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VOLUME XXXIV.
CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY i9, 1886.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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A GENUINE BOOM : IN VTRADE;
Remember only 21 days of the special
body and see what we are offering. -
prices never oeiure suywu m mo
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see, whether you buy or not. Will take
smTH isiJix.Mva.
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BUI WIBNEB'3 COBIUNE
" " ABDOMINAL
COBSETS.
NURSING -
' FLEXIBLE HIP i ,
. MODEL MOLDED
HEALTH
MISSE3 '
.'.FIFTY CENT v
SEIGLE S
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Shirts! Shirts! Shirts!
Try my dollar shirt: Quality and fit guaranteed.
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A Lot of
LADIES' MID HISSES'
Damaged Gossamers at 50 cents.
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Don't forget the
10a
That I am offering at about half their yalue.
t. L.SEIG1LE,'
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Reins now better prepared
dCj. " s
Aiaue, we uyruiaiiy iiiYitc
always eiveS US pleasure to
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Handsome
,.' '.'..if - : . i 1 '. '- If TTTT
So don't hesitate but come along.. We' still haye special bergams m CHIL-
DREN'S HOSE. Also unusual inducements m the justly
Celebrated
- . IS.- lb,: EiGESSLEC & M
E. L. KEESLEBj
Formerly with
Alexander A; Harris.
E. P. HARRY,
; Formerly with '
narsrayes & Alexander.
TYSON -
0 A R T H A
FINE'
BUGGIES:
AND
PHAETONS.
i;iiAui to BE able TQ compete succEi'aKUL.L.x . m tfuvja ajnu uvauix, nun xjj.
, . . BEST MASUFACTUBES3 IN THE NORTH AND WESr. -
l5Por sal lv A - C!. TTi,,flr,
Brown, AsliTille, W. CiST. Ciuitlitleal, J2?ilijIry, W, C.
. FFon rjrrji'p.TT.iTY. rtyle act
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TYSUN & JOTES, Carthage, If. )
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sale how. Come this week every -r
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nnv nArvno; rPT)ATw nUJ
ai vxyyuo. ; ttav.vw
pleasure in showing.
PEG R Allfl 1 CO,
;First National Bank Baildirig,
South. Trybn Street,,
- Chartottle, . C.
DEALEBsm ,
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T,adips Mifwea' and Phildren's taI tt6' -?udalm??la ups- lark has beaten the record by dis
Xiaaies,ftiiS6es.anat,niiarens pOSltetotheUaitedStatesCourtHouse ingof all tho criminal cJeson
miilUfl. lUAbKLda LALIj JMlUrA I
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Gents' Fine Hand-Made and Machine Sewed
300TS, BUTTON AND LACE BALS,
rt ays. 7 .to voiit.i'
BO)irS AND YOUTIISV
fine boots and shoes OF all GBADES
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Ull&i wOZl liCL M LIU llftwS.
TEUMKS, .
. yALISES and
GRIPSACKS,
UMBRELLAS OF ALL KINDS.
SHOE "BLACKING and BRUSHES,
ALMA and RAVEN; GLOSS
: SING for Ladies' Fine Shoes.
Stock al ways kept full
a nil
up to the demand.
ORDERS BY MAIL OB EXPRESS PROMPTLY
; , ATTENDED TO. . '
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to' meet the wants of the
T.Am n Pa oaoi1 4f
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regrara
"PIaffhat Patent" Kid ninVA
IVtalinevV raieni IVIU V-JIUVU
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JON'ES.
G E. N. C,
LARGE
AND
Elegant Variety!
NOW ON HAND.
Co.. cimrlolte TJ. C, Tan Gilders
ilnbh, tte aee uUHPAf:cn).
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"TEUTH. LTKE TEX 8XTSr SOMETIJCES SUBMITS TO
KK OBSCURED, BUT, IXU.THX BUHr ONLY FOR A
Subscription to the Observer. ,
'duly EDITION. 1
I Slngleeopy.... ................. . ...... 6 cents.
ey tne week in the city..... ;.. 1 m t
By the month - ' 75 - -
Three months $2.00
Six months... . ...... ,4.00 -
One year ; 8.00.
WEEKLY EDITION
Three months.,;. .... ' 50 cents.
8ix months $1.00 . .
Jne year L7&
in ciuds oi nve and over l.au.
leviioia Erom TIiese Utiles
Subscriptions aiwars payable In advance, not
only In name bat In fact.
JUDGE CLARK ON GIMBLIBTG.
Ilts Remarks in Passius Sentence
Upon J. II. Miller, at Raleigh. .
News & Observer, - .
The defendant, J. - H. ; Miller, was
lnaiwa unaer me amDiirlg-ana
zaiuvHup uuBO " , 7
especiauy BLw auLeu i,uor6iwiive at-
nons or tne ; uoae are aevotea 10 it.
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ixo oiner. i8'SO expuciuy, ioroiaaen
and for none other is such searching
uieauB piuviucu mo w
Some one has said that the oldf ash- -
ioned way of stopping a man on the
highway and 'with a loaded pistol de
manding his ' money was more hon.
orable than this modern way of strip-
ping one of it without: an equivalent,
for the highwayman at least risked
his body' to obtain his booty. : But
tne.uouru is not caiieu upon to pass
unon that Question. .The 'law has
forbidden gambling and the keeping
of gaming tables and saloons and the
court is here to enforce this law bv
adeauate punishment Every father
who has a son growing ; up is person-
all v interested- that this should be 1
done. - " 1 ' '
It appears that the defendant keeps
and has kept for years a gambling
house m the citv of Raleieh. In defis
onrtA and with a nrofonnd fnnt,prrtnt.
of the lawVhe has kept it open next
door to: the principal hotel, in. tbe.capKLvt?iiiih NrawaoVnho2k, t,iA
auu uuBwiuB, ' "'"
shadow of this Court-House.. , -That
Lu"uurw; " . r,-" I
and defiance of law
might be lacking m nothing he has
"1 .H I INKI 1 tillK I II f I til IJL Li 1 in llllllUlIlt' Lit J LJM I
. viiwny' orl tn oHoV-tico I
painted-a glaring red to advertise
his business, by day... and an electric!
Kg0 - iiiooTi SrX S., K.i
by night. His illegal traffio has been
PI??,bl?'' fo ll s"es in a shofM
w"llou iq nnn f ik,,
enough to pay $13 000 for his builds
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laws are Luu.uu.ujr mo.pcwc, a wu&" i
nnntinned 'and defiant disregard of
the laws should be sternly rebuked. 1
If the law against gambling saloons
is a bad law it should be repealed residence in jjiasi snevuie, jyesier
But while it is a law it must be obeyed, day morning about 9 o'clock. ; While
A small fine would have no effect 1
on the defendant: He would make it
back aeain in a few nights.; The fine
imposed upon him will go towards
pdncatine the children of the coun
try, and the best atonement that the
IIMIHIHIHIIb (mil : llia&n 1U1': ilia UIOIQ
trnrd nf t.hft law is to contribute a
frantinn of his illesral firains towards
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tne education or- me nsiug gcuera-
tion. -
The defendant was indicted by the
erand iury for a violation of four
rtirfArfint sections OI we eamDiine
act, one of which is punishable with
a minimum of ninety days' imprisons
ment besides a fine. : The aeiendant
having pleaded guilty to the fourth
rir.ii i ... . ... .iiiiijm ... ww in
punishment is, limited to tmrty days
imnrisonmentanda fine, the solw
tor has entered a nol pros as to the
other counts n,
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conduct nas Deen proniaDie inai ne
should be fielded from punishment.
nn io fvmtMPv: it should increase
nances ot mo mw uwpiarcu u.
AnfanAant and t.hft nrnftt nft has
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made by it, the courtcannot do Jess
for a lawabiding and law.respecting
community man w seuwjuue mm iu
?n)$2,and lmpnSOn"
ed thirty days. , -
The court trusts this wiU be sutfi.
cienc iu ycuavo .u.,w..uuu,
respect the law and to break up his
illegal business, ji, it is not ne nas
no doubt that the next judge who
sits here will know now to impose a
sentence heavy enough to prove even
to ' gamuieiB tiiau -uciwvio
1 North Carolina and that her judges
know how to enforce. ; , - -
The court further directed that the
judgment be docketed and execution
issue u uuo yaui-wu nuu
when naid or collected that it.be paid
I over to the treasurer of the board of
euuuauuu iui "y
purposes, according to law.
Tii Growth - or tne sionument
Fund.
Cnlcago News. -. .
New Yorker-'Oh, yes, we are get
ting along rapidly with the Grant
fund.v: vve ve aireauy raiseu-i over
fiin ono. "So ..much ? I thought it
was onlv a little more man nu,uuv.
w-p11 vmi see we raised $500,000 by
rPfiiicin2 the cost or tne monument
jeou omfe , ,
think you will eventually raise
enough to biiild the monument? 9f
C Apnt tX
I ( IVH III 1 CUUVD UUU uiviiuiukun ,w
have to
$110,000.
STATE KEWS.
Gaston Current: Mr.' T. C. Lowe;
died at hm home near Denver, 1 Des
cember 16th, aged about 43 years:
At the time of nis death he was sit -ling
in a chair, and died without a
straggle. He had.been a great suffer
er from rheumatism.; Mr. Lowe was
a good man, and was much respected
by all who. knew him. . . He was a son
of the late Sheriff Lowe. - ,- .
Wilmington Review : The receipts
of cotton for the week ending Janu
ary 16th, 18S6, foot up 1,392. bales, as
against 1; 152 for- the corresponding
week last year, an increase of 240
bales. The receipts of cotton for the
crop year to January 16th, 1886, foot
up bjl,bjov Dales as against 85,900 bales
ror tne corresponding period . last
year; a decrease this year of 4;067
bales. - ,
Wilmington Star: The Carolina
OiLa'nd Creosote Company sent a lot
of creosoted wood piling to Captain
t JaroesBEads. to be tested, in the
Mississippi river below New Orleans.
Captain Eads reports that the test
hasproven entirely satisfactory and
Jtwuav WKaveau orueriOf IWU
hundred nilmik for immpriitt a nhini
man trt iS?0r nio0 -fi,
8tandmg that he will take several
hundred more as he is ready -for
" Goldsboro Argus: The body of
Captain T P. Clark, of the schooner
Crissie Wright, an account of the
wrecking of wh'ch off the coast at
Morehead, -appeared in yesterday's
issue, hag been found, and yesterday
his brother, Mr. H, J. Clark, of Bei
uu,.xi. u., passeu turuugu iuuj city
en route for the mournful r scene of
shipwreck and death. It becomes
our saa auty to announce tin death
of Capt, . George G. Buchan, 40th N.
C. Regiment, who died at his home
m inaian &prings townsnip4tnis couns
ty .yesterday .-:of an aggravated-case
of bronchitis, after a long confinement I
Capt. isuchan was one of our bestciti
zens.and had represented this county
in the Legislature with credit, and
afterwards filled a ; nosition on the
board of county, commissioners. -
the Wake county docket. For the
bo.-.- u: i u
tred) tbat 0Jf a negr0f who last.week
dne. Only one case remamsto.be
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Ml'010 B Part;t31 trom.ine express omce.
Itis Haimp.d that hftis insanA anri n
,cMrtorr of lunacy will this morn-
ins held- : The fines afc this term
rtf rv,j, r,a
gates about $2,250, and for this term
and that of November Over $3,000.
Thufi much is thQ pubiic . school fund
oennentea. iuourt: aaiourns toaay.
Thus have the judge and solicitor Von
ii chu uuuui n. iui uca.uuBHM auu uia
notch v
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- Asheyme Citizen: Uur townsman,
Major IS. W. Herndon, died at his
not unexpected it was none tne less a
severe shock to his family and mends
Major Herndon has been . seriously
afflicted for many years, "amounting
almost to total lameness,; and had in
consequence; been a constant, and a
lfcWMW. VV :r."W ' r M am
CamDbeU'county. Va.. in April. 1&$9.
About the yearvof r 1857; he, :4 came to
I A a A wl A f An WT AA Wfl A1IAA f All
noupuio,ouu a iow j oaio nuoiwuwi
marnea xaiss Joanna a vance,
youngest sister of Senator Z. B and
uon. t. a. vance, and or .Mrs. uv.
xxensuu ui tuis city, uuu .aus. jll. xv
V. Price of Tennesseewho Burvives
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A Great Organization
da. .'i i a. n . in. r. lvawaw . .. ......... i-.tw-.. .
: There are 70,000 white ciafmalters
smoke the weed thev roll, t Eighteen
thousand of them belong; jto the in-
I ternational union and one-third -of
the whole number is organized r The
Qigarmakers' International Union
a i 'A'M'i.,j
York; and has given many instances
I i:un uw-
111 MM IIIJWHr. IIKO liLlilU III Bnilllllll' IIIH1I
tothiscoast instead of ; Chinese. At
a reCent strike in Cincinnati, which
lasted fourteen months and was at
last lost, over $200,000 was thrown
into the fight by the Union. Aftera
battle of over twentyyears it has
conquered tne largest cigar ractory
in the world, that of Straiton &
storms, in New York, and wherever
it has taken holt its power has been
felt. - Its assistance t in : the fight
aingt the Chines on this coast
cannot be too heartuy welcomed, as,
i : necessary, co operative factories
will be started by it, and its system
A Kv0o' whiVh havA hrmmht
1 time more powerful enemies -than
even the coolies on tne coast, wm De
ira,,-,,-, , Tf-. hna apntanmn: ahl
representatives to . California, and
j tnev exnress a determination 10 win
the field. They have not yet consid
ered the possibility of failure There
can be no comnarison, Detween mis
odv and a local organization with-
ut numerical strengtn or nnancia
acking. v . - ' :
A Cure of Pneumonia.. .,.
: Mr. T. H. Barnaby, of Oswego, N. Y ; Bays that
bis dangljter w:.s taken with a violent cold, which
terminated with Pneumonia, all the best physic'an?
eave the case up and said she coV.d live but- a few
ttiours at mast , She was la.- tnU onai.io i when .
ffrleni recommende-i D3. -W&: HULL'S BAL-Ail
FOB TILE LUNGS, ahdady ssed JLerto try It.:i She
accepted It as a last resort, and was . surprised to
find that it produced a mariei cliange for the bet
ter, ad by p3rs37srin2 a permanent care ws
eft-xtfcd. ' ' -
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-AS WELL AS-
OUR BE
IS IN
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NEED
, If we wish to conveniently accommodate the immensA Rtnok whii i3
are now purchasing for the coming season. - ' -
- UUK VVHOLESALEDEPARTMENThasjiistbeenextendedandwiUla
handsomely refitted. We connected the three 25 foot floors which we hats
recently added to our Store, by arches,
appearance... v. ,
THIS
Does not give our RETAIL DEPARTMENT any additional Room. We ara
compelled to make room, and can only dp so by
SELLING GOODS CHEAPLY, ;
Thereby inducing the.public to buy more extensively than otherwise. At
the beginning of the New year we inaugurated " " ' , .. , ;
t M: 'DDoy BmK: u:A9.
: This is our Third Bargain Week, it shall be : a week of Bargains in everV
Department, whilst the following i.'
REDUCTIONS WILteTAKEitHE LEADJ
- 20 cents' ' :
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Will buy a pair of Misss- All
Wool Hose in solid Colors,'
every size, between 5 an 8J.-
' . 22i GENTS k ''M
Will buy a pair of Ladies solid
colored All Wool Hose wort h
double the money. '
Exainine These Numbers of Black Silk:
; ,-$100 A YARD '
For our heavy Black gr. gr.
Silks, ' which formerly said
at $1.40. . .... -
$150 A YARD? ' M'
For our superb Black gr. ' gr.
Silks,' which were considered
cheap at $2 25 per yard. .
Our 30 cts. Satins!
Do not consist of undesirable Shades,
WO are Buuniug av vuau pnw. ,v
AT 57 CENTS A YARD
We are selling Silk Tricotines
in myrtle, cordT navy & light
blue, pink, garnet, etc. , ,
SPECIAL REDUCTIONS IN
THOSE THAT SOLD AT
7 . SELL NOW,.AT; "
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CHARLOTTE. N. C. ' ;
' MAIL OEDKIH SOLICITED AND PEOMPTLY ATTENDED. TO.': :. V
y: for sale. ;
en Two desirable building lots, euxaw ieex,
OD fronting on South Tryon street, adjoining
the property of J. H Carson. Shade trees on lots.
Will oe so a separately or wg-swxei. . rnao w
each. "
y CHABLUXTJS UUAJU JSSXAXJfi AUJKuXCiX. ,
L. WALKER.,
B., K.BRYAN.
' Wholesale and Retail Grocers. v - ,
maw rmM if ew goods
ON the first day of January ,1886.the undersigned
entered Into a co-partnership for the purpose
of carrying on a .. . - ,
.General Grccerj Dnsine
At the old stand of 8prln?s & BurwelL corner
Tryon & Fourth streets. We are qualified by long
experience, to meet the demands of the trade, and
give satisfaction to our customers. -We
will keep on hand at all times a full stock of
MILT
Which will be delivered in any part of the city free
of charge. " ' ' - ."
We will not be undersold la the Charlotte market.
Ty-,i-ra i9 i wrt-vt urs-rnn vqrr! tn" the rear Cf
n.Vtrni-s. fnrtb ? tccoiaiuodj.:.o:i Cf CUE Ct.t-
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WALKER
DEPARTMENT
OEPIITIEOT
OF ROOM, r
thereby giving each floor a cral
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4 - 21 cents v .
Will buy a ; pair of regular
made silk cloaked Balbriggan
Hose, 8 to 9i , - - .
- 20 CENTS . - r I"
Will buy a pair ofj Ladies
solid colored or black cotton
Hose, we aave 120 doz of them
: $1.25 A YARD ; J
'For our; rich Black gr- - gr.
Silks which- sold well at
$1-75. . - j
, $1 65 "A YARD
For the most 'sublime Qualis
ty of Black gr. gr,. Silks, well
wortn $3.25. , .' i
Our 30 eta; Satins !
such as Crushed Strawberry and others,
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OUR 55 and 80 CENTS.
Black ALL Wool Cashmeres
cannot ? be ' .equalled any-
where. " - " ' ' .
OUR LINE OF FINE BLANKETS.:-
$10 00 $12.00 1 $15 00 $17.00' , ;
$7.00 ; $8.00 j $10.00 $11.00 .
;-.&"-'"':ISflEiD(BO(
PRED CUUNZLEE
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CHARLOTTE, N; 0
Represents two of the largest LAQZ3
BEER Breweries in the United Ctlca.
Xhe Dersner & lintel rJreTTfcrs
Ck.,' of Philadelphia, and the
P. t IX 6chafTer Crewfzts Co., ex
Hew ISTorlx. ' . ' .
THE LAEGE3T LAGER BEE3 DOT
, , TLINO tSTABLISHUETT
. IWTimCITy.
; C70rder Solicited. All crdcrt
prenptly tilled end delivered fr3 cf'
charge to any part tf the city, '
decCOdlf ,
' Houscg Rented, ;
Tlzzzen rented and rtzti czZzzIzi, ta tli cT;
A2TrtIsedfrn9 cf cu"j
CJASLOTTU I -1L I"T 4.T7; f ' 37, ' i
tsSd ir rrnfl Etriet Front C entral Hotel
THE LATEST. .
MOSTUjPORTANT!
i Wearencw'runcitns on ful time. Furaltcra
mancTactared ty us !s kept by thf- enterpnslr; "
turriiture dealers in this city. ' V7e r.ake only tie
best and most sjtstat'af tc th nar&eL I0
SIIOLDY CO-JDS. As!c tor fe-cod3 made by an3
you vriH pet the worts of yocr money. Our nana
is on each piece We so';cit the patronage of tie
public ai"-Jgxirixt3 t2 o:ct;3i;. -
. " . elmott & :;argh. ,