys' - and Childrens'
Clothing. . . : , . ;
Worsted Cork Screw Cassimere and 'Diagonal "Suits,
Sacks, Cutaways, Double and Single Breasted; .
; Children's Norfolk Suits. ' ' ; .
Plain and Fancy Knit Underwear. - v : : ' rV;
: Latest and correct styles of Sofl and Stiff Hats.. -V
These good's have been speciallv manufactured for this
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