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Home and Democrat. CHARLOTTE, N. O. Gov. Jarvis. We take no stock in the unlimited amount of abuse of our Governor.indulged in by a certain class of newspapers in North Carolina. Take him all in all and he is one of the best governors our State has ever had. He has looked after her interests with an eye single to the ad vancement of her material prosperity. Because he believes that railroads are cjreat civilizers, and acting on this belief, has fostered them, he is forsooth, a hire ling of railroad magnates, their tool and puppet. Because he believes in equal and exact justice to all, whether a corporation or not, he is called an oppressor of the poor and a friend to monopolies. Because he thinks that the Governor of this great State should be properly accommodated in a house belonging to the State, he is tannted with his own former poverty and accused ol a desire to spend the peoples' money in an improper and unnecessary display. Because he does not obey the beck and nod of a certain set of poli ticians, he is accused of deserting his friends, disorganizing his party and using his influence and power for his own selfish aggrandizement. Such is some of the abuse heaped upon him. Undeserved, he has borne, as an honest brave man would, uncomplainingly, trusting that time would open the eyes of the people to a true sense of the difficulties of his posi tion, and the purpose he has had to do all that a man of strong common sense could do for their welfare. He may have made mistakes, as who would not, but to our mind this indiscriminate abuse is one of the strongest evidences of the positive, ag gressive character of a man who nas honesty of purpose enough to be a true Governor, and not a simple figure head and weather cock, to change with every breath of air. Tarboro southerner. One Man too Busy to be Governor. One man has been found too busy developing the resources of the State to aspire to.be Governor. In Durham last week on business we dropped in at the oflico of Mr. J. S. Carr and found him as usual hard at work at his office desk. We touched on the possibilities and probabili ties of next year's convention, when Mr, Carr solemnly declared that he could not be thought of even as a possible candidate in connection with Gubernatorial honors. No, under no consideration. That his busiuesa demanded his full time, and while he appreciated the many kind things said and written ot him in that connec tion, and esteems the position of Governor of good old North Carolina honor enough for anv man. and thought it creditable in any of her sons to aspire to it, yet for him sell his business engagements were so heavy as to preclude even the possibility of his going into politics. Mr. Carr further stated that he had recently in duced a syndicate of northern gentlemen to invest a quarter of a million dollars in thia State under the assurance that the enterprise should have his personal atten tion and supervision, and he holds that by entering the field for Governor he would be seriously compromising himself with his northern friends. liiedsville limes. Destructive Fire in Greenville, S. C. - The Greenville News says that the most terrible calamity which has ever oc curred in the history of that city resulted from the consumption by fire Saturday last of the private residence of Mrs. S. K Turnipseed, corner of McBee Avenue and Westtield 'street. A part of the roof a burning building leu in upon severa young men ana a negro with serious and in some cases latai results. J as. uorrab, one of the victims of the fire, died about 3 o'clock on Sunday morning. Ben John son, coloredjdied yesterday from the effecta ot burns, but-Ghas. Mosely, who was very seriously-burned, is expected to recover. Th.eseJ.ureo were taken from the building in ablaze of fire, their clothing being al most burned off them. R. S. Jones, a law student is seriously burned about the face and hands. Frank Shumate, son of Maj. W. T. Shumate, is similarly bnrned, and several other persons received severe but not dangerous injuries. The building was occupied by Mrs. Turnipseed and J. M. Neblett and family, who barely had time to escape. "The origin of tueHre. was entirely ac cidental, and a spark from the kitchen flue is thought to have started it. The appal ling disaster cast a gloom over the com munity. xui. ivauuauti attention Demg called to charges recently made public that as Speaker of the House he was responsible for the failure of Mr. Tilden to secure the Presidency in 1876, because he refused to allow Democrats in the House to filibuster in order to carry the counting of the electoral vote beyond the 4th of March, he says he has nothing to explain concerning his official action during the trying ordeal of counting the electoral vote of the States whose returns were in dispute. He further says the creation of the Elector Commission was the work of a Democratic House and Republican Senate, and in framing that commission it was made mandatory that there should be no delay in either body in making the count. It was his duty to obey, not to de fy the law, and no matter how strongly the sympathies of his heart were with his party during the performance of an act without precedent in the history of the na tion, his most solemn judgment taught him that no error, no deviation from the rugged path of duty prescribed by law, must be made by him, and he endeavored to perform his duty to his country as God gave him the light to see it. Randall acted right, and revolutionists should not be countenanced. Bill Arp, the humorou philoso pher of Georgia, in a recent letter to the Atlanta Consttitution, enumerates in the following paragraph a number of little things" that- are badly needed in every Southern town of importance: "Now if we can get some capital invested in small enterprises," and make our own buckets and tubs and washboards and ax handles and hubs and axles' and spokes and horse-shoes and trace-chains and hatchets and hammers and window gla'ss and ink and soda and starch and baking powders and a thousand other little things that we buy and use every - day, we will be all right. We want more variegated industry. Iron works andcottdn factories and big flour-milis are big things ' and good things, but we want a power of little things." r There will be a maM mootinrr nt the Sunday Schools on Gaston Circuit at Mt. Holly, Wednesday,August 1st. Rev. J. 1. Bagwell will be there to address the schools. flie Work of the South Carolina, Railroad Commissioi. The Railroad Commissioners have comf pleted the schedule of "just and rea&nftc Ele passenger and flight rates classification, also the ruIeB and regula tions required by the general railroad act to be observed by each of the Railroad Companies doing business in the State. The passenger tariff has been fixed at 3 cents per mile for persons over twelve years old, and l cents per mile for chil dren over five and under twelve, but nothing in the rules shall be construed to prevent Uailroad companies issuing com mutation, excursion or thousand mile tickets the same as are now issued. An advance of cent per mile on full rates and cent on halt rates may be added to the fare of passengers without tickets, provided the ticket office shall have been opened for a reasonable time before the departure of the train. The freight rules and regulations - x- i J require that eacn ivaiiroau compauj shall make a table showing the dis tance between all its stations by name, and shall post the same, together with the "standard freight tariff' and classifi cation presented by the Commission, in a conspicuous place at their respective sta tions. In the application of the "standard freight tariff" for purposes of transporta tion, main lines, branches and connecting railroads, when operated and controlled by one company, shall be regarded as parts of one road, and the rates Bball be computed as upon parts of one and the same road. For a like service, for equal distances, more shall not be charged to one than to another oerson. nor shall the same or more be charged for a longer than for a shorter distance. There shall be no discrimination by any Railroad company chartered by this State in favor of or against any company with which it may connect, but each road shall deal with all its connections at any one point on the same teems, and shall afford the like usual customary facilities for the interchange of freight between all of its connections at the same point, any con tract, combination, loint ownership or management to the contrary notwith standing. , ... The rates fixed by the Commissioners' "Standard Freight Tariff" are maximum rates, which the liailroads shall not ex- ceed. They may adopt lower rates, but l 9 thev do so for one thev shall for a like service adopt the same reduced rates for all persons; and if they fax less ireight rates from one station they shall make a reduction of the same per cent at all stations along the line ot the road, so as not to discriminate against any person or locality. The rate ot Ireight by regular pas senger tram shall not exceed the rate al lowed by ordinary freight trains for first class freight, with 50 per cent added thereto, and no railroad company shall, by reason of any contract with any ex press or other company, decline or refuse to transport any article proper for trans portation on the train lor which it is offered. The Railroads are authorized to charge twenty-five cents on any single shipment, although by the tariff the rate may be less than that amount The Railroads may "regulate their charges, for shorter distances by their pro portion of through rates between termina or junctional competiti ve points," without making a reduction along the line, The schedule of rates does not go into immediate effect. The Commissioners will wait to receive the views of the rail roads, and if they are satisfied that in justice has been done any road they may make such changes as the case seems to demand. If no objection is urged against the tariti as hnisbed now, or it the uom mission does not regard such objections as may be raised well founded, the sched ule will stand as it is at present. Rock Hill 8. C.) Herald. Educational Information. lhe iioara ot .trustees ol the Johns Hopkins TJniverity, at Baltimore, make an announcement which is ot interest to North Carolinians. It is to the effect that in accordance with the request of the foun der of the University twenty scholarships called the "Hopkins Scholarships," freeing the holders from charges for tuition, were opened at the commencement of the Uni versity to young men who need this assis tance, and that probably an equal num ber will be annually bestowed. The scholarships will be distributed among such candidates "from the States of Maryland (including the District o Columbia), Virginia and North Carolina as may be most deserving of choice be cause of their character and intellectua promise." . No publicity will be given to the names of those who are appointed or rejected, but a private announcement will be sent to each successful candidate. These scholarships may be held for fou years,but are liable to be forfeited because ot deficiency in attainments, or of un worthy conduct. In addition to the scholarships above named, eighteen honorary Hopkins schol arships have been instituted for the en couragement of conspicuous merit among undergraduate students who regularly matriculate. Six of these scholarships will be annu ally offered to such candidates "from the States of Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina as may be most deserving of choice because of their character and in tellectual promise." Two scholarships will be offered annually to candidates from each of the States named. The value of each scholarship will be $250 per annum and free tuition; and in case the holder of a scholarship withdraws from the Uni versity, for any reason,during the course of a session, such part of the allowance will be paid as seems equitable to the executive committee. We do not know that any North Caro linian has ever taken advantage of these opportunities provided by Mr. Hopkins, but that they are valuable there can be no question. 5 Johns Hopkins is now one of the Ieading:uhiversitiesof the country,aud is a university in the best sense of that word. Raleigh Observer. ESP Uucle Sam wilton the 1st October carry a letter for you for two cents to any part of the country. : The Post Office De partment was organized in l789ia'nd the following' were the rates for postage: For every ..letter consisting of one piece of paper, for any distance not exceeding 40 miles, 8 cents; for any distance not ex ceeding 90 miles, 10 cents; not exceeding 150 miles, 12 cents; not exceeding 300 miles, 17 cents; not exceeding 500 miles, 20 cents; any distance over 500 miles, 25 cents. O&af lotto Homo ,aafl Jomoopat, .yaarlotto, 0 . M. C. NEWS. igTJTfoke Secrest, the famous or in- ou muraerer, is u vu tpowell nt and ke m Uiere untU amons murderer, is to be taken to JVlO- tried for his life. Raleiuh Observer. 'IZSf Murdock Post Office, Iredell coun ty, has been discontined, on account of the resignation of the postmaster. Judge Rodman is dying with dropsy. , tSTCtThe Raleigh Recorder has com pleted the fortieth year of its 'existence. That is u long life lor a North Carolina newspar. In the case of the Kecorder the hie has been useful and for the most part vigorous. VVe hope it will live long and have "troops of friends 8" The Wilmington Review says, "it is rnmored here that Hon. A. JV1. Wad- dell has entered the service of the Rich mond & Danville Railroad, but in what capacity is not 6tated." Suicide ix Foksyth. The wife of Mr. Christian Bodenhamer, near Teaguetown, Forsyth county, committed suicide Thurs day morning last. She had been suffering rom mental depression for some time. Her dead body was found by her hus band in an upper chamber of the dwel- ing Thursday morning suspended by a rope. W The Greensboro Workman says: The railroad agent at Durham, Mr. Miller, attempted to take his own life recently by shooting himself ia the head with a pistol. The bullet was considerably fiattened,and the woiand is uo.t considered serious. He said he did not wish to live any longer. He is a son of the late Hon. Henry W. Miller, who was in his day perhaps the foremost orator in North Carolina. Died, on the Gth July, at the residence of his son-in-law, Norfleet "Smith, Esq., of Scotland Neck, N.C., Hon. Mark Alexan der, aged 92 years. He was born in Mecklenburg county, Virgiuia,on 7th ot Febuarv. 1792. where he lived until a few years past, honored and respected by a large circle of friends. He married a daughter of Gov. Turner of North Caro- . t 1 "1 1 ! V " Una, who, wnn nvecnuuren, survive mm f The Jurors for the September Term of Cabarrus Superior Court are as follows: J. II. Smith. M. A. rropst, Mon roe Melchor. Geo. W. Brown, Daniel Bangle. Victor Foils, C. A. Fisher, R. L. Snell, F. A. Archibald, J. N. Brown, E. G. Lipe, C. F. Walter, W. A. White, Jno, F. Moore, A. J. Benson, J. V. Howell, Micheal Scott. W. N. Spears. J. '-.v. Wal ker, J. C. Bradford, J. L. Kiser, E. P Deal, J. Cochrane, R. V7 Caldwell, A. G Bost, A. N. McNinch, J. M. Faggart, E M. Holdbrooks, Jas. C. Fink, A. M. Furr, II. II. Goodman, M. W. Ferguson, Jno. A Rankin, II. L. Petrea, M. O. Bealty. Concord Register. The Colored Graded School. At the request of the Trustees of the Colored Graded School, on Monday last, the Board of County Commissioners ordered an election to be held on Thursday, the 9th day of August, for an increase in Graded School Tax for the colored school of Golds boro township; the election to be held un der the amended Graded School Act, and the colored voters only will be entitled to vole. 1 he increase has been fixed at 10 cents on the $100 property valuation, and 30 cent9 on each poll. fxoldsboro Ales senger. , Geo. B. Everett, late Interna Revenue Collector for the 5th district o North Carolina, has been appointed land agent for Dakota. His "guide, philoso pher and mena, vr. j. j. juott, says George is perfectly satisfied, that the posi lion is every way better than the collec snip; out u is not in the nature ol sane humanity to accept the statement as an undiluted fact. A prominent official in another department says the President "let him down easy, but stuck him away in a corner. Washington letter. Cotton Crops, The New York Commercial and Finan cial Chronicle says that this year's cotton crop will be the greatest ever yet pro duced in the bouth. It is estimated at 7, 100,000 bales.which is more than 1,600,000 bales larger than the crop of last year,and halt a million larger than that ot 1880-81 it . t i rm the largest niuierio recorded, l he pres ent crop, while 30 per cent, larger than that of the preceding season, is produced from an acreage 1.55 per cent, less, the plant of 1882-83 having been 16,590,000 acres and that of 1881-82 16,851,000. This great difference in yield is attributed to the tact tnat tne season ot was exceptionally disastrous to cotton culture while that of 1882-83 was unusually lavorabie. lhe Chronicle's estimate of the acreage of the crop just planted that is, the crop of 1883-84 is 17,449,000 acres, which is the largest yet reported. tF Reports from the cotton territory tributary to Memphis, Tenn,, embracing West lenneBsee, North Mississippi, North Arkansas and North Alabama, show that but little cotton land has been abandoned aunougn mere were excessive rains in June. In 214 districts the stand is re ponea gooa, in do moderately good, and in 90 poor. Planters are having much trouble with grass, Slavery in New Hampshire From the St. Louis Republican. People who think that slavery has been abolished should read the telegraphic news from Concord, N. II., that their error may be corrected. Slavery has only been abolished in the South; it still exists in some other sections. The attention of the Secretary of State at Washington has been called to the condition of affairs that exists in the old Granite State. A large number of Swedish and Norwegian immigrants have been arrested at the request of severa manufacturing corporations of Suncock and other places. The charge is that these people are in debt to the companies. They were Drought Irom their native lands to work in the mills, their passage being ad vanced them. Having had a severe dose of the slavish life and miserable pay of the mill operatives they, as the manufacturers charge, are guilty of the crime of seeking to better their condition by looking for other fields. To prevent this and to retain their services, the manufacturers produce contracts showing that the starvation wages have notbeen sufficient to pay the debt due for their passage, and in every case tne poor people have been thrown Into jail for- debt. And this, we have read, is a land in which slavery and in voluntary servitude, except for crime, is forever prohibited. Are not the efforts to get cheap, labor by these Ne w England manufacturers and their greed of great profits leading to practices verging close upon slavery? "' 1 : . i xm i i Gen. Scott's Narrow Escape. ; An Interesting Reminiscence. ' From the autobiography of Thurlow Weed, the following interesting account of an incident preceding the battle of Chippewa; in 1814, is taken : One evening after our rubber, I said to the General, "There is one question I have often wished to ask you, but have been restrained by the fear that it might be improper." l he General drew himselt up and said in his emphatic manner: "Sir, you are incapable of asking an improper question." I said: ""' "You are very kind ; but if my inquiry is indiscreet 1 am sure you will allow it to pass unanswered." "i near yon, sir," be repnea. - "Well, then, General, did anything re markable happen to you on the morning of the battle of the Chippewas?" Alter a brief but impressive silence, he said: "Yes, sir; something did happen tome something very remarknble, and I will now, for the third time in my ule, repeat the story : The 4th day of July, 1814, was one of extreme heat. On that day ray brigade skirmished with a British orce commanded by Gen. liiall, from an larly hour in the morning till late in the afternoon. VVe had driven the enemy down the river some twelve miles to Sweet's creek, near Chippewa, where we encamped lor the night, our army occupy ing the west, while that of the enemy was encamped on the east side of the creek. After our tents had been pitched 1 ob served a flag borne by a man in peasant's dress approaching my marquee. He brought a letter from a lady who occu pied a large mansion on the opposite side of the creek, informing me that she was the wife of a member of Parliament, who was then at Quebec; that her children, servants and a young lady friend were alone with her in the house ; that Gen. Riall had placed a sentinel before her door, and that she ventured, with great doubts of the propriety of the request, to ask that I would place a sentinel upon the bridge to protect her against stragglers from our camp. I assured the messenger that the lady's request should be complied with. Early the next morniug the same messenger, bearing a white flag, reap peared with a note from the same lady, thanking me for the protection she had enjoyed, adding that, in acknowledgment of my civilities, Bhe begged that I would, with such members of my staff as 1 chose to bring with me, accept the hospitalities of ber house at a breakfast, which had been prepared with considerable atten tion, and was quite ready. Acting upon an impulse which I have never been able to analyze or comprehend, I called two of my aids, Liieuts. Worth and Watts, and went to the mansion already indicated. We met our hostess at the door, who ushered us into the dining room, where breakfast awaited us, and where the young lady previously referred to was already seated by the coffee urn. Our hostess asked to be excused for a few minutes, the young lady immediately served our coffee. Before we had broken our fast, Lieut. Watts rose from the table to get his ban dana (that being before the days of nap Kins.) which he had lei t in his cap on a side table by . the window, glancing through which he saw Indians approach ing the house on one side and red-coats approaching it on the other, with an evi dent purpose of surrounding it and us. ana instantly exclaimed: "lieneral, we are betrayed I" Springing from the table and clearing the house I saw our danger, and, remembering Lord Chesterfield had said : "Whatever it is proper to do it is proper to do well," and as we had to run, 11 a ana my legs were longer than my com panions', I soon outstripped them. As we made our escape we were fired at, but got across the bridge in safety. I felt so much shame and .mortification at having so nearly fallen into a trap that I could scarcely fix my mind upon the duties which now demanded my undivided attention. I knew that I had committed a great indiscretion in accepting the sin gular invitation, and that if any disaster resulted from it I richly deserved to lose both my commission and character. constantly found myself wondering wheth er the lady really intended to betray us or had been accidentally observed. The qnestion would recur, even amidst the ex citement of battle. Fortunately, how ever, my presence and services in the field were not required until Gens. Porter and Ripley had been engaged at intervals for several hours, so that when my brigade, with Towson's artillery, were ordered to cross btreet s creek, my nerves and con fidence had become measurably quieted and restored. . I need not describe the battle of Chip pewa, lhat belongs to, and is part of, the history of our country. It is sufficient to say that at the close of the day we were masters of the position, and that our aims were in no way discredited. The British army had fallen back, leaving their wounded in our possession. The mansion which I had visited in the morn ing was the largest house near, and to that the wounded officers in both armies were carried for surgical treatment. As soon as I could leave the field I went over to look after my wounded. I found the English officers on the first floor and our own on the floor above. I saw in the lower room the young lady whom I had met in the morning at the breakfast table. tier white drees aireprfhkled with blood She had been attending to the British wounded. On the second floor, just as I was turning into the room where officers were, I met my hostess. One glance at her was quite sufficient to answer the question which I had been asking mvsel all day. She had intended to betray me auu uowung out tne accident ot my aid rising lor his handkerchief saved us from. capture. Years afterward, in reflecting upon this incident, 1 was led to doubt whether had not misconstrued vher startled manner as I suddenly encountered her. ' That un expected meeting would have occasioned embarrassment in either contingency, and it is so difficult to believe a lady of culti vation and rehnement capable of such an act, that I am now, nearly half a century aiter ine event, disposed to give my uostess tne benent of that doubt. And now Bir," added the General, "this is the third time in my life I have told this story. I do not remember to have been spoken to before on that subject for many years. He looked at me and seemed to be con sidering with himself a few moments, and then said : "Remembering vour intiraacv with Gen. Worth, I need not inquire how you came to a knowledge of our secret." "Well, General," I replied, "I have kept the secret faithfully for more than forty years, always hoping to obtain your own version ot what struck me as a most remarkable incident in your military life." 13 If "honesty is the best nolicv people had better pay their debts before spending money for unnecessary pleasures and "fashionftblo liv;n . - v , Ug, The Cholera. All Europe is much alarmed over that awful scourge, Asiatic cholera. It is al ready at the port of Marseilles. Its chance for. rushing over Europe is good, and it may cross the Atlantic 'to our shores.' The New Orleans -Democrat Bays of its course : "It infects the water, it infects the ships, it is borne on the very breezes. Europe has fought it for ryearsjbut it oannot boast that St has ever kept ' back ' this disease, which comes with certain but irregular t readr The r e isTone"" fa vbirabie feature about the propagation of this disease the slowness - with which it moves. While much is vague and uncertain about this disease, its origin, and course of travel never varies. The cholera is always born in India, on the banks of the Ganges. . Its route to Europe is always the same, west ward to Egypt . and Persia, and thence into Russia. . It nearly always lingers in that Empire a year or more, and suddenly makes its appearance in the north of Eng land. From England it travels to i ranee, from which it springs suddenly to Canada and New York, to make its way rapidly through the "United States into Mexico and South America. , ",' Hong Kong, July 9. Cholera has broken out at , Swatow , and ; is raging violently. j ;! :i : ,u !, Alexandria:- Julv 9. The provisions have given out at Uamietta ana tne peo nl nri utarviiirr A niimher of the Euro nesiu residents made an attempt to break r. , - . . . i r the cordon around town ana several oi them were wounded. - Caiko, Egypt, July 6. The situation between here and Port Said in one direc tion, and Alexandria in the other, is de plorable and can scarcely be exaggerated. The extent of the cholera plague, owing to government precautions, is not actually known, but the statements ot those who have escaped from the infected districts, and whose very presence is shunned , by almost every one, reveal a terrible state of affairs. There are scarcely enough well natives to bury the dead in some ot the comparatively isolated villages along the Mediterranean in the low Nile delta dis tricts, between Lake Menzilch and Lake Buorlos. Deaths are announced at HI burg Shuhin and other new points. , . Many terrified English and French families, a great part of whom have had clerical or other government employment are also awaiting lor remittances to enable them to return home. Several English soldiers have died at Damietta,a fact which English officials have endeavored to hide lhe natives blame the whole matter on the rLnglvsh lor having tailed in the pres ence of abundant warning to prevent the outbreak of the disease in the first place The continuance of the' iulection is, however, due to the habits of the people, the hlihy condition ot the villages, the deuse ignorance of the natives and the prejudices of the local practitioners. The atmosphere at Mansonia, where Hamondji, the famous Arab physician died, is said to be absolutely fetid. The dying hare been left alone in their houses, friends and relatives fleeing, and their bodies have re mained unburied for days. Dead bodies in some cases have rotted in the sunshine in the streets of villages : deserted by all except the dying and the convalescent, while many of the Utter were helpless and starving. Anything like graves have been unthought of for a fortnight, and in the low delta ground, where water is found to a depth of two or three feet, the trenches have been dug so shallow and filled so full that the first wind blew away the covering ot sand, or the nrst rain washed away the earth. Even where the rotting bodies were not uncovered and ex posed, they were so near the surface as to rot under a hot sun and allow the gases to niter to the surface and poison the air.v-. Alexandria, July 10. At Mansonrah yesterday there were 81 deaths from cholera, at Samanoud l deaths, and at Shribin 2 deaths, rilty Europeans have died at Damietta from cholera since th outbreak of the disease there. NEWS ITEMS. The President has appointed Jno, H. Livingston to be U. S. Marshal for the District of South Carolina, vice Absalom BIytue, resigned. SGiF According to the New York Her aid by all kinds of accidents and calami ties nearly three thousand people perished in the world since January 1st. In 1882, Mr. Primus W. Jones, o Georgia, was first with a bale of cotton on July 11th he sold one weighing 429 pounds, lor 20 cents. This year Primus is first again. His bale sold at 25 cents weight 33o pounds. Washington, July 10. A telegram irom the JLondon agent of the . Depart ment of Agriculture received to-day says the weather ot the nrst ten days ot July was hot and piercing. Wheat estimates are increasing generally throughout Eu rope. 2Elf Thirty-fight killed and wounded in one city on one holiday will do. The toy pistol and small cannon did, most of the damage, and all this in Chicago. Salr lhe trick of "exporting" whisky to xermuda, to be landed and sent back on the same vessel, will be stopped by Attor ney General Brewster's opinion that it is merely a tiick to avoid taxation, and not an exportation. It is estimated that $30,000,000 ol English capital was invested in Amen 1 i m can came rancnes last year, lijt-re are now in the West agents from" severa large institutions in England and Holland buying up water privileges. $iW Four Cotnmit-sioiier and the Clerk of the County Court of Grand county i . j i . , , J vuwrauu, weie muruereu Dy a band o masked men. Is this a specimen of North :t: a i i tru civiwzauon. oucn aeeas are very horrible and are well calculated to arouse public indignation. 1 in unio inry nas decided that a spectator can not be lawfully ejected from a tneatre ior sitting in tne aress-circle and letting his legs hang over the railiug This is a step forward. It won't be long now, till the gentlemen in the dress circle will be allowed to fire paper wads at the bareheaded members of the orchestra. Ids iy a new law just going into operation in New Jersey no boy under 12 and no girl undtr 14 can be employed in any manufactory or mine, and no child under 14 can work more than ten hours a day, except those employed in fruit can ning establishments where perishable fruits are preserved. It is estimated that the law will drive three thousand children out of the Pater son Mills. . . July Crop Keports. t ' WicnTKGTftV .T II 1 V 10 The July re port of the Department of Agriculture indicates a very gentral improvement , in the condition of cotton, ine ra w general np to the 15th' or 20th of June, and local showers have been frequent mi kn An avooiifl t . IllOlfl 8inC3. iDere uMuwu .u vv - ture interfering with the cuiuvauou uu promoting the growth of grass. Clean HAm . fnnnd onlv in favored districts, and on the lands of prompt ana puBning i - , i i cultivators, oince-vune has been rapid. In, grassy, aisiricis. ine plants fare still small, but healthy, and .vinff ,Trat , nrosreas witn vxe, recem , cultivation. The only complaint of drought j comes from central ; ana i souiawesieru Texas.frbm the Colorado to the Guadaloupe rivers. Few counties in poum, varvuu and Georgia , report the ; present need of rain. r. iL-i 1 1: ;s;,5w J. The onlv retrograde is , reportea - ior Arkansas, where the loss of three points is made from excessive rain, cool nights and injuries from chinch. bugs, ired ants and rust. There , is promise of improve ment during July. u A gam of ten; points has been made in the northern zone, North Carolina and Tennessee; seveninJaeorgia; six in South Carolina; four in. Texas; three in Mississippi; two in Virginia, and one in Florida; Alabama and Louisiana stand as in June. The J uly Mate averages are as follows: Virginia, 83. North Caro-. lina, 91; South Carolina, 91; Georgia, 53j Florida, 95; Alabama 87; Mississippi, 89; Louisiana, 91; Texas, 93; Arkansas, 84; Tennessee, 88. . . Worms have wrought but little injury mt i .1 AUA3 . m as yet. ine caterpillar nas appeareu at a few points from South" Carolina to Texas. In Butler t county, f Ala.; a second brood of worms appeared June, 20th. The boll worm is at work in Denton county, Texas . . . . . Picking will commeece in south-western Texas about the 20th of July. ; WHEAT, CORN AND OATS. There has been some improvement in winter Wheat in Connecticut, New-York, Virginia, South Carolina, Texas, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and California, which advances the general average of the condition from 75 to 79. The spring wheat average has advanced from 98 to 100. : , The area of the" Corn crop has been increased.' There has been some extension of area in nearly every State. The pro portion of increase is large in the .north west and in the southwest. On the coast from Virginia to the Mississippi ; the ad vance has been small.' Taking all the States together the average for corn is 88 against 85 last July, 90 in 1881, and 100 in 1882. Averages of principal States are as follows: New York;;B4, fPenusyJvania 89. Ohio 13,. Michigan .7?, Indiana 90, Illinois 82, Iowa 80. Missouri' 82, Kansas 98, Nebraska 87, Dakota 78. In the South the averages range from 90 in Tennessee to 103 in Louisiana The prospects for; oats are nearly as good as in July of last year, the average being 99 against 103 - I3FOur venerable brother, E. P. Scales, a Methodist of the old .school, and of the "Old Kockingham" family in "North Car olina, was in Nashville a few days ago, and though nearly 80 years old, was as fresh as good habits and f good religion could make him. He has been an "active Methodist fifty years, and is still an office bearer. Nashville Advocate. Urir The many cyclones of the current year are as nothing to the furious fire storms that have been whirling over-the sun. One centre of enormous energy, is now represented by a spot 55,000 miles in diameter. It is certain that these sun spots are to some extent correlated with meteorological phenomena on the earth, but the precise degree and direction of this influence remains as yet a mystery. FEGRAM & CO., Dealers in Ladies' and Gents' Fine Hand-Made Boots and Shoes. Best makes of Ladies', Misses', Gents', Youths' ana unudren'8 Machine Work, iiest makes of I SILK, STIFF AND FELT HAT8. Trunks,' "Valises, Trunk Straps, Blackings and Blacking Brushes, Shoe Polish, Shoe and Cloth Button Heeds. Call and see us. ; PEG RAM & CO., 1st Nat. Bank Building, Charlotte, N. C. June 15, 1883. . Magistrate's Office, S. W. DAVIS, Opposite the Central Hotel, over Grey Toole' Barber Shop. -,; -: i "-t y -.- May 25, 1883. Just received, ; a fine stock of Hick a' Patent Magnifying Fever Thermometers and W. T, & Co. No 0 nickel-cased Hypodermic Syringes. IL H. JORDAN & CO., . Druggists. ' ' j. Mclaughlin, Agent For the sale of L. B. & L. S. Holt's Plaids, Charlotte, N. C. Jan. 26,1883. tf. - REMOVAL. BREM & MCDQWELL HARDWARE LOWER THAN EVER KNOWN ENGINES AND ALL KINDS OF IMPROVED MACHINERY Have moved from the Corner to the spacious Store Room near the Poet Office. They are selling off their Ice Chests, does, Plows, Rubber Hose, Dynamite, Pistols, Guns, Fine Knives, House-keepers' Goods, Farmers', Mechanics', and Miners' . Implements Cheaper than ever before in Charlotte. . . Their Wares and Shelf Goods are going off very rapidly, as they are determtned to selL They have sold more than One Hundred of the ....... MARVIN FIRE-PROOF SAFES They are Agents, and have on hand several Car Loads of the celebrated - , Watertown Steam Engines Of all sizes. They sell the Champion Reapers, Mowers and Binders! They sell' excellent THRESHERS HAY RAKES and GRAIN DRILLS. They sell the Phoenix Cotton Gins, And splendid Saw Mills, and all kinds of New Improved Machinery , and Agricultural Imple ments. r Call and see the testimonials of some of the be3t citizens of Mecklenburg, Gaston, Lancaster, and adjoining counties. A large LOT is in the rear of the Store, where farmers can place their horses and vehicles. , . , , brem & Mcdowell, June 1,1883. ly Charlotte, N. C. 1' .Comparative Cotton Statement! " The following is .the cotton statement for the week, ending July 5 ; I x ; - . 1883. ioo Net receipt at all tJ. S. porta 11,829 Total receipts to tms date, Exports for the week, Total exports to this date, Stock at all U. 8. ports, Stock at all interior towns, Stock at Liverpool. 5 RSS Oit 4,533,054 34lll 386383 260.32S 1.007,700 K Stock of American afloat for Ureal Britain, 54;000 ,4 TotatVisibleSupplrof Cotton. New Yobs, July 7. The total supply of cotton for the world is 2 322 tai bales, of which 1,561,084 are Araeriw against 1,943,984 and l,0Q8,484,re8pectiY ' ' KIT" The-dredging of South rivers for phosphates is a new indnstr. f condaiderable importance to the territor, surrounding Charleston. - Some of thl crude rock is shipped to Europe, but -- J 1 1 r 5 - ""HI market.' At the present time the demand U great, and all the companies are workini? An lull tirri:" -r :" .; ji KYLE, HAMMOND & CO, ? Charlotte, N. C., ; I (Successors to mKylk & Hammond,") Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Hardware, Cutlery, Iron. Steel, 'Nails, Carrjam . ana v agon juaieriai, RUBBER AND LEATHER BELTING Jt Buuaeri Hardware a Specialty, W. D. Ktlk, A. H. Hammond, ? T. W. Fritts. June 22, 18&3. Notice to Creditors. All outstanding accounts due the Old Firm KYLE & HAMMOND must be settled at once. Those who neglect to respond promptly to thk nonce musi noi ieei aggnevea snouid they be called upon at their places of business or hom Dy a conecior empioy eu ior me special purpose, June 22; 1883 " "" E. C." WOItTHEN, WM. 8TACKPOIJC JOUN L. CONNOR. CITY MACHINE COMPANY, . , : Machinists, Founders and Engineers. ,Hl Charlotte, N. C. Repairing and Jobbing Promptly doue at reasonable rates. Satisfaction guaranteed. Cotton Factory and Engine repain a specialty. - Dealers in Shafting, Pulleys, Couplings and Hangers, Piping1, Steam Fittings, &c. : r, . Orders can be , left at City Water Worki Plumbing 'Shop on East Trade, or at Shops op posite Female Seminary, corner Ninth and A streets, Charlotte, N. C. Jane 1,1883. if WE WILL Continue through the week to offer some of the greatest bargains yet placed on bargain counters, consisting of a tremendous Hue of White Goods And Embroideries. Our Stock of Embroideries, as every lady in reach of our trade knows. Is lhe largest and handsomest in the city. Well, it must be closed out. We will also make a special offering xf .j BLACK SILKS AND FANCY DRESS GOODS. The following reductions have been made: Black Silk Worth $1.00 " 5 " 1.25 " . 4 t? .. 225 2.25 to TOeenU. 85 " . 1.50 . " ; 1.65 1.85 Colored Dress Silks from 75 cents to 50 cents. ALEXANDER & HARRIS. July 6,1883. . WITTROWSRY & BARUCH Still continue to offer the most ATTRACTIVE BARGAINS Ever shown the people of Charlotte. Ladies Say that when they visit this popular Establish ment they can always find what they want and particularly at the prices they want. - SPECIAL BARGAINS. This week in Kid Gloves, Lisle and Silk Gloves, and Mitts, Laces, Lace Curtains, Hamburg Embroideries, &c. Great' Bargains in Dress Goods and Summer Silks Bargains in every Department. WITTKOW8KY & BARUCH. . July 6, 1883. r Just Received AT TIDDY'S CITY BOOK STORE , A well selected Stock of , WRITING PAPER, Including Note, Letter, Sermon, Legal and Foolfr cap, which they propose to sell cheap for cash. Also, French Paper of every description, witt Envelopes to match. ? - Also, Paper in boxes, to suit the most f astidlons. SOCIAL ETIQUETTE OF NEW YORK A standard treatise upon the laws of good society in New York. ; . .y-u, CONGUESS.TIE ENVELOPES a new lot Just received. - - Edward Todd & Co.'s Celebrated J Rubber Pens, A Pen by some considered superior to a GoldPen ITIDDY & BRO. are also Agents forEmJ mi's celebrated Rubber HAND-STAMPS; Dfl any orders given them will receive prompt atten' tion. Cash paid for Rags. State of -North' Carolina, Mecklenbur Co. I -' P. : -. W. L. Houston ;- , -.' Against , irt 8. ,B. Houston; J. W- Houston, Ann Buggs, heirs at Law of W- C. Houston ; 8. F. Houston, Lola Houston, ; raine H, Powe, Alice Houston, Julia A. P; I heirs at Law of 8. F. Houston, Sr.; ArcW ; UoustontTenna Harlon, Hattie Houston.TB Houston, Lee Houston, Lydia Houston, at Law of T. D. Houston, i It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the above named defendants reside the limit nf th Riiia it i. thnfnre ordered that publication be made in the Home asd 0 r luiUC JU uto ocbat, a newspaper published la Charlotte, i 7 six weeks successively notifvinir the said parf , defendant of the filing of a petition for the saw of a Tract of Land, a part of the realty of late Q. W. Houston, and that unless they fVP . and answer the petition, the sam7 wP be taJte pro confeeso and heard ex parte as to them. JNO. R. ERWIN, June 23, 188a 6w Clerk Superior Coun.
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