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Home and Democrat. CHARLOTTE, N. C. Correspondence of the Home and Democrat. New Yobk, Dec. 18, 1882. Editor Home and Democrat: I koow that I could not write to you this week anything of equal force and pathos to the annexed sketch which I fiud io a St. Louis literary paper. Has not every one, man and woman, seen something like it ? In deed, has not every one been something like it? "Like Hamlet in the famous play-scene, I find my interest not so much in the play itself sometimes as in studying the faces of those who are at the play. Not long ago I sat in the dress-circle of one of our handsome theatres and pondered upon the heart-histories of the fair and plumed dames around me. The care-free faces of the demoiselles exited nothing more than a passing glance of admiration, their sweet, unruffled countenances being to the phi losopher only so many blank pages, un marked, as yet, by the tell-tale character of Time and life's sad experience. Di rectly in front of me, but some two or three seats removed,sat a fair and graceful woman whose handsome lace, clear-cut as a cameo, would have graced the chatelaine of some ancient chateau the descendant of an hundred kings. On ber brow there rested a frown of discontent, while about her lovely mouth there played an expres sion of bitterness and cynicism that told volumes which the haughty reticence of the lady would fain have concealed. It struck me with surprise that such a wo man of the world as I knew her to be should not have worn her mask better, but 'tis hard to mask the soul in moments ot forgetfulness and apparant solitude. 'Twas a face, lovely once, but marred not so much by the hand of time as by - the conflict of the passions a face in which hope seemed dead and a stolid acceptance of life's disappointing realities substituted for it. By the side of this lady sat her lord and master, a man of such handsome form and mien that one wondered the more at the disappointed bitterness of the one face and the air of cool indifference of the other. So fitted by nature, apparent ly, for life's highest happiness, how had they missed it, I wondered. My fancy ran back to their wedding-day; the beauty and grace of the bride ; the proud and devoted bearing of the groom. Then fol lowed, doubtless, the first coolness and gradual alienation until a stage of perfect indifference was reached in which each found greatest pleasure out of the other's society only appearances and the world's opinion keeping them together. Perhaps Beauty's husband had not been able to supply the extravagant tastes of his bride the fairer the jewel the richer must be the setting to show it off well. Consider this, you Benedicts, before seeking to pluck the Queen Rose of the. garden. Whatever the cause, the result was evi dent to my eyes and to those of whomso ever else chose to look and read. The once ardent lover found greater interest in the stale jokes on his programme than in the still fair but slightly passee lady by his side. The blushing bride, now colder and paler than any statute, wrapped in her own reflections, was as oblivious of his presence as though he had no existence. A moment later and the statue had warm ed into life, as with beaming smiles she turned to greet a gentleman who entered the seat beside her. Animation and in terest took the place of cold indifference, Beauty's husband, nodding to the new arrival with a carelessness that betokened either perfect confidence or absolute indif ference doubtless both, as Beauty's re putation is irreproachable. The coquette in woman, however, dies hard; disappoint ments and misfortunes cannot crush it ; phoenix-like it rises from its own ashes upon the approach of any material in the form of a man upon which to feed. This it was, I imagine, that so suddenly trans formed the picture upon which I had been gazing with such sad reflections from a beautiful, discontented statue, into a beam ing, charming woman." A committee of the New York Legisla ture is in session here taking testimony in regard to stock speculations, futures, &c. I think the public has been very much surprised by Mr. Vanderbilt's testimony before it, that "he never speculates," he is "a first rate buyer but not a seller of stocks," that "what he buys he keeps," he "never sold anything that he did not have on hand to deliver." If one might believe the papers, the market is put up or down day after day by his buying or selling, yet he swears that these stories are all false. How this world is given to lying! Mr. Vanderbilt further said, "You don't see men getting money very easily from this kind of speculation. They are sure to lose it in the end. There is not one man in ten that goes into Wall street to operate but what comes out a loser some time or other." Mr. J ay Gould is the one man in ten, or rather one in a thousand. And he was examined by the committee on the day following Mr. Vanderbilt. He, however, thinks that dealing in futures helped to make large markets, to build railroads, to promote immigration, and in general to promote the prosperity of the producing classes. It is all very well for a man to "praise the bridge that has carried him over safely." Mr. Gould has made his hundred millions, whilst hundreds of oth ers, better men perhaps, have gone down in ruin. A colored man named George W. Wil liams, the first colored man ever elected to the Legislature of Ohio, has published a "History of the Negro Race in America, from 1619 to 1880," in two 8mo. volumes, price $3.50. It is highly praised, not only for the great industry with which the au thor has collected his facts, by seven years of research, but for the spirit in which they are related. He does not pretend to conceal the facts that slavery was forcibly introduced into the South in spite of the earnest opposition there to its introduc tion ; that the slave trade was carried on by authority of the colony of Massachu setts, and that abolition was secured there because slavery was not profitable. The author looks to the negroes ia the United States for the civilization and christianiza tion of the race in Africa. In Ireland the Lord Lieutenant has is tted a proclamation putting white people under more stringent rules as to hours than ever the negroes were at the South in the times when "the 9 o'clock bell" obliged theui all to heel it to their cabins. The proclamation makes citizens of Dub lin liable to arrest if out of place one hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise. "If the second Duchess of Sutherland were still living Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe might advantageously compare notes with her on this subject. No enactment so stringent was ever passed in the South. It recalls an old Massachusetts law order ing negroes who entered that State to be whipped the first time and hanged if they relapsed." A young woman about to be married at tempted to enter that state by perpe trating a fraud upon the government, in smuggling a magnificent wedding outfit, dresses, under clothing, table linen, &c, all marked with the bride's initials. They were seized at the custom house. A bad beginning. The Texas Siftings says, "Germans not long in this country pronounce J as if it were Sh. A German, who only left the old country about a year ago, but who has become very much Americanized, speaking nothing but bad English, re cently remarked that all his boys' names commenced with S, hence that all their books and clothes were marked with that one letter. "I suppose your boys' names are Sam, Simon, Solomon, or some such names ?" "No ; my poys' names all pegin mit an S. Shon, Shim, Shake and Sherry." Mrs. Scoville (Guiteau's sister who fig ured in his trial) tired out two or three shorthand reporters in Court a few days ago while relating the alleged oruelties of her husband. She spoke 340 words a minute, and as soon as one stenographer became exhausted another took his place. H. m We learn from the Nashville American that the Royal Benefit Asso ciation, that recently had an agency in this city, has made au assignment. The paper says of the Association : "A considerable sensation was created yesterday by the announcement that the Royal Benefit Association had made an assignment for the benefit of its creditor. This compauy started in August and ra pidly caught up every species of the mushroom insurance that was then in such high favor. They had daily and monthly and three months classes of marriage, birth, life, birthday and wedding anni versary insurance and they also had a "speoial daily class." The managers ad vertised liberally and had good canvassers at work, and did a "land office business" for some time. In two months nearly $30,000 were paid out in benefits and the tremendous drain bankrupted the Treas ury and precipitated the end. The first month the benefits were paid in full, and those who had paid their money received five or ten times the amount it had cost them, and the fact was advertised as a big indication of the amount the company had on hand. The next month all those receiving benefits had refunded all they had paid in and twenty-five per cent in addition. A new feature adopted was to give one-fifth of the profits to Judge Fer ris for a house of refuge, and this proved a big card for a while. The first month's contribution was $1,019; therefore the net profits for the first month must have been $4,078. When all the other com panies went down this one still kept up and was increasing; but no reasonable increase could meet tremendous demands, and the "bust" with this was only a ques tion of time as it was with the others. The assignment made yesterday includes all their effects, consisting of office furni ture, books, safe, chairs and stationery, situated in the office. Also all cash on hand in the hands of any officer of the as sociation or in bank to its credit and the assets, consisting of unpaid assessments, annual dues or fees of any sort which the books show due from any delinquent member, and also and especially the sum of $1,019 which has heretofore been paid to John C. r ems, as trustee, to provide for a charitable institution, which said last named amount the bargainers have been advised, under the circumstances surrounding this trust, can be by said trustee held only subject to the claims of the creditors herein mentioned, and all other assets of the association herein found set forth or not." Reform the Pension Laws. The number in either House of Congress who do not feel that the frauds in the pen sion budget amount annually to many millions of dollars is very small. That the pension system is an organized swindle is the general conviction. That it has re sulted from a cowardly truckling to clamor is a confessed fact. The increase an nually by tens of millions of the amount required under the working of the law for alleged pensions is becoming start ling. Neither the Commissioner nor any one else pretends to dispute the existence of frauds amounting to many millions annu ally. The cowardly spirit whereby in digested pension laws have been recklessly spread on the statute book, as yet prevents the reform which hardly any one disputes is needed. No disposition is felt to deny pension to deserving persons. It is the admitted frauds and the too liberal extension of the list, whereby not only sheer dishonesty is perpetrated on extensive scale, but mil lions are annually drawn from the Treas ury for pensions not within the rule, and which the country should never be called on to pay. The Representative or Senator who hesitates to make a move or raise his voice in favor of reforming the stupendous evil, mistakes publio opinion, especially among the soldiers who ought to nave pensions. The great body of the taxpayers are too intelligent, the real pension deservers are too reasonable to be feared by an occupant of a seat in Congress who will raise his voice for honesty and reform in the pen sion system. No man or party should hesitate a mo ment for fear of the consequences to take a stand against the present fraudulent sys tern and for reasonable and honest pen sions. This soon wilt be the popular side, if it is not such already. Let the ice once be broken and reform will become comparatively easy work. A fearless, able, and patriotic leader would not want for followers to-morrow. New York Sun. More than $6,250,000 worth of ostrich feathers are exported from South Africa. The supply of feathers greatly depends on the supply ot food. ?he Charlotto Homo and Bo ma or N. C. NEWS. T. C Evans, editor of the Reids- ville Times, announces his candidacy for reading clerk of the North Carolina House. Mr. Evans has experience and would make a fine officer, beyond the shadow of a doubt, and he says he needs the place. T. P. Hall, of Coinjock, Currituck county, raised, this season, from one acre of ground, planted in corn, the first week in June, one huudred measured bushels of merchantable corn. Mr. Hall is a success ful merchant and would make a successful farmer, it he can make 100 bushels of corn grow where commonly 20 bushels grow. Elizabeth City Economist. Miss Bettie Bras well, aged about 30 years, residing near Cairo, in Anson county, was burned to death by her clothes taki g fire on Friday evening of last week. VV e learn that the residence and conteuts (including several bales of seed cotton) of Wilson Shepperd, who resides near Pee Dee River, some ten miles north west of this town, was consumed by fire last Sunday. Origin of fire, purely acci dental. Rockingham South. A GirlBubntto Death. Mary Odell, aged 13 years, the only child of Mrs. Elizabeth Odell, a widow, was burnt to death at the Wilson Factory. The girl was alone m the house, engaged in wash ing, her mother being at work in the factory. By some means the child's cloth ing canght fire. A woman in the factory saw her rush into the yard enveloped in flames and she gave the alarm, but when assistance reached her she was found lying on the ground entirely naked and burned to a crisp. She lived only a few minutes and suffered so intensely that she could give no information as to the origin of the fire. Gasto?iia Gazette. Death of Rev. Elias Dodson. Rev. Elias Dodson, the well known Baptist minister, died at the residence of Mr. Alex. Oldham, in this city, on the 15th inst., at 25 minutes to 12 o'clock, in the 75th year of his age, his disease being diabetes. The venerable minister was widely known throughout this State and Virginia, was possessed of considerable attainments in some directions and was universally es teemed as a pious, unassuming, useful man. He has for many years been travelling in the interest ot Home Missions, devoting not only his time but his substance to the cause which he seems to have held so closely at heart. Regularly once a year on the same Sunday he made his ap pearance here, as elsewhere, in the scope of his travels, preached a sermon at the First Baptist Church, which was always replete with plain, unvarnished gospel truth, and then devoted the following week to soliciting and collecting for his mission fund ; and it was very few from whom he turned away empty handed. He had a way about him in soliciting that was difficult to resist, and he always had a habit of talking pretty plainly to those not inclined to contribute about their duty in the premises. Wilmington Star. IfA correspondence with hair was once attempted between a notorious French thief, in durance vile, and his comrades outside. A letter was sent to the prisoner from his sweetheart, contain ing merely a lock of hair wrapped in the leaf of a book. The jailor did not con sider the souvenier important enough to be delivered; but in a few days there came a similar enclosure, and yet another. This aroused suspicion, and the Governor took the matter in hand. He examined the leaf of the book; it was that of a common novel, twenty-six lines on a page. Then he studied the hair and noticed the small quantity of the gift. Counting the hairs he found them of unequal length and 26 in number, the same as the lines on a page. Struck with the coincidence, he laid the hairs along tho line of the page, which they respectively reached, beginning at the top with the shortest hair. After some trouble he found that the end of each hair pointed to a different letter, and that these letters combined formed a slang sentence, which informed the prisoner that his friends were on the watch, and that the next time he left the prison to be examined an attempt would be made to rescue him. The Governor laid his plans accordingly. The attempt was made, but the rescuers fell into their own trap. lorney's Progress. The death of Judge Robert Ould of Richrnond, Va., will be regretted throughout the South. He became so well known during the war by reason of his connection with the exchange of prisoners that nearly every soldier knew his name. His unflinching devotion to the South as well as his fine abilities made him popular with the people at large. - BUT" "If it p ys to use cotton seed meal to feed cattle in England, it will pay here," is a pertinent remark of the Philadelphia Kecord. Comparative Cotton Statement. The following is the cotton statement for the week ending December 14 : 1882. 1881. Net receipts at all U. S. ports Total receipts to this date, Exports for the week, Total exports to this date, 258,510 234,810 5J,36,616 1,678,898 201,667 135,615 1,816,881 1,301,503 842,745 1,076,941 153,575 208,128 532,000 487,000 stock at all U.S. ports, Stock at all interior towns, Stock at Liverpool, Stock of American afloat for Qreat Britain, 322,000 194,000 Total Net Receipts of Cotton. The following are the total net receipts of cotton at all the ports since September 1: Galveston, 416,036 bales; New Or leans, 691,299; Mobile, 177,357; Savannah, 504,129 ; Charleston, 358,261 ; Wilming ton, N. C, 73,925; Norfolk, 431,474; Balti more, 10,547 ; New York, 45,488; Boston, 59,261 ; Providence, 140 ; Philadelphia, 23,259; West Point, 111,606 ; Brunswick, 4,658; Port Royal, 5,232 ; Pensacola, 447; City Point, 2,150; Indianola, 11,347; total, 2,926,616. The World's Visible Supply of Cotton. The total visible supply of cotton for the world is 2,784,322 bales, of which 2,192,232 are American; against 2,827,866 and 2,409,596 respectively last year ; receipts of cotton at all interior towns 174,027 bales; receipts from plantations 270,167; crop in sight 3,568,524. New York Cotton Futnres. The Post's cotton report says: Future deliveries opened 2 to 3-15 lower, lost the other 3 to 4-15, fluctuated and closed barely steady at 5 to 6-15 lower, with sales of 73,500 bales Outside orders re main very scarce and the business is almost exclusively confined to the selling out of long cotton and to the changing of early into later montns. N. G. Supreme Court Decisions.. .. Fall Term, 1882. : ; Roulhac. Ex'r., vs. Wm. G; Brown. from Orange. The only question pre sented is, whether a motion to vacate an order of arrest can be entertained after a similar order had been made in the pro gress of the cause, upon the same grounds. The motion was referred and appeal taken. The Court says : That the motion to dis charge theSefendant was in' effect a mo tion to vacate the order of arrest, which is the orily means provided by which a defendant under arrest, under such cir cumstances, can obtain his deliverance, and that motion can only be made before judgment, and the ground of the motion, that there was no allegation of fraud in the complaint is untenable. The decision upon the first motion was made by a court of competent jurisdiction upon a substantial right which was reviewable by appeal, but no appeal was taken, and therefore must govern the case as res judicata. No error affirmed. Lockhart vs. Cooper and Lunsford and others, from Orange. The defendants were conducting at Durham the business of storing and selling leaf tobacco and had a warehouse. On November 8, 1880, plain ti F bought 25 particular hogsheads of such tobacco then in the warehouse, of which number 5 were removed and the balance suffered to remain. At the same time the plaintiff gave an acceptance pay able on time, for the purchase money, say ing that in a few days he would remove the others. Subsequently he was asked to remove the tobacco and he promised to do so, but finding that it had been placed in the basement of the warehouse and was less in the defendant's way, to which no objection was made, it was al lowed to remain until afterwards most of the tobacco was destroyed with the build ing by a fire. The defendants had ef fected several open or floating policies of insurance against loss by fire with several companies, who are co-defendants in this action, on leaf tobacco by them "owned, or held in trust, or on commission, or sold and not delivered" and these policies were in force when the property was burned. The defendants themselves owned and had in the warehouse at the same time leaf tobacco which was con sumed, exceeding in value by $2,000, the whole amount ot the insurance, and they collected what was due from the com panies and applied it to their own indem nity, refusing, as do the insurance com panies, to pay anything to the plaintiff aud denying his claim to any part of the insurance money under the terms of the policies. The Court gave judgment in favor of the companies for their costs and that defendants recover their counter claim, from which an appeal was taken. Held: An insurance against loss by fire effected by one who has no interest in the property insured is but a wagering contract not sanctioned by the common law and void. Ine interest must exist at the time the policy is issued or the con tract entered into, as well as at the time when the loss occurs. There was a trans fer of title and an accompanying legal possession of the tobacco to the plaintiff, and though left in the warehouse, it was thereafter under his control and at his risk, the insurance interest before vested in the defendants having ceased to exist. "Sold but not delivered" is a phrase com mon with insurance men, and has a defi nite meaning. It applies to property of which "a contract of sale has been made, but of which the ownership has not been changed by a delivery in pursuance of the contract. No error affirmed. Blanchard vs. Smathers and others, from Mecklenburg. At July term, 1881, an amended complaint, with leave of the Court, was filed, substituting J. B. Rey nolds as plaintiff, and as thus changed, reiterating the allegations coutained in the first complaint. To the amended com plaint the defendants demurred, assigning as grounds: 1. That the facts contained in the amended are materially different from those contained in the original com plaint. 2. There is a variance between the summons and the amended complaint. 3. The complaint fails to allege that the debt sought to be recovered is due to the plaintiff, or that he has any interest there in. The demurrer was overruled. De fendant then moved to dismiss, for want of a proper verification to the amended complaint. The Court refused the mo tion, declaring the complaint to be an un verified pleading and to be treated as put in without oath. The defendant then an swered, to which answer the plaintiff de murred. Demurrer was sustained. A nol pros having been entered as to other defendants before verdict, there was judg ment for plaintiff against defendant Smathers for the amount of the' sum de manded, and for costs. Appealed. The Court says: 1. It was within the competency of the court to allow the amendment authorized. An amendment in changing plaintiffs has been repeated ly allowed. 2. The demurrer to the amended complaint rests upon no sub stantial grounds, the causes assigned are entirely insufficient. It was properly overruled. 3. The defendant's motion to dismiss was irregular; it should have been to withdraw it from the files. The effect of filing an unverified pleading is to dispense with the oath in support of any subsequent pleading. 4. Plaintiff's de murrer to defendant's counter claims was rightfully sustained. These were neither set out and shown to be within Section 101 of the code and subsisting between the parties when the action was begun, nor are they described as arising out of the contract set out, or connected with the subject of the plaintiff's action, so as to be capable of being thus asserted. No error judgment affirmed. Latta & Bro. vs. Williams and others, from Mecklenburg. This is an action to recover the value of certain property sold and converted by the defendants, to satis fy a tax imposed by a town ordinance of the town of Davidson College. Section 24 of Schedule "B" of the Revenue Act, under which defendants claim exemption from the tax in question, provides "That every person acting as a drummer in his own behalf or as agent for another, who shall sell, or attempt to sell goods or wares not of his own manufacture, or any spirituous, vinous or malt liquors, with or without samples, except agricultural im plements or fruit trees and seeds of all kinds intended for the improvement of agriculture, shall, before soliciting orders or making such sale, obtain a license to sell one year, from the public treasurer, by paying said treasurer an annual tax of fifty dollars, but shall not be liable to be taxed by any county because of his sales." The proper construction of this is that the Legislature intended to give to every one who should pay the State fifty dollars and take out the license provided in the act, the right to sell any of the commodities at, G harlotto, aieuiioued therein ii ariy'of the cuunwes of the' Si aie Vithout: being liable to , any farther taxation, v - ; 'X; f Th : authorities 4-of Davidson College; have not" the '"powefT; under its charter., to levy a tat upon occupations, trades, & The powers of a municipal oorporalion are to be construed with strictness; there is nothing in the act chartering the town of Davidson College which authorizes the right to tax trades or occupations. No error-Kaffir med " i ' - X ? I " i . Jobn8on,Clark.&J38.ys, Butler, from Mecklenburg. rThis .action is to recover the aggregate amount due on several promissory notes. The defend ants set up several counter-claims, to which plaintiffs put in a replication of de nial. The defendants exceptions were : ' 1st. To the refusal of the Court to grant a continuance upon the grounds slated, arvl compelling a trial. 2d. The overruling their demand ' for judgment on the counter-claims ' on' the ground of the insufficiency of the verifica tion of the replication made to their sworn answer. 3d. The refusal of the Judge to allow the defendants to open and conclude the argu ment before the jury after the third counter-claim had been withdrawn. The Court says: 1st. "We are unable to understand why the ruling of the de fendants to trial should be the subject of appeal. We deem it entirely useless to make references on the point." 2d. The affidavit of the plaintiff's attorney is a substantial compliance with the require ments of the code, sec. 117. A verifica tion not as full and explicit was held suffi cient in Wheeler vs. Chesley, 14 Abbott, 442. 3d. The ruling of his Honor is sus tained, as the burden rested upon the plaintiff in both issues which were submit ted to the jury. "It is to be regretted that a matter of practice in reference to the conduct of the discussion and argument, should have been allowed to be assigned as error in law, for a supervising appellate jurisdic tion aud not left to the sound discretion of the presiding Judge." No error af firmed. Winthrow vs. Biggerstaff, from Ruther ford. Civil action tried before Gudger, Judge. Both parties claim title to the laud, under deeds from Jason H. Wiu throw. The plaintiff offered in evidence a deed to himself for the land, dated June 15, 1872, and admitted to probate, Sep tember 24, 1877, and for the purpose of estopping the defendant, a deed to defend ant lrom Jason Winthrow and wife, for the same land, dated December 7, 1872, admitted to probate the day of its date aud registered August 5, 1879. Defend ant alleged the plaintiff's deed was fraudu lent as to subsequent purchasers and with out notice, and upon the question of fraud offered iu evidence a deed from Jason H. Winthrow to his wife Louisa, for the same land, dated 10th August, 1871, and ad mitted to probate August 11, 1871. The ohjectioti of plaintiff to the admission of the wife's deed in evidence was overruled. Judgment for defendaut, plaintiff appealed. Held. The admission of the deed was irrelevant, and should have been excluded upon the principle of "res inter alivo acta." The case is different from that of Brink vs. Black, 77 N. C, 59, there the transactions were of the same character and between the same parties. In Holraesley vs. Hogue, 2 Jones, 91, it was held, that it was not competeut for a creditor in order to establish a fraud in a question by show ing that a debtor had made a fraudulent transfer of other property to another per son. Such evidence is irrelevant and mischievous, having a direct tendency to mislead the jury. Error new trial granted. McKee vs. Lineberger, from Gaston. Action to recover land. The appeal comes up upon exceptions taken by defendant and the refusal of the Judge to give the instructions asked for. The first excep tion was to the admission of a sheriff's deed in evidence, before there had been auy evidence introduced to show any suit or action as a foundation for issuing the execution. 2d. The admission in evidence of the transcript of the docketed judgment of Wright vs. Lineberger and thecertified copy of the judgment in the Supreme court, of McKee vs. Lineberger, upouthe ground that there was no evidence to show any suit constituted iu either court on which said judgments were,or could be rendered. 3d. To the admission of the testimony of plaintiff to the fact that the executions were both in the hands of the sheriff at the time of the sale, because the sheriff was dead and the witness was incompetent under C. C. P., sec. 343. 4th. The reception of the recital in sheriff's deed, of the execu tions, as evidence of the levy and sale. The court says : 1st. There was no error in the admission of the sheriff's deed, for during the progress of the trial the re cords of the judgments and execution, under which the sheriffs deed was made, were shown in evidence. Had the plain tiff failed to produce such evidence, the error might have been cured by the with drawal of the testimony by the court. 2d. When the purchaser at sheriff's sale is not the plaintiff in the execution, he needs only the execution, and need not show the judgment. Rutherford vs. Ra born, 10 Ind. 144. 3d. It was not incom petent for the witness to speak of a con vernation with the sheriff. The knowledge of the fact that the executions were in the sheriff's hauds, was not necessarily ob tained by a transaction with him. 4th. The recital in a sheriff's deed is prima facie evidence of the facts set forth, &c. See Harden vs. Cheek, 3 Jones, 135. 5th. The purchase made at the sheriff's sale was under the Wright judgment, to which the plaintiff was a stranger and had the same right to buy under it as any other person. The doctrine of estoppel by rea son of the other purchase does not apply. No error affirmed. A Lizard Under the Skin. There is a colored man in New London, Mo., who for many years has claimed that he had a scorpion under his skin, and that it crawl ed from place to place over his body. A short time since Drs. Sprague and Rails, of London, a couple of scientists, coaxed him to submit to a surgical operation for the removal of the "varmint." They dis tinctly traced the animal under the man's skin from his waist over the left shoulder, and thence back again to a position be tween the thighs and knee of the right leg. Clasping the limb above and below where the animal seemed to be they administered chloroform to the man, and making an in cision into the leg took thereform a living reptile not a scorpion, but something resembling a lizard. It was placed in a vial of alcohol, and the Doctors have had several offers for its purchase. Salt Lake Tribune. Among the new drugs in use are alliga tor pear seeds, corn silk, elephant's foot, and chewsticV, all in the form of fluid extracts. 17. C. Short Almanac far th&Yearjj83, -r- i.f : 5 ' 3 CM JANUARY .. -. 1 14 21 28 JEEBUliARY- 12 3 8 9 10 15 10 17 22 23 24 29 30 31 5 6 7 12 13 14 19 20 21 20 : 27 28. 5 6 7 12 13 14 4 11 5 6 12 13 18 19 20 25 26 27 1 8 23 9' io ; 4. Ml ' 18 -" r : 25 MARCH 4 - ' ' ; - '4 : , ! Y'' 11 : ; yr ; ' 25 15 16 17 22 23 24 1 8 15 2 3 9 10 16 17 19 20 21 26 27 28 2 3 4 9 10 11 16 IT 18 23 24 25 30 22 23 24 29 30 31 5 6 7 12 13 14 19 20 21 26 27 28 APRIL 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 1 8 MAY - 1. 8 2 9 3 -10 4 ... 5 11 12 14 15 16 21 22 23 28 29 30 17 18 19 24 25 26 31 JUNE 1 7 8 14 15 4 5 11 12 6 13 18 19 20 25 26 27 21 22 23 28 29 30 5 6 7 12 13 14 19 20 21 26 27 28 JULY 2 9 3 4 10 11 17 18 24 25 15 16 22 23 29 30 31 AUGUST !1 7 8 14 15 21 22 28 29 2 9 3 4 10 11 5 6 12 13 19 20 26 27 16 17 23 24 25 30 31 1 SEPT'MB'R 2 9 3 10 4 11 5 12 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25 1 8 7 - 8 14 15 21 22 2S 29 16 17 23 24 30 18 19 25 26 OCTOBER 1 2 9 3 10 5 6 12 13 19 20 26 27 7 8 14 15 21 22 16 17 23 24 30 31 28 29 NOV.MB'R 2 9 4 5 11 12 18 19 25 26 6 7 13 14 20 21 27 28 4 5 11 12 18 19 25 26 15 16 22 23 24 29 30 1 DECEMB'R 2 3 9 10 16 17 23 24 30 31 6 13 7 8 14. 15 20 21 27 28 COTTON! CORN!! WHEAT!!! We are paying highest market price for Cotton at our Factory. Our Corn and Wheat Mill, in charge of an ex perienced Miller, is now running. TATE BROS., Mountain Island Mills, Nov. 17, 1882. 3m Gaston county, N. C. THE GRANDEST OPPORTUNITY TO BUY GOODS Ever Offered in this Town. We have commenced a Grand Sweeping Clearing Out Sale of our entire Stock of Goods. We are determined, to close out our entire stock by January 1st, 1883. Our entire stock, abso lutely, without reserve, will be sold at a sacri fice. Dress Goods, Cloaking, Flannels, Table, Linens, Table Damask, Table Napkins, Flannels of all kinds. Cloaks, Jackets, Dolmans, Ready Made Clothing, Carpets, Rugs, Hats, Caps. Boots and Shoes, Ladies, Children and Genta' Hosiery, everj thing sold without reserve. This is a positive and absolute sale and we in vite the entire retail trade to come and take ad vantage of this opportunity to buy the cheapest Goods ever offered in this market ALEXANDER & HARRIS. Dec. 1, 1882. YOUR ATTENTION. Every note and account on our books made prior to NOVEMBER 1st 1882, IS DUE. We beg to remind you that in every instance we have been indulgent. We now say to you that we are not in a position to give further indulgence to any one. We need our money and must have it. Please therefore call and settle your indebtedness without further notice from us. Remember we make no exceptions, and ask a full settlement of all notes and accounts which are due. To our farming friends who owe us and don't want to sell their cotton,we would say store vith us your cotton crop,or enough of it to cover your debt to us. This will enable ua to get along and enable you to get the benefit of any advance in prices which may accrue. Finally we say make some arrangement to settle by January 1st, 1883, and if settlement is not made don't blame us if you have additional costs to pay and are refused credit hereafter. SPRINGS & BURWELL. Dec. 8, 1882. LeROY DAVIDSON, Wholesale and Retail DEALER IX GROCERIES & PROVISIONS, ClIAELOTTK, N. C. The special attention of the COUNTRY TRADE Is called to my Supplies in Warehouse on Col lege street, and ALSO, To my Retail Store on Trade street, adjoining the Springs Building. Country Merchants and Whole sale and Retail buyers eenerally are invited to give me a call, examine my goods and hear my prices. LkROY DAVIDSON, Charlotte, N. C. Feb. 10.1882. yr All kinds of Patent Medicines can be found in our Stock. WILSON & BURWELL. Perfumery In bulk. All the popular perfumes sold by the ouncemuch cheaper and better quality. Send your bottle and have it filled Sept. 8, 1882. T ITH, Druggist. Ready-Mixed Paint, All colors Best in U8e. We have tried all WILSON & BURWELL, Druggists. A CLEAN SWEEP, NOW Is Your Opportunity TO PREPARE FOR THE 2 9 16 Christmas Holidays. 18 We will not wait nntill the season is over bat Offer Now, WHEN YOU NEED GOODS. 3 10 17 OUR ENTIRE Retail Stock 22 29 AT IMMENSE REDUCTIONS. DRESS GOODS OF Every Description Reduced to Sacrificing Prices. DRY GOODS Of all kinds. Notions, Hosiery, Gloves, Millinery, Laces, CLOTHING, Hats, And in fact everything in our RETAIL DEPARTMENT, Are to be ollered at prices that must sell the The Reason Why, We anticipate making extensive alterationi improvements in our Store, and we want tcl out the Stock before we begin. Call early get the best selections. Wittkowsky & Barucb Nor. 24, 1862.
The Times-Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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